Blair County may not yet have a site for its proposed prison, but as of Thursday, commissioners have designated an architectural firm to design the facility. Commissioners Dave Kessling, Amy Webster ...

Somerset County jurors begin deliberations in inmate's death penalty trial ; Deliberations to begin Thursday in Kendrick case; testimony focuses on inmate's behavior ; Inmate's pa ...

Somerset County jurors begin deliberations in inmate's death penalty trial ; Deliberations to begin Thursday in Kendrick case; testimony focuses on inmate's behavior ; Inmate's pa ...

Nicholas D'Agostino, 22, kept his head bowed through most of the hearing as the family of Yusuf Staine described how the ...

The Blair County Commissioners are going back over their options for a site to house the new Blair County Prison. The $100 ...

Ishmael Petty, who was separately convicted of assaulting prison employees, is the latest to face a possible death sentence ...

Paul Kendrick, then 22, killed Baserman, 60, of Johnstown, and injured correctional officer William McDowell, then 40, of ...

Seven correctional staff at the New Boston state prison were arrested on Wednesday after allegedly engaging in organized ...

Federal prosecutors will seek the death penalty for an inmate at a maximum-security facility in Colorado, the DOJ announced, ...

Justin Jamal Powell, age 32 of Alabaster, was sentenced to life in prison on Monday, April 7 for manslaughter in relation to ...

Shelby County Circuit Judge Bill Bostick sentenced 32-year-old Justin Powell to life in prison. Powell had been convicted of ...