A former West Middle School teacher who was arrested for a second time earlier this month is no longer listed on the Boone ...

The Boone County Prosecutor dropped 15 felony charges against a dog breeder accused of animal abuse. 26-year-old Melissa ...

The Boone County Sheriff's Office reported that 23-year-old inmate Maxon Castle assaulted an officer in his cell.

Vance County jail supervisor Capt. Shannon Holley has resigned. He faces several charges and is accused of raping an inmate.

As local leaders are considering an expansion to the Boone County Jail, the Columbia No New Jail Coalition is pushing back.

Boone County spends $2.5 million a year on housing inmates in other counties because its own jail is overcrowded.

At least four Kentucky jails with contracts to hold ICE detainees have withheld how much feds have paid those jails.

Both sides said Monday that they're ready to move forward with the trial of a Boone County dog breeder suspected of abusing ...

In 2025, three jails in Northern Kentucky received $10.5 million to house and transport ICE detainees.

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SAN ANTONIO – The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office’s jail administrator expects to continue dealing with capacity issues by sending some inmates to other counties for roughly another two years. Since ...