Articles tagged as: Terre Haute
November 13, 2025
'We have a backbone': Terre Haute Pride Center, ACLU face second legal battle with ISU
This fall, the center was supposed to staff four more ISU students, but ISU cut that funding in August. While the university said it's following the federal government's lead, the ACLU of Indiana and the center argued ISU is violating the First Amendment.
Read MoreNovember 11, 2025
Braun approves Terre Haute hospital merger
After two years, two Terre Haute hospitals have received state approval to merge, despite anti-trust concerns.
Read MoreNovember 7, 2025
Terre Haute's labor activist Eugene Debs is having a moment. Here's why
NYC Mayor-elect quotes Terre Haute's Eugene Debs. Why Indiana's labor organizer is having a moment
Read MoreOctober 26, 2025
Bernie Sanders receives award in Terre Haute named for labor rights icon
Bernie Sanders is in Indiana to accept an award named after the Terre Haute-born labor leader and presidential candidate Eugene V. Debs. The U.S. senator Vermont has long credited Debs' ideas and advocacy with shaping his political worldview.
Read MoreOctober 9, 2025
'Something needs to change': Terre Haute to consolidate, close schools
Katheryn Downard wants her kids to grow up in a rural school — just like she did. That’s why she’s sending her kids to Hoosier Prairie Elementary School. “The smaller the school, the more it feels like family, and when you have a family, you're more likely to have students that are successful,” Downard said.
Read MoreFebruary 24, 2025
Terre Haute federal prisoner sentenced to life for murdering cellmate in 2019
A federal judge in Indianapolis has imposed a life sentence on a prisoner who murdered his cellmate at a U.S. prison in Indiana in 2019.
Read MoreNovember 28, 2024
Indiana hospitals pull merger application after pushback over monopoly concerns
Two rival hospitals in Terre Haute, Indiana, pulled back their merger application Monday, just days before the state was due to rule on the deal amid growing backlash to such medical monopolies.
Read MoreJanuary 2, 2024
Two outgoing GOP mayors say cities need fewer restrictions from state
Two outgoing Republican mayors say local officials need fewer restrictions from the state in running municipalities.
Read MoreNovember 8, 2023
Longtime Terre Haute mayor ousted by political newcomer
Political newcomer Brandon Sakbun has won the mayoral race for Terre Haute, defeating long-time mayor Duke Bennett.
Read MoreJanuary 13, 2023
Lawsuit challenges isolation conditions on federal death row
The ACLU of Indiana is suing the U.S. Bureau of Prisons over conditions on federal death row, which is housed in Terre Haute.
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