Vigo County News

Seven criminal charges have been filed against a Terre Haute man who allegedly wrecked a vehicle into a front yard at 16th and Ohio streets.

Terre Haute - Workers are altering part of the Vigo County jail to fix a design flaw that allowed inmates to crawl through the ceiling to visit other cells.

Five people were sentenced in federal court Wednesday in connection with the December bust of a methamphetamine trafficking ring in Vigo County.

Gov. Mitch Daniels honored several Vigo County businesses Wednesday in Indianapolis for their community service and longevity.

A security-improving project in the Vigo County Security Center is solving a design flaw that had allowed some jail inmates to crawl through the ceiling to visit other cells.

The Vigo County Public Library will present the one-person play, "Hi, I'm Ernie Pyle" by Gary Morrison from 12:10 until 1:15 p.m. Friday in the meeting rooms of the Main Library at Seventh and Poplar streets.

Two accidents involving cars hitting homes happened in Vigo County. The first accident somehow caused a car to slam into a house.

Multiple criminal charges are pending against a Terre Haute man accused of fighting with police during Saturday's homecoming festivities on Wabash Avenue.

The man accused of nearly a dozen child molestation charges has been returned to southern Indiana.

Ninety criminal charges are pending against a Terre Haute couple accused of 21 separate break-ins at storage units around Vigo County.

There are some recent staffing changes in the Greene County Purdue University Cooperative Extension office at the fairgrounds.

Thursday, the Terre Haute Police Department moved five U-Haul sized trucks full of stolen goods from the home and a storage unit rented by two Terre Haute residents.

The H1N1 vaccine is making it's way to Vigo County schools. Vigo County Health Department and School Corporation announced plans to vaccinate students during a press conference on Friday.

Vigo County will now be eligible for millions, as a recovery zone. Tuesday, the Vigo County commissioners voted to make the county a recovery zone, based on the economic stress of last year's flooding.

For close to 40 years, a volunteer food program has provided nutritious meals to Terre Haute's senior citizens, disabled and those unable to prepare their own.

Cell phone use and road rage led to a rear-end accident at Seventh Street and Springhill Drive at 6:30 p.m. Sunday.

When Danette Monson first learned that her son Garin had high lead levels in his blood, she wasn't too concerned.

A Vigo County jury deliberated for about an hour Thursday afternoon before returning a not guilty verdict in the case against Rocco D. Cherry Jr.

Rocco Cherry's two-day trial wrapped up Thursday. The nine female, three male jury found Cherry not guilty on seven felony charges, one count of armed robbery and six counts of criminal recklessness.

One person was injured in a hit-and-run accident Saturday afternoon in Honey Creek Township.