Tag: Haute

Dior’s haute couture collection is a waltz between simplicity and opulence

Dior’s creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri struck a perfect balance between simplicity and opulence in the brand’s haute couture autumn-winter 2024-25 collection. Held in the gardens of the Musée Rodin in Paris, the show was an exploration of the power of basics, studying deceptive fabrics and sober palettes. Chiuri set out to trace a direct […]

Federal inmate charged in fatal stabbing of fellow prisoner at Terre Haute

May 10—A federal prison inmate at the Federal Correctional Complex in Terre Haute faces charges including manslaughter as a result of an April 2023 stabbing, the government said Friday. Prosecutors said a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Otha Don Watkins III, 42, of Cairo, Illinois, with involuntary manslaughter and possessing contraband in […]

Lane closures to impact U.S. 41 in Terre Haute

May 3—The Indiana Department of Transportation has announced temporary lane closures will be coming to U.S. 41 in Terre Haute between Linden Street and Clinton Street. On or after Monday, crews will begin closing a lane on the northbound side of U.S. 41, then switching lanes when the first lane is complete. After the northbound […]

Terre Haute Regional Airport board hires consulting firm

Apr. 18—The Terre Haute Regional Airport Board hired an Indianapolis consulting firm well known in the aviation community to help the airport put a business plan together and assist in writing grant applications, board President Rick Burger said. On Wednesday, the board voted to recruit Woolpert Inc. It had interviewed three different firms regarding their […]

Terre Haute Thorntons off I-70 to get EV charging

Apr. 2—A location in Terre Haute will be one of the 39 initial sites offering electric vehicle charging stations along Indiana’s Alternative Fuels Corridors (AFC), the Indiana Department of Transportation has announced. INDOT plans to expand Indiana’s statewide electric vehicle charging network through the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program. It received more than 100 […]

Terre Haute middle schoolers ‘experience’ Underground Railroad

Feb. 23—Students at Sarah Scott Middle School didn’t just learn about the Underground Railroad this week. They experienced it through an interactive play in which they portrayed slaves escaping from a southern plantation, facing dangers and possible recapture and finally making it to freedom in Canada. “We’re trying to give them an immersive event where […]

Troopers arrest Terre Haute man after foot chase

Feb. 2—Indiana State Police arrested a Terre Haute man Thursday after a foot chase. Stephen C. Michael Jr., 47 of Terre Haute, was taken into custody following a traffic stop about 8 p.m. Thursday, ISP said in a news release. A vehicle was stopped on Lafayette Avenue near Garfield Avenue for expired plates, and the […]

Terre Haute resident crowned 2024 Illiana Watermelon Association queen

Jan. 30—Maya Snider of Terre Haute was recently chosen as the 2024 Indiana-Illinois Watermelon queen during a convention in French Lick. Snider, the daughter of Dion and Stephanie Snider, is a junior at Indiana State University majoring in pre-med; she plans to become a physician’s assistant specializing in dermatology. Snider will represent the Illiana Watermelon […]

Police chase in Terre Haute leads to arrest on several charges

Jan. 26—A Terre Haute man faces multiple charges after leading police on chase Friday morning and then refusing to get out of his vehicle in the 2200 block of Locust Street. Anthony W. Cheesman, 41, of Terre Haute was arrested on outstanding warrants and an initial new charge of resisting law enforcement, a Class A […]