Jefferson County News

Indiana State Department of Health officials confirmed Tuesday that someone from Clark County died of rabies after exposure to a bat, and the Jefferson County, Ky., coroner's office is investigating a death last week of a Clark County man believed to be that victim.

The second suspect in a November 2008 armed robbery at Arni's Pizza, in New Albany, pleaded guilty Thursday to assisting a robbery, a class C felony.

Two people - including a Jeffersonville woman reportedly driving the wrong way on the Watterson Expressway in Louisville - were killed in a head-on collision Tuesday morning.

Citizens are asked to be on the lookout for thieves stealing air conditioners from churches.

Police say a Jefferson County man has been charged with killing his wife. Spokeswoman Alicia Smiley said a shooting was reported late Friday night.

A convicted sex offender accused of offering jobs to teenage boys at a Waffle House in Louisville is now facing felony charges for failing to register in Indiana.

Statewide, 70 percent of students passed the English portion of the ISTEP test while 71 percent passed math.

A Louisville-based conservation group has joined in filing a federal lawsuit aimed at stopping the Ohio River bridges project.

A deputy coroner has testified in the case of a former Kentucky football coach being tried on a reckless homicide charge that he found nothing amiss in the death of a player.

A 35-year-old man was arrested Wednesday, accused of violating sex offender registration laws by going onto school property without permission.

The Indiana State Police are requesting the assistance of citizens in the Versailles District, including residents of Decatur County.

A landlord and one of his neighbors in Jefferson County are squaring off over a sign the neighbor has put in his window.

In June, Indiana residents were given the chance to remember the state's fallen law enforcement officers through several local events, known as "The Indiana Fallen Officers Blood Drive." According to a press release from Indiana State Police Sgt.

A pilot program in eight counties allows domestic violence victims to fill out forms to request protective orders online.

Soft meows and wagging tails could be heard and seen at New Albany's 4-H Fairgrounds on Saturday morning as Purina hosted its fourth-annual Rally to Rescue event.

Jefferson County: Last night Indiana State Police received an anonymous tip of a possible methamphetamine lab operation near Lexington, IN in Jefferson County.

MADISON, Ind. -- Seven people were arrested early Tuesday in a raid on a suspected methamphetamine lab in Jefferson County.

Sixteen architectural firms have expressed interest in drawing up plans for rebuilding a 19th century courthouse in southern Indiana that was heavily damaged by fire this spring.

The man involved in a standoff with the Jeffersonville Police Department on Saturday was killed by a single gunshot to the left torso, according to the Jefferson County Coroner's Office in Kentucky.

A sixth person has died from a pre-dawn house fire on the Fourth of July in Louisville.