The concept of imprisonment began with four main purposes, retribution, incapacitation, deterrence and rehabilitation. The American justice system seems to be having trouble including that last step in its process. The state of Illinois has recently...

PORTERVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Murder charges have been filed against two 13-year-old boys suspected of starting a blaze that killed two firefighters at a central California library.Police said the boys were arrested after they were seen running from Porterville...

SPRING VALLEY, N.Y. (AP) — A man stabbed a library security guard to death after she told him to turn his music down, authorities said Wednesday.Blanchard Glaudin, 25, has been charged with second-degree murder in Tuesday's stabbing of Sandra Wilson...

PORTERVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Two 13-year-old boys have been arrested on suspicion of starting a blaze at a public library in central California that left a firefighter dead and another missing, officials said.Porterville Police Chief Eric Kroutil said...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Conservative Republicans are pushing for a law requiring government buildings and schools across Kansas to post the national motto of “In God We Trust,” an idea critics say is part of a broader effort by the Christian right to...

Many people consider writing snail mail and buying CD players a lost art. Several services college students and adults grew up with are no longer in popular use. Things like email, iPods and laptops seem to have taken over. This is especially prevalent...

All libraries in DeKalb County are allowing abuse victims to use their Internet services to fill out applications for protection orders. The protection order form, otherwise known as a restraining order, is a law binding document that allows a person...

DeKALB | The DeKalb Public Library, 309 Oak St., has recently invested in a number of e-books that will be accessible to anyone with a library card. Dee Coover, DeKalb Public Library director, said the e-books can be downloaded to any computer for up...