Indiana legislator jailed on drunken driving, other charges
An Indianapolis police report says Democratic Rep. Dan Forestal was arrested after officers were called late Saturday about a man impersonating a police officer.
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Partners in Tru by Hilton hotel project file suit, allege unpaid development fees
The lawsuit says the men reached an oral agreement in late May 2017 to split the anticipated $1 million development fee evenly, four ways.
Ex-coach for USA Diving gets 4 years in prison for sexual battery
The victim is among divers suing Indianapolis-based USA Diving, alleging it didn’t do enough to stop coach William Bohonyi.
Bayer proposes paying $8B to settle Roundup cancer claims
An agreement would ease investor pressure over massive litigation exposure the German drug and chemical giant took on with its $63 billion purchase of the weedkiller’s maker, Monsanto Co.
Largest U.S. immigration raids in a decade net 680 arrests
The companies involved could be charged with knowingly hiring workers who are in the county illegally and will be scrutinized for tax, document and wage fraud.
Indianapolis woman gets prison time for identity theft, tax fraud
After executing a search warrant at the woman’s home, investigators for the IRS found 100 debit cards in more than 80 different names.
Indiana official fights state AG’s subpoena in groping probe
Indiana’s inspector general is fighting state Attorney General Curtis Hill’s effort to subpoena records from her investigation into allegations that he drunkenly groped four women at a bar last year.
Attorney on probation for public indecency charged with theft from client
An Indianapolis attorney who pleaded guilty to public indecency last year after being accused of exposing himself to two busloads of high school girls basketball players is facing new charges of stealing more than $53,000 from a client.
Indiana legislature hires outside attorney in AG groping suit
Indiana’s legislative leaders have hired an outside attorney to represent the General Assembly in a federal lawsuit alleging that state Attorney General Curtis Hill drunkenly groped four women.
One year later: An account of the fatal Missouri duck boat sinking
Court documents, as well as other reports and interviews, capture a terrifying night on Table Rock Lake that claimed 17 lives, including nine members of an Indianapolis resident’s family.
Duke Energy sued for environmental harm from 2014 coal ash spill
The federal, North Carolina and Virginia governments asked a court Thursday to declare the country’s largest electricity company liable for environmental damage from a leak five years ago that left miles of a river shared by the two states coated in hazardous coal ash.
Payments from $208 million NCAA settlement to begin in August
More than 50,000 former college athletes next month will begin collecting portions of a $208 million class-action settlement paid by the Indianapolis-based NCAA in a case that challenged its caps on compensation.
UPDATE: Indiana attorney general’s lawyers deride groping claims
Lawyers for Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill argue that allegations he drunkenly groped a state lawmaker and three legislative staffers during a party don’t meet the legal standard of a misuse of power.
Two arrested in multi-year probe of Muncie public corruption
A Muncie city official and a local contractor were charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, making false statements and falsification of documents in a federal investigation.
Former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens dies at 99
John Paul Stevens, the bow-tied, independent-thinking, Republican-nominated justice who unexpectedly emerged as the Supreme Court’s leading liberal, died Tuesday after suffering a stroke Monday. He was 99.
Teachers union sues DeVos over embattled loan relief program
The American Federation of Teachers filed a federal lawsuit, alleging that the Education Department has mismanaged the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program that was created in 2007. Just 1% of more than 86,000 applications had been approved for loan forgiveness as of March 31.
Owner of former Scotty’s Brewhouse location sued over closure
A Pots & Pans Production LLC, which provides management services for all of Scotty’s Holdings LLC’s restaurant locations, filed suit this week against Johnson Hospitality Group LLC.
New group antes up cash to help poor make bail
The Bail Project is challenging the cash bail system that keeps poor people awaiting trial locked up in Marion County jails, often putting their jobs and homes at risk.
Hill announces $220K fundraising haul, but not re-election bid
Whether Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill is officially running for re-election next year has yet to be announced, but the embattled AG claimed his political action committee scored a record fundraising haul in the past two months.
Former Cathedral teacher sues Archdiocese of Indianapolis over firing
A teacher who was fired from his job at a Catholic high school because he's in a same-sex marriage is suing the Archdiocese of Indianapolis for interfering in his teaching contract.