RICH JAMES: Don't be surprised if Schiralli doesn't apply

What is it with some judges when they put on the robe? It’s as if they just graduated from the University of Omnipotence.

EDITORIAL: High court was right to uphold law

The Indiana Supreme Court ruled Friday, as it should have, that state law trumps the Lake County judges' transfer rule.

Supreme Court prohibits Schiralli's transfer to Juvenile Court

Lake Superior Court Judge Nicholas Schiralli cannot transfer into the Lake Juvenile Court, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled Friday.

EDITORIAL: Expand merit selection for judges

Mediation failed to resolve the feud over filling the Lake Juvenile Court vacancy. So now it's up to the Indiana Supreme Court to order that state law be obeyed.

Lake Superior judges, magistrates fail to reach deal over Juvenile Court vacancy

Lake Superior Court judges and magistrates were unable to reach a compromise in their legal squabble regarding how to fill the Lake Juvenile Court vacancy, court records filed Wednesday show.

Jurors critique judges, lawyers

Former Lake County jurors offered their opinions of attorneys and Lake Superior Court Judge Calvin Hawkins during a unique forum.

GUEST EDITORIAL: The wider issue is fairness, consistency

The Indiana Supreme Court has turned to one of Indiana’s most respected jurists — and a former colleague — to mediate a dispute.

WILLIAM NANGLE: Make judges follow merit selection law

Justice appears to be running amuck in Indiana.

RICH JAMES: Children shouldn't see how judges are behaving

If someone made a movie about the effort to name a new Lake Superior Court Juvenile Division judge, it would have to be rated PG-13.

EDITORIAL: Why mediation when state law is clear?

The Indiana Supreme Court's decision to use a mediator to settle a dispute over the Lake Juvenile Court vacancy is baffling. What is there to mediate? The law is the law.

High court requires mediation in Lake County tussle

The Indiana Supreme Court is ordering mediation in the Lake Superior Court judges and magistrates' legal tussle over how to fill the Lake Juvenile Court vacancy, court records filed Monday show.

Family Christian Center faces third mortgage foreclosure case

MUNSTER | Family Christian Center is facing a third mortgage foreclosure case — this one relating to a residence in Schererville, according to documents filed this week in Lake Superior Court.

RICH JAMES: Show compassion for Lake County's troubled vets

This is one of those stories that gives government a bad name.

Judge outlines goals for new job as head of DCS

Lake Juvenile Court Judge Mary Beth Bonaventura will soon trade her judge's robes for a new job involving the welfare of children.

EDITORIAL: Order judges to obey merit selection law

The Indiana Supreme Court now has a lawsuit, rather than letters, to consider in deciding whether the next Lake Juvenile Court judge should be chosen by merit selection, as the law requires, or by transfer, as Lake County's judges hope. The high court must choose to follow the law.

RICH JAMES: Pope of Lake County's judiciary claims superiority

If you thought the Vatican was home to the greatest concentration of power in the world, you'd better think again.

Inmate on work release faces charges in two C.P. burglaries

CROWN POINT | A convicted burglar transitioning out of prison used his freedom to break into two Crown Point residences last month, authorities said.

'Nose Doc' patient wins $450,000 in civil lawsuit

CROWN POINT | A Lake Superior Court jury has awarded $450,000 in damages to a former Lowell man for injuries he suffered as a patient of former Merrillville “Nose Doc” Mark Weinberger.

High court won't intervene in Lake Juvenile court judge replacement dispute

CROWN POINT | The Indiana Supreme Court won't stop Lake Superior Judge Nicholas Schiralli from becoming the next Lake County juvenile judge this month.

EDITORIAL: Demerits to Lake judges for disobeying law

Lake County's judicial selection process is a model the rest of the state should follow. It is shameful that some of Lake County's judges are attempting to circumvent it.