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Efforts to bring power back to a notoriously-scary town in Indiana were halted after crews were shot at overnight following devastating storms. After violent weather left thousands without power for around two weeks, efforts to restore electricity to Gary were briefly paused thanks to a shooting on August 15. Utility workers with NIPSCO were scouting on Rutledge Street when gunfire erupted just after midnight, hitting their Jeep. 'I heard something like a big explosion, boom! Then I heard two more, boom, boom,' resident Kenneth Lewis told CBS News. While neither of the two employees were injured, the company vehicle was...

If you are over the age of fifty, you might hear the words "Gary, Indiana" and instantly think of The Music Man. Gary, Indiana, shall we say, has changed. The Chicagoland suburb has been struck by an electricity blackout that lasted over 12 days. Things have gotten so bad that the dire situation even made the CBS Evening News. The usual suspects took to social media to blame a familiar scapegoat for the blackout: racism. In a now-deleted post, an X user going by the handle @BlvckJxsus wrote (uncensored here): "gary indiana has been w/o power for 11 days. gary...

Robbery suspect locks keys in car LAKE STATION: Man arrested after pursuit BY JUSTIN POST jpost@nwitimes.com 219.662.5325 This story ran on nwitimes.com on Friday, December 24, 2004 12:10 AM CST LAKE STATION | Police described a 26-year-old Gary man as the "world's dumbest criminal" after he locked his keys in the car while allegedly robbing a city convenient store across the street from the police department. Dan L. Griggs, of Monroe Street in Gary, allegedly stole three cartons of cigarettes at 1 a.m. Thursday from Dno One Stop, at 3600 Central Avenue, and returned to his vehicle to find the...

This one I've got personal knowledge of, so I thought I'd give everyone a heads up.Katie Hall is City Clerk of Gary, IN, and has held that office since 1987. Prior to that point, she has been an Indiana state senator, and was a US Congresswoman for a term and a half in the early 80's.In her position, Hall forced her employees to buy candy, tickets to dinners, and raise money for her political campaigns. The feds indicted Hall on 22 counts, which could net her 115 years in prison.What the story that I'm including below doesn't note is that...