The folks in this picturesque mountain community with red barns and Amish buggies have been voting overwhelmingly Republican in national elections for decades.

A woman pleaded guilty Monday to killing her pregnant friend, the unborn child and the victim’s three children in a plea deal that allowed her to avoid the death penalty.Tiffany Hall, 26, pleaded guilty to all five charges against her _ four counts of...

An Illinois state trooper charged with reckless homicide in a high-speed crash that killed two teenage sisters has been sued by the mother of the victims.Kimberly Dorsey’s lawsuit, filed Thursday in the Illinois Court of Claims, accuses Trooper Matt...

A state trooper has been indicted on reckless homicide charges that accuse him of using excessive speed _ more than 120 mph _ when he swerved into an oncoming car, killing two teenage sisters.State police, who investigated the Nov. 23 wreck, recommended...

Two county judges each downed at least six beers and two Bloody Marys in the hours before one of them drove into a pickup truck’s path, an investigative board alleged Tuesday.The judicial charges could result in the suspension or removal from the bench...