A former Cobb County police officer who died in a rip current while saving a family was recognized by a US Congressman on the floor of the US House of Representatives on Wednesday.

The county doesn’t have a formal agreement with ICE, but it does honor detainers to temporarily hold people in jail.

A 15-year-old boy has been sentenced for his role in three Marion County murders that took place in early 2023 when he was just 12 years old.

All I-75 southbound lanes have reopened near Red Top Mountain Road after police closed the interstate due to an early morning crash.

An email from Arkansas Board of Corrections (BOC) member Lee Watson to legislators calls for a different path to solving the state's prison bed shortage.

Prison official calls for alternative to Franklin County project in email to lawmakers "Arkansas has a 500-million-dollar problem, and a 1 billion-dollar, 3,000-bed prison is not the solution." ...

SAN QUENTIN — As the state prison system was preparing to hold a procession for a parole officer who was killed last week, a corrections officer’s throat was slashed here in an alleged ...

A longtime inmate at a Jasper County prison will stay in the system for years longer after pleading guilty to attacking, kidnapping and raping a 68-year-old commissary worker inside the Ridgeland ...

A Warren County man convicted of murdering his wife Sarah will have his first bid at parole in July.

Cobb County commissioners on Tuesday adopted the county’s 2026 property tax millage rates and approved the full budget for fiscal year 2026, following final public hearings on both measures.

KOOTENAI COUNTY, Idaho -- A man was sentenced to prison on Tuesday for robbing a gas station at gunpoint earlier this year.

A Better Cobb is advocating for zoning changes to allow smaller lot sizes and mixed-use developments to address rising homeownership costs in Cobb County. The group suggests repurposing underused ...