• Man sentenced to life in prison without parole for August 2022 shooting of woman in south Amarillo

    The Randall County District Court reported that Erik Mitchell Rivas was found guilty of "capital murder" and sentenced to life in prison on Monday for the August 2022 shooting of 36-year-old Shereena Ann Webster that occurred in south Amarillo.

  • Execution scheduled for condemned Cameron County man

    An execution date has been scheduled for a 46-year-old Cameron County man convicted of a brutal murder in 1998.

  • Man who exposed himself in Sheffield street spared jail

    A Sheffield man was spared jailed for exposing himself to urinate outside a mother and daughter’s house - amid claims by the women that he had, in fact, been committing a sex act for two hours. Haydn Liles, aged 33, of Crossland Place, Gleadless Townend, was caught on camera stood under a streetlamp and exposing himself outside the home shared by the women in August 2023. It was the second night in a row he had reportedly done this, Sheffield Magistrates’ Court heard. At his sentencing...

  • How 23 Minutes in Hell Changed This Man's Life

    Bill Wiese had an out-of-body experience where God showed him the excruciating horrors of hell. After being a Christian for 28 years, this scenario is far from what he would have ever thought would happen. "It's far more horrendous than anybody can imagine, but I saw prison cells. I saw a large, raging pit of fire. I saw demons tormenting people," Wiese says. Wiese's experience was filled with dark, deplorable sounds and sights. The people there howled for help and serpents and maggots...

  • Man to serve 3 life sentences in Northumberland County

    SHAMOKIN, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A man who killed three people back in the summer of 2021 has been sentenced. Matthew Reed has been given three life sentences, one for each person he killed at a home in Snydertown on June 9, 2021, according to Northumberland County courts. Investigators say Reed met with the victims []

  • Speakers reinforce spiritual life at ‘Man Up Philly’ conference

    At the end of the day it was safe to say that this spirituality conference rejuvenated and inspired these men and their faith and working towards something good was on their mind.

  • Man on parole after manslaughter conviction arrested with gun: Report

    Kevon Williams, 33, was booked into the Mahoning County Jail Friday evening on charges of being a felon in possession of a firearm, a third-degree felony; improper handling of a firearm in a motor vehicle, a fourth-degree felony; and possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony.

  • Luzerne County man arrested for alleged murder in Georgia

    EYEWITNESS NEWS (WBRE/WYOU) — The U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force reports they arrested a Luzerne County man wanted for a Georgia murder. According to U.S. Marshals Service, 29-year-old Leyven Stallings, of Plains Township, was wanted by the Bibb County, Georgia, Sheriff’s Office on murder stemming from a shooting incident that happened on May 16, 2023, []

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    Parole granted for man convicted in murders of Dartmouth professors in 2001

    A man sentenced to prison for his role in the murders of two Dartmouth

  • Georgia Board of Regents votes to increase tuition at state schools

    (The Center Square) — The University System of Georgia’s Board of Regents has voted to increase tuition at the state’s 26 public colleges and universities and create a new tuition tier for international students. The 2.5% in-state undergraduate tuition hike applies to USG schools for the 2024-25 academic year. Out-of-state tuition will increase by 5% systemwide. A new tuition tier for out-of-country students was set at 2% more than the out-of-state student rate. ...

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    Wichita man sentenced to life for son’s drowning death

    A Wichita man was sentenced Thursday to life in prison for the drowning death of his son in a south side neighborhood almost four years ago. The sentence was given to 47-year-old William Kabutu on a charge

  • Illinois corrections official defends handling of info to parole board

    (The Center Square) – The acting assistant director for the Illinois Department of Corrections is being pressed about a paroled inmate who faces new allegations of murdering a child and stabbing a pregnant woman that day after his release. Alyssa Williams-Schafer was appointed to the job at IDOC late last month. Thursday, her appointment to the $170,000 a year position was in front of the Senate Executive Appointments Committee. State Sen. Jason Plummer,...