Hammond Mayor Thomas McDermott Jr. says the proposed Bears stadium site is 'pristine,' pushing back on doubts as Indiana ...

While Illinois lawmakers haven’t yet been able to come up with a deal to help keep the Chicago Bears in Illinois, Hammond ...

Chicago Bears President and CEO Kevin Warren, left, walks down the stairs at Lost Marsh Golf Club Friday alongside Hammond ...

As the mayor of Hammond sees it, Arlington Heights is where people wear tuxedos and sip Champagne. No place for Da Bears, he argues, given the team’s famously blue-collar roots. But Hammond, with the ...

HAMMOND, Ind. (WGN) — At one point in time, it was a forgone conclusion that the Chicago Bears would stay put in Illinois, but on Thursday, Indiana state lawmakers pulled off a play so effective that ...

HAMMOND, Ind. - Indiana lawmakers have advanced legislation creating a stadium authority and financing framework to potentially bring the Chicago Bears to a new publicly supported development near ...

Indiana Gov. Mike Braun told reporters in a Statehouse press scrum Wednesday to expect an announcement from the NFL franchise ...

Here is the testimony, as prepared for delivery, of Hammond Mayor Thomas McDermott Jr. on the Chicago Bears stadium legislation that was endorsed 24-0 Thursday by the House Ways and Means Committee.

Hammond Mayor Thomas McDermott Jr. on his quest to bring the Chicago Bears to Indiana. The battle for the Bears may be headed to the fourth quarter. As the team looks to move on from its home at ...

Hammond Mayor Thomas McDermott Jr. is again asking the courts to drop him, his podcast and the city from the ongoing lawsuit with the former Lake County Convention and Visitors Authority CEO Speros ...