BROWNSTOWN — An organization that promotes the separation of church and state wants a southern Indiana county to immediately remove a Nativity scene from a courthouse lawn.

The (Seymour) Tribune reported an attorney for the Madison, Wis.-based Freedom From Religion Foundation wrote a letter to commissioners in Jackson County saying that a “concerned local citizen” contacted the group about the light display outside the courthouse in Brownstown.

The letter from attorney Ryan D. Jayne said that it’s “unlawful for the county to maintain, erect or host a holiday display that consists solely of a Nativity scene.” He said it’s a “crystal clear constitutional violation.”

The scene remained on display this week.

Commissioners President Matt Reedy said he hadn’t received the letter and said the county plans to remove the display after Christmas.

SOUTH BEND — Indiana is introducing a new license plate to honor Studebaker cars and trucks, starting Jan. 1.

The South Bend Tribune reported that the plate will have the Studebaker red ball logo. It also will say “Studebaker Museum” along the bottom.

The museum in South Bend will receive $25 from each Studebaker plate. Studebakers were made in South Bend until the 1960s.

The museum opened in 2005 and features the world’s largest collection of presidential carriages as well as a collection of Studebaker cars.

INDIANAPOLIS — Authorities said remains found last summer in an Indianapolis park have been identified as a man from El Salvador.

The FBI said the remains were recovered in connection with an ongoing investigation of the MS-13 gang in Ohio. Experts using DNA believe the man was Israel Mejia-Martinez, whose last address was Usultan, El Salvador.

The FBI said Thursday that Mejia-Martinez probably was killed a year ago and buried in a shallow grave. The remains were recovered in August in a wooded area at Grassy Creek Regional Park. The University of Indianapolis Human Identification Center played a key role in examining the remains.

Anyone with information can contact the FBI at 614-849-1765.

ANDERSON — Competency evaluations will be reviewed for a man charged in the fatal shootings of a woman whose body was found in an abandoned rural central Indiana farmhouse and a man found slain at a nature preserve.

The Herald Bulletin reported the update comes after Daniel Lee Jones, 38, of Anderson, appeared in court Wednesday and decided to retain a public defender instead of representing himself.

Authorities have said Trinity Parker, 39, of Anderson, and David Lamar Phillips II, 36, of Anderson, were fatally shot during the summer. Parker’s body was found in a Grant County house just north of the Madison County line. Phillips’s body was found at the Rangeline Nature Preserve in Anderson.

Jones is charged with murder and criminal confinement . Several others are charged in the case.

INDIANAPOLIS — Officials said another round of hunting is needed to curtail the deer population at Eagle Creek Park in Indianapolis.

The Indianapolis Star reported the Indy Parks and Recreation department is backing the hunt, which is likely to begin early next year. It will be the fourth hunt since 2014.

More than 500 deer have already been killed during the previous hunts, but experts say the numbers still are higher than they should be to protect plant life and preserve habitats for other animals. The newspaper said as many as 100 deer are likely to be harvested during the upcoming hunt.

Past hunts have drawn opposition, including a lawsuit to stop the first deer cull, and a vetoed ordinance that would have required City County Council approval for the hunts.

—Associated Press