"We ve added 44 names to that (memorial) wall in my 47 years," USW Local 1010 President Don Seifert said. "Three hundred ninety-three deaths is a huge number for any facility."
A developer is now eyeing the construction of two speculative buildings at the former West Calumet Housing Complex site that was evacuated because of lead contamination in the soil.
A Chicago-based developer is tearing down a long-vacant part of one of the Region s most prominent steel mills to make way for a major redevelopment project.