More than 80% of Kennebec County's spending is going toward law enforcement and corrections. Help may be on the way.

AKRON, Ohio (WOIO) - Summit County prosecutors say a 37-year-old child rapist will spend life behind bars. Louis Jesus Fare received his sentence Tuesday for a felony charge of rape. Fare raped a ...

If a Knox County official who leads one of the county's eight quasi-independent offices vacates their position, whether it's through a resignation, recall or an ouster lawsuit, the county ...

They're elected by Knox County voters every four years like their colleagues in the executive, legislative and judicial branches. Knox County's fourth branch isn't secret, but it may as well be.

Knox County Trustee Justin Biggs is being investigated by the Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury, the state's watchdog agency. The investigation centers on the trustee's office's spending on ...

The Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury has been investigating the Knox County Trustee's Office and Trustee Justin Biggs. Biggs and members of the trustee’s office billed the county for swanky ...

In 2011, Knox was acquitted of the 2007 murder of her roommate after spending four years in an Italian prison cell Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE ...

Then came the kicker: “‘What did you do to end up in prison?’” — to which Knox replied, “‘Actually, I didn’t do it.’” One officer even remarked, “You probably don’t like ...

Amanda Knox was behind bars when she befriended a Catholic priest. The mother of two, who spent nearly four years in an Italian prison, has written a new book, "Free: My Search for Meaning." ...

New details have been released about the federal cuts to Maine’s prison system. The Department of Justice canceled three grants this week because of Maine’s policy allowing transgender inmates ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – The Monroe County Jail is facing challenges as a recent prison strike has left 116 inmates waiting to be transferred to state prisons. The state is short nearly 4,000 prison ...

PORTAGE, Wis. -- An 80-year-old man accused of killing his romantic partner in late 2022 was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday, according to online court records. Larry Manthe's romantic ...