Aprile Rickert
Southern Indiana ReporterAprile is LPM's Southern Indiana reporter. Rickert comes to LPM from the News and Tribune in Southern Indiana, where she covered crime and courts as a senior reporter. A New Albany native, she spent nearly two decades in Louisville before recently moving back across the river to Jeffersonville.
Email Aprile at arickert@lpm.org.
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Three people have been charged with murder after a fatal shooting last month at Harvest Homecoming in New Albany. -
Democrat Teah Hampton-Williams was selected by caucus this week to finish the term for longtime Clark County Council member Barbara Hollis, who died last month. Williams-Hampton will also be the first Black woman to sit on that board. -
Democrat Wendy Dant Chesser has been elected to the Indiana House District 71 seat, less than a year after being caucused into the spot. -
Indiana Republican state Rep. Ed Clere was elected to a ninth term in District 72, which covers most of Floyd County in Southern Indiana, according to unofficial results. -
There are four state representative seats on the ballots this year between Clark and Floyd counties. All have incumbents facing challengers, but in District 71, it’s a little different. Democrat Wendy Dant Chesser hopes to retain the seat she was selected for earlier this year against Republican and Libertarian challengers. -
One person has been charged with criminal recklessness in connection with a fatal shooting at Harvest Homecoming in New Albany more than two weeks ago. On Sunday, police detained two people while serving search warrants in Southern Indiana and Louisville. -
Misty Noel is asking a court for permission to sell multiple properties she owns with her estranged husband, former Clark County Sheriff Jamey Noel. He was sentenced last week to years in prison. -
Friends, family and colleagues remember Barbara Hollis as an example of a public servant. The Clark County Council President died this week at age 80. -
Former Southern Indiana Sheriff Jamey Noel was sentenced to 15 years on Monday, weeks after he pleaded guilty to a string of felonies including theft, tax evasion and money laundering. -
A former Southern Indiana sheriff and longtime Republican political leader faces 12 years in prison for theft, tax evasion and money laundering.
