Juvenile Detention

After year without lawyer, man freed
Austin American-Statesman - DALLAS A 69-year-old man was jailed for more than a year without seeing a lawyer as he waited for a repeatedly postponed court hearing, and he was freed only after a cellmate told a public defender about the case. Walter Mann Sr. was released Dec

New leader takes over at parish's 911 center
Shreveport Times - Just 13 years ago, dialing 911 netted the same result as dialing a wrong number from phones in Bossier Parish. No one was waiting to send an ambulance, firetruck or police car. Tracey Hilburn has been an employee of Bossier 911 long enough to have

Court nixes boy who took money mistakenly put in his bank account
Aberdeen News - PIERRE, S.D. - When thousands of dollars belonging to a man with the same name wound up in a 17-year-old's bank account, the boy figuratively took the money and ran. The teenager later argued it was an honest mistake because he believed the money was

Boys Sentenced For Having BB Gun
WCPO - A group of sixth grade boys who admitted to bringing a BB gun to school and firing it have all been sentenced. The one who brought the gun has been sentenced to five days in

Church council to disband after nearly 50 years
Philadelphia Inquirer - BETHLEHEM, Pa. - The Greater Bethlehem Area Council of Churches is ending after nearly a half-century of service, due to dwindling financial support and lackluster membership. The group's board of directors has agreed to dissolve the organization in

Group cuts cost of new youth jail facility in Edinburg
McAllen Monitor - EDINBURG After some maneuvering, several concerned taxpayers and county officials found ways to decrease the cost of the new