West Terre Haute News

Steve Martin once joked that it's impossible to play a sad song on a banjo. It's true.

An open house at the Infusion Clinic in the Visiting Specialty Clinic at Paris Community Hospital/Family Medical Center is 5 to 8 p.m. July 31.

It was all part of the 8th annual Junior Police Academy taking place at Terre Haute North Vigo High School this week.

West Terre Haute Police are warning homeowners of a possible scam. They say they have received a number of complaints about a group posing as FEMA officials.

Recovery efforts are moving forward in the small village of Toad Hop after last month's flash flooding.

It took more than 8 hours for the jury to make a decision in the murder trial of Kevin Mark Weeks.

After the prosecution rested its case Thursday, the defense called one witness: the mother of Kevin Mark Weeks.

The prosecution continued their arguments Wednesday in a West Terre Haute murder trial.

Public input is being sought on ideas to transform the banks of the Wabash River through Terre Haute.

Although it doesn't start for three days, the 79th Annual Vigo County Fair was well under way Wednesday with the 4-H fashion revue.

A state grant plus Vigo County matching funds will allow the town of West Terre Haute to proceed with a $1.2 million stormwater construction project aimed at reducing repetitive flooding.

State troopers arrested a West Terre Haute man who they said crashed into a police car with an all-terrain vehicle Monday.

Midwest has suffered enough from floods The Midwest floods are one of the most devastating disasters in the 21st century.

The June flooding that devastated Wabash Valley communities also unleashed countless acts of kindness to help victims.

When Denise Hutcheson tried to buy flood insurance for her home at 1433 S. Fruitridge Ave.

Terre Haute victims of last weekend's flash flooding continue to receive help from the American Red Cross and other organizations.

EDITOR'S NOTE: The following message on the response by Indiana State University to the flooding crisis was sent to the campus community by Lloyd W. Benjamin III, president of ISU, on Monday.

When all your belongings are piled in a soggy heap outside the front door, statistics and history mean little.

Sandbagging and evacuations continued yesterday across south-central Indiana as record flood waters receded in some counties but threatened homes and property in downstream areas.

It was just a breeze shy of 90 degrees Sunday afternoon in Toad Hop - and the bitter smell of gasoline in muddy water tickled the nose.