This ban would cross the line, wouldn't it?
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - The Monroe County Board of Health is considering a proposal to prohibit smoking in vehicles carrying children.
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Caudill says children are a "vulnerable population" who may not be able to avoid secondhand smoke.
Mississippi, smarter than Indiana?
Among the bills signed into law by Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour on Friday is House Bill 1568, which bans the use of cameras to catch motorists running red lights.
It's hard to disagree with either side in the 2-1 ruling by the Indiana Court of Appeals, which held that a casino wasn't obligated to protect a problem gambler who lost $125,000 in a single night. The judges in the majority noted that the gambler, Jenny Kephart, had not asked the casino to bar her, as she could have done:
Don't go getting your bongs from under the basement stairs just yet, but . . .
Attorney General Eric Holder has signaled a change in policy on medical marijuana.
We all know that the embassies of other countries are considered sovereign territory, where the laws of the other country rather than U.S. laws apply. Apparenly, some think that's true for county-operated space as well:
About 10 complaints have been made relating to smoking inside offices at the Clark County Government Building over the last several months, according to Andi Hannah, coordinator for the Clark County Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Coalition.
Who says real men don't cry? First up:
Jack O. Hatfield is being held in the Vanderburgh County Jail on a preliminary felony charge of burglary. Bond was set at $5,000 cash.
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I placed Mr. Hatfield in handcuffs, who was at that point, already crying and said 'I'm going to get 10 years for this," Evansville Police Department Officer Matthew Knight wrote in the affidavit.
One of the first things I learned as a new Big Brothers/Big Sisters board member is that Indiana law requires that anyone who suspects a case of child abuse or neglect must report it. And the person doing the reporting is immune from all civil and criminal liability if the report is made in good faith. (Here is the "duty to report" law, and here are the "failure to report" provisions.
Yeah, those damn, rotten 14-month-olds just don't show respect the way they did in our day, by God:
Police say an 18-year-old Indianapolis man severely beat his girlfriend's 14-month-old daughter because the girl failed to show respect.
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Police Sgt. Paul Thompson says Chism is accused of beating the girl with a belt for more than an hour for being disrespectful and not eating her food.
Paging Humbert Humbert:
A 20-year-old Wisconsin man infatuated with a 14-year-old Terre Haute girl allegedly admitted to police that he knew that his sexual contact with the eighth-grader was a crime.
Alex Edwards, 20, admitted he had sexual relations with the girl last August. He told reporters before his court hearing Tuesday he believed the relationship “was the same as like a 26-year-old and a 20-year-old.”
I know some people think the Indiana Supreme Court let Judges Scheibenberger and Felts off too easy, giving the former only a three-day suspension for his outburst in a courtroom and the latter a reprimand for his DUI. This seems like a better case for outrage, though:
A Marion County judge who faced removal from the bench after his office mishandled an order setting aside a man's rape conviction instead will serve a 60-day suspension without pay.
