Ex-Evansville official gets 4 years for money laundering
A federal judge has sentenced a former Evansville Redevelopment Commission member to four years in prison for money laundering.
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Nativity lawsuit brings new county ordinance
Franklin County Board of Commissioners approved a “public forum ordinance” this week in response to the ongoing lawsuit over a nativity scene displayed on the county’s courthouse lawn during the holiday season.
COA: County Commissioners can’t amend fire district ordinance
Brown County commissioners who created a countywide fire district lost an appeal of a trial court order saying they had no authority to later amend the ordinance that had created the district.
Second Indy township official charged with embezzlement
Federal prosecutors have charged a Center Township official in Indianapolis with embezzling tens of thousands of dollars in Social Security payments intended for disabled and elderly recipients.
Housing agency, not court, ordered banned woman from properties
The Indiana Court of Appeals rejected a woman’s argument that the court imposed as part of her trespass sentence an order to stay away from any properties owned by the Indianapolis Housing Agency.
Artwork honoring Shepard has ‘stalled’
A plan by the inaugural class of the Indiana State Bar Association’s Leadership Development Academy to honor retired Indiana Chief Justice Randall Shepard has unraveled, and class members are preparing to consider several options for moving forward, including scrapping the project altogether.
Little Statehouse appetite exists for government reform
Indiana lawmakers set to reconvene next week aren't showing any signs they'll embrace some of the more sweeping changes to the structure of the state's local government proposed by a bipartisan commission.
UPDATE: City picks Paris-based group to build justice center
The city of Indianapolis will pay Paris-based WMB Heartland Justice Partners $1.6 billion over 35 years for a new justice center.
Eagle Creek deer hunt goes forward
A city-sponsored deer hunt at Indianapolis’ Eagle Creek Park will proceed this weekend after a judge refused to block the first such hunt in the park’s history.
St. Joseph County’s proposed abortion doctor law stalls
A push in South Bend to require doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at a local hospital has stalled.
$1.75B justice center could stretch budgets
Mayor Greg Ballard's office has said the city intends to pay no more than about $50 million a year over 35 years for a proposed criminal justice facility, bringing the cost to about $1.75 billion.
State seeks greater damages from township embezzler
The former Marion County Center Township accountant who pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $340,000 also should pay the cost of investigating his wrongdoing, the Indiana State Board of Accounts says.
Councilors to get peek at justice center plans
Some city-county councilors might get early access to information about a new criminal justice complex, but they have to agree to keep it under wraps.
Former US attorney running for Indianapolis mayor
Former U.S. Attorney Joe Hogsett invoked the spirit of the late Robert Kennedy Wednesday when he announced he's seeking the Democratic nomination for mayor of Indianapolis.
Ex-US attorney expected to announce mayoral bid
Former U.S. Attorney Joe Hogsett is hours away from an announcement at which he's expected to launch his bid for Indianapolis mayor.
Lawsuit aims to halt Eagle Creek Park deer hunt
A lawsuit filed by a longtime user of Indianapolis’ Eagle Creek Park seeks to stop the “illegal hunting and senseless slaughter of white-tailed deer” planned later this month in the municipal park.
Residents not entitled to refund for alleged Barrett Law violations
The city of Indianapolis does not have to pay nearly $3 million in damages to residents who paid in full their share of the costs of sewer improvements. A couple sued after discovering the city had changed its financing plan and forgave future payments by those who still owed the city.
Former township CFO pleads guilty in public theft case
A former chief financial officer for Center Township in Indianapolis plans to plead guilty to federal public corruption charges, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced Thursday afternoon.
Big GOP wins create questions for Indiana Democrats
Indiana Democrats are looking for places to rebuild after an election drubbing that saw Republicans capture all three statewide offices on the ballot, build on an already overwhelming supermajority in the state Senate and protect their supermajority in the House.
Attorney: Candidate’s arrest politically motivated
An attorney says the Election Day arrest of a central Indiana town council candidate was politically motivated.