Newly released federal records shed light on Eleanor Rush's 1954 death in a North Carolina prison—and the uprising and reforms that followed.

“The inmates would routinely yell out, 'This place is terrible, you guys need to do something about this,” said Jackson ...

JACKSON COUNTY, MI – State Rep. Kathy Schmaltz and Jackson County Sheriff Gary Schuette testified before a House committee this week, March 17, seeking critical state funding to address severe ...

Dickinson Police say 41-year-old resident Kenneth Jackson Jr. has been charged with murder for the death of his father, ...

Ground broke on the 1,000-bed detention facility in 2023, on the site of a former mobile home park.

Jackson County is asking the state to step in with roughly $54.4 million to finally deal with its aging jail problem, a plan ...

On Monday, March 23, 2026, a Franklin County man was sentenced after a fellow inmate, identified by family as Courtney Rhodes, died following what relatives and local reporting describe as exposure to ...

SARSOTA COUNTY, Fla. — In Sarasota County, one commissioner says the jail population has reached an "emergency" level. Numbers given to Spectrum News by the sheriff's office confirm the situation: ...

State Rep. Kathy Schmaltz and Jackson County Sheriff Gary Schuette testified before a House Committee about the unsafe conditions at the very old facility.

A Los Angeles County jury has sided in favor of Donna Motsinger, who sued Bill Cosby for allegedly drugging and raping her in 1972.

From dinosaur fossils in Marble Hill to a deadly 1951 crash and Cape Girardeau's biggest 1926 primary, revisit notable March ...

Jenkins Oil Company is marking 50 years in business while preparing to open a new RallyStop market west of Cedar City, the ...