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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The CEO of New Chapel EMS says the nonprofit is still paying close to $20,000 a month on high-end vehicles seized in the criminal investigation of former Clark County Sheriff Jamey Noel.
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An attorney for former Clark County Sheriff Jamey Noel has requested a stay in a lawsuit filed against him by New Chapel EMS until his criminal case is completed.
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Court records allege former Clark County Sheriff Jamey Noel and his family charged more than $300,000 in vacation costs to a nonprofit he previously operated.
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Nearly 30 women have settled their claims in federal lawsuits after a security breach at the Clark County jail in late 2021. The final plaintiff, who says she was raped and became pregnant, reached an agreement last month.
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The Floyd County Commissioners voted this week to move forward with AmeriPro Health for ambulance services. They also rejected a bid from New Chapel EMS.
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New Directions Housing Corporation has been awarded more than $6 million to upgrade infrastructure at dozens of affordable housing units in Louisville.
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The Floyd County EMS Advisory Board will recommend the county commissioners reject the two bids on the table and explore a fire-based option for ambulance services.
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Jamey Noel will soon have to explain to a judge why state police found guns he wasn’t supposed to have at his house last week.
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The children of former Clark County Sheriff Jamey Noel’s brother are taking court action, alleging he stole from their inheritance.
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New Chapel EMS President and CEO Matt Owen said the company is making changes in light of allegations against Jamey Noel, who previously ran the organization.