From his vantage point, Sonner Faught could see almost every volunteer in the cemetery.

May 28, 2012 8 Photos  

Jeana Lunsford’s graduation from South Vermillion High School Saturday should have been a time of celebration.

May 28, 2012  

Twenty-seven Vigo County students benefited from tax-supported vouchers during the first year of the Choice Scholarship Program, and that number is expected to grow for 2012-13, say Indiana school choice leaders who visited Terre Haute Thursday.

May 28, 2012  

A decade after Indiana legislators gave the state the power to take over chronically failing schools, the first implementation of the law is meeting with resistance, skepticism and questions about its costs.

May 28, 2012  

My daughter, Ellen, and I stood at my parents’ graves on Mother’s Day a few weeks back and talked about how it couldn’t possibly have been so long since we lost them. My dad, for instance, has been gone for 16 years, and that is nearly unimaginable

May 28, 2012  

Quick action on the part of some first-responders is credited with saving the lives of three people in a Vermillion County fire early Saturday morning, according to the Vermillion County Sheriff’s Department.

May 28, 2012  

When Freddie Poore met you, he never forgot you.

May 27, 2012 4 Photos  

Thanks to some help from a hometown boy in Hollywood, “This Promise I Made” is still on track to be kept in Clinton.

May 27, 2012 2 Photos  

A couple of columns ago, I posed a question about why most Indiana polling places on primary election day had so few customers.

May 27, 2012  

Police are seeking a robbery suspect following a Saturday morning armed robbery at the Jiffy MiniMart at 25th Street and Eighth Avenue.

May 27, 2012  

Inventor Dean Kamen gave a first-hand demonstration Saturday of how to be an innovator.

May 27, 2012 8 Photos  

It dawned on me one day last week, as I sat at my desk in my teacher clothes and shoes, a stack of ungraded essays calling to me from a rather tall and depressing pile, that I hadn’t missed a high school graduation in 33 years.

May 27, 2012  

Emergency personnel wheel a man who was removed from a vehicle that had been driven into the water at Crystal Lake on Boston Avenue near 14th Street  at about 9 p.m. Friday.

May 26, 2012 1 Photo  

Stringing up fishing poles in the shade of American flags, households full of Hoosiers are packing into parks across the state this weekend.

May 26, 2012 3 Photos  

Stretching 824 miles from Baltimore to St. Louis, the National Road — known as U.S. 40 through Indiana — will soon be the host site for perhaps the longest bargain market in the country.

May 26, 2012 1 Photo  

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology’s Class of 2012 will honor the memory of Matt Branam during today’s commencement ceremony by wearing special pins with the phrase “Make It Happen; Make It Fun,” a favorite saying of the former Rose-Hulman president, who died unexpectedly on April 20.

May 26, 2012 1 Photo  

The following individuals were booked into the Vigo County Jail by area law enforcement on Thursday and Friday, based on jail records. Charges are recommended by arresting officers but are not final until the Vigo County prosecutor reviews the case and files official charges.

May 26, 2012  

An Army carry team moves a transfer case containing the remains of Spc. Arronn D. Fields early Thursday morning at Dover Air Force Base, Del.

May 25, 2012 5 Photos  

A top Canadian diplomat told a Terre Haute audience Thursday his country was “disappointed” when President Obama at least temporarily rejected a proposed transcontinental oil pipeline from Alberta to Texas.
 

May 25, 2012  

Lane restrictions in construction zones on Interstate 70 and other highways around the state will be lifted to accommodate holiday travel for the Memorial Day Weekend.
 

May 25, 2012  

Several positions will be eliminated this summer at the Terre Haute mail processing facility as the U.S. Postal Service begins moving the operation to Indianapolis, a U.S. Postal Service spokesman has confirmed.
 

May 25, 2012  

Two Vigo County companies are seeking tax abatements for expansion projects, one of which is included as part of a county incentive package.
 

May 25, 2012  

The suspect in a cross-country, high-speed chase originating in Terre Haute last week was reportedly in federal custody Thursday evening.
 

May 25, 2012  

The Vigo County Coroner’s Office has identified the passenger of a semi-tractor crash on May 16 in the eastbound lanes of Interstate 70 near the 12-mile marker.
 

May 25, 2012  

May 24, 2012  

Vigo County officials have issued a burn ban effective Thursday and remains in effect until 8 a.m. Tuesday.

May 24, 2012  

A small town seemed sadly quiet Wednesday, waiting to honor a local fallen warrior.

May 24, 2012 3 Photos  

Indiana State University has announced a four-year “graduation guarantee” for students enrolling this fall and beyond.

May 24, 2012  

Indiana Senate Minority Leader Vi Simpson, chosen to run as the Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor with gubernatorial candidate John Gregg, said during a stop Wednesday in Terre Haute that bipartisan experience is a key factor in creating jobs and legislation to help Hoosiers statewide.

May 24, 2012 2 Photos  

A Terre Haute man has died of injuries he sustained in a two-motorcycle, one-car crash that also injured another motorcyclist late Tuesday. The incident has led to the arrest of the car’s driver.

May 24, 2012