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A once vibrant Midwest school is now a symbol of blight, violent crime
What was once a beautiful building buzzing with life and hope is now a massive eyesore with shattered windows, floors ...
Murder, arson and hundreds of police calls: Old schools are active crime scenes in this city
More than 28 abandoned and boarded up schools in one Midwest city contribute to urban blight — and in some cases have served ...
Gary's vacant school buildings and sites of former schools
Wirt/Emerson High School, at 210 N Grand Blvd., in Gary, Ind., had the highest number of 911 calls out of over 20 vacant ...
A look inside Ralph Waldo Emerson High School
Read through the obituaries published today in Omaha World-Herald.
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Wirt-Emerson's last hurrah: Grads are last for storied Gary school
The 2017-18 school year is the last hurrah for the high school ... "Similar to Wakanda, Gary has Wirt-Emerson, the only school in Northwest Indiana that produces amazing black talent and still ...
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Murder, arson and hundreds of police calls: Old schools are active crime scenes in this city
More than 28 abandoned and boarded up schools in Gary, Indiana ... Richardson was found dead inside Emerson High School, 716 E. 7th Ave. She had been strangled and raped, authorities said.