A wreck closed Interstate 40 westbound lanes near exit 100 Tuesday afternoon in Burke County. A photo shows a plume of smoke rising from I-40 just after the Jamestown Road bridge around 2:30 p.m.

Former inmate at county jail files lawsuit against sheriff’s office ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Allegations of excessive force and assault have been made against two deputies in the Monroe County Jail.

Surf along south facing shores should see a modest increase over the next few days due to a pair of south and south-southeast swells. A long-period south swell… ...

An inmate who escaped from the Sullivan County House of Corrections in Unity, New Hampshire, was captured Sunday in Norwalk, Connecticut, authorities said.

Harris County inmate death: Harold Alexander Jr. What we know: Detention officers learned at about 10 p.m. Thursday that Harold Alexander Jr. was unresponsive on his mattress. According to the sheriff ...

Mystery surrounds an inmate’s escape nearly 100 years after he broke free from a North Carolina prison, historians said. “On July 10, 1930, Otto Wood made his final escape from Central Prison ...

Mystery surrounds an inmate’s escape nearly 100 years after he broke free from a North Carolina prison, historians said.