A $12 million renovation has begun in the Morgan County Courthouse and officials said it is expected to take about 18 months ...

People in Morgan County are working to recover after a deadly EF2 tornado ripped through the area less than a week ago. Work crews from the Morgan County Correctional Complex in Wartburg are being ...

Minneapolis defense attorney Sarah Gad denied smuggling drugs into Hennepin County Jail after authorities found drug residue ...

A tip to an anonymous hotline leads to arrest of teenager in central Indiana who police say was plotting to carry out a mass ...

A jail deputy in Morgan County has been fired and criminally charged after he allegedly battered an inmate. Jacob Ewert, 31, of Martinsville, was charged this week with felony ...

A man who was charged in connection with the murder of a missing Richland County man was denied bond for a second time during ...

The incident apparently caused the inmate some injuries. Second Person Arrested for ... Shooting Ewert is expected to go on trial in July. He had been with the Morgan County Jail for seven years.

(WISH) — A Morgan County jail correctional officer has been fired and charged with battery and official misconduct after an investigation into a fight with an inmate, the sheriff said Thursday.

Faced with more immediate funding needs, state officials haven’t asked for more money for rehabilitation programs, such as ...

Morgan County sheriff's fires correctional officer, Jacob Ewert, as he's charged with battery and misconduct after inmate fight.

City Attorney Mark Morgan is adamant the sheriff does ... of county commissioner’s consent to house municipal inmates in a county jail.