Seeing the daily cost of housing an inmate jump by $12 is leading to a special Mercer County Commission meeting Thursday about how to keep the county’s regional jail bill paid until the fiscal year ...

Lexington officials dedicated a new piece of public art called "The Birth of Hope" along a busy corridor Wednesday.

Starting today, the community is celebrating National Correctional Officers Week. “This job is 50% social worker, 50% ...

With approval from the Fayette County commissioners and the county’s jail board, up to 30 federal inmates will be housed in ...

FAYETTE COUNTY, Pa. - Officials say a Berks County man died while serving time at a state prison in western Pennsylvania.

Westmoreland County Prison’s population has been on the rise. The jail has a capacity of 720. Last week, there were 708 ...

At 1:32 a.m. the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a disturbance at 28226 W Ave, Waucoma. Once on ...

McElroy was originally booked into the jail in March following his arrest in connection with the fatal shooting of 24-year-old Tai' Maricus Warner on Ohio Street.

Lexington street safety group discusses automated speed enforcement devices ...

A unanimous Fayette County Commission voted to enter into a contract with U.S. Marshals to house federal inmates at the ...

One of the suspects in a Lexington murder case is now facing a new charge following a reported stabbing inside the Fayette ...

The suspect in the Fayette County Detention Center faces a first-degree assault charge, as well as the previous murder charge ...