A lawsuit filed this week takes aim at the merger between Louisville and Jefferson County, as the state Supreme Court considers a case Republican lawmakers believe could also strike it down.

A Jefferson County Circuit Court judge Wednesday denied a request from the University of Alabama at Birmingham to dismiss a ...

It's about a 30-mile drive from the most southern point of the county to the Jefferson County Courthouse. The current courthouse those residents use is in Dillonvale, which is less than 10 miles away.

Bryce Ceaser was convicted in 2023 by a Jefferson County jury on charges of injury to a child and aggravated assault of a ...

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Texas — The Jefferson County judicial system is facing struggles in the courtroom due to a lack of local translators to interpret for non-English speakers. The language barrier ...

This budget affects 67,000 people in Jefferson County," he said. Wednesday, January 15, was a scheduled payday for county employees, but without a budget passed by the Quorum Court, paychecks are ...

Jefferson County had the most criminal jury trials (503) and civil trials (199) in Alabama, according to state court statistics from 2007 and 2008, the latest figures available.