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TERRE HAUTE, Ind. - Mosquitoes and other bugs may be the worst part about being outside, and this year they're going to be as bad as ever.

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. - If you've spent much time around a Tulip Poplar in the past few weeks, chances are you may have felt a few stray drops.

As of July 1st many establishments will become smoke-free throughout the state and Vigo County is heading in that direction but several surrounding counties have yet to follow.

It could be about two more years before some lawsuits filed over last summer's State Fair stage collapse go to trial.

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Health workers administered tuberculosis skin tests to about 700 students and staff members at a Terre Haute middle school following a suspected case of the disease.

Terre Haute bars, restaurants and private clubs are almost a month away from going smoke-free. Come July 1st several establishments in the city and possibly Vigo County will be smoke-free. "That's going to put some of us out of business, its going to cause more unemployment.

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The following individuals were booked into the Vigo County Jail by area law enforcement on Thursday and Friday, based on jail records.

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A Tuesday night motorcycle accident has been confirmed as fatal. Leyland Owens died Wednesday in an Indianapolis hospital after a car driven by 35 year old Travis Ley hit him and another motorcycle near the intersection of 17th and Hulman in Terre Haute.

The National Weather Service is warning parts of Indiana might experience record heat over the holiday weekend, and dry conditions have prompted at least one county to ban most open burning.

Representatives from The Riley Hospital for Children Foundation were at Terre Haute North Vigo High School to accept a check for more $ 27,000 on Wednesday.

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. - Imagine finding a stranger in your home in broad daylight.A That's just what happened to Gabriel and Katie Sharkey of Terre Haute.

Indiana State Police detectives from the Criminal Investigation Division at the Putnamville Post are currently investigating a female juvenile who walked away from a Vigo County treatment facility at 6:15 on the evening of Sunday, May 20, 2012.

TERRE HAUTE, May 23, 2012 -- Residents came in force Tuesday to try to compel the Vigo County Board of Commissioners to change how a development is progressing near Woodgate subdivisions in southern Vigo County.

Monday afternoon, Indiana State Police troopers from the Putnamville Post were asked by the Sullivan and Vigo County Sheriff's Offices to assist in locating a Terre Haute man wanted on warrant for felony rape and confinement.

The Vigo County Coroner's Office has identified the driver of a tractor-trailer involved in a fatal crash on May 16 in the eastbound lanes of Interstate 70 near the 12 mile marker.

VIGO COUNTY, Ind. - A former bully says she's in a fight, for a different reason.