Vigo County News

A Terre Haute man who was stabbed in an alleged domestic altercation, said he plans to hire his own defense attorney to handle three class-D felony charges against him.

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.

State crop reporting data suggests the Wabash Valley areas have suffered significantly in corn and soybean planting delays.

Vigo County Fair Home & Family Arts Open Class entries will be accepted from 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. July 11.

One organization served up a different way to fight the spread underage drinking.

Friday was the deadline for Vigo County departments to hand in their budget to the Auditor's office.

Covenant Cooperative Ministry has partnered with Duke Energy and Walmart to launch the 2009 Summer Fan Club.

A restaurant delivery truck with ties to Indianapolis had its load of 400 pounds of meat confiscated and taken to a landfill in western Indiana after health officials determined the cargo was not being cooled.

A father plead guilty on Monday to murdering one son and trying to kill another.

Land acquisition is under way for 2,700 acres along the Wabash River in western Indiana that could eventually become part of an 8,000-acre wildlife refuge.

Peaceful, serene, and picturesque three words one can use to describe the wetlands of Vigo County.

A man was taken to the hospital Friday evening after his vehicle was T-boned by a Ford Explorer.

NOTE: Due to the nature of this article, the comment section has been disabled. Around 6 p.m., Wednesday, the Federal Bureau of Investigation issued a red alert for a suspect believed to be involved in a recent car jacking that reportedly started in Columbus, Ohio.

An early morning accident sent one person to the hospital. Around 7 a.m. Monday, deputies from the Vigo County Sheriff's Department were called out to an accident against a person and car.

When Dorothy Higgs was about 9 years old in the early 1920s, her sister had diphtheria, leaving Dorothy and the rest of her large family quarantined inside their Terre Haute home.

A fatal train accident on Feree Drive killed 62-year old Carolyn Davidson and injured her two granddaughters.

Several people spoke out today against a proposal to vacate some roads in western Vigo County.

The Vigo County commissioners announced Tuesday morning they may no longer take care of a few county roads.

Vigo County is dealing with nearly a dozen arson cases. The most recent happened Monday night.

Filing a health nuisance complaint, searching for tax information or finding documents such as building permit forms became easier Monday as Vigo County unveiled its eye-catching new Web site - www.vigocounty.in.gov. The site has five large "buttons" on the right side of the new Web page.