Prefacing his decision with comments about the difficulty he faced in reaching a decision, a Whiteside County judge Thursday, May 29, acquitted an Erie man charged with sex assault crimes that could ...

The Erie County District Attorney's Office has asked a judge to block the release of pretrial motions filed by defense attorneys for Brian Lorenz and James Pugh, whose convictions for the 1993 murder ...

They have no voice, so somebody has to be their voice,” animal rights activists said in support of Ivy, the 8-month-old puppy who endured life-saving emergency surgery after being brutally stabbed ...

The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. A short explanation of relists is available here. The Supreme Court is making good ...

Defendants are accused of failing to care for boy and two siblings, including locking them in room that was fouled with children's feces and urine.

The alarming number of crashes and fatalities, including the high-profile death of 17-year old cycling star Magnus White in ...

An American who was extradited from France this year to face allegations of a 2013 campus sexual assault after the accuser went public with her story hired a private lawyer ...

The bond modifications come while Erin Strotman faces 20 charges relating to felony malicious wounding and felony child abuse after multiple babies ...

He was serving a 30-year sentence for the murder of Appleton as well as two 25-year sentences for two counts of rape when he escaped the North Central Unit prison in Calico Rock on Sunday afternoon.

East Cleveland Mayor Brandon King and former Councilman Ernest Smith await the jury's verdict in their corruption trial in ...