The Lake County Board of Commissioners has chosen Gary to be the site of a new Lake County Convention Center. The commissioners announced the decision late this morning. The process began with 14 ...

CROWN POINT — The Lake County Board of Commissioners is set to decide at its May 21 meeting which of the two convention center proposals should move forward toward eventual construction.

In 2023, as an Indiana state senator, Melton created Senate Bill 434, which established a fund for the Lake County Convention Center, the blighted property demolition fund and new train station ...

GARY, Ind. (WNDU) - A proposal to build a Lake County Convention Center near the Hard Rock Casino in Gary appears to have community support. A few hundred people attended a meeting Thursday night ...

HAMMOND, Ind. (WNDU) - The city of Hammond says it has significant concerns about proposals for a new Lake County Convention Center to be built in Gary, or anywhere in the county. The Hammond ...

Robert Buggs stood alone amid a sea of applause. Clad in a baby-blue fedora and matching sport coat, he was the only person to rise in the county Government Center’s second-floor chamber as the Lake ...

CROWN POINT — The Lake County Board of Commissioners is tapping independent expertise as it works to decide which convention center proposal to endorse, or whether to reject them both.

It’s official. The Lake County Board of Commissioners selected Gary as the site for the new Lake County Convention Center. The commissioners announced the decision Wednesday morning to a packed room ...