Utility crew members with NIPSCO were scouting in Gary, Indiana, when gunfire erupted as they work to restore power following devastating storms.
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The area's electrical provider estimates most of its customers will have their power restored by Tuesday night ...
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Gary mayor says 12 days is 'too long' for residents to go without power after storm downed trees on to power lines ...
Gary Mayor Eddie Melton said in a video posted to the city's Facebook page on Sunday that 9,000 people in the city are still without power since the Aug. 11 storm.
In the town of Gary, where a third of residents live in poverty, people say they have been living in "survival mode".
Gov. Mike Braun called on the local utility to "match the urgency" of Gary area residents who have had to endure an outage approaching its second week.
Floods from powerful thunderstorms devastated Gary, a city where a third of residents live below the poverty line. Full power restoration isn't expected until next week.
Residents of the town are throwing out spoiled food, lining up for hot meals and searching for places to charge their cell phones.
GARY, Ind. (AP) -- Tens of thousands of residents in northwest Indiana were in survival mode Thursday as they endured a ninth day without power, throwing ...