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Vigo County plans to take comments on its agreement until July 8 at noon at WVR@vigocounty.in.gov.

The permit will allow Wabash Valley Resources to secure financing for the project and start construction on the injection wells.

Wabash Valley Resources intends to pipe and inject 1.67 million tons of carbon dioxide annually a mile below the area’s surface as part of its plan to produce “green” anhydrous ammonia fertilizer at a former coal gasification plant in Vigo County.

The Metropolitan School District of Martinsville is seeking affirmation from the U.S. Supreme Court regarding a case regarding a transgender student’s bathroom access.

Many residents still worry about everything from pipeline leaks to earthquakes.

Vigo and Vermillion County residents filled every seat in a room at Indiana State University on Thursday night in opposition to the Wabash Valley Resources project.

A spokesperson for Duke Energy said that their goal is to have power restored to the final areas by 6 p.m.

The Vigo County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of an inmate at the jail last week. According to a press release, William Myles suffered an apparent seizure while interacting with jail medical staff last Wednesday.

In 1901, a lynch mob murdered a Black man named George Ward on the banks of the Wabash River. 120 years later, Terre Haute will dedicate a historical marker acknowledging Vigo County’s only known lynching – an event seen by many as the city and county’s darkest moment.