Judges

VALPARAISO, Ind. (AP) — A northwestern Indiana woman has pleaded guilty to molesting a 2-year-old boy and sending photographs to her boyfriend. Twenty-three-year-old Tara Tryon would be sentenced to 10 years in prison if a Porter County judge...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A former FBI agent who was involved in the investigations of the Oklahoma City bombing and "Unabomber" Ted Kaczynski has petitioned to plead guilty to charges of possessing and distributing child pornography. U.S. Attorney...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hurrying to check a growing controversy, President Barack Obama ousted the acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service late Wednesday amid an outcry over revelations that the agency had improperly targeted tea party...

BAY CITY, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan appeals court says a woman must pay $126,000 to another woman who lost an eye after being struck with a stiletto heel in Bay City. The court this week agreed with a Bay County judge who said Rebekah Lloyd is...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A second suspect has been arrested in the shooting that injured 20 people at a parade on Mother's Day, police said Thursday afternoon. Shawn Scott, 24, was arrested Thursday, police Chief Ronal Serpas said. He is the brother...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Country star Randy Travis has filed a lawsuit to prevent two state agencies from releasing a patrol car video of his 2012 DWI arrest in North Texas. The Austin American-Statesman (http://bit.ly/108QQ5x ) reported Thursday that...

SOUTH BEND – A St.Joseph County program is helping domestic violence victims. It's making it easier and much quicker for victims of domestic violence to get personal protection orders. It used to take two days for a personal protective order...

EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — A Washington state judge has sentenced an inmate to death for killing a state corrections officer in a prison chapel two years ago. Byron Scherf is a convicted rapist who already was serving life in prison when he attacked...

DOWAGIAC, Mich. – You've likely been pulled over at some point in your life on a routine traffic stop and maybe you got a ticket, but have you ever had the officer ask you for cash up front? This happened recently to a South Bend truck driver in...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — A former University of Saint Francis football player who pleaded guilty last month to the rape of an incapacitated woman at a party has been sentenced to six years in prison. The Journal Gazette reports (http://bit.ly/...

You've likely been pulled over at some point in your life on a routine traffic stop and maybe you got a ticket, but have you ever had the officer ask you for cash up front? This happened recently to a South Bend truck driver in Dowagiac. And what the...

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Indiana University's hiring of a decorated diving coach to help lead its renowned aquatics program is drawing fire from critics who say his bachelor's degree is bogus and that his selection sends the wrong message to...