Detective reexamines 2012 cold case homicide
Chezevon Jones, 30, was last seen leaving work in Gary’s midtown section with two individuals in his car. The car was found burned in a garage later that night.
Month: February 2025
Gary launches Age-Friendly Advisory Council in partnership with AARP
The Age-Friendly Advisory Council will include representatives of various public and private entities serving Gary.
Feb. 18 caucus to choose Adkins’ Gary city council successor
Caucus selections of new Gary city council members have been a regular occurrence in recent years, occasioned by a string of council members leaving to fill other government roles.
Good Life Awards 2024: Dave Brubaker
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Davich: ‘It’s a life sentence for our family’ – fatal crash victim’s family speaks out
On Nov. 8, 2022, the family of Lauren Thompson received a life sentence of grief, anger, rage and despair. That day, Thompson was killed in a violent vehicular crash in Portage as she waited at a stoplight on Willowcreek Road.
2 in custody, East Chicago home damaged in drive-by shooting
Gary police stopped the vehicle in their city a short time later and two occupants were determined to be immigrants lacking permanent legal status, East Chicago police said.
Businessman writes open letter to Trump: ‘Please help the city of Gary’
Andy Young sent his open letter, addressed to President Donald Trump, to hundreds of people in his email address book, including me.“President Trump knows Gary, Indiana,” Young wrote.
Couple faces charges in birthday party shooting
Damonte Jones and girlfriend JaShawnta King face charges of murder and attempted murder in a Jan. 21 shooting that killed one person and wounded two others.
Crown Point Fire to launch new EMS equipment
The department announced Friday that they’ll be adding $1.1 million in new equipment for the first time since 2017. The devices will be implemented this month.