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Terre Haute girl to compete at World Age Group Games
Eleven-year-old Hannah Nowak is all concentration as she prepares to execute a series of eight power tumbling skills down a flexible floor that is 84 feet long and 6 feet wide.
Soldier gives service beyond duty’s call
Years of service paid off in double honors for a Wabash Valley soldier Saturday afternoon.
Habitat for Humanity starts house
Hammers slammed nails into the sub-floor of Mercedes Estremera’s new home Saturday morning.
Vigo schools considering medical clinic
A Vigo County School Corp. benefits committee is recommending that the school district investigate the possibility of an onsite medical clinic as a way to reduce health care costs.
Kor writes book for teens
In the prologue to her new book for young teens, Eva Mozes Kor describes her arrival at the Auschwitz concentration camp in 1944.
Eight Valley teachers selected for Auschwitz trip
Generations ago in a land across oceans, millions were murdered for reasons now hard to imagine.
Airport accepts Ivy Tech lawsuit settlement
An agreement in principal was approved Friday that would end a lawsuit against Ivy Tech Community College for repair to its former airport campus building at the Terre Haute International Airport-Hulman Field.
Speaker discusses impact of stress
The suicide in Muncie last month of an Indiana National Guardsman who was home on leave from Afghanistan and rising suicide rates among members of the U.S. military has focused attention on the problem of “post traumatic stress disorder,” according to organizers of a three day conference taking place this weekend in Terre Haute.
Terre Haute City Council meetings to be televised
New cameras and audio equipment have been installed in the courtroom at City Hall.
First Financial Bank reports profits
First Financial Corp. reported a significant increase in third quarter profits this year compared with the third quarter of 2008.
Defense contractor bringing jobs to Newport
Telic Corp., a military service and weapons contractor, plans to create up to 500 jobs in the first quarter of 2010 at the Newport Chemical Depot, becoming the first business with plans to operate on a site that once produced and stored a deadly nerve agent.
Wabash Valley Visions and Voices history project celebrates fifth anniversary
More than 50 people were seeing visions and hearing voices from the past Thursday afternoon at the Indiana State University Cunningham Memorial Library.
City Council discusses bonds for Clabber Girl
The Terre Haute City Council on Thursday night discussed the issuing of federal tax free bonds to help Clabber Girl build a new distribution center in Terre Haute.
Wabash and Erie Canal Lock park nearing reality
A county park project that has been in the planning stages since 2002 will now become a reality as Vigo County officials learned Wednesday it has been awarded a $650,000 grant from the Indiana Department of Transportation.
West Vigo athletic teams donate to Community Center lighting project
The West Vigo Community Center has been raising funds for a project to put new lighting in its gymnasium.
Group hits streets for health care: 'Working America' urges votes to contact Sen. Bayh
Professional community organizers with Working America, an affiliate of the AFL-CIO, were in Terre Haute on Thursday attempting to put grassroots pressure on Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh to support an overhaul of the U.S. health care system.
Nine canvassers with the organization arrived from Indianapolis at Seventh Street and Wabash Avenue around 4:30 p.m. They quickly fanned out and started asking pedestrians to call Bayh and ask him to support health care legislation featuring — among other things — a “public option.”
City receives grant for 3rd Street median beautificaions project
The City of Terre Haute on Thursday was awarded a $365,000 landscaping and beautification grant for a project to construct new traffic medians, with low-lying plants and flowers, along Third Street.
Mind-body medicine founder to speak at conference
Sharon Forbes wasn’t sure what she would learn about mind-body connections during a class at The Maple Center.
It turns out she learned a lot.
Hoosier set to blast off aboard Endeavor
When Astronaut Dave Wolf heads into space Saturday morning aboard the space shuttle Endeavor, it will be with a large contingency of Hoosiers watching nearby.
Ivy Tech-Wabash Valley dedicates Greencastle campus
Ivy Tech Community College-Wabash Valley Region on Thursday celebrated the accomplishments of those involved in the journey from conception to completion of its new campus at Veteran’s Highway and Zinc Mill Road in Greencastle.
NEW: No Indiana National Guard personnel at Fort Hood
Public affairs officers with the Indiana National Guard issued a statement a short time ago related to the shooting rampage today at Fort Hood Army base in Texas.
NEW: Defense contractor to establish operations at Newport Depot
Gov. Mitch Daniels joined executives of Telic Corp. to announce today that the company will establish its newest Indiana operations in Newport creating up to 500 new jobs by 2010.
Tribune-Star names John W. McClure as new advertising director
John W. McClure has been named advertising director for the Tribune-Star, where he will oversee a staff of 24 people in both advertising and production.
Activists celebrate where they were this time last year
Snacking on cheese and crackers in an upstairs apartment, political activists took time to celebrate where they were this time last year.
One of ISU’s first African-American faculty members, civil rights activist dies at 73
Andre’ Hammonds, one of Indiana State University’s first African-American faculty members, is being remembered as a gentleman, a scholar and a role model who valued education and service to community.
Parade to serve as funeral procession
Preparations are under way as the veterans organizations of Vigo County plan communitywide funeral honors for a native son.
Airport officials positive about potential sale
Ongoing negotiations for the sale of Terre Haute International Airport’s Fixed Base Operator might reach a positive conclusion this month, the agency’s director said Wednesday.
Officials request land transfer for Terre Haute North growth
With space limited for expansion on the campus of Terre Haute North Vigo High School, Vigo County School Corp. officials Wednesday requested the county transfer nearby land for use as sports and band practice fields as well as other future growth.
Vermillion company to expand, create jobs
White Construction Inc., a Vermillion County-based contractor for renewable energy projects throughout North America, will expand its operations, creating up to 70 new jobs by 2012.
Construction project to fix design flaw that allowed Vigo County inmates to visit other cells
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.
Daniels honors Vigo County businesses
Gov. Mitch Daniels honored several Vigo County businesses Wednesday in Indianapolis for their community service and longevity.
Five sentenced in meth ring bust
Five people were sentenced in federal court Wednesday in connection with the December bust of a methamphetamine trafficking ring in Vigo County.
Church sale to fight poverty
A Terre Haute church is offering unique, international products with the goal of helping eliminate poverty around the world.
Ministry launches drive for holiday baskets
Covenant Cooperative Ministry is raising the flag of charity as the holiday season nears.

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