An inmate at the Floyd County Prison is charged with illegally using a cell phone when on a work detail at the Public Animal Welfare Services building on North Avenue ...

Georgia law enforcement arrested and prosecuted three men who attempted to meet minors for sex, not realizing they were ...

Georgia lawmakers approved legislation late Friday that would give innocent people who were convicted and sent to prison money for the time they spent behind bars, while also ...

Floyd County, GA has been hit with a series of wildfires this week, with officials suspecting arson in two separate incidents. The Rome-Floyd County Fire Department, Georgia Forestry units ...

BROOKVILLE — Deputy Warden Brandon Schott said four more corrections officers at the Jefferson County Jail have completed CIT (Crisis Intervention Training) classes. At the monthly meeting of ...

FLOYD COUNTY, Ga. - Fire crews in Floyd County are grappling with two separate cases of suspected arson that scorched hundreds of acres of land this week, prompting a multi-agency response and an ...

A state appeals court on Wednesday upheld the firing of Joseph DeMarco, the corrections officer who was present when his brother publicly reenacted the death of George Floyd in the summer of 2020.

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - A judicial emergency was declared in Clayton County as both the courthouse and jail experienced a power outage on Monday. The order was filed with the Clayton ...

Around 2:30 p.m. Floyd County Emergency Management began evacuating homes in the 600 block of New Rosedale Road due to a fast-spreading wildfire. Officials said the fire spread toward Deason Road ...

MONCKS CORNER, S.C. (WCSC) - A former detention deputy for Berkeley County has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for the assault of nine different victims at the Hill-Finklea Detention Center ...

has been appointed as Okaloosa County's new corrections director. Moring has extensive experience in corrections, having served 16 years with the Florida Department of Corrections and 13 years as ...

ATLANTA — Voters in a number of metro Atlanta and north Georgia ... and county races. Polls opened at 7 a.m. and remained open until 7 p.m. This special election is for Post 4 on the Floyd ...