Local lawyer suing BP over bad gas, car damage

CROWN POINT | A local lawyer sued BP on Monday in Lake Superior Court, claiming he is one of many who has suffered car repairs from its substandard gasoline and annoyance from its consumer hotline.

Lake magistrate interviews Wednesday for Ind. Supreme Court seat

INDIANAPOLIS | At age 41, Lake County Magistrate Michael Pagano is the youngest of 15 candidates seeking to replace retiring Chief Justice Randall Shepard on the Indiana Supreme Court.

Lake County magistrate seeks spot on Ind. Supreme Court

INDIANAPOLIS | A Lake County magistrate is one of 15 candidates seeking to replace Chief Justice Randall Shepard on the Indiana Supreme Court.

Officials hope to bring jail bracelets back into fashion

CROWN POINT | Lake County officials will make another attempt to free the county's get-out-of-jail bracelet system from judicial disfavor.

Lawyer reduction plan gets a continuance

CROWN POINT | Four Lake Superior Court judges delivered a stern lecture and essentially put County Council members on probation for attempting to shrink their staff of defense lawyers.

Judge defends court lawyers from job cuts

CROWN POINT | A Lake Superior Court judge criticized a proposal to lop 25 defense lawyers from five county courts as uninformed and impractical.

Courts merger might shed politics, trim costs

CROWN POINT | Lake County officials hope legislation designed to take four Lake Superior Court judges out of politics will save taxpayers tens of thousands of dollars.

EDITORIAL: Make judicial selection process uniform

The proposal to have all Lake County judges be chosen under the merit selection system is moving through the General Assembly, as well it should.

Committee OKs merit selection for all Lake Superior judges

INDIANAPOLIS | A Senate committee Wednesday voted to terminate the Lake County Superior Court's hybrid judicial selection system, where most judges are appointed but four are elected, in favor of an all-merit selection system.