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Judge Robert Pell of Clay County has been appointed special judge in a Vigo County election challenge for the Vigo County treasurer's office.
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Lisa Trigg
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Lisa Trigg has been a reporter at the Tribune-Star since 2009. With more than 30 years of newspaper experience, she now covers general news with a focus on crime and courts.
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A series of early Sunday morning robberies at three Terre Haute hotels and a gas station/convenience store may be connected.
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Smiles and laughter rang through a Vigo County courtroom on Friday morning as four children were connected with their forever families during Vigo County Adoption Day.
The suspect in an Oct. 28 shooting in downtown Terre Haute is set to appear in court today.
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Orlando Cordia Hall on Thursday became the eighth federal inmate to die this year by lethal injection at the Federal Correctional Complex in T…
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Two arrests have been made in connection with the Sept. 18 gunfire that resulted in the shooting death of an Indiana State University student in the 300 block of South Sixth Street.
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A bench trial to contest the election of a new Vigo County auditor is now set for Dec. 1 in Vigo Superior Court 2.
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COVID-19 figures continue to surge in Vigo County. The number of new cases has begun to double in Vigo County, and that is startling to health officials and is prompting renewed warnings to social distance, isolate when ill and to limit travel.
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An April 12 trial date has been set for former Vigo County schools superintendent Danny Tanoos in his bribery case pending in Marion County.
During a remote hearing conducted today by Judge Lisa Borges of Marion County Superior Court 4, Tanoos, his attorneys and the prosecutor agreed on the trial date and an interim pretrial hearing on Feb. 24.
Judge Borges noted that trials are on hold through Jan. 15 due to the public health emergency order.
Defense attorney James Voyles said the defense team is now reviewing a large number of FBI reports recently received as the result of a deposition hearing of an FBI agent involved in the investigation.
"We are going through them diligently, but it's going to take some time," Voyles said.
Three counts of bribery were filed in September 2018. The state alleges Tanoos solicited concert tickets and dinners from a vendor in exchange for recommendations the vendor, based in Marion County, be contracted for school system projects.
A mid-case appeal filed in June 2019 put the criminal case on hold, but the Indiana Court of Appeals rules the case should proceed, and in March the Indiana Supreme Court declined to take up the appeal, allowing the case to resume in the trial court.
Tanoos faces one count of bribery as a Class C felony. The penalty range is two to eight years in prison with an advisory sentence of 4 years.
He also faces two counts of bribery as a Level 5 felony. The penalty range is one to six years in prison with an advisory sentence of 3 years.
Melvin Bell