Published: 13:23 EDT, 4 February 2024 | Updated: 13:53 EDT, 4 February 2024 An Indiana border city is undergoing a makeover following six decades of decline which earned it the moniker 'Scary Gary'.

State Sen. Eddie Melton, shown here in the Gary State Bank Building, was elected the mayor of Gary on Nov. 7 with 95% of the votes and will be sworn in on Jan. 1.

Gary, Indiana - best known as the birthplace of Michael Jackson - is home to the highest abandoned home rate in the nation at 31.41 percent, according to analysis from 247WallSt.

Founded in 1906 by U.S. Steel, Gary, Indiana quickly became one of America’s most important industrial powerhouses, drawing thousands of workers with the promise of good wages and stable careers ...

Gary is currently the BBC’s Senior North America Correspondent where for the past ten years, he has reported on some of the most consequential events in American history - from politics, to ...

Born Gary Hoisington to a lower middle-class family in rural New Hampshire in 1950, he enrolled at the University of California, Berkeley, in 1967, during the height of campus unrest.