Hammond Mayor Tom McDermott Jr.

Funding from Illinois could help Northwest Indiana's largest city keep its emergency room open.

Hammond Mayor Tom McDermott Jr. plans to appeal a recent verdict that puts the city on the hook for $25.5 million for civil rights violations.

The city of Hammond will soon issue its own identification cards. The city council finalized an ordinance Monday that officially establishes the municipal IDs.

The city of Hammond continues reviewing plans to bring new homes to the Robertsdale neighborhood.

The St. John police chief is asking for patience, when it comes to the details of Tuesday's officer-involved shooting.

Hammond's Pulaski Park may be getting a new pool, after all.

Hammond officials say their requests to scale down a future commuter rail station at 173rd Street continue to be unsuccessful.

Hammond city employees could soon be eligible for a retirement incentive. Mayor Tom McDermott Jr. wants to offer a buyout of one thousand dollars per year of employment to workers in the civil city.

Hammond officials are considering how to reduce gun violence, following this month's shootings at Martin Luther King Park. Police say Jullius Brooks, 39, was shot to death at the park's basketball courts on August 13, just two days after another shooting left two people injured.

Increasing costs are creating challenges for Hammond's American Rescue Plan projects. Last fall, the city council approved a list of projects totaling almost $39 million. But Mayor Tom McDermott Jr. told council members Monday that costs have gone up by about $9.6 million from those initial estimates.