The western Indiana home in which renowned Hoosier journalist Ernie Pyle was born, and an adjacent museum dedicated to preserving his legacy as a World War II correspondent, have a new owner.

February 8, 2012  

Goodwill Industries Inc. on Tuesday opened its third Terre Haute store.

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Clinton residents have reason to celebrate.
Federal officials have granted more than $800,000 toward a $1.2 million project of widening and deepening Feather Creek, which has been a flooding problem in the city since the Great Depression. Work could begin in spring 2013.

February 8, 2012  

A contaminated petroleum site at the northwestern edge of Indiana State University’s campus will be transferred to the city of Terre Haute to remove the property from a pending sale.

February 8, 2012  

After four years of shrinking budgets and a slow economy, Terre Haute is “moving in the right direction,” Mayor Duke Bennett said Tuesday morning in his first “State of the City” address since being re-elected by Terre Haute voters in November.
Difficult financial and political battles are largely in the past, he said, and now the city can start moving forward in ways not possible in the past four years.

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An Iraq war veteran and caving enthusiast took his own life about half a mile from where he left his car on a rural road but more than four months passed before four young spelunkers exploring where they weren’t allowed found him deep inside a treacherous cave, Indiana conservation officers said Tuesday.

February 8, 2012  

For the fourth year in a row, Vigo County School Corp. graduation rates have topped the state average, school district officials said during a news conference Tuesday.

February 8, 2012  

A summons to appear in Vigo Superior Court 1 has been issued to the former police chief of West Terre Haute after a theft case filed Monday was transferred from a different court.

February 8, 2012  

A parade has been scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Friday to honor Terre Haute native Steve Weatherford, a punter with the Super Bowl champion New York Giants.

February 8, 2012  

A recent DNA match in an Indiana database has led to the arrest of a burglary suspect by the Indiana State Police at Putnamville.

February 8, 2012  

Investigation continues into a shooting Monday in the 600 block of Water Street, which is near the Wabash River on the city’s west side.

February 8, 2012  

After a timeout to accommodate out-of-town Super Bowl visitors, the Indiana General Assembly is back in session to tackle legislation that had been bottlenecked by a contentious labor bill.

February 8, 2012  

Drop. Cover. Hold on! Those are the directives for the Great Central U.S. ShakeOut, a multi-state earthquake drill that happened Tuesday morning.

February 8, 2012  

An Indiana brain scientist whose memoir about her recovery from a stroke became a best-seller has dreamed up an exhibit featuring giant brains that will be mounted around Bloomington this spring.

February 7, 2012  

Federal officials have granted the funding needed to widen Feather Creek in Clinton.

February 7, 2012  

A mobile computer lab has come to the Lost Creek Township Trustee’s Office to assist the public in job searches and applying for assistance programs.
 

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The Vigo County School Corp. 2011 graduation rate improved nearly 4 percentage points and surpassed the state graduation rate, according to information from the state Department of Education.

 

February 7, 2012  

Lots of dogs and babies appeared in commercial advertisements for Super Bowl XLVI, but game-day ads also increasingly are pointing to social media handles, such as Twitter and Facebook.
 

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If praise and adulation could put points on the scoreboard, then Indianapolis had a blowout victory hosting its first Super Bowl.
 

February 7, 2012  

• Woman faces arson charge

• Mother jailed on abuse charge

• New trial date for suspect

• Woman's arson trial July 10

• Child pornography trial set

February 7, 2012  

A West Terre Haute police officer is facing allegations of misusing his department-issued gasoline credit card.
 

February 7, 2012  

The Terre Haute Police Department reported late Monday that a 16-year-old Terre Haute youth was flown via helicopter ambulance to an Indianapolis hospital after an accidental shooting. The extent of the youth’s injuries were not available late Monday night.

February 7, 2012  

A motorist reportedly speeding to get to an Indianapolis hospital ended up getting medical treatment himself after a Monday morning crash on Interstate 70 near the 37-mile marker.
 

February 7, 2012  

Heavy fog contributed to a two-vehicle accident involving a West Terre Haute patrolman at 7:21 a.m. Monday.
 

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A West Terre Haute police officer is facing allegations of felony theft.
 

February 6, 2012  

A wild and record-setting Super Bowl week was capped Sunday with the New York Giants winning their fourth title game. But the host city of Indianapolis was a winner as well.

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Home delivery action was hotter than wing sauce Sunday afternoon, as football fans dipped in for the big game.

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It isn’t every Sunday afternoon that jets line the runway at the Terre Haute International Airport, but many in town wouldn’t mind if they did.

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Inside Maryland Community Church Sunday evening, it seemed downright un-patriotic to pray for anyone but the Giants.

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Basketballs bounced about the gymnasium floor Saturday as middle school students learned alternatives to negative behavior.

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