The new requirements were adopted by officials in Monroe County, home to Bloomington and Indiana Universitys main campus, and northern Indianas LaPorte County.

The charges follow weeks of protests demanding arrests in the assault on Vauhxx Booker, a civil rights activist and member of the Monroe County Human Rights Commission.

The Indiana Department of Natural Resources responded to the scene on the day of the alleged assault and released the 68-page document to The Associated Press Thursday following a public records act request.

An attorney for two people accused of being involved in a reported assault on a Black man at a southern Indiana lake said Monday his clients are victims of a "smear campaign" and a "rush to judgment."

Environmental groups and officials in a southern Indiana county are suing the U.S. Forest Service over its plan to burn or harvest parts of the Hoosier National Forest, alleging that it could taint drinking water for more than 140,000 people.

The Owen County Public Librarys trustees voted last month to end overdue fines on Jan. 1. And last week the Monroe County Public Librarys trustees voted both to end their overdue fines and cancel patrons past debt.

Monroe County health officials are cautiously optimistic that the number of confirmed hepatitis A cases may have already peaked statewide.

The Indiana Court of Appeals has declined to rehear a couple's lawsuit seeking to stop a neighbor's logging of his private property along Lake Monroe.

The quarry, featured in the 1979 movie "Breaking Away," saw issues with people trespassing in order to imitate scenes from the movie.

The Monroe County History Center and county officials are holding a contest to name the weather vane as part of the county's bicentennial celebration.