Indiana has suspended the medical license of a pain doctor facing five drug-dealing charges for allegedly trading pills for sex with a patient.

Former Indiana Attorney General Steve Carter visited his hometown of Lafayette Thursday to make his first public statements in a bid to regain his former position.

Other Republican hopefuls include Elkhart County Prosecutor Curtis Hill and former Attorney General Steve Carter. The State Republican Party will choose its nominee for the post at its convention later this year.

The state's top prosecutor is going after limited liability companies that are scamming tax delinquent property owners out of money and their homes.

Elkhart County public prosecutor Curtis Hill is trying to become the state's next attorney general.