Meredith Colias-Pete

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Meredith Colias-Pete |Maya Wilkins

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said it plans to sample just over 250 homes for toxic soil, including lead, this summer primarily in Whiting-Robertsdale near the former Federated Metals property. It comes more than a year after the agency added it as a Superfund site in late 2023, declaring it one of the country’s most polluted properties — nearly 90 years after the industrial site first opened, according to the EPA.

2 months ago | chicagotribune.com | Meredith Colias-Pete |Maya Wilkins

Ex-Calumet Township Trustee Kim Robinson got one year of probation Wednesday for using $11,200 in public funds to pay for her son’s Gary apartment. Robinson, 57, pleaded guilty in December in the U.S. District Court in Hammond to one count of wire fraud. As part of the plea deal, federal prosecutors agreed not to file any related charges, while Robinson resigned from her position. She will have to repay the $11,200 and an additional $8,700 fine.