'Just turn the lights on:' Gary residents endure historic power outage that nears two-week mark

As Lisa Bryant and her mom, Jackie, pulled up to The Gospel Truth Apostolic Ministry, they thanked the pastor and volunteers loading their trunk with fresh groceries that would feed them for the next few days: bread, cheese, deli meats and canned goods. The Bryants are among the thousands of residents in Gary who remain without power after severe storms tore through northwest Indiana last week, causing a historic outage that left much of the region in the dark. “This will at least nourish us…