12 nights without power in Gary 2026

<h3>Good morning, Chicago. ✶</h3><p>🔎 <b>Below</b>: With no power and a spotty generator, every day is a struggle for a family of seven as they approach two weeks without electricity in Northwest Indiana.</p><p>🗞️ <b>Plus</b>: Chicago Public Schools students head back to school, a nonprofit offers job trainings and life lessons, and more news you need to know below.</p><p>📝&nbsp;<b>Keeping score</b>:&nbsp;<a class="Link" href="https://newsletters.suntimes.com/t/t-l-ydluuhc-l-j/" target="_blank" >The Cubs trounced the Mariners</a>, 19-2;&nbsp;<a class="Link" href="https://newsletters.suntimes.com/t/t-l-ydluuhc-l-t/" target="_blank" >the White Sox bested the Mets</a>, 2-1;&nbsp;<a class="Link" href="https://newsletters.suntimes.com/t/t-l-ydluuhc-l-i/" target="_blank" >the Sky lost to the Fever</a>, 113-90;&nbsp;<a class="Link" href="https://newsletters.suntimes.com/t/t-l-ydluuhc-l-d/" target="_blank" >the Stars beat Racing Louisville</a>, 3-2.</p><p>📧 <b>Subscribe</b>: <a class="Link" href="https://newsletter-hub.suntimes.com/" target="_blank" ><i>Get our morning newsletter delivered to your inbox weekday mornings.</i></a></p><p>⏱️:&nbsp;<i>A 7-minute read</i></p><hr><p></p><h4>TODAY’S WEATHER ☀️</h4><p><b>Sunny with a high near 79.</b></p><hr><p></p><h4><a class="Link" href="https://newsletters.suntimes.com/t/t-l-ydluuhc-l-h/" target="_blank" >CHICAGO JIGSAW PUZZLE</a> 🧩</h4><div class="Enhancement" data-align-floatLeft>
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</div><p>Piece together history&nbsp;to reveal more about today’s photo from the Sun-Times archives.</p><p><a class="Link" href="https://newsletters.suntimes.com/t/t-l-ydluuhc-l-u/" target="_blank" ><b>PLAY NOW</b></a></p><hr><p></p><h4>TODAY’S TOP STORY 🔎</h4><div class="Enhancement" data-align-center>
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<img class="Image" alt="Melissa Dixon, 46, eats spaghetti standing up at the kitchen counter with the help of an LED light as the family’s home has been without power for 12 days, in the Glen Park neighborhood in Gary Indiana, Saturday, Aug. 22, 2026. | Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times" srcset="https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/b3762fb/2147483647/strip/true/crop/7961×4468+0+210/resize/490×275!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F25%2F71%2Fe11162b740cfa295ba918ec5d216%2F24hoursingary-260824-16.JPG 1x,https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/d010913/2147483647/strip/true/crop/7961×4468+0+210/resize/980×550!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F25%2F71%2Fe11162b740cfa295ba918ec5d216%2F24hoursingary-260824-16.JPG 2x" width="490" height="275"
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<div class="Figure-content"><figcaption class="Figure-caption"><p>Melissa Dixon, 46, eats spaghetti standing up at the kitchen counter with the help of an LED light as the family’s home has been without power for 12 days, in the Glen Park neighborhood in Gary on Saturday.</p></figcaption><span class="line"></span><div class="Figure-credit"><p>Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times</p></div></div>

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</div><p></p><h3><a class="Link" href="https://newsletters.suntimes.com/t/t-l-ydluuhc-l-b/" target="_blank" >12 nights without power in Gary: ‘Why is this OK?’</a></h3><p></p><h5>Reporting by <a class="Link" href="https://newsletters.suntimes.com/t/t-l-ydluuhc-l-n/" target="_blank" >Elvia Malagón</a>, <a class="Link" href="https://newsletters.suntimes.com/t/t-l-ydluuhc-l-p/" target="_blank" >Erica Thompson</a> and <a class="Link" href="https://newsletters.suntimes.com/t/t-l-ydluuhc-l-x/" target="_blank" >Kaitlin Washburn</a></h5><p><b>Powerless</b>: Thousands in Gary, Indiana,&nbsp;<a class="Link" href="https://newsletters.suntimes.com/t/t-l-ydluuhc-l-m/" target="_blank" >are still without power</a>&nbsp;after an Aug. 11 storm with 99 mph winds pummeled Northwest Indiana, including Melissa Dixon, who&nbsp;<a class="Link" href="https://newsletters.suntimes.com/t/t-l-ydluuhc-l-c/" target="_blank" >has been weathering the storm’s aftermath with her family of seven</a>. Sun-Times journalists spent time with Dixon in Gary to learn how one family is surviving in trying conditions.&nbsp;The state's utility company, NIPSCO, anticipates electricity in Gary won't be fully restored until Tuesday.</p><p><b>How they cope</b>: Other Gary residents the Sun-Times spoke with have spent the last two weeks&nbsp;filling up generators at gas stations, passing time watching DVDs in their cars or communing with neighbors over hot lunch at a local school that doubles as a community resource center.&nbsp;<a class="Link" href="https://newsletters.suntimes.com/t/t-l-ydluuhc-l-q/" target="_blank" >They shared their stories with us on Friday</a>, as the wait for electricity and debris to be cleared continued.</p><div class="Enhancement" data-align-center>
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<div class="Figure-content"><figcaption class="Figure-caption"><p>From left: Marisol Carrillo, Raymond Casillas and Lavelle Taylor dealing with the ongoing power outage in the Gary area on Friday.</p></figcaption><span class="line"></span><div class="Figure-credit"><p>Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times</p></div></div>

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</div><p><b>Neighbors sue</b>: NIPSCO did not protect its power lines from tree damage ahead of the storms that tore through the area this month,&nbsp;<a class="Link" href="https://newsletters.suntimes.com/t/t-l-ydluuhc-l-a/" target="_blank" >residents allege in a class-action lawsuit</a>.&nbsp;NIPSCO "strongly" disagrees with the lawsuit and defended its vegetation management practices in a statement.</p><p><b>Additional coverage</b>:&nbsp;<br></p><ul class="rte2-style-ul" style="line-height: inherit; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 24px; padding: 0px; list-style-type: disc;" id="rte-3b8a667b-9fbc-11f1-9602-d7030f2f81a6"><li><a class="Link" href="https://newsletters.suntimes.com/t/t-l-ydluuhc-l-f/" target="_blank" >How 99 mph winds left Gary in the dark for nearly two weeks</a></li><li><a class="Link" href="https://newsletters.suntimes.com/t/t-l-ydluuhc-l-z/" target="_blank" >Thousands still don’t have power after storms. Here’s what to know.</a></li><li><a class="Link" href="https://newsletters.suntimes.com/t/t-l-ydluuhc-l-e/" target="_blank" >Want to help storm victims? How to support recovery efforts</a></li></ul><p><a class="Link" href="https://newsletters.suntimes.com/t/t-l-ydluuhc-l-s/" target="_blank" ><b>READ MORE</b></a></p><hr><p></p><h4>EDUCATION 🍎</h4><div class="Enhancement" data-align-center>
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<div class="Figure-content"><figcaption class="Figure-caption"><p>Families attended a back-to-school event on Saturday at the Chicago Teachers Union headquarters.</p></figcaption><span class="line"></span><div class="Figure-credit"><p>Pat Nabong/Sun-Times</p></div></div>

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</div><p></p><h3><a class="Link" href="https://newsletters.suntimes.com/t/t-l-ydluuhc-l-w/" target="_blank" >Things to watch as new CPS school year starts</a></h3><p></p><h5>Reporting by <a class="Link" href="https://newsletters.suntimes.com/t/t-l-ydluuhc-l-yd/" target="_blank" >Sarah Karp</a> and <a class="Link" href="https://newsletters.suntimes.com/t/t-l-ydluuhc-l-yh/" target="_blank" >Emmanuel Camarillo</a></h5><p><b>Back to school</b>:&nbsp;Chicago Public Schools&nbsp;<a class="Link" href="https://newsletters.suntimes.com/t/t-l-ydluuhc-l-yk/" target="_blank" >enters a new school year Monday</a>&nbsp;under a cloud of uncertainty.&nbsp;Here's a look at the big issues WBEZ and the Sun-Times will be watching as the new school year gets underway.</p><p><b>Money worries</b>:&nbsp;Last month, the Chicago School Board amended the district's budget to assume the state will kick in more money to prevent layoffs and other cost-cutting measures. But those funds aren't a sure bet.</p><p><b>Staffing issues</b>: Schools are scrambling to bring back some laid-off staff or get by without the positions they lost. District leaders have expressed concerns about "consequences" later in the year if extra money doesn’t come through from the city or state.</p><p><b>Enrollment dip</b>:&nbsp;Enrollment dipped last year, and may fall again this year — setting up the district for more hard conversations about how it divides up resources.</p><p><b>School board</b>: The district is about to get a new school board that could shift the balance of power and direction of the district.</p><p><a class="Link" href="https://newsletters.suntimes.com/t/t-l-ydluuhc-l-yu/" target="_blank" ><b>READ MORE</b></a></p><hr><p></p><h4>TAXES 💰</h4><div class="Enhancement" data-align-center>
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<div class="Figure-content"><figcaption class="Figure-caption"><p>Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas’ office has released a report flagging the increase in 2025 property tax bills.</p></figcaption><span class="line"></span><div class="Figure-credit"><p>Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times file</p></div></div>

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</div><p></p><h3><a class="Link" href="https://newsletters.suntimes.com/t/t-l-ydluuhc-l-jr/" target="_blank" >Total of Cook County property taxes billed goes up for the 32nd consecutive year, treasurer’s office says</a></h3><p></p><h5>Reporting by <a class="Link" href="https://newsletters.suntimes.com/t/t-l-ydluuhc-l-jy/" target="_blank" >Violet Miller</a></h5><p><b>Total amount rises</b>:&nbsp;With Cook County’s 2025 property tax bills set to go out by the end of the month, a new report from county Treasurer Maria Pappas’ office finds the total amount of property taxes billed has risen for the 32nd consecutive year.</p><p><b>By the numbers</b>:&nbsp;Commercial property values increased by 0.2%, not nearly enough to offset a rise in property values for homeowners, whose bills continued to outpace the 2.7% inflation rate. The tax levy increased by nearly 4% last year.</p><p><b>Key context</b>: It’s a continuation of a yearslong trend of the property tax burden shifting from downtown to the city’s neighborhoods, and even suburban residential properties. The COVID-19 pandemic reduced occupancy in many downtown buildings, leading to dips in property values and businesses’ tax bills dropping nearly 20%. In the meantime, residential bills increased more than 16% in the 2021 to 2023 reassessment cycle — and hundreds of thousands of homeowners saw even larger increases.</p><p><a class="Link" href="https://newsletters.suntimes.com/t/t-l-ydluuhc-l-jj/" target="_blank" ><b>READ MORE</b></a></p><hr><p></p><h4>MORE NEWS YOU NEED 🗞️</h4><div class="Enhancement" data-align-center>
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<div class="Figure-content"><figcaption class="Figure-caption"><p>Booking photo provided by the Sangamon County Sheriff’s Office of Sean Grayson on July 17, 2024, in Springfield, Ill.</p></figcaption><span class="line"></span><div class="Figure-credit"><p>Sangamon County Sheriff’s Office</p></div></div>

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<div class="Figure-content"><figcaption class="Figure-caption"><p>Mourners at Tim Bankston’s memorial service at Thornton Fractional North High School in Calumet City on Saturday.</p></figcaption><span class="line"></span><div class="Figure-credit"><p>Jeremy Battle/Sun-Times</p></div></div>

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</div><p><b>Today's clue</b>:&nbsp;1A:&nbsp;___ to school (where many students are heading today)</p><p><a class="Link" href="https://newsletters.suntimes.com/t/t-l-ydluuhc-l-id/" target="_blank" ><b>PLAY NOW</b></a></p><hr><p></p><h4>BRIGHT ONE 🔆</h4><h4></h4><div class="Enhancement" data-align-center>
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</div><p></p><h3><a class="Link" href="https://newsletters.suntimes.com/t/t-l-ydluuhc-l-ik/" target="_blank" >Nonprofit offers job training and lessons that are ‘bigger than solar panels’</a></h3><p></p><h5>Reporting by <a class="Link" href="https://newsletters.suntimes.com/t/t-l-ydluuhc-l-iu/" target="_blank" >Amy Yee</a></h5><p>The lessons at a solar industry training center on the Near West Side go beyond installing solar panels.</p><p>JIREH Workforce Solutions staff talk with students about "limiting beliefs" that hold people back, such as the misconception that someone is destined to repeat mistakes or can't have a good career.&nbsp; It's part of a "transformation — believing in themselves and pushing themselves a little more," Kynnée Wallace, JIREH's executive director, said.</p><p>Founded in 2025, the nonprofit trains people for jobs in solar energy, construction, carpentry and other fields. JIREH also offers career coaching, computer skills, financial literacy and more. The program focuses on young adults from low-income communities, veterans and people involved with the criminal justice system.</p><p>Austin resident Charles "C.J." Doyle didn’t know much about solar energy before April. But after the 23-year-old graduated from JIREH’s program, he started working for Hammond-based Greentech Renewables to install solar panels on homes across Illinois.</p><p>JIREH's program is "bigger than solar panels. It prepares you for life," Doyle said. "To better yourself, you have to be mentally ready. Nothing good in life comes easy."</p><p><a class="Link" href="https://newsletters.suntimes.com/t/t-l-ydluuhc-l-dl/" target="_blank" ><b>READ MORE</b></a></p><hr><p></p><h4>YOUR DAILY QUESTION ☕️</h4><p><b>What's a job you've worked that has taught you something valuable? Explain.</b></p><p><a class="Link" href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank" ><i>Reply to this question via email</i></a><i>&nbsp;(please include your first and last name). We may run your answer in a future newsletter or story.</i></p><hr><p>&nbsp;</p><h4>PICTURE CHICAGO 📸</h4><div class="Enhancement" data-align-center>
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<div class="Figure-content"><figcaption class="Figure-caption"><p>From left: Jeanne Tidwell, Janet Sisler and Janet Schmidt take a photo after an <a class="Link" href="https://newsletters.suntimes.com/t/t-l-ydluuhc-l-dj/" target="_blank" >unveiling ceremony for Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt’s statue Friday at Loyola University</a> Chicago in Rogers Park.</p></figcaption><span class="line"></span><div class="Figure-credit"><p>Pat Nabong/Sun-Times</p></div></div>

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