PERU – Call it the estate sale of the century.

Columbian Home Products LLC, has sent a mandatory notice of layoffs to the Indiana Department of Workforce Development, but the company's top executive said he hopes the company will be sold, not closed.

Six women who have improved the community with their time and energy to make Terre Haute a better place for everyone were honored Wednesday morning at the annual Women in Business recognition breakfast at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College.

With land acquisitions still to be finalized, the Vigo County Capital Improvement Board Wednesday approved a measure to provide $2.4 million upfront to start construction of a new downtown convention center.

The continued degradation of a former law office in Sullivan forced the closure of City Hall and several other businesses Wednesday as officials fear a partial collapse could entangle nearby power lines and affect an adjacent gas main.

The Turn to the River project to reconnect downtown Terre Haute to the Wabash River through public art and design received a big financial boost from the Wabash Valley Community Foundation on Wednesday. A check for $22,500 to Art Spaces was the first of 15 checks totaling $214,191 awarded to non-profit organizations that work for the good of Vigo County residents.

ANDERSON — A judge granted a motion Wednesday to evaluate whether a man accused of shooting his pregnant girlfriend in the head, causing her death and the death of the twin boys she was carrying, is competent to stand trial.