The Hamblen County Sheriff's Office says around 300 inmates moved to the new facility without incident earlier this week.

The county has been sending inmates out of state for more than a decade due to overcrowding and understaffing at the Harris County Jail in downtown Houston.

A Jamestown developer is still eyeing a long-vacant site in High Point for an affordable housing project, despite running into funding challenges and setbacks with ...

Jefferson County is moving forward with plans for a new jail.

A Metairie couple is accused of turning licensed massage parlors into fronts for sex work and trafficking at least one woman.

A longtime Jefferson County Public Schools bus driver is behind bars after Lakewood police say he had an inappropriate ...

The fiscal note throws a wrench into the debate. Legislators want to be tough on crime, but also worry about the costs, with ...

According to the National Council of Churches, the U.S. could lose approximately 100,000 churches in the coming years.

The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office is releasing surveillance camera images of what investigators call possible suspects in a Bevil Oaks burglary investigation.Chief Donta Miller tells KFDM deputies ...

A mom charged in the death of two of her sons has been granted bond in Jefferson County. She would have to provide a ...

The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office has requested the public’s help in finding family members of two men who died in the ...

An inmate at the Trussville City Jail died hours after being found unresponsive in her cell last week. According to the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office, Keandra ...