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After exhausting all avenues in his appeals for a dismissal, Lake County Sheriff Oscar Martinez Jr. is now the closest he’s been to facing trial for his 2021 traffic charges.

The Lake County Board of Commissioners will be looking to the legislature to help in its battle over who has control to enter into contracts regarding the care of inmates at the Lake County Jail after the Indiana Supreme Court Thursday declined to hear the case.

Whether the indictment of former President Donald Trump represents the weaponization of the legal system or a check on executive power and what it means for next year’s presidential election and the country’s political future are all in the mix as political leaders and academicians weigh in on what everyone agrees is a first for the U.S.

Sheriff Oscar Martinez Jr. is asking Indiana's highest court to dismiss a criminal indictment accusing him of felony resisting law enforcement and misdemeanor reckless driving.

An attorney for former Portage Mayor James Snyder argued Wednesday that his convictions on federal bribery and tax charges should be vacated and he should be granted a third trial due to evidentiary issues and mischarging him under the federal bribery statute before a three-judge panel at the Seventh U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago.