Johnson County Prosecutor Bradley Cooper pleaded guilty nearly two months ago to three felony charges and a misdemeanor domestic battery count. But Cooper is still in his elected office after he allegedly battered and confined his fiancée, to the dismay of some in the county south of Indianapolis.
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Jeremy Tyler Ferrell wound up with a 22-year sentence after appealing his initial conviction with a 20-year sentence. The appeals court then upheld the longer sentence.
The lawsuit comes about six weeks after the town sued the winery, alleging breach of development contract.
The parents of a 10-year-old fourth grader who died by suicide in May are suing the Greenfield-Central Community School Corporation for wrongful death, alleging the school failed to protect their son from the bullying he experienced.
A former suburban Indianapolis day care director has been sentenced to six months in jail after pleading guilty to giving melatonin gummies to children without their parents’ consent to get them to sleep.
There’s a pumpkin patch, corn maze, apple cider slushies and more waiting for visitors who make the trip this fall to Lark Ranch. For attorney and owner Matt Lark, the plan was to stop running the farm once his kids were grown. But they had other plans.
Two school districts facing a Title IX lawsuit brought by a student with disabilities who alleges she was sexually assaulted won summary judgment this week, but the federal judge may relinquish jurisdiction over the state-law claims.
A widow trying to include her husband’s bank account and real estate in his estate despite the property being bequeathed to their son failed to find relief from the denial of her petition at the Court of Appeals of Indiana.
A former suburban Indianapolis day care director is facing multiple charges after being accused of giving melatonin gummies to children without their parents’ consent to get them to sleep.
A teen involved in a fatal wreck will have her blood draw results suppressed after the Court of Appeals of Indiana determined the police officer at the scene violated her rights by failing to tell her she could speak with her mother before getting tested.
A senior judge has resigned from his appointment as a temporary judge in Hancock County after a month on the job.
The Indiana Supreme Court recently appointed a trio of judges pro tempore in trial courts across the state. The appointments announced this month were made to courts in Clark, Hancock and Jennings counties.
A breach-of-confidentiality dispute between concrete-industry employees and their former employer returned to the Court of Appeals of Indiana for a second time but largely yielded the same result on Tuesday. However, one of the companies did score a partial win as the COA overturned an award of attorney fees.
The Indiana Supreme Court granted senior judge certification to a pair of retired superior court judges last week.
The Court of Appeals of Indiana has partially affirmed and reversed a couple’s dissolution of marriage, ordering the Hancock Circuit Court to recalculate and redetermine a just and reasonable division of the marital estate.
The Court of Appeals of Indiana rejected multiple arguments in a mother’s appeal for the custody of her child Tuesday, affirming the Hancock Superior Court’s ruling that it’s in the best interest of the child to live with his paternal grandmother and that the mother must pay child support despite the child receiving survivor benefits.
Indiana’s civil forfeiture framework is once again under scrutiny as a new lawsuit alleges a law allowing private prosecutors to earn a contingency fee in forfeiture actions is unconstitutional.
A ruling for concrete-industry employees in a breach of confidentiality dispute with their former employer has been affirmed by the Indiana Court of Appeals.
The Indiana State Department of Health reported 2,234 new cases of COVID-19, the highest number of new cases since Feb. 6, when 2,855 were reported. The state said more than 2.98 million Hoosiers had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as of Tuesday at 5 a.m.
The Indiana State Department of Health on Monday reported 275 new COVID-19 cases, the fewest number of new cases reported in the daily report since 264 on June 17, 2020.
The state of Indiana said nearly 2.3 million Hoosiers had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. More than 2.5 million had received the first dose of a two-dose vaccination.