Zhou & Chini completes another city page for their new informational website that helps Murrieta locals seeking bankruptcy protection. The new page has all the state and federal information with links to help answer bankruptcy related inquiries. (PRWeb May 10, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/bankruptcy-Murrieta-CA/Murrieta-Attorney/prweb10710358.htm

The North Carolina Senate budget proposal could have major and wide-ranging local impacts. The plan would save the Polk Historical site in Pineville. However, the proposal would close the Western Youth Facility in Morganton and cut hundreds of jobs. Under the proposal, the detention center will close on Jan. 1, 2014.  When that occurs, more than 320 people will lose their jobs. The facility has ...

A man escaped from a Sidney, Montana prison today and remains on the loose. Larry Speldrich is 25 years old and is 6-1 weighing in at 210 lbs. He has what is described as a military style haircut and

Hannaford Brothers said it is giving up its zoning fight to halt a new Market Basket store in Bedford after it lost a key court decision released Thursday. The state Supreme Court ruled Hannaford Brothers isn't eligible to challenge a variance the town's zoning board of adjustment granted to build the Market Basket store on Route 114, some 3.8 miles from a smaller Hannaford store on Route 101.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, May 15 (UPI) -- A knifemaker pleaded guilty in an Alaska court to purchasing six restricted walrus tusks from an undercover agent.

MILWAUKEE -- Hundreds of raw milk advocates are expected to attend a Wisconsin dairy farmer's trial next week in Baraboo, where supporters have rented a nearby theater to monitor the proceedings and hold a rally.

University of Arkansas baseball player Colin Poche pleaded guilty Tuesday (May 1) to shoplifting, Fayetteville Prosecuting Attorney Casey Jones said....

Coverage continues of Monday’s decision in City of Arlington v. FCC, in which the Court held by a vote of six to three that courts must apply Chevron deference to an agency’s interpretation of a statutory ambiguity concerning the scope of the agency’s statutory authority. Miriam Seifter breaks down the decision for this blog, while Jeremy P. [...]

Harvey Whittemore and his wife, Annette, arrive at federal court in Reno for the start of his trial on Tuesday. / Marilyn Newton/RGJ Continue to check for updates and video recaps from the Whittemore trial and see past coverage of the case.

A former Minnesota Department of Corrections officer will spend the rest of his life on conditional release after he serves his prison sentence for having sexual relations with a female inmate at the Minnesota Correctional Facility in Togo last November.

The county needs a new, “state-of-the-art” jail facility and improved data on the local recidivism rate, according to a new report by the Napa County grand jury.

Rachel Palmer of Kentucky has been named as the fourth suspect in the murder-for-hire plot to kill real estate agent Nancy Latham of Mount Pleasant, according to federal court documents.

Sherman Townsend spent 10 years in prison for a crime another man has since confessed to committing, and the burglary conviction likely will stay on his record after a state board wouldn't issue a pardon Wednesday, April 24.

Salaries for the state’s judges would climb by $30,000 during the next three years under a measure that won legislative approval this week with little fanfare.        

KRISTEN BUTLER, UPI.com Geoffrey Portway faces 27 years in US prison before deportation to Britain, after admitting a plot to rape and cannibalize children.

CONWAY — A judge has set a June hearing for a man accused of fatally striking a Conway police officer with a vehicle.

PHILADELPHIA – A former housekeeper who stole a rare 18th Century bust sculpture of Benjamin Franklin from a Main Line client faces several years in federal prison for taking the stolen property out of state.

Former Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner Richie Farmer misused state resources to further his personal and political agendas before 2008, federal prosecutors alleged in court documents filed late Friday.

Pitt and Penn State will play again - on the basketball court - when the Panthers host the Nittany Lions in the 2013 Big Ten/ACC Basketball Challenge on Tuesday, Dec.

IRVINE, Calif. -- Continental Prison Systems, Inc. (OTC:CPSZ) - a payment processing technology company that specializes in the $500 billion government payment space, is pleased to announce that via its ...

CONWAY — Attorneys for the former University of Central Arkansas chief of staff charged with commercial burglary in a cheating scandal at UCA indicated in a court filing that he will testify on his own behalf when his case goes to trial.

A Philadelphia abortion doctor was sentenced Wednesday to a third life term for killing an aborted baby that he described as so big it could "walk to the bus."

In Polk County, the epicenter for most child abuse in Iowa, formal court petitions filed so the state can seek custody of abused children are rising again.

NEW ORLEANS - A federal judge has agreed to postpone the trial of a former BP engineer charged with deleting text messages about the company's response to its 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer Dustin S. Phillips has been selected to the National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Trial Lawyers. http://www.oklahoma-criminal-defense.com/ (PRWeb May 15, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/5/prweb10727893.htm

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — The Nevada Assembly has approved allowing courts to order mentally ill defendants who have regular run-ins with the law to complete tailored outpatient treatment plans.

ATHENS, Ala. (WAAY) - The trial date for Alabama State Trooper James Heath Moss has been pushed back to November.

The Illinois House approved a highly controversial plan that would overturn local gun ordinances, including Chicago’s ban on assault rifles. Illinois lawmakers are struggling to come up with new legislation following federal court ruling that requires Illinois to adopt a concealed carry law by June 9. House Speaker Michael Madigan (D) responded by drafting a gun plan that would require the ...

Will Hunter was driving a former prison inmate to a job interview at a door manufacturing plant in Ludlow, Vt., recently when the man, in his 50s, started to question whether the trip was a waste of time.

Escondido locals get an informational boost from bankruptcy attorneys Zhou and Chini. The California bankruptcy information website has a new page addition for the city of Escondido. (PRWeb May 15, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/bankruptcy-information/Escondido-California/prweb10729950.htm

A Florida man is in jail after police say he endangered his 4-year-old son by taking him from Primary Children's Medical Center.

The Nebraska Supreme Court has ordered a new drug trial for a Grand Island man, saying prosecutors failed to prove the accuracy of a state lab scale.

In an unusual move, the Clayton County district attorney wants to hold a woman responsible for the death of a police officer allegedly killed by her husband, who also died in the December shoot-out.

WELCH, W.Va. (AP) -- Supreme Court Chief Justice Brent Benjamin is in McDowell County to mark the opening of a new Juvenile Drug Court. The ceremony Monday afternoon in Welch also includes Circuit Judge

41 HIV infections occurred in volunteers who received experimental vaccine, 30 cases of HIV infection occurred among recipients who received placebos

MILWAUKEE, May 14 (UPI) -- A man who fatally shot six people at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin grew more radical in the months before the August incident, federal court documents indicate.

No matter who owns the land at the Missouri State Penitentiary, the Jefferson City Historic Preservation Commission is more concerned about the condition of the three most historic buildings.

A federal judge in an order Friday agreed to postpone the trial of a former BP engineer charged with deleting text messages about the company's response to its 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The ...

By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an Alaskan village's claim that it should be able to sue oil companies and utilities for damages attributed to climate change. Lawyers for the village of Kivalina wanted various named defendants responsible for greenhouse emissions, including Exxon Mobil Corp, Chevron Corp and Duke Energy Corp, to pay damages ...

Lansing — The Michigan Department of Corrections said Tuesday it will contract out food services at the state's 31 prisons to a private vendor, cutting 373 jobs and reversing its earlier decision that the bids did not meet minimum savings requirements.

A Canadian man accused of leading a conspiracy to sell drugs in North Dakota and other states is scheduled for sentencing in federal court.