Indiana man sentenced to 100 years for molesting children
A Jeffersonville man who pleaded guilty to molesting children while working at a YMCA and at an elementary school has been sentenced to 100 years in prison.
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Holcomb signs bill strengthening ‘stand your ground’ law
The National Rifle Association praised Gov. Eric Holcomb for signing legislation strengthening Indiana’s “stand your ground” laws and removing the fee for certain firearm carry permits.
Richard Lugar, who helped in securing Soviet arsenal, dies
Richard Lugar worked to alert Americans about the threat of terrorism years before “weapons of mass destruction” became a common phrase following the Sept. 11 attacks. The soft-spoken and thoughtful former Rhodes Scholar was a leading Republican voice on foreign policy matters during his 36 years in the U.S. Senate, but whose reputation of working with Democrats ultimately cost him the office in 2012. He died Sunday at age 87 at a hospital in Virginia.
Trump forms battle plan for post-Mueller probes: Just say no
As House Democrats ramp up their post-Mueller investigations into President Donald Trump, his strategy for responding is simple: Resist on every legal front. The administration is straining to hold off congressional investigators, including their efforts to obtain the president’s tax returns, his business’ financial records and testimony from former senior aides.
Prosecutors: Divorcing Greenwood couple left dog to starve
Prosecutors say a suburban Indianapolis couple who vacated their home during divorce proceedings left their dog behind to starve to death. Michael S. Setser of Greenwood faces a misdemeanor charge of abandonment or neglect of a vertebrate animal, and Amanda Setser of Franklin faces a misdemeanor animal cruelty charge.
May trial set for alleged gang member charged in 2 killings
A federal judge has set a May trial for an alleged Latin Kings gang member who’s charged in the 1999 beating deaths of two men at a Hammond auto shop. The double-homicide trial of 38-year-old Jeremiah Shane Farmer is set for May 6 in the U.S. District Court in Hammond and is expected to take two weeks.
Indiana traffic fine amnesty bill approved by lawmakers
Indiana residents with suspended driver’s licenses or unpaid traffic fines will have the chance to have the fees they face cut in half by petitioning a court. An estimated 185,000 drivers could be eligible for the penalty reductions.
Bill to try 12-year-olds as adults for attempted murder fails
An effort to change Indiana law so that children as young as 12 could face attempted murder charges in adult court has failed in the state Legislature.
Trump’s threat to go to court over impeachment defies ruling
President Donald Trump tweeted Wednesday he’ll go directly to the U.S. Supreme Court “if the partisan Dems” ever try to impeach him. But Trump’s strategy could run into a roadblock: the high court itself, which said in 1993 that the framers of the U.S. Constitution didn’t intend for the courts to have the power to review impeachment proceedings.
Spike in tips about 2 Delphi girls who were slain in 2017
Indiana authorities say they received about 1,000 tips in 24 hours after a news conference earlier this week updating their investigation into the 2017 killings of two teenage girls.
IU Health among hospitals suing over new national liver transplant policy
Hospitals and patients have sued to block a new nationwide liver transplant policy that they say will waste viable livers, lead to fewer transplants and likely cause deaths.
Rockville man gets 30 years in wife’s beating death
A western Indiana man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to fatally punching his wife.
Man gets 63 years in prison for deadly cellphone cord attack
A New Castle man has been sentenced to 63 years in prison for using a cellphone cord to choke an acquaintance who died about eight months after the attack.
SCOTUS to hear arguments over citizenship question on census
The United States Supreme Court is set to hear arguments over the Trump administration’s plan to ask about citizenship on the 2020 census, a question that could affect how many seats states have in the House of Representatives and their share of federal dollars over the next 10 years.
Video released of suspect in 2017 killings of Delphi girls
Authorities on Monday released video of a man suspected of killing two Delphi teenagers two years ago and urged the public to scrutinize the footage, which shows him walking on an abandoned railroad bridge the girls visited while out hiking the day they were slain. The Indiana State Police also released a new sketch of […]
Supreme Court to take up LGBT job discrimination cases
The Supreme Court is taking on a major test of LGBT rights in cases that look at whether federal civil rights law bans job discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.
Trump, business organization sue Democratic House chairman
President Donald Trump and his business organization sued the Democratic chairman of the House oversight committee on Monday to block a subpoena that seeks years of the president’s financial records.
Animal cruelty penalties measure heads to Holcomb’s desk
People convicted of animal cruelty could face higher penalties under a bill that’s headed to Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb’s desk.
Indiana murder suspect released on bond
A judge in northwest Indiana has granted bail to a 37-year-old man charged with murder after a police officer testified earlier this month that the fatal shooting was likely accidental.
Judge strikes down legislation that blocked Bloomington annexation
A judge has ruled that 2017 state legislation inserted into the budget bill that blocked Bloomington’s attempt to annex 9,500 acres of property is unconstitutional.