TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — Indiana State Police say two crashes involving four semitrailers and five passenger vehicles have left at least two people dead and westbound Interstate 70 closed near...

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — At least two western Indiana hospitals are restricting visitors to curb the spread of flu-like illnesses.

The (Terre Haute) Tribune-Star reports Regional Hospital...

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Late columnist Matthew Tully of The Indianapolis Star heads a class of five inductees this year onto the Indiana Journalism Hall of Fame.

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — Duke Energy will need to create a corrective action plan for its coal ash ponds in Indiana after mandatory groundwater testing found the ponds have contaminants at levels...

GARY, Ind. (AP) — Indiana gambling regulators have approved the transfer of two Gary casino licenses to a company that aims to move them off the Lake Michigan shore.

MARSHALL, Ill. (AP) — An Indiana man has pleaded not guilty to murder charges accusing him of killing a woman in Illinois more than four years ago.

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — Tyreke Key had 20 points as Indiana State topped Northern Iowa 71-54 on Saturday.

Cooper Neese had 14 points for Indiana State (15-15, 7-11 Missouri Valley...

Northern Iowa (14-16, 9-8) vs. Indiana State (14-15, 6-11)

Hulman Center, Terre Haute, Indiana; Saturday, 2 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Indiana State looks for its fourth straight win over...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Legislation that allows one of Gary's casinos to move to Terre Haute and the other to move inland while permitting sports wagering has cleared the Indiana Senate and is headed...

Indiana State (14-14, 6-10) vs. Drake (21-8, 10-6)

Knapp Center, Des Moines, Iowa; Wednesday, 8 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Indiana State seeks revenge on Drake after dropping the first...

DANVILLE, Ind. (AP) — Police in central Indiana say a man has confessed to killing a woman in Illinois when he lived there more than four years ago.

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — Indiana State University has announced the creation of an annual address in honor of slain Washington Post journalist and alumnus Jamal Khashoggi.

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TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — State officials are seeking an injunction against a western Indiana assisted living center where a woman died after wandering outside on a cold night.

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — Tyreke Key scored 21 points and grabbed five rebounds as Indiana State rolled past Illinois State 73-50 on Wednesday night.

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — Kavion Pippen and Sean Lloyd Jr. scored 21 points apiece as Southern Illinois easily beat Indiana State 79-57 on Saturday. Armon Fletcher added 20 points for the Salukis.

Pippen hit 10 of 12 shots. He added four assists and four blocks. Lloyd Jr. also had seven rebounds for the Salukis, while Fletcher posted nine rebounds.

Aaron Cook had seven assists for Southern Illinois (14-13, 7-7 Missouri Valley Conference).

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has awarded 14 grants totaling more than $1.2 million to local public housing authorities in Indiana to help client families achieve self-sufficiency.

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — Authorities say a man or woman is believed to be missing in the Wabash River in western Indiana.

Crews searched unsuccessfully Wednesday and Thursday for the person whom witnesses reported seeking enter the frigid waters of the river near Fairbanks Park in Terre Haute.

Indiana conservation officers at first believed the person was a woman, but say new information received Thursday suggested the person was possibly a male.

RICHMOND, Ind. (AP) — The trustees of Earlham College have selected Anne M. Houtman as the next president of the liberal arts school and its School of Religion.

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — Indiana State coach Curt Mallory has agreed to a two-year contract extension that will run through 2023.

Athletic department officials made the announcement Tuesday.

Last season Mallory led the Sycamores to a 7-4 mark, a No. 22 ranking and a third-place finish in the Missouri Valley Football Conference — one of the strongest leagues in the Football Championship Subdivision. Indiana State won its last five conference games, its longest conference winning streak since 2012.

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — Cooper Neese made his first four 3-point attempts and scored a career-high 18 points to help Indiana State beat Evansville 85-62 on Wednesday night.

The Sycamores (12-11, 4-7 Missouri Valley Conference) opened the game on a 13-3 run, led 39-17 at halftime and extended to their largest lead at 72-41 with 8:05 to play.

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — Western Indiana police say an assisted living center where a woman died after wandering outside on a cold night had door alarms that were not audible.

Seventy-five-year-old Veronica Hoffman died Jan. 26 after being found in a courtyard outside Bethesda Gardens in Terre Haute.

Preliminary autopsy results found her death consistent with hypothermia.

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — After nearly five months, a missing dog tricked by a police officer finally has been recovered in Indiana.

A Terre Haute officer with a home video system spotted Anni eating from his trash. He called the owners and caught the Shetland sheepdog after a few tries by using food to lure her into a large trap.

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — Brady Ellingson scored 16 points, Nick McGlynn posted his eighth double-double of the season and Drake held off Indiana State 68-62 on Saturday.

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — Indiana State University has opened a food pantry to provide food and other necessities for students in need on the western Indiana campus.

The Sycamore Pantry opened Thursday at ISU's Student Recreation Center in Terre Haute. It's stocked with food, drinks, baby food and toiletries for students and their dependents.

The pantry also offers recipes to help students make tasty meals using the selected food items.

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Andrean 62, Hammond Noll 57

Avon 69, Decatur Central 61

Barr-Reeve 75, Pike Central 30

Batesville 67, Hauser 54

Bedford N. Lawrence 69, Charlestown 41

Bellmont 63, Leo 58

Benton Central 69, Fountain Central 61

Bethesda Christian 67, Eminence 62

Blackford 55, Jay Co. 40

Bloomfield 48, Brown Co. 30

Bloomington North 78, Columbus East 67

Bloomington South 77, Silver Creek 76

Blue River 82, Union City 47

Bluffton 54, Madison-Grant 50, OT

Bowman Academy 66, Thornton Fractional North, Ill. 55

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — A Clabber Girl baking powder billboard that's been a western Indiana landmark since the 1930s is shining again following a restoration.

Crews installed the 80-year-old billboard's freshly painted yellow and red panels Monday along U.S. 40 on Terre Haute's east side.

The billboard still lacks trim work and its electric clock, but they'll be re-installed soon following their own restoration work.

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TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — Tyreke Key scored 22 points with four of Indiana State's six 3-pointers, freshman Cooper Neese added 14 and the Sycamores beat Valparaiso 70-53 on Wednesday night.

Emondre Rickman chipped in with 12 points and Bronson Kessinger had 10 for Indiana State (11-8, 3-4 Missouri Valley). Key and Rickman each scored 10 points in the first half to help Indiana State build an 11-point lead.

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — Cameron Krutwig had 16 points and 10 rebounds, Marques Townes also scored 16 points and Loyola-Chicago spoiled Indiana State's celebration of its 1979 team with a 75-67 victory on Saturday in front of a sellout crowd of 10,200, including NBA legend Larry Bird.

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TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — A western Indiana pastor says the city of Terre Haute's plans to acquire an armored vehicle will stoke fear and anxiety among the public.

Matt Larimer is an associate minister with North Terre Haute Christian Church. He's spoken out against a city board's approval of buying a Lenco BearCat armored vehicle for the city police department's strategic response team.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm watch for parts of central and southern Indiana ahead of a weekend storm that could drop up to 7 inches of snow.

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — Tulio Da Silva had 21 points and eight rebounds to lead Missouri State to a 72-57 victory over Indiana State on Tuesday night.

The Bears (7-9, 1-2 Missouri Valley Conference) broke a two-game skid while Indiana State (9-6, 1-2) has lost three of its last four games each by double-digits.

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — Christian Williams scored 18 points with 11 rebounds and Indiana State edged Bradley 65-60 on Saturday.

Williams was just 3 of 12 from the field but sank 11 of 14 foul shots for the Sycamores (9-5, 1-1 Missouri Valley Conference) who were 30 of 47 (64 percent) from the line overall. Jordan Barnes added 16 points with eight rebounds and Clayton Hughes chipped in nine points.

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — Authorities say a southwestern Indiana man has died in a gunfight with police.

Indiana State Police say preliminary autopsy results show 24-year-old David Frederick of Vincennes died of multiple gunshot wounds.

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TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — A man charged with neglect in the death of a malnourished 9-year-old Indiana boy with cerebral palsy has been sentenced to eight years in prison.

Hubert Kraemer pleaded guilty to neglect charges in Vigo Superior Court and was sentenced Friday. The sentence includes four years of probation for the 58-year-old Kraemer.

WEST TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — Records show a former western Indiana police officer who appealed his firing has accepted $50,000 to settle a 2015 federal lawsuit alleging racial discrimination.

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — Tyreke Key scored a career-high 26 points, Jordan Barnes scored 11 of his 20 points in a convincing breakaway run in the second half as Indiana State put away Division II Truman State 77-69 on Saturday.

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — Most Indiana State University students would pay a $75 per semester fee for increased mental health services in the future under a proposal from the Student Government Association.

Association President Stephen Lamb says demand for mental health services is increasing and students now generally must wait weeks to see counselors.

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — Jorden Duffy scored a season-high 23 points, Ryan Woolridge had a triple-double with 12 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists and North Texas beat Indiana State 80-69 on Wednesday night.

CLINTON, Ind. (AP) — More than a dozen communities in Indiana's Wabash Valley will share $4.4 million in state funding to fix local roads and bridges.

The (Terre Haute) Tribune-Star reports that the money comes from Indiana's Community Crossroads Grant Program, which is part of the state's Next Level Roads program.

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TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — Jordan Barnes knocked down five 3-pointers and put up 24 points as Indiana State held off Wright State in the closing minutes to take a 69-63 win and pick up its fifth win in six games Saturday.

Indiana State took a 31-27 advantage at intermission, but the Raiders came back to take the lead early in the second half when Billy Wampler drew a foul in the backcourt and hit all three attempts from the line to tie the game at 34-34, then hit from deep for a 37-34 advantage.

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — Another oil well is being drilled on a former industrial site owned by Indiana State University.

The (Terre Haute) Tribune-Star reports that the Pioneer Oil Co. production well is near the school's downtown Terre Haute campus. It's the company's fourth well on the university-owned property.