Terre Haute News

It is official: Neither rain, snow, sleet nor a surety bond will keep the United States contract postal unit in 12 Points from making its appointed rounds - or, rather, opening its doors.

Zac Niehaus is in the first full day of his first real American Legion baseball road trip with Wayne Newton Post 346, and to say he's adapting well would be something of an understatement.

A former child therapist from Iowa serving a five-year sentence on child pornography charges has died as he was being transported between prisons.

Terre Haure - U.S. Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Ind., will visit Terre Haute on Thursday to discuss a proposal for federal property tax relief.

An NCAA steeplechase All-American on the track, Jordan Fife was joined by two Indiana State Sycamores with NCAA national championship credentials last weekend at the USA Track and Field Championships.

An Illinois woman was been charged in Vigo Superior Court with forgery and theft for allegedly taking more than $17,700 from her Terre Haute employer.

The dangers of methamphetamine are not just limited to police. It may be in your front yard or along your street.

A race lasting lasting more than 2000 miles ended in victory. Indiana State University senior Jessica Campbell along with faculty member Victoria Dunbar returned with their composite airplane to the Terre Haute Air Center Monday afternoon.

Katron Walker will avoid the death penalty by pleading guilty to murder and attempted murder in an agreement entered today in Vigo Superior Court Division 3. Judge David R. Bolk accepted the guilty pleas and set the case for sentencing in August.

Emergency responders blocked Poplar Street from 14th to 15th streets Sunday afternoon as smoke poured out of the Family Dollar store.

Of the nearly 40 Indiana wineries, there isn't another like Huber's Orchard, Winery and Vineyards in Starlight, atop a hill just northwest of Louisville and across the Ohio River.

What's better? Scoring 21 runs or allowing just one? It's a scenario Wayne Newton Post 346 could sit back and ponder with a collective smile on their face after its 21-1 victory over Greene County Post 196 at Terre Haute North's field on Wednesday.

To Matt King, his high school football career was all about winning, the 6-foot-21/2 left-handed quarterback leading Rockville to back-to-back undefeated seasons and a Class A state-championship game berth in 2007.

Indiana veterans can get help with higher tuition costs at Indiana State University, Indiana University and other colleges taking part in the Yellow Ribbon Program run by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels is traveling in the southern part of the state to talk about the special legislative session and negotiations on a new state budget.

INDIANAPOLIS - A federal lawsuit claims that Muslim inmates in a special unit at the U.S. prison in Terre Haute are being illegally restricted from praying in groups as often as their religion commands.

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. a ' A western Indiana man has pleaded guilty to charges that he abducted his two young sons at knifepoint and then killed one of them.

Among the local men's adult teams traveling throughout southern Indiana to participate in tournament play are Outkast, Crawlworks, 180 Energy Drink, Terre Haute Prescription Shop and Budweiser.

The sky was blue. And Victory Field was a sea of West Vigo green. Unfortunately for the throng of West Vigo baseball fans that made the Indianapolis Indians' home ballpark look like the Green Dome, the IHSAA Class 3A state championship game didn't end with a Viking victory.

John Dillinger has an historical link to Terre Haute, even paying to establish a hideaway in the city for members of his notorious bank robbing gang in the 1930s.