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Mt.VERNON, Mo. (KY3) - In the November 2 election, voters approved the Lawrence County Law enforcement tax, allowing plans for a new jail and sheriffs off to be made. A 3/8 cent sales tax will go into effect in the spring, but county officials have begun working on the new facility’s plans. “Nobody likes taxes,” said Lawrence County Sheriff Brad DeLay. “We are relieved that it did pass, it to...

The Ohio Supreme Court has suspended the state law licenses of 240 attorneys who failed to register with the Office of Attorney Services for the two years beginning Sept. 1 and ending Aug. 31, 2023. In the previous two-year period, known as a biennium, 264 attorneys failed to register and were suspended. View the official administrative action list of suspended attorneys this biennium. A susp...

AUGUSTA – Rep. Vicki Doudera, D-Camden, wraps up the first half of the 130th Legislature having passed eight bills into law. Among them are efforts to prohibit the use of dangerous pesticides, restrict child access to firearms and ban the sale of cosmetics that are tested on animals. “It’s very satisfying to know that many of the bills I have worked hard to advance in my first and second term...

NBC It's practically a law that at least one episode from at least one show in the Law & Order universe has to be airing on TV at all times. (Trust us; we're experts.) And Dick Wolf's enormously popular procedural empire has only grown now that NBC's Law & Order: Organized Crime is in the mix. The drama, now in its second season, gives fans something many thought they'd never see ...

KC man innocent of 1978 triple murder and should be released, prosecutors say Jackson County's prosecutors have determined that Kevin Strickland, who’s spent 40+ years in prison for a 1978 triple murder, is innocent. The Midwest Innocence Project has filed a petition to overturn the conviction. By Jill ToyoshibaCori Bush speaks at rally for Missouri men who prosecutors say are innocent capti...

First-term Bryan County Sheriff Mark Crowe ran in part on a platform of trying to improve relations between county law enforcement and residents. Recent Faith & Blue events in Pembroke and Richmond Hill are included in that effort, which in turn is part of a national initiative involving churches and law enforcement aimed at promoting better understanding on all sides. On a windy Saturday...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Local law enforcement is trying to combat gun violence with a special database after a disturbing rise of gun crime in Memphis. “I always say crime has no zip code. Now I’m saying gun violence has no zip code. It’s an epidemic in our community,” Sarah Carpenter said. Her 17-year-old grandson was fatally shot back in August. He was only 17 years old. She doesn’t know who shot ...

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Washington County Court at Law Judge Eric Berg has announced his intent to seek re-election. Eric Berg Berg announced in a release that he plans to run in the Republican Primary. Berg was appointed interim court at law judge by Washington County Commissioners in 2016, after the retirement of former judge Matthew Reue. He was elected in 2018. Berg said he strives as a judge to apply the law fa...

Greece introduced its first climate law, with a focus on low-carbon energy, as Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis steps up efforts to tackle the effects of the global environmental crisis. The premier outlined his “ambitious” goals at a cabinet meeting on Thursday, including a ban on sales of new combustion-engine cars from 2030. While the law has been long-planned, extreme weather events thi...