Kevin Coughlin, a former state lawmaker who represented the Cuyahoga Falls area in Columbus for 14 years, said Monday he is running for clerk of Stow Municipal Court. The nonpartisan race will be contested on the Nov. 5 ballot. “Today I am answering a call to serve our communities by modernizing the operation of the court. We have a new courthouse, and our judges are doing a great job,” Coughlin ...

After ruling in favor of a fellow judge, DeKalb County Superior Court Judge Daniel Coursey on Friday withdrew from presiding over a lawsuit brought by members of a special purpose grand jury.

Fourth checked in but did no work in petition fraud probation, authorities say FARGO - Three of the 15 people who pleaded guilty to petition fraud charges in Cass County last fall - all three of them former North Dakota State University football players - failed to complete the community service required by their probation agreements, authorities allege in court records.

GADSDEN (AP) - An Alabama judge refused to set bond for Joyce Garard as she awaits trial in the death of her granddaughter, who prosecutors say was run to death.

The inmates are part of a new program aimed at easing violence in some of the most dangerous units inside the penitentiary, reducing the number of prisoners in solitary confinement and making them less likely to reoffend.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Uzbekistan national living in Idaho has made his first court appearance on charges he gave support, cash and other resources to help a recognized terrorist group in his own country.        

A judge granted the Kansas City charter a temporary injunction one day before the school was to close.

The Alaska Court of Appeals last week handed a partial victory to former state lawmaker Nicholas “Nick” Stepovich, who had appealed two convictions—for cocaine possession and attempted evidence tamper

The Yolo Superior Court held a formal ceremony on Monday for graduates of the Court's Felony Probation Drug Court.Judge Janet Gaard presided over the ceremony held in her chambers of the Yolo County Courthouse.

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana -- A federal judge has agreed to postpone the trial of a former BP executive charged with concealing information from Congress about the amount of oil that was leaking from the company's blown-out well in the Gulf...

A Texas judge has ruled that a Lesbian couple will lose their children if they continue to cohabitate. According to an Associated Press report on the ruling, a clause in Carolyn Compton’s divorce states that her children are not allowed …

A state appeals court is urging 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.

A day after a woman reported finding an abandoned newborn crying in the sand on a Hawaii beach, police arrested her and revealed she's the baby's mother. Keala Simeona, 21, of Honolulu, was arrested Tuesday evening for filing a false police report. Police don't expect to pursue additional offenses at this time. She posted $250 bail and was released. She had told police she was parked at Sandy ...

FLORENCE, Ala. (AP) — A north Alabama man will remain in jail while charged in the death of his 3-month-old son.

Last fall, Gawker posted a video of wrestling legend Hulk Hogan having sex with a woman named Heather Clem. The tape, which was a glorious 30 minutes long, stayed up on the website after a judge ruled that the site hadn't breached its first amendment rights. [ more › ]

The mother of four children who died in a mobile home fire in Hartsville has been charged with four counts of unlawful neglect of a child and four counts of homicide by child abuse.

The Iowa Supreme Court is expected to decide whether insurers can require dentists who accept their plans to offer discounts on services that aren't covered.

El Paso County, for now, is not violating the Texas Constitution and can continue to provide health benefits to the domestic partners of its employees, a district court judge ruled on Tuesday.

KRISTEN BUTLER, UPI.com Hulk Hogan was granted a temporary restraining order against Gawker, which published a one-minute excerpt of the reality star's sex tape.

A retired photographer accused of the serial “Alphabet murders” in California went on trial on Monday acting as his own attorney, joining prosecutors in picking jurors who will decide whether he is guilty of slaying four prostitutes.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) -- A Louisiana businessman serving 15 years in federal prison for distributing oxycodone and methadone illegally through pain clinics in eastern Kentucky has lost his bid for a new trial.   U.S. District Judge Gregory Van Tatenhove ruled that there is "sufficient evidence" to support the jury's guilty verdict in the case of 47-year-old Michael D. Leman of Slidell, La. A jury ...

Inmate Rasberry Williams, convicted in a 1974 murder, has had an extraordinary record while in prison, governor says.

After 38 years in the legal profession, the last 15 of them on the federal bench at the U.S. District Courthouse in Urbana, Michael P. McCuskey has decided he'd like to scale back. Come July 1, the veteran jurist will transition to senior status.  URBANA — After 38 years in the legal profession, the last 15 of them on the federal bench at the U.S. District Courthouse in Urbana, Michael P ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) â Oregon's attorney general's office is opposing an appeal from Kip Kinkel who killed his parents and two high school students in 1998 in Springfield. A response filed in Marion County Circuit Court says Kinkel has exhausted his appeals and it's too late to overturn his 112-year sentence. ...

BISMARCK - North Dakota's attorney general has until May 29 to respond to a complaint filed against the state Wednesday alleging a recently passed anti-abortion law violates the state constitution.

The NFL will try the later date -- probably May 15 -- on a one-year trial before deciding whether to make it permanent, the website reported.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Closing arguments have started in the case against five men charged in a Texas federal court with using a race horse breeding operation to launder cartel drug money. The defendants are charged with money laundering conspiracy related to operations of a horse ranch near Lexington, Okla.

WHEELING, W.Va. -- A federal judge will hear arguments later this month on a plan to move the mother of a missing West Virginia girl from Wheeling to the Clarksburg area, where she says publicity about the disappearance has made her a "social paria...

After almost two years of legal wrangling and delays, the First Degree Murder trial of a 21 year old Fairbanks man is set to get underway with jury selection Wednesday morning in Superior Court. Jacques Lisbey is accused of shooting 20 year old Malik Moore to death on August 2, 2011. Alaska State Troopers say the two men were friends, and that the shooting transpired over an alleged dispute ...

CHICAGO (AP) — In a rare move for terror cases, a federal judge agreed Thursday to release on home confinement an Illinois teenager charged with seeking to travel abroad and join an al-Qaida-linked militant group in war-torn Syria.

The Iowa Supreme Court says insurers cannot impose price caps on dentists who accept their plans for procedures that aren't reimbursed. The court's 7-0 ruling Friday is a victory for dentists who can now ...

Looking tired and weak, Douglas Martin took the microphone and gave his name and age to the court Thursday morning.

A school news release says 17-year-old Robert Kane Rolison was arrested Thursday night and is now in the Bleckley County jail.

The Hokies running back awaits his Tuesday bond hearing in jail following arrest Sunday.        

Peoria -- The trial of the man accused of killing five members of central Illinois family is set to resume.

Four candidates, all cross-filed attorneys, are vying for the bench in Magisterial District Court 32-1-28 that covers Media, Nether Providence and Swarthmore in the May 21 primary election.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala., May 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Supreme Court of Alabama has denied requests by Brookwood Medical Center and St. Vincent's Hospital, refusing to consider continued arguments against ...

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.

HUNTSVILLE — Capital murder defendant John Ray Falk Jr., a 46-year-old prison inmate charged in the death of a correctional officer, will be back in the Brazos County courthouse on June 25, five months after his original trial ended abruptly when the judge declared a mistrial.

Police halt Oregon search for Susan Powell’s remains by Nate Carlisle The Salt Lake Tribune Published May 16, 2013 10:30AM MDT Having found no sign of the missing Utah wife and mother, police have ended the search in rural Oregon for the remains of Susan Powell, according to Portland station KATU. West Valley City police, who had been leading the search, have not issued any further statement as ...

A federal judge on Friday ordered a preliminary injunction blocking an Arkansas law that would ban abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy, a court official told CNN on Friday.