17+ min ago  (222+ words) PEORIA (25 News Now) - A 44-year-old Peoria man was sentenced to natural life in prison after he was convicted of murdering his then-girlfriend and her neighbor, according to the Peoria County State's Attorney's office. Stevie Linwood Jr. was found guilty by…...

54+ min ago  (384+ words) PROVIDENCE, R. I. (WPRI) " A Providence man was sentenced Friday to serve two consecutive life sentences for murdering another man at a Mother's Day party in 2023. Last October, a jury found Luis Sepulveda'guilty of first-degree murder, assault with a dangerous weapon, using…...

7+ hour ago  (989+ words) The Alaska State Legislature is considering the reappointment of a governor's nominee for the Alaska Board of Parole for another five year term. The decision comes amid questions about the board's significant decline in grant rates to among the lowest…...

10+ hour, 53+ min ago  (184+ words) Southern Illinoisan The Williamson County Sheriff's Office and Jail is located in Marion. MARION " A man with mental illness who says he was strapped down to a chair for three days at Williamson County Jail reached a settlement in his…...

13+ hour, 25+ min ago  (208+ words) WICHITA FALLS, Texas " A Wichita Falls woman has been sentenced to six years in prison after pleading guilty to mailing synthetic cannabinoids and other narcotics into facilities operated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, authorities said. According to a…...

2+ hour, 1+ min ago  (203+ words) Appalachian Regional Healthcare has filed a lawsuit against Pike County, Kentucky seeking more than three million dollars for psychiatric medical services provided to jail inmates. Robert Fields | WVOW News HAZARD The healthcare system, headquartered in Hazard, Kentucky, says the county…...

6+ hour, 6+ min ago  (906+ words) L'R: Director of the Department of Corrections, Johnny Marango, and Kava Mo Kajaphost Mavuku Tokona. In the latest episode of Kava Mo Kajap, host Mavuku Tokona (MT) sat down with the Director of the Department of Corrections, Johnny Marango (JM),…...

1+ hour, 38+ min ago  (564+ words) A 35-year-old man was sentenced Friday to 150 years to life in prison for molesting two girls with whom he lived in Orange. Esteban Javier Hernandezricardo was convicted March 26 of six counts of lewd or lascivious acts on a minor younger…...

2+ hour, 18+ min ago  (347+ words) NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) " The first person has been sentenced after a22-year-oldman suffocated on the roof of Whiskey Row nearly five years ago. In August 2021, cellphone video showed six security guards and a patron holdingdown Dallas Barrettwhile he said he could…...

5+ hour, 48+ min ago  (193+ words) Apr. 10, 2026 at 3: 32pm A 76-year-old Perry, Iowa man was sentenced to a maximum of 50 years in prison for the murder of his wife Jean Hoesing in March 2025. Richard Hoesing initially claimed he killed his wife because she was suffering from bipolar…...