County officials in Springfield, Illinois, have agreed to pay $10 million to the family of Sonya Massey, a 36-year-old Black woman shot and killed in her home last summer by a sheriff's deputy ...

PORT TOWNSEND — Jefferson County Commissioners will interview and select an interim-sheriff for the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office from three applicants on Feb. 24. Their choice will be appointed ...

Jamie Buteyn was sworn in as Turner County Sheriff after a series of resignations in 2023, and is now stepping down.

Attorney General Alan Wilson said that South Carolina needs to do its part to help control an "unprecedented and disastrous influx" of illegal migrants ...

South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson sent a letter Tuesday to the state’s 46 sheriffs encouraging them to work with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Part of President Trump's mass deportation plan includes using local sheriffs to help. However, sheriffs from both political ...

Three new nonstop flights are being added at Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport. Breeze Airways announced beginning in May, it will offer nonstop flights to Fort Myers (RSW), Pittsburgh (PIT ...

A dashcam video from the Seminole County Sheriff's Office in Florida showed Marcus Jordan speeding away from deputies.

South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson sent a letter Tuesday to the state’s 46 sheriffs to encourage them to work with U ...

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GET IT ON G E T I T O N On Jan. 16, deputies responded to two calls reporting Michael Schwartz acting erratically. One caller mentioned Schwartz had a gun, was waving it around and yelling ...

Shamone Duncan, a Cook County Sheriff’s deputy, was fatally shot Saturday in Turks and Caicos. Provided Share In moments of trouble, Cook County Sheriff’s Deputy Shamone Duncan’s first ...