William Godwin

A two-decade effort to rename a Gary street in honor of Malcolm X remains stuck in a bureaucratic stalemate. According to a discussion during Wednesday's city council meeting, organizers got the necessary signatures to rename Georgia and Virginia streets to Malcolm X Boulevard and got unanimous approval from the city's plan commission. But organizer Kwabena Rasuli said more than two years later, the street still hasn't been renamed.

The Gary City Council is joining other local governments in opting back into a statewide opioid settlement agreement.

Gary Police Sergeant William Fazekas was investigating a traffic incident on February 7, when he was reportedly shot twice. On Wednesday, he was presented with dozens of thank-you and get-well cards from elementary school students from the Gary Community School Corporation.

Juneteenth is now an official holiday for Gary city employees. The city council Tuesday added June 20 to the city's 2022 holiday schedule, since June 19 falls on a Sunday this year.

As Gary residents continue to push back against proposed industrial developments — and the possible environmental impacts — one city council member wants to know what kind of development they would like to see.

The Gary City Council has agreed to spend up to a quarter million dollars to upgrade its audiovisual technology. City officials had initially proposed allocating $100,000 in American Rescue Plan money for that purpose, but council members unanimously agreed Tuesday to raise that to $250,000.