Friday’s lawsuit names the county, its jail director, 11 jail guards and its health care contractor, alleging negligence, ...

An outside security firm already had been hired before the commissioners voted publicly to approve a contract.

Butch Roberson (Rock Island County Jail) Rock Island detectives, working with the Davenport Police Department, found and took Butch E. Roberson, 28, into custody on Monday, April 7 for an ...

Roberson on an outstanding warrant. On Wednesday, Roberson was extradited from Iowa to the Rock Island County Jail. Then, on Thursday, he was charged with first-degree murder and aggravated ...

more than 460 people were without power Wednesday morning in Rock Island County. According to the map, the outage began around 7:20 p.m. on Wednesday, April 9.

Butch Edward Roberson, 28, was being held Thursday in the Rock Island County Jail. He is charged with first-degree murder and aggravated domestic battery in Roelandt's death. Roelandt was ...

By Luis Ferré-Sadurní and Chelsia Rose Marcius For years, a handful of federal immigration agents worked out of a trailer office at the jail complex on Rikers Island in New York City.

A US-Russian dual national jailed in Russia on treason charges was freed in a prisoner exchange with Washington, the woman's lawyer and US secretary of state Marco Rubio said. Former ballet dancer ...

CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. — The mother of a murdered 19-year-old is speaking out after learning the man convicted in her daughter’s death was mistakenly released from jail. Christina Grayson spoke ...