SPRINGFIELD — Talks aimed at resurrecting part of the shuttered Dwight Correctional Center could get underway as early as next week.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) - A Washtenaw County man has been sentenced to at least 30 years in prison for the death of his girlfriend's 14-month-old son. Judge Donald Shelton says it's the worst child abuse case he's seen in 23 years on the bench.

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 ...

Greenwood Avenue — A participant in the New Jersey Intensive Supervision Program — an intensive form of parole used as an alternative to prison — who has a no-bail state warrant for his arrest was found at One Greenwood Ave. at 5:28 p.m. on Friday, April 26, by Montclair police officers dispatched to the address, police said.

(AP Photo/Matthew Brown). Facing a return to prison possibly for the rest of his life, Barry Beach awaits word on his fate Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at a Billings, Mont. diner.

Jenelle Evans ’ estranged husband Courtland Rogers is sitting in a North Carolina jail after being arrested with her for possession of heroin and assault but RadarOnline.com has obtained video… READ ON

OKLAHOMA CITY, May 14, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Johnson and Biscone, P.A., an Oklahoma workers compensation attorney law firm, has just announced that it will now offer consultations about workers compensation ...

BATON ROUGE, La. -- Gov. Bobby Jindal somehow was claiming a victory and telling parents not to worry after the Louisiana Su­preme Court, in a 6-1 vote, rejected his administration's legal arguments and declared the financing of his voucher program unconstitutional.

A Kentucky inmate has been transferred South Carolina to face federal charges in an alleged murder-for-hire plot to kill real estate agent Nancy Latham of Mount Pleasant.

An Ohio man convicted of raping and murdering a six-month-old baby was executed by lethal injection on Wednesday after a last-ditch plea for mercy was dismissed.

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

Family members of Adina Parson tell us her husband is set to go on trial this week for attempted murder.

Michael Jackson family lawyer blasts tour promoter as trial opens LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Concert promoters AEG Live ignored red flags when it hired Dr. Conrad Murray to care for Michael Jackson, and should have been aware that the singer had addiction problems years before he agreed to perform a series of 2009 London comeback concerts, an attorney for Jackson's family told a Los Angeles jury on ...

Federal sentencing continues in what prosecutors describe as a large, regional conspiracy to sell cocaine in Northeast Mississippi.

A former fire coordinator for Greenwood County will spend about four months in prison for having sex with a woman who was incapacitated while he was on the job.

PHOENIX : A federal judge ruled Friday that the office of America’s self-proclaimed toughest sheriff systematically singled out Latinos in its trademark immigration patrols, marking the first finding by a court that the agency racially profiles people.

Brennan's restaurant in New Orleans is famous for inventing the Bananas Foster dessert, but the eatery is also known for a long-running ownership dispute.

A 300-pound gambling junkie in hock for nearly $675,000 threw himself on the mercy of the FBI after accusing a foul-mouthed, Scotch-swigging state trooper he’d partnered with in the bookie business of threatening to whack him, according to court testimony today. “How’s that for (expletive) evidence?” the informant identified for the first time in today as Robert Russo of Arlington said to FBI ...

Warning they will have to live with the results of their decision, Davidson Circuit Judge Joe P. Binkley Jr. has given lawyers for some of the victims of the fatal fungal meningitis outbreak the go-ahead to depose three key witnesses.

Former local developer Brandon Barber will remain in jail, after the defendant’s attorney would not concede to the court that...

Bend realtor Tami Sawyer and her husband Kevin, a former Bend police captain, are still in jail after being sentenced last week for fraud and money-laundering. But now renters who live in their homes are worried about their own future.

The owner of SeaStreak Wall Street, a commuter ferry that crashed in Manhattan’s financial district on Jan. 9, faces at least 45 passenger claims for damages, according to a court filing.

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Metzger Wickersham, P.C. is pleased to announce that Lauren R. Nichols, Esq. has joined the firm as an associate attorney. (PRWeb May 01, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/personal-injury/lawyer-pa/prweb10668585.htm

Same-sex marriage in the State of Iowa became legal following a decision of the Iowa Supreme Court in April of 2009. Iowa was the third State in the country to legalize same-sex marriage.

Grammy-winning singer Lauryn Hill has issued a public thank-you to handfuls of people, both local and globally known, for writing letters to a judge in light of her publicized tax evasion case. [Visit SOHH.com for more information]

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky : Court documents show that a Canadian man is facing charges that he stalked the brother of Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Lawrence.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — A Turkish citizen is facing sentencing for his role in an ATM skimming scheme across southern New England.        

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

Wracked by U.S. political deadlock and the very real fear that men held there for years may be more dangerous than ever, America’s most shadowy prison refuses to die

Authorities say a state prison inmate walked away from a work crew in Central Oregon, and a search failed to find him.

A 34-year-old Arizona woman who has spent more than half her life behind bars for a 1992 Tucson killing is now free.

Pittsburgh, PA — A judge who was in charge of a special drug treatment court faces charges that he allegedly stole cocaine that had been seized as evidence in criminal cases. Washington County Common Pleas Judge Paul Pozonsky retired last July when the grand jury investigation into his activities was pending. Prior to stepping down [...] Pennsylvania Judge Accused of Stealing Cocaine From ...

  A California man has been sentenced to more than three years in prison for his role in a scheme to fraudulently bill Medicare and Medicaid more than $21 million for medical tests at New Orleans area clinics.  

Getting There: Three-year wait for signal ending Times Union Copyright 2013 Times Union. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 7:20 am, Monday, May 6, 2013 Light to be installed at Elbel Court and Whitehall Road Why isn't there a traffic light at this intersection to allow traffic to come out of Elbel Court onto Whitehall Road ...

A central Iowa man has been given prison time for cutting down more than two dozen black walnut trees.

The Louisiana attorney general's office says a special grand jury has been selected to look into possible criminal activity involving the award of a $200 million Medicaid contract.

A Las Vegas man pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud for his role in the embezzlement of nearly $5.6 million from Turnberry Associates, Nevada's U.S. Attorney Daniel Bogden said Monday.

once athletes and students at the University of Saint Francis - imprisoned and identified as sex offenders.

Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction officials say a new bill to increase sentences for repeat violent offenders with guns would cost $880.4 million over 20 years and force the department to open a new 750-cell prison.

A federal jury in New Jersey has found in favor of Merck & Co. in the first suit to go to trial over claims that its osteoporosis drug Fosamax causes fractured femurs. Jurors found the plaintiff failed to prove that her fracture was of the so-called atypical type said to be caused by the drug. Of the pending Fosamax suits, 3,330 of 4,560 are over fractured femurs or other bone-related injuries.