Man pleads guilty in bank robbery

John Lee Stephens was arrested March 25 following an armed robbery at Your Community Bank, at 701 Highlander Point Drive. Prosecutors will ask that Stephens be sentenced to an additional seven years for brandishing a firearm, the minimum required by law. Former New Albany mayoral candidate Yvonne Kersey is scheduled to plead guilty and be sentenced on Dec. 17 in Floyd County Circuit Court for having more than 20 pounds of marijuana in her home