Riley News

The dream of a 10-year-old girl finally came true - more than a decade later on the stage of University Hall Auditorium.

A 40-year-old Lafayette woman is dead and her alleged killer is on the run. Now police are trying to figure out why - and how - a wedding day ended in murder.

Ornate doors to ancient works were opened wide on Saturday. "It's the greatest fraternity the world's ever known," Jerry Burns said inside the Terre Haute Masonic Temple, offering tours and answering questions about a society with secrets that wants the public to visit.

With the troubled economy and high unemployment, the need for assistance is great in many Terre Haute households this holiday season.

Mr. and Mrs. Billy E. Riley Mr. and Mrs. Billy E. Riley were united in marriage on Nov.

Families strolled about Saturday's sunshine, up and down the northside streets around Collett Park, visiting neighbors and checking out crafts.

The Vigo County School Corp. and Vigo County Health Department have scheduled several more H1N1 flu vaccination clinics in schools.

A county park project that has been in the planning stages since 2002 will now become a reality as Vigo County officials learned Wednesday it has been awarded a $650,000 grant from the Indiana Department of Transportation.

In the quiet town of Clinton, Indiana, compassion and love of neighbor seem to be values the people here embrace.

Third-grader John Michael McClain sat bravely and focused on a television program as registered nurse Dana Garcia injected the H1N1 flu vaccine into his arm Friday.

The Wabash Valley Community Foundation gave out more than $135,000 dollars in grants Wednesday.

Riley Elementary School Principal Dave Lotter congratulates Brazil resident Kathy L. Deal after she was awarded the Indiana Principals Leadership Academy Aspiring Administrator's Scholarship and the Lewis C. Bose Scholarship for Educational Leadership.

Trial dates have been set in a child neglect case involving a premature baby. Christopher W. Wilson, 20, of Terre Haute, is scheduled to appear in Vigo Superior Court Division 3 on Thursday to request a reduction in bail, which is now set at $75,000 with no 10 percent allowed.

Karley Lewis ran around the front door of the West Vigo IGA Sunday afternoon as her family and friends sold cookies and brownies for 50 cents a bag.

As its name suggests, the seventh-annual Popcorn Festival in Brazil this weekend celebrates one of Indiana's top crops: popcorn.

Hoosier Prairie starts year on right foot In my 20 years with the Vigo County School Corp., this appears to be the smoothest and busiest start to a new year.

At a time of often distressing news, the Tribune-Star wants to remind readers what makes Terre Haute a great place in which to live.

A husband and wife face felony neglect charges for injuries allegedly inflicted on their infant.

Ricky Nelson's "Traveling Man" strolled through Merle Haggard's "Swinging Doors" on Sunday afternoon as the musical community gave back to the Wabash Valley during a jam session and picnic.

More is being learned about what needs to be done at the Chinook Mine area to prepare it for possible development.