Admitted evidence won’t be suppressed in OWI case, COA affirms
The Indiana Court of Appeals affirmed the denial of a Columbus woman’s motion to suppress evidence admitted related to her driving while intoxicated charges.
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COA to hear cases at Ivy Tech Columbus, North Central
The Indiana Court of Appeals will hear traveling arguments in two cases this week, starting Tuesday in Bartholomew County with a case involving a drug-dealing conviction.
Imprisoned ex-Indiana pastor wants electronics returned
An imprisoned ex- pastor from Columbus who admitted to charges in what prosecutors say was a scheme faking a burglary of his home in order to pay an opioid drug debt is asking for the return of confiscated electronics.
Lawmaker proposes bill to count dead people’s votes
A Republican Indiana state senator wants the votes of dead people to count.
COA to hear arguments in Columbus
The Indiana Court of Appeals will be traveling south this week to hear oral arguments in Bartholomew County.
Autopsy: Man who fled police fatally shot by trooper
Authorities say an autopsy determined that a man wanted by police after fleeing from a traffic stop in Columbus was fatally shot by a state trooper in southern Indiana.
Southern Indiana man gets 5 years for courtroom outburst
A southern Indiana man who pleaded guilty in connection with chairs hurled at a judge and others in a courtroom has been sentenced to five years in prison.
Drug treatment center planned for Columbus jail
Part of a southern Indiana jail could be converted into a drug treatment center for inmates.
Man faces prison for hurling chairs at judge, court staff
A man could be sentenced to six years in prison for hurling chairs at a judge and courtroom staff in central Indiana.
Lawsuit against Columbus over crosswalk headed toward trial
Although the city of Columbus has immunity from the policy decisions that may have contributed to a 13-year-old’s injuries when he was struck by a vehicle in a city crosswalk, genuine issues of material fact remain that preclude the city from being awarded summary judgment in a lawsuit, a divided Indiana Court of Appeals has held.
4 Indiana cities seek dismissal of LGBT protections suit
Four Indiana cities have asked the Indiana Court of Appeals to overrule a judge’s ruling allowing conservative groups to go ahead with a lawsuit challenging anti-discrimination ordinances.
Lawsuit challenging cities’ human rights ordinances stays in court
A Hamilton County judge has ruled that a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of human rights ordinances in four Indiana cities can continue, despite the cities’ arguments that there was no legal standing to bring the suit.
3 conservative groups challenge RFRA ‘fix,’ human rights ordinances
After a nearly 4½-hour hearing during which they argued the constitutionality of their local human rights ordinances prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, four Indiana cities are waiting to learn if a Hamilton Superior Court judge will dismiss a suit challenging the ordinances.
Ex-police supervisor accused of stealing drugs pleads guilty
A former Columbus Police Department narcotics division supervisor accused of taking drugs from its evidence room has pleaded guilty to charges.
Cities argue for dismissal of suit against human rights ordinances
During a nearly 4 ½-hour hearing in Hamilton Superior Court Wednesday, attorneys for the cities of Carmel, Indianapolis, Bloomington and Columbus argued before Judge Steven Nation that the lawsuit brought against their human rights ordinances should be dismissed because the case is not ripe for judgment and because the plaintiffs have no legal standing to bring the action.
4 Indiana cities ask judge to dismiss LGBT protections suit
Bloomington and three other Indiana cities have asked a Hamilton County judge to dismiss a lawsuit challenging local protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.
Columbus council backs sexual orientation protections
The all-Republican city council in Indiana Gov. Mike Pence’s hometown has voted unanimously to give initial support for adding sexual orientation and gender identity to the city’s anti-discrimination ordinances.
Columbus landowner loses appeal of subdivision denial
The city of Columbus Plan Commission did not abdicate its authority to a resident’s neighbors when it denied an application to subdivide a piece of property into three lots of about one acre apiece.
Hope town marshal to spend 2 weeks in jail
A southern Indiana town marshal will spend two weeks in jail after a jury in Columbus convicted him of felony misconduct and misdemeanor false informing.
Man who bilked banks of $10 million sentenced
A southern Indiana man who defrauded Indiana banks of more than $10 million by supplying bogus financial information from family members to obtain multi-million-dollar loans for real estate, an airplane and a yacht will spend five years in federal prison.