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Public defenders exist to ensure criminal defendants constitutional right to counsel is protected. But officials say Indiana is facing a shortage of lawyers to do that work.

Public defenders exist to ensure criminal defendants’ constitutional right to counsel is protected. But officials say Indiana is facing a shortage of lawyers to do that work. A Senate Committee voted to advance House Bill 1605 Wednesday with the aim to help attract and retain talent by bolstering retirement funds for some public defenders.

Two Indiana men have been arrested for the murder of a 17-year-old girl whose 1975 drowning death remained a cold case until evidence linked the suspects to the victim in

Crown Barbers located in the heart of Cromer is to move to a larger premises after outgrowing its current home on Mount Street.