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January 2018: Judge Retires, Bicentennial Flag Flies, Bloomington Man Charged with Murder
(UNDATED) – In January 2018 Judge Michael Robbins retired and Gospel Street historic bridge in Paoli opened and was renamed the Sol Strauss and James…
February 2018: Man Pleads Guilty To Kidnapping, Molesting Girl, Bloomfield Man Found Guilty Of Murder, Voigtschild Wins Spelling Bee
(UNDATED) – In February 2018 a man pleaded guilty to kidnapping girl at knifepoint and raping her. Quentin Voigtschild was named Lawrence County Spelling Bee…
March 2018: Paoli Youth Football President Arrested For Child Pornography, Woman Pleads Not Guilty To Child Neglect, Joseph Backenstone Charged With Murder, William Abel Sentenced To 80 Years
(UNDATED) – In March 2018 a Paoli Youth Football President was arrested on child pornography charges, a former IU student was sentenced to prison in…
April 2018: Fire Raged at FiberTech, Two Arrested In Arson Murder, Loogootee Woman Pleads Guilty to Fatal Accident, Interim Director Named at North Lawrence Career Center
(UNDATED) – In April a fire raged at Fibertech, a Bloomington couple was arrested for murder and arson following a February fire, a second person…
May 2018: Rainbolt Sentenced To Prison For Murder of Blake Box-Skinner, Two Huntingburg Women Arrested In Death of Elderly Man
(UNDATED) – In May of 2018 , Joshuah Rainbolt was sentenced to 55 years in prison for the murder of Blake Box-Skinner, two Huntingburg women…
June: Employees in Lawrence County Restaurants Tested Positive for Hepatitis A, Jury Finds Nathan Baker Guilty of Killing Tom Tharp and Alan Sims
(UNDATED) – In June of 2018 employees in Lawrence County restaurants tested positive for Hepatitis A, Skylar Tucker was crowned 2018 Greene County queen, Troy…
July 2018: Man Sentenced to Prison for Child Molesting, Mayor Girgis Will Not Seek Fourth Term, IU Athletics Named Athletes of the Year
(UNDATED) – In July 2018 the Indiana University Department of Athletics announced that senior women’s swimmer Lilly King, senior swimmer Ian Finnerty, and men’s soccer’s…
August 2018: Man Charged with Murder and Attempted Murder, Jurors Found Evan Schaffer Guilty of Murder
(UNDATED) – In August 2018 a Bloomington man was charged with murder and attempted murder after a fight on West Third Street left one man…
September 2018: Lincoln Pickett Found Guilty of Murdering Kamie Ratcliff, Bedford Man Arrested in Connection in Toddler’s Death, Seymour Man Arrested on Murder Charges
In September 2018 a Seymour man was arrested for the murder of 19-year-old Emma Jean Jamison, a former Indiana State Police evidence clerk was arrested…
October 2018: BNL Unified Flag Football State Champs, Bedford Officer Sentenced, Woman Arrested After Death Of Her Baby, Lincoln Pickett Sentenced To 84 Years
(UNDATED) – October 2018 saw the Bedford North Lawrence Unified Flag Football team claimed the Indiana High School Athletic Association’s inaugural championship, A Bedford Police…
