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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Jeffersonville leaders finalized a new police contract this week after more than a year of negotiations. Uncertainty around Senate Bill 1 contributed to the longer timeline. -
A Southern Indiana nonprofit is hosting a benefit to help raise money to expand harm reduction outreach. -
River Heritage Conservancy said the proposed location for its whitewater element will improve otherwise unused land. -
Scott McVoy was named interim chief of the Jeffersonville Police Department. -
The Clark County Health Department says private funds are sustaining some efforts as federal funding and guidance changes. -
One of multiple civil cases involving the former sheriff of Clark County could soon be resolved. -
More than two years after Clarksville officials started legal action to take over the former Colgate property, they reached an agreement with the property owner. -
Projects are moving forward at Origin Park, where work to reclaim hundreds of acres of land in Southern Indiana for nature and recreation is underway. -
An Indiana judge reversed course on whether to set aside the plea agreement for Misty Noel after statements she made to news media the week of her sentencing. -
Most criminal cases tied to a fatal shooting at Harvest Homecoming in New Albany last year have been resolved. One person still facing a murder charge has a trial set for October.
