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School threats can lead to severe consequences for juveniles’ impulses

March 20, 2018

A sampling of recent incidents includes a 12-year-old boy arrested for writing a threat against his classmates at Greenfield Intermediate School; a teenage girl at Austin High School arrested and charged with juvenile delinquency/intimidation for making threats to “harm others”; and a 17-year-old boy arrested and charged with felony intimidation for writing a threat on a bathroom stall at F.J. Reitz High School in Evansville.

Judgment affirmed in failed Corydon auto dealership sale

March 15, 2018

The Indiana Court of Appeals affirmed summary judgment in favor of a planned buyer of a Corydon auto dealership in a dispute that arose after the sale fell through.

Mom who placed child for adoption can’t claim custody 13 years later

December 15, 2017

A biological mother and father who consented to the adoption of their child cannot 13 years later seek custody. The Indiana Court of Appeals affirmed a trial court ruling to that effect Friday, finding that to rule otherwise would “lead to a patently absurd result in this case and potentially many others.”

COA: trial court skipped step in land dispute

October 12, 2017

In defusing a property battle among neighbors, the Indiana Court of Appeals has instructed the trial court to order a land survey that includes durable markers.

Convictions, sentence affirmed for father who had sexual relationship with teenage daughter

September 5, 2017

A Harrison County father convicted of having a sexual relationship with his teenage daughter will remain in prison for the rest of his 111-year sentence after the Indiana Court of Appeals affirmed his 25 convictions and related sentence on Tuesday.

Indiana prosecutor creates documentary warning of drug use

July 10, 2017

A southern Indiana prosecutor is showing all middle school and high school students in his county a documentary video in an attempt to discourage heroin use among youth.

Indiana prosecutor creates documentary warning of drug use

July 7, 2017

A southern Indiana prosecutor is showing all middle school and high school students in his county a documentary video in an attempt to discourage heroin use among youth.

Judgment against ex-state lawyer vacated in long-running puppy mill case

June 5, 2017

A former attorney in the Indiana Attorney General’s Office has been relieved of a $15,000 judgment against him for his role in the raid of an alleged puppy mill, the most recent decision in a long-running case stemming from the state’s seizure of roughly 240 dogs.

Sheriff’s department not liable in death of former deputy’s wife

January 31, 2017

The Harrison County Sheriff’s Department cannot be held liable for the death of the wife of one of its former deputies who used her husband’s gun to kill herself. The Indiana Court of Appeals held Tuesday the deputy was acting as a husband, not a law enforcement official, during the incident.

COA: Revocation of sex offender’s probation was not an abuse of discretion

January 11, 2017

The Harrison Superior Court did not abuse its discretion when it revoked a convicted sex offender’s probation after he contacted people under 18 years of age and lived within one mile of his victim in violation of the terms of his probation, the Indiana Court of Appeals held Wednesday.

Indiana clerk who refused same-sex marriage license loses lawsuit

December 19, 2016

A southern Indiana deputy clerk who was fired after she refused to issue a marriage license to a same-sex couple lost her civil-rights lawsuit against the county clerk. Her suit claimed religious discrimination on the basis of her avowed Christian belief that same-sex marriage is “against God’s law,” which is “above legal law.”

2nd man pleads guilty in Harrison County couple’s slayings

November 3, 2016

A man has admitted to murder and felony murder charges in the 2013 slayings of a southern Indiana couple under a deal with prosecutors in which he'll avoid the death penalty.

Supreme Court vacates Tax Court ruling in seized-dogs case

February 9, 2016

An Indiana Tax Court ruling that the state improperly denied a refund of the value of 240 dogs seized from an alleged puppy mill in southern Indiana was vacated Monday by the Indiana Supreme Court.

13 Indiana counties to join Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative

January 27, 2016

Thirteen counties will join Indiana’s Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative this year, which will include 32 counties after the expansion is complete.

Man asks to withdraw guilty plea in Indiana couple’s deaths

January 15, 2016

A southern Indiana man asked Thursday to withdraw his guilty plea to a murder charge in the 2013 slayings of a rural Harrison County couple.

Rush: Dickson’s last argument to be where Supreme Court began

January 13, 2016

Chief Justice Loretta Rush announced Wednesday in her State of the Judiciary address that the court will hear a case in the historic southern Indiana building at a date to be determined in April. The case will be the final matter Dickson hears before his retirement on April 29.

6 counties next in line for trial court e-filing

December 28, 2015

Six Indiana counties — Clark, Harrison, Henry, St. Joseph, Shelby and Wells — will be joining Hamilton County in implementing e-filing in the trial courts during the first half of 2016, with more to come later.

Indiana courts push ahead with shift to e-filing

December 28, 2015

Indiana's top courts are pushing ahead with adopting an electronic-filing system that state officials say will eventually give the public free access to online court records statewide.

Suit: County worker fired for objecting to gay marriage

July 24, 2015

A former deputy clerk from southern Indiana says in a federal lawsuit she was fired for refusing to process a same-sex couple’s marriage application.

Appeals court finds high-fence deer hunting not prohibited in Indiana

February 2, 2015

Indiana law does not prohibit “high-fence” hunting of deer in Indiana, nor does it allow for the Department of Natural Resources to create regulations relating to the practice, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled Monday.

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