Paul L. Kannarr, 58, is accused of using a minor girl to produce child pornography six times between December 1999 and September 2000. Kannarr is tentatively scheduled for a parole hearing in November.

The U.S. Attorney General's office for the District of Kansas issued a press release Thursday that includes a federal indicment of a Finney County man.

One man is going to prison and three are to serve brief jail sentences for their roles in a disturbance at the Lucas County courthouse last November that escalated into a near riot.

The mother of Ariel Castro’s children repeatedly went to authorities with accusations he was beating, abusing and threatening her. But her complaints never reached the point where Castro was imprisoned or triggered additional police investigations.

SAN FRANCISCO -- A federal court in San Francisco Tuesday struck down Arizona's ban on abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy.

Kenneth Leighty, 65, of Altoona, was being investigated in the disappearance and presumed death of Sherry Jean Leighty, search warrants showed, but he hasn’t been charged. He has been jailed since Friday on charges of attacking an officer when police tried to speak with him about the case. Court records don’t list an attorney for Leighty.

The mother of Ariel Castro's children repeatedly went to authorities with accusations he was beating, abusing and threatening her. But her complaints never reached the point where Castro was imprisoned or triggered additional police investigations.

LIBERTY, Mo. - A 31-year-old northwest Missouri man has been sentenced to life in prison for killing a 19-year-old student. Marcus D. Smith of Kansas City was convicted in Clay County in February of second-degree murder and three other charges in the August 2011 death of Samir Clark.

The Louisiana Supreme Court has ruled that the current method of funding the statewide school voucher program is unconstitutional. Act 2, part of Gov. Bobby Jindal's 2012 package of education reforms, diverts money from each student's per-pupil allocation to cover...

(AP Photo/Steven Senne). Herbert Robbins, of Worcester, Mass., right, joins with other demonstrators as they display placards and chant slogans on the street outside the Graham, Putnam, and Mahoney Funeral Parlors, in Worcester, May 5, 2013.

The United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia got an indictment of Devasko Dewayne Lewis of Lowndes County for operating his trucks after the DOT issued an order for him to stop. The DOT issued the order in 2008, and the government says that Lewis kept operating the trucks by registering them in other people's names.

The man accused of killing a woman at a Redford motel will not see a jury trial until later this summer.

HELENA — A 49-year-old Browning man has been sentenced to life in prison after being found guilty of sexually assaulting a 51-year-old woman last year. The Independent Record reports Donald Carl Salois was sentenced Monday by U.S. District Judge Sam Haddon during a hearing in Helena.

LAS VEGAS (PRESS RELEASE) -- American Gaming Systems (AGS), a leading designer, manufacturer and operator of gaming machines with more than 7,500 installed gaming machines, announced last week that it has completed a successful field trial of its Roadrunner platform and its GT5000 cabinet at Boyd Gaming Corporation’s Treasure Chest Casino in Kenner, La.

The trial began today for James Ealy, 48, who is accused of killing a Burger King employee more than six years ago. Prosecutors and defense attorneys delivered their opening statements this morning in the latest Illinois murder trial to be …

The Michigan Supreme Court has suspended a West Michigan judge for what happened in a courtroom two years ago.

COLDWATER — Mandy Cole served 39 days for attempted misuse of a credit card — nine days more than the recommended Michigan Sentencing Guideline score for a first offender.

RUTLAND, Vt. (AP) — The opening of a bike path in Rutland, Vt., has rekindled interest in a long-neglected prison cemetery that's near the path.        

LEWES, Del. - A trial date has been set for former ABC News personality Sam Donaldson.

Nevada's state seal is on the floor near the entrance of the Nevada Supreme Court building. / Lisa Tolda/RGJ file photo The Reno Gazette-Journal is suing the Nevada Public Employees Retirement System to obtain a list of retirees and their benefit amounts.

An Ohio prosecutor said Thursday he may seek the death penalty against Ariel Castro as investigators charged that he impregnated one of his captives at least five times and then starved her and punched her in the belly until she miscarried.

Travis Alexander's siblings stood in open court and sobbed Thursday as they described the emotional devastation caused by his murder at the hands of his ex-girlfriend, Jodi Arias.

Lawmakers Adjourned Before Updating Missouri Law

STEUBENVILLE - The Ohio Supreme Court ruled against the Jefferson County Educational Service Center and more than 200 Virtual Learning Academy instructors this month who claimed status as teachers eligible to participate in the State Teachers...

Lamar County saw the second day of testimonies in the State of Texas versus Steven LaRue today.

A state appeals court on Thursday urged the Wisconsin Supreme Court to take a case brought by two unions challenging the constitutionality of Gov. Scott Walker's law effectively ending collective bargaining for most public workers.

The Oregon Court of Appeals has denied a Bend dentist’s request for a stay of enforcement in a religious discrimination case in which the state said he ordered an employee to attend a Scientology-related forum.

A lawyer for a former Louisiana lawmaker convicted of plotting to loot more than $1 million from taxpayer-funded charities has asked a federal appeals court to throw out her racketeering conspiracy conviction.

In prison conversations and phone calls from segregation at Strangeways Jail in Manchester Cregan, 29, is alleged to have "confessed and apologised" after being accused of four murders.

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE Trustee's Sale No. 02-UB-123339 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, ALLIANCE TITLE and ESCROW CORP., the duly appointed Successor Trustee, will on July 12, 2013, at the hour of 10:00 AM, of said day, FRONT ENTRANCE OF THE KOOTENAI COUNTY COURTHOUSE, 324 WEST GARDEN AVENUE, COEUR D'ALENE, ID, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, for cash, in lawful money of the United ...

MCKINNEY, Texas - A judge has ruled that a North Texas lesbian couple can't live together because of a morality clause in one of the women's divorce papers.

Public officials and lawmakers will get a look today at what millions of tax dollars are buying at Hays State Prison, but the media won't be allowed inside even though one lawmaker requested their presence.

A lawsuit by Florida's teachers union over the merit-pay law was dismissed today, with a circuit judge ruling the sweeping 2011 law did not violate teachers constitutional rights.        

Samsung's Galaxy S4 infringes on 5 Apple patents, according to a court filing by Apple.

Could be up to 16 years in prison for an Endicott man, who's pled guilty to three separate felony charges involving burglary, assault, and vehicular manslaughter. In August of 2012, 29 year old Kevin Buie unlawfully entered his former girlfriend's apartment and attacked her. In September of the same year, Buie struck two pedestrians with his car, killing 35 year old Jonathan Pratt and seriously ...

As testimony continued in Day 2 of the retrial for Christian-Newsom defendant George Thomas, both victim's mothers along with the former girlfriend of ringleader, LeMaricus Davidson, took the stand.

Relatives of a South Carolina Army Veteran, who was murdered last year in Thomasville, are speaking out. National Crime Victims' Rights Week continues with events honoring those who lost their lives and those who still mourn those loses.

PHILADELPHIA — A federal judge temporarily nixed former Springton Lake Middle School principal Troy Czukoski’s plan to plead guilty to possession of child pornography Thursday, saying he believed the defendant needed more time to consider his options.

A Centerville man facing 17 criminal counts in seven different felony, aggravated and serious misdemeanor cases in two southeast Iowa counties entered a guilty plea to three of the counts and was sentenced to state prison. The other 14 counts were di

A former Little Rock police officer charged with manslaughter in the death of a teen appeared in court ahead of his June 18 trial date.

All four candidates for the Delaware County Court of Common Pleas won in their own primary races Tuesday night setting up the race for the Nov. 5 general election.