Two outgoing Republican mayors say local officials need fewer restrictions from the state in running municipalities.

Political newcomer Brandon Sakbun has won the mayoral race for Terre Haute, defeating long-time mayor Duke Bennett.

The ACLU of Indiana is suing the U.S. Bureau of Prisons over conditions on federal death row, which is housed in Terre Haute.

The Vigo County prosecutor announced Tuesday that a Terre Haute police officer acted appropriately after responding to a domestic violence call on Dec. 1 and heard a woman screaming inside the house.

Churchill Downs Inc. officials told the Indiana Gaming Commission about the construction plans Tuesday as they discussed their decision to move the project to a 50-acre site on the city’s east side near the Interstate 70-Indiana 46 interchange.

The new site that is currently farm fields near FedEx and Clabber Girl distribution centers would replace the original site off U.S. 41 on the city’s west side.

A federal grand jury indicted an Indiana man Wednesday in the fatal shooting of a Terre Haute police detective and FBI task force officer.

Indiana House Republicans say a bill that would provide $1 billion in tax cuts will attract business to the state, but some mayors are worried about the potential impact on their communities and are planning to fight the cuts.

A Marion County judge dismissed the lawsuit Wednesday at the request of a casino company that objected to the Indiana Gaming Commission's decision in November to award the Terre Haute project license to Louisville, Kentucky-based Churchill Downs Inc.

A monument to a young soldier who died in 1898 after rescuing children and workers from a fire at a western Indiana department store where he was portraying Santa Claus will be refurbished and moved next year to the site of the fire.