To shore up finances, the Gary Community School Corp.’s emergency manager, Peggy Hinckley, is considering closing Roosevelt and relocating students into another Gary school. That possibility ...

GARY, Ind. (AP) - The first and only high school in Gary built exclusively for African-Americans, Theodore Roosevelt High School, recently was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

She worked as a yearbook sponsor at Gary Roosevelt and Lew Wallace High Schools. Also worked as a co-manager of Marquette Park Pavilion, an active member of St. Augustine Episcopal Church.

However, Gary Roosevelt fell on hard times in recent years due to declining enrollment, financial hardship, and chronic academic failure. In February 2019, a failing heat system and frigid ...

GARY (AP) — The first and only high school in Gary built exclusively for African-Americans, Theodore Roosevelt High School, recently was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

GARY, Ind. (AP) — The first and only high school in Gary built exclusively for African-Americans, Theodore Roosevelt High School, recently was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.