Category: Local News

GPTC celebrates Greyhound partnership, Northwest Indiana expansion

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Mayor Eddie Melton called Gary the “crossroads of the Midwest,” and he believes the future of the Gary Public Transportation Corporation shows that. “We have rail, we have a highway behind us,” Melton said. “We have almost all transportation within just a couple mile radius of the core of our city. Down the road, we have the Gary-Chicago International Airport.” The Gary Public Transportation Corporation on Thursday celebrated the 40th anniversary of the Adam Benjamin Metro Center, service expansion to other Northwest Indiana cities and Greyhound’s increased presence. The transportation organization is expanding its bus services into other communities, including […]

Aurora City Council to vote on a 27% pay increase for aldermen

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The Aurora City Council is set to vote next week on a 27% pay increase for aldermen that would be effective in 2027. Aldermen meeting this week as a Committee of the Whole voted 8-3 in favor of the increase. It was put on the agenda as unfinished business for next week’s meeting where aldermen, then meeting as the regular City Council, will have to vote again to enact the change. Aldermen supporting the increase said while it is a big bump in the first year, it would bring Aurora closer to the pay elected representatives get in comparable cities […]