Jamey Noel

An Indiana judge has reinstated members of a Utica fire board, finding they weren’t properly removed by the Clark County Commissioners earlier this month. It happened just in time for the fire board to approve a fire territory with Jeffersonville before the deadline next month.

An Indiana judge has approved an emergency hearing next week to consider whether the Clark County Commissioners acted illegally when they removed every member of a Utica fire board the day before a vote to create a fire territory.

Proponents of a proposed fire territory in Southern Indiana say they hope legal intervention can bring it back to the table. Members of the Utica Township Fire Protection District board who were removed this week are taking legal action.

The Clark County Commissioners voted unanimously Wednesday to remove all three members of the Utica Township Fire Protection District board. It came one day before the board was expected to approve creation of a fire territory with Jeffersonville, a move some other local leaders have opposed.

Clark County officials are poised to create a new fire territory, which they say will add needed fire and EMS protection to Jeffersonville, Utica and Utica Township. Some leaders in surrounding areas say the new territory will mean a hit to their tax revenue and impact operations, and have formally opposed it.

A former Clark County Council member is the third person to plead guilty in the investigation of former Sheriff Jamey Noel.

The Clark County prosecutor has dropped criminal charges against a former jail officer accused of making a deal to let incarcerated men access keys.

A former Clark County Council member charged in the investigation of Jamey Noel has been denied a new judge, after his attorneys argued the one assigned to his case could be biased.

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.

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.