Harris County Public Health & Environmental Services (HCPHES) is pleased to announce the appointment of Umair A. Shah, MD, MPH as the HCPHES Executive Director and Local Health Authority for Harri

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.

MCKINNEYMan sentenced to 50 years for cold case killingA North Texas man has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for killing a teenager whose body was dumped in a rock pit in 1984.

KANSAS CITY, Mo., May 15 (UPI) -- A judge has limited a lawsuit against the Catholic diocese of Kansas City, Mo., about a priest's creation of child pornography.

It took one neighborhood years to get a court order to tear down an eyesore house in the Highland Creek neighborhood.

Eighteenth Circuit Judge George Maxwell is hearing a court case this afternoon against the Brevard School Board, attempts by opponents of the school closures to keep the schools open.

Oregon man who got naked at Portland International Airport to protest TSA airport screening is in court fighting a federal fine.

Two Delaware County men face life in prison without possibility of parole in a shooting death following a rap battle.

Defendants charged with serious crimes who may suffer from mental illness and are determined by the court to be unable to stand trial will continue to be handled by Pima County rather than the state,

Hunt pleaded not guilty Friday to two counts of lewd and lascivious battery and asked for a jury 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."

A former director of the Bureau of Land Management in Nevada has been sentenced to three life terms in prison after pleading guilty to two counts of Sexual Assault and one count of Lewdness with a Minor Under the Age of 14.

PHILADELPHIA — Dr. Kermit Gosnell proved a serene but solitary figure in the courtroom during his long murder trial, in contrast to the chaotic life he built as an inner-city doctor, abortion provider and father of six.

JEFFERSON CITY, MO (AP) -- A central Missouri woman whose son died in a car accident while she was talking on a cellphone has been sentenced to one year in a county jail.

"Our sheriff will get Jacob Shaffer out of Madison County and back to Tennessee as quickly as he can," Assisant DA Jay Town said. "He will spend the rest of his life in a Tennessee prison and he still has hell to look forward to."

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — A Somali national was sentenced to life in prison Tuesday for killing the mother of his child and three other people in North Dakota two years ago.

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

Darius McClinton-Hunter, the 17-year-old son of Detroit Tigers outfielder Torii Hunter, filed a lawsuit Tuesday in Collin County against those who accused him of sexual assault last year. According to Larry Friedman, the lawyer representing Hunter, “the suit seeks to recover damages against the girls and the parents of the girls who made the false accusations of sexual assault against Darius ...

New Mexico's highest court gave a green light Monday to the state's top water manager to decide proposed water rights transfers to help increase flows in the drought-stricken Pecos River.

The 2013 session of the Kansas Legislature nears an end with the chief justice of the state Supreme Court accusing a leading senator with political coercion. Meantime, efforts are picking up steam to force appellate judges into retirement and to build separate civil and criminal appeals courts.

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky -- A federal judge approved a $40 million class-action settlement Monday between Skechers USA Inc. and consumers who bought toning shoes after ads made unfounded claims that the footwear would help people lose weight and strengthen muscles. U.S. District Judge Thomas B. Russell in Louisville approved the deal, which covers more than 520,000 claims. About 1,000 people ...

The New York State Court of Appeals said Thursday that it has upheld the Commission on Judicial Conduct’s removal of former Family Court Judge Bryan R. Hedges for allegedly engaging in a sexual encounter with his 5-year old niece, in 1972, before he was a judge.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - North Dakota Supreme Court justices are deciding whether supporters of a failed campaign to abolish North Dakota property taxes should have to apologize and pay legal fees of some public officials they sued.

GRAND RAPIDS, Minn. (AP) - A former corrections officer from Tower has been sentenced to more than five years in prison for having sex with a female inmate.

The 22-year-old Ypsilanti Township man convicted of torture and child abuse will spend between 31 and 65 years in prison, a judge ruled this week.Harvey WinceCourtesy of the Washtenaw County Sheriff's Office Harvey Wince was convicted March 21 by...

A former Benton County employee is headed to prison for stealing money.

The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department announced these arrests. All suspects were held in the county jail, unless otherwise indicated:

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — More than a decade after a string of mailbox bombings injured people in Midwestern states, a judge will reconsider whether the former college student accused of carrying out the terrifying campaign is mentally competent to stand trial.

Three heldin burglary probe

The Indiana Supreme Court suspending an attorney for three years for what justices described was a "mean-spirited and vindictive attempt to embarrass and harm" a former colleague who had spurned his advances.

ST. PAUL — Gov. Mark Dayton announced the appointments of Jana Austad, Anne Rasmusson and Judge Korey Wahwassuck as District Court Judges in Minnesota’s Ninth Judicial District.

There is no law in New Hampshire, or Maine, that says police departments have to publish logs on a regular basis that itemize police activity.

The FDA is changing its approval process for metal hip implants, according to a recent Reuters report, and some lawyers are concerned about what this will mean for victims' rights. Oakland personal injury lawyer Jeff Nadrich weighs in. (PRWeb May 12, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/depuy/hip/prweb10720732.htm

A man charged in the murder and dismemberment of his wife entered a surprise guilty plea in court Tuesday morning.

Friday's NBA’s pre-draft combine featured former Kansas star Ben McLemore and dozens of other draft hopefuls working through a series of on-the-court tests that will in some small way help determine where they are slotted in the June 27 draft. By Matt Tait

The University of Kentucky has sued a reporter at its public radio station, WUKY in Lexington, in an attempt to guard information she had requested about surgical practices at its pediatric hospital.

Brach Eichler grows practice as the regulatory environment and a highly competitive business environment create new challenges for providers of all sizes. (PRWeb May 15, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/5/prweb10723255.htm

DES MOINES — Judge Gerald Magee, Charles City, has been elected as chairman of the Iowa Child Advocacy Board (ICAB).

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina man has been sentenced to nearly six years in prison for robbing more than a dozen banks in multiple states. Court records show 43-year-old Wesley Todd McCracken of Myrtle Beach was sentenced in federal court in Charleston last week. McCracken pleaded guilty in December and had faced up to 20 years. Prosecutors say he robbed the first bank in October 2011 ...

Franklin Circuit Judge Philip Shepherd said Monday he plans to make a ruling as soon as possible on Gov. Steve Beshear's request to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the legality of the Kentucky Health Benefit Exchange.

A 74-year-old South Dakota man accused of acting as a doctor to test someone for cancer and prescribe pills has pleaded guilty in federal court.