The cuts could also affect the Purple Star Program supporting service members, staffing to 988 call centers and staffing to ...

Hardik Patel, part of an elder fraud ring, is sentenced to 46 months in prison and must pay over $3 million in restitution.

The U.S. Attorney's Office Eastern District of Kentucky reported that a Mercer County man was convicted by a federal jury in Lexington on Tuesday for sex trafficking of children.

A Harrodsburg man has been convicted by a federal jury in Lexington for sex trafficking of children. The U.S. Attorney’s ...

A Mercer County man faces a lengthy prison term after he was convicted by a federal jury at U.S. District Court in Lexington ...

An illegal alien in Kentucky has been sentenced to federal prison for his involvement as the second ringleader in an ...

A Lexington man was sentenced to more than 5 years in federal prison for distribution of methamphetamine. Roberto Ceja, Jr., 33, was sentenced to 66 months’ imprisonment by United States District ...

A man is sentenced for illegally digging up ginseng at a national park in Virginia, federal prosecutors said. Gary ...

A former rural fire chief in Kentucky who stole more than $75,000 ... The fiscal court got the money from the federal government under the American Rescue Plan Act, a COVID-19 program aimed ...

Federal Bureau of Prisons employees face the loss of pay incentives and union representation. Prison employees express concerns about morale, recruitment, and safety due to potential budget cuts ...

An inmate at U.S. Penitentiary, Florence in southern Colorado died early Monday morning, according to the U.S. Bureau of Prisons ... According to federal prosecutors, during a street fight ...

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