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The Sheriff of Eastland County announced his resignation on Friday after an investigation into alleged misconduct.

A North Carolina sheriff says four deputies involved in the case of a Black man who was fatally shot last week have returned to active duty after a review of body camera video showed they did not fire their weapons

On Election Day, a young lieutenant in the Strafford County Sheriff’s Office made history, becoming the first Black person ever elected sheriff in New Hampshire. “I’m so excited, I really am,” said Lt. Mark Brave. “That says that New Hampshire is open to progress, they’re open to new ideas.” The 35-year-old Dover resident ran on a platform of transparency,...

In-person jail visitation has been suspended and will not resume until further notice out of coronavirus safety precautions. The Dallas Sheriff Office will offer video visitation free of charge. Legal counsel in-person visitation is still allowed. Officials said they have implemented enhanced intake procedures in terms of screening inmates and equipping employees with information.

The husband of a woman missing since October is charged with murder after investigators found human remains in Hood County, authorities say.

The husband of a woman missing since October is charged with murder after investigators found human remains in Hood County, authorities say.

The husband of a woman missing since October is charged with murder after investigators found human remains in Hood County, authorities say.

A woman was arrested, suspected of driving under the influence, after she struck the squad car of a Dallas County sheriff’s deputy Tuesday afternoon, authorities say.

Authorities say a 14-year-old boy shot and wounded his sister and killed her boyfriend during a house party in a Houston suburb.

Sheriff’s deputies southwest of Houston encountered a reptilian “suspect” with four legs and a tail Saturday.

Hundreds of flights were canceled and thousands delayed for travelers heading home after the Thanksgiving holiday as a deadly winter storm moved to the Northeast on Sunday, packing one last punch of snow and ice. The National Weather Service predicted more than a foot (0.3 meters) of snow in swaths of upstate New York and New England, as well as...

A Marine deserter, accused of gunning down his mother’s boyfriend, was captured Wednesday in Virginia — at the scene of the alleged slaying — following a two-week, multi-state search, authorities said. Cpl. Michael Alexander Brown, 22, was safely taken into custody at his mother’s house in Hardy, Virginia, about 8 a.m. ET, Franklin County Sheriff W. Q. “Bill” Overton Jr....

Investigators in Parker County are hoping someone can help identify a woman who was recorded taking a baby Jesus figurine and manger decorations from a Nativity scene.

Authorities say feral hogs attacked and killed a woman outside a Southeast Texas home where she worked as a caretaker.

Investigators looking into the possibility that dogs or feral hogs may have killed 59-year-old woman after her body was found outside of Chambers County home. A Texas woman is dead after a possible animal attack. Christine Rollins, 59, of Liberty was found dead in the front yard of a home in the rural area of Anahuac, investigators said. Rollins was...

A deputy with the Dallas County Sheriff’s Office is accused of looting a tornado-ravaged Home Depot store and returning the merchandise for credit used to then make purchases, the sheriff’s department says.

A deputy with the Dallas County Sheriff’s Office is accused of looting a tornado-ravaged Home Depot store and returning the merchandise for credit used to then make purchases, the sheriff’s department says.

Deputy Joseph Bobadilla with the Dallas County Sheriff’s Office is accused of looting a tornado-ravaged Home Depot store and returning the merchandise for credit used to then make purchases, the sheriff’s department says.

More than 100 animals were seized from a property in Collin County Thursday.

Two deputies with the Dallas County Sheriff’s Office have been arrested, accused of looting a tornado-ravaged Home Depot store and returning the merchandise for credit used to then make purchases, the sheriff’s department says.