3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (1063+ words) Some community members say a recently released audit of the Anchorage Police Department’s use of force highlights the need for civilian oversight of the department. Anchorage’s municipal attorney last week released a sweeping audit of the department’s practices and policies…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (454+ words) Published 2:15 pm Tuesday, September 8, 2026 Former DeRidder mayor Misty Roberts was released from prison Sunday morning, ending a years-long saga that included a mistrial and a heavily debated sentence. According to state records, Roberts was released from the Vernon Parish jail…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (584+ words) A first-degree murder trial in the shooting death of Carson City resident Paul Adam Mulkey was confirmed last week for October after a motion to continue was denied. Attorneys for Melissa Nicole Malmstedt sought the continuance after one of their…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (381+ words) WILKES-BARRE — A Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas judge denied a request from an attorney to step aside from presiding over an upcoming jury trial for a Pittston man facing misdemeanor and summary domestic violence offenses. Attorney Nanda Palissery of…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (307+ words) Former DeRidder Mayor Misty Roberts is set to be released from jail this weekend, despite an effort by prosecutors to lengthen her sentence for having sex with a 16-year-old boy while she was the mayor. Pamela Sleezer is covering the…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (120+ words) The trial for a Callaway County man accused of the murder of his wife in 2002 has been scheduled to be heard by a jury from another county. Harold Dickens, 67, was charged with First Degree Murder for the stabbing death of…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (1180+ words) Published 9:36 pm Wednesday, August 19, 2026 The man accused of a 2023 Grand Forks area death took the stand at his manslaughter trial on Wednesday, detailing the moments leading up to and after he pulled the trigger of his gun. Sean Tiessen, 47, is…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (250+ words) Aaron Mitchell Hague was sentenced to 26 years in prison for the killing of John McClelland after a search for his body failed. A Fairbanks judge said he respected the jury’s April verdict, which rejected murder and convicted Hague of manslaughter....

1+ mon, 17+ hour ago   (640+ words) A 68-year-old man who was arrested in connection with a January death investigation has been sentenced to three years of community custody. Thurston County deputies arrested James Wade Brady a day after finding James J. Hickson, 61, dead near Lake Lawrence on…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (380+ words) Samantha Pearson was sentenced to 21 years in federal prison for her role in a drug trafficking conspiracy tied to the fentanyl death of North Pole man Adam Sakkinen. Adam’s family says the sentence cannot bring him back, but they hope…...