With apologies to the 1992 classic movie “A River Runs Through It,” today’s Our Town Hero has her own river theme – ...

A Tennessee judge has ordered the state to provide journalists expanded access to execution proceedings, finding that its restrictions on news media witnesses likely violated state law and the First ...

More than 1,700 offenders in Ohio are missing from post-release supervision, including a Franklin County man who was in ...

An annual surprise inspection of the Carter County Detention Center conducted Wednesday by state officials resulted in a ...

The Hardeman County Sheriff’s Office has apprehended an inmate who escaped custody earlier Monday from the Hardeman County ...

WHITE HALL, ARKANSAS- Taking effect on February 1st, Arkansas inmates will no longer be able to receive books, newspapers, or magazines. This comes as the Arkansas Board of Corrections approved a new ...

Tensions between Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris and Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner Jr. continue to mount over the future ...

Four executions have been set this year by the Tennessee Supreme Court, which includes the only woman on the state's death ...

Drummond appealed a Lake County judge's decision to detain him in a state prison as he awaits trial, arguing "that the trial ...

Christa Gail Pike argued in her filing that the new protocol, which relies on one drug instead of three, violates the U.S.

Four executions have been set this year by the Tennessee Supreme Court, which includes the only woman on the state’s death ...

Brian Dakss is a longtime New York-based editor and writer for CBS News, at the Radio network and with CBSNews.com. He has written and edited for NBC News, Dow Jones and numerous radio stations and ...