QUESTION: I just read the list of Gregg County indictments. Why did it take up to two years to issue these?
ANSWER LINE: I wondered how long it would take someone to about that.
I too saw that the lists of indictments the News-Journal has been publishing this year include charges against some people for incidents that occurred sometimes more than a year ago.
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