Inside Franklin County's James A. Karnes Corrections Center on Columbus' West Side, 35 men, all veterans of the U.S. military, sat at tables while a county sheriff's deputy told them about their ...

FARMINGTON — Longtime Franklin County jail Administrator Maj. Douglas Blauvelt of Farmington resigned his position effective Feb. 24. Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. has chosen Lt. John Donald, assistant ...

Franklin County commissioners took the community by surprise last week when they made a sudden move to take control of the county’s jail and courthouse security. The decision was met with pushback ...

The now-closed Franklin County jail in downtown Columbus is on its way to being razed and transformed into a child care and early learning facility — a transition that county officials believe may be ...

An error has occurred. Please try again. With a Lewiston Sun Journal subscription, you can gift 5 articles each month. It looks like you do not have any active ...

A Franklin County defendant upset about a judge's decision used his own fecal matter to delay his trial date.

The Franklin County Jail is in what they're calling an "emergency situation" as staffing shortages continue. The jail operates today with just 54 full- and part-time officers of 106 positions, nearly ...

A former jail nurse at the Franklin County Detention Center has pleaded guilty to perjury in federal court for lying under oath about medical care she claimed to provide to an inmate who died in ...

Franklin County Sheriff Jim Raymond declared he would openly defy a court order after county commissioners voted to establish the Franklin County Department of Corrections, which would remove control ...