The King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office says the number of shots fired during the third quarter of the year has dropped ...

Jacksonville police arrested a man after a deadly double shooting at a Westside Burger King killed Matthew Jackson, 18, and injured another man.

FAULNER COUNTY, Ark. – A prison inmate who escaped while on a work release assignment was recaptured in Faulkner County Thursday. Officials with the Arkansas Department of Corrections said 25-year-old ...

A man stabbed 37 times last year while incarcerated at the Allegheny County Jail has settled a civil rights lawsuit against ...

High-ranking inmates known as trusties were ordered to do guards’ bidding, former inmates and guards said, and the culture of violence in the jail went straight to the top. Brian Howey, Mukta ...

A South Carolina firing squad has executed a man Friday, the third person to die by that method in the state this year.

This article has been updated with the execution. COLUMBIA — A Sumter County man who killed three during a crime spree 21 ...

PORTLAND (WGME) – Three former York County corrections officers have been indicted in a bribery case. They're all accused of accepting money from an inmate. The former officers are 28-year-old ...

King County Councilmember Girmay Zahilay is officially the next King County executive. King County Councilmember Claudia Balducci conceded Friday, congratulating her former opponent. “I want to ...

During 28 years as DuPage County’s elected county clerk, Gary A. King worked to professionalize his office’s operations, including its technology, its records management and how it interacts with the ...

A high-ranking Johnson County official is questioning whether the indictments against Sheriff Adam King which resulted in the suspension of his peace officer license disqualify him from his position.

Hoke County Sheriff's Office captured two inmates from their detention center an hour after they escaped Wednesday morning, prompting nearby schools to be placed on lockdown. In a post on Facebook, ...