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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowGov. Mitch Daniels has appointed new judges in two central Indiana counties.
The governor's office says Daniels appointed J. Jeffrey Edens as judge of the Boone Circuit Court. Edens succeeds Justice Steven David, who was appointed to the Indiana Supreme Court in September. Edens has been serving as judge pro tempore since David's appointment.
Edens is a former Boone County chief deputy prosecutor and past president of the Boone County Chamber of Commerce.
Daniels also appointed David Riggins as a Shelby County Superior Court judge. Riggins succeeds Judge Russell Sanders, who announced his retirement in August.
Riggins has been a Shelby County deputy prosecutor since 1996 and is chief of the Moral Township Volunteer Fire Department.
Both appointments were effective Wednesday.
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