Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper held a news conference to announce his veto of the bill. Here’s what could happen next.

Supporters of school choice applauded the move while opponents are concerned about a lack of support for public schools.

A sheriff charged with murder in the shooting of a rural Kentucky judge in his courthouse chambers is accused in a federal lawsuit of ignoring abuse by one of his deputies, who later pleaded guilty to ...

The police say a sheriff shot District Judge Kevin Mullins inside the courthouse on Thursday afternoon before turning himself ...

Kentucky District Judge Kevin Mullins was shot and killed by a sheriff while in his chambers. Gov. Andy Beshear rebuked the violence in a public statement.

In 80 percent of US counties, white sheriffs wield unchecked power, aligning with militias and influencing elections.

Heath Box said she was humiliated when she arrived at Broward County Jail and was strip-searched, shackled, given prison ...

The U.S. Department of Justice announced a massive federal investigation into the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department.

The Justice Department has opened a civil rights investigation into a Mississippi sheriff’s department whose officers tortured two Black men in a racist attack that included beatings, repeated use of ...

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear says a judge in a rural Kentucky county was shot and killed at the local courthouse on Thursday.

The sheriff also wants parents to pay for their kids making threats that cost his office time and money to check out.

This investigation is separate and independent from the federal criminal civil rights prosecutions of Rankin County deputies ...