Monroe County man arrested in February fire that killed woman, 85
A Monroe County man accused of setting a house fire that killed an 85-year-old woman has been arrested in California.
A Monroe County man accused of setting a house fire that killed an 85-year-old woman has been arrested in California.
Numerous people have been fired or forced out of jobs in the wake of the scandal involving once-renowned gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar, who is serving decades in prison for molesting athletes and for child pornography crimes.
Hamilton County is moving forward with plans to expand its government and judicial center in Noblesville, with the county council paving the way for the multi-million-dollar project.
Former Indianapolis attorney William Conour is appealing a second resentencing for his wire fraud conviction after a district court judgment imposed a 10-year federal prison sentence for the third time late last month.
The Indiana Court of Appeals has upheld a special judge’s ruling that prohibited the town of Brownsburg from annexing nearly 4,500 acres of land in Hendricks County, halting proposed plans to use the land for infrastructure, residential and school development.
The Indiana Supreme Court will travel to southern Indiana later this month to hear an oral argument in Owen County. The court announced Thursday it will hear a case involving a 17-year-old’s reported suicide attempt.
Gov. Eric Holcomb is launching a program that teaches inmates at the Indiana Women’s Prison how to code. The program to be unveiled Thursday will provide software engineering skills that might lead to potential jobs in the technology sector after female offenders are released.
A man who prosecutors say planned a burglary that led to the 2016 beating death of Terre Haute radio personality Matt Luecking has been sentenced to 50 years in prison. Donald Featherstone on Wednesday was the final defendant in the murder case to learn his punishment.
A man’s attempted murder conviction after a Vanderburgh County knife attack will be vacated after a divided Indiana Court of Appeals found his trial counsel erred by failing to object to two jury instructions.
A Dutch attorney who lied to federal agents investigating former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort was sentenced Tuesday to 30 days in prison in the first punishment handed down in special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation. He was also ordered to pay a $20,000 fine.
.S. Steel will pay a $600,000 civil penalty and $630,000 to reimburse various federal agencies for costs and damages after one of its plants discharged wastewater containing a potentially carcinogenic chemical into a tributary of Lake Michigan, federal and state officials said Monday.
Muncie is getting increased security at its city court. City Council members voted Monday to earmark funds for an X-ray scanner, walk-through scanner and a security wand for the court. When in session, city court in Muncie takes place in the auditorium where City Council also meets.
The death penalty for a defendant who did not participate in a violent felony that resulted in the death of someone simply would not pass constitutional muster and is clearly a step backward from policy, public health, and constitutional perspectives.
A northern Indiana jury returned a $35 million verdict March 8 for a woman injured by a transvaginal mesh implant in a trial that is believed to the seventh mesh lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiary Ethicon, Inc.
7th Circuit Court of Appeals March 21 Civil Plenary — Establishment Clause Freedom From Religion Foundation v. Concord Community Schools 17-1591, 17-1683 An Elkhart high school’s traditional “Christmas Spectacular” production that was canceled by a northern Indiana federal court because of its overt religiosity, then passed muster when Christian elements no longer took a leading […]
A preliminary inquiry in defending any case brought pursuant to the Indiana Products Liability Act (IPLA) is whether the IPLA even applies to the plaintiff; that is, whether the plaintiff is considered a “user” or “consumer” under the IPLA.
The interior of the Marion County Courthouse will include 11 floors of courtrooms and chambers.
The Indiana Judicial Nominating Commission has received applications from 12 applicants to fill an upcoming vacancy on the Indiana Court of Appeals.
The Supreme Court ruled Monday that car dealerships’ service advisers, like car salesmen and mechanics, are exempt under federal law from overtime pay requirements.
Preparations for the 2020 National High School Mock Trial Championship in Evansville are continuing with the steering committee for the event being finalized. Lawyers, judge and private citizens from around Indiana are helping to oversee a contest which will bring about 900 high schoolers to Indiana.