FRANKFORT, Ind. — Brendon Bright was sworn in as the new sheriff of Clinton County on Saturday morning. A Republican caucus convened to select a new sheriff after former Sheriff Richard Kelly resigned ...

CLINTON COUNTY, Indiana — The Clinton County Commissioners are calling for Sheriff Richard Kelly and his wife, Jail Matron Ashley Kelly, to resign immediately. This is following a court ruling last ...

FRANKFORT, IN — Clinton County Sheriff Richard Kelly has resigned as part of a plea agreement filed Thursday involving 2022 felony charges. During a final pretrial hearing Thursday morning, Kelly ...

An Indiana sheriff found himself behind bars after his Jail Matron wife collected over $200k from the Indiana State Police Pension Trust in disability checks while posting photos on social media of ...

UPDATE (4/15/26): In a resolution from the Clinton County Council, the council demanded the resignation of both Richard Kelly and Ashley Kelly from their respective positions. The resolution states ...

FRANKFORT, IN — Less than a month from a trial involving Clinton County Sheriff Richard Kelly and his wife, Ashley, on charges filed in 2022 alleging felony-level misconduct by a public official, the ...

CLINTON COUNTY, Ind. — Richard Kelly, the Clinton County Sheriff, and Ashley Kelly, the county’s former jail matron, have pleaded guilty after they were accused of using a company to receive payments ...

Richard Kelly was born on February 17, 1935, in Omaha, Nebraska. On September 12, 2025, he was reunited in heaven with his beloved wife, Jacqueline. After so many years apart, we can only imagine they ...