The James F. Higgins Memorial Building at 651 Hazel St. was demolished Thursday morning. It will become a new, updated ...

Colonel Samuel Jines, sworn in as Bibb County jail administrator on Tuesday, will aim to revamp operations amid ongoing ...

Demolition of the Higgins Building marks the start of the Bibb County jail improvement project in Macon, including expansion ...

Coniel Samuel Jines, a veteran corrections official with national credentials, has been appointed Jail Administrator.

Macon-Bibb County commissioners on Tuesday approved funding for the first phase of a planned expansion of the Bibb County Law ...

In a social media post, the sheriff's office says Samuel Jines was sworn in, starting work in a brand new executive role within the sheriff's office.

Christopher Bonner’s probation was revoked after a violent 2024 carjacking in Macon Bibb County and a jail stabbing, leading to a 15-year prison term. Getty Images A Macon man who showed a “pattern of ...

TUSKEGEE, Ala. (WTVM) - A Macon County jury has reached a verdict in the high-profile trial of Ibraheem Yazeed, the man charged in the 2019 kidnapping and murder of 19-year-old Aniah Blanchard. After ...

DECATUR, Ill. (WCIA) — A Macon County correctional officer is on administrative leave after he was arrested for DUI and battery to a peace officer. The Macon County Sheriff’s Office announced ...

BRENTWOOD — A Rockingham County Jail inmate has been indicted in connection with a Jan. 13 incident that left a corrections officer seriously injured. Thomas J. Ludwig, 30, of Londonderry, was ...

The new 1,000-bed facility has bright spaces, outside courtyards, open-air gyms and two courtrooms. This will replace the current downtown county jail, which is vastly overcrowded and in disrepair.