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Community leaders, partners, and residents gathered recently to celebrate the groundbreaking of the Tolleston Opportunity Campus, a transformative community hub developed through an unprecedented partnership between the City of Gary, Crossroads YMCA, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Northwest Indiana, and Methodist Hospitals.

Officials broke ground on Gary's Tolleston Opportunity Campus on Wednesday. It's a collaboration involving the city of Gary, Crossroads YMCA, Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Northwest Indiana, and Methodist Hospitals.

More than 70 years ago, the Boys and Girls Clubs opened their doors to Gary, creating the Steel City Boys Club.

Now, the organization and various community partners are ready for the next pages in the group’s story in Gary.

Congressman Frank J. Mrvan is hosting a series of town hall-style events Thursday to listen to the needs of Northwest Indiana residents and update them on what he's accomplished on their behalf in the U.S. House.

Ground was ceremonially broken Wednesday for a major utility project in Hebron’s Snake Flats neighborhood, a month after actual construction began.

Grimmer Construction, of Highland, is replacing ancient cast iron four-inch water mains with PVC pipe. The project includes 3,800 feet of eight-inch diameter pipe and 5,100 feet of six-inch pipe.

Technology upgrades were likely coming to at least eight Region police departments this year, thanks to federal funding proposals. But now, after last month's federal budget cut state and local law enforcement programs, those upgrades are unlikely to happen on the government's dime.

A new community center is set to open in Shelby in just a couple of weeks, following a dedication ceremony hosted on Tuesday, April 15. The facility, funded with a $5 million donation by the Dean & Barbara White Family Foundation and built by Chester Inc., is set to provide the small town of less than 500 people with a gymnasium, small kitchen, community room, fitness center, and more.