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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Clarksville officials are still awaiting a response to a recent $6 million offer for the former Colgate-Palmolive property. The town is ready to try to take the property – including the iconic clock – through eminent domain if the offer is rejected or ignored. -
Jay Chaudhary, director at the Indiana Division of Mental Health and Addiction and journalist and author Beth Macy spoke Thursday during Clark County CARES’ eighth annual Drug Facts Week.
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CenterPoint Energy says investigation shows an incorrect mixture of propane in the natural gas supply is what caused multiple reports of carbon monoxide issues in Southern Indiana on Dec. 24.
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Over the past eight years, grassroots group Clark County CARES has worked at the local and state levels to increase education and support surrounding substance use.
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The U of L Health Urgent Care Plus center in west Louisville’s Parkland neighborhood got a $350K donation expected to help access to care.
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Clark County CARES’ annual Drug Facts Week kicks off Monday. There will be discussions and events surrounding addiction through Saturday.
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Nearly 100 candidates filed for municipal seats in Clark and Floyd counties by the Friday deadline. Indiana’s primary election is May 2.
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Investigations are ongoing into whether CenterPoint Energy’s gas systems caused more than 100 reports of carbon monoxide and other gas issues in Southern Indiana on Dec. 24 and Dec. 25.
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Form G Companies will host an informational meeting this week on plans for a mixed-use development along Eastern Boulevard in Clarksville.
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New Albany Democratic Mayor Jeff Gahan has announced a bid for a fourth consecutive term.
