Los Angeles County officials have approved a $4 billion payout to settle nearly 7,000 claims of sexual abuse in juvenile ...

Ector County commissioners unanimously voted to add a gym to the new juvenile detention center currently in the design phase.

The county Board of Supervisors is expected approve a $4 billion settlement of more than 6,800 claims of sexual abuse allegedly perpetrated in juvenile facilities or foster care as far back as the ...

The settlement is the costliest in the county's history and will likely weigh on the county's budget for years to come.

Army National Guard veteran Glenn Smallwood was booked in Angelina County's jail despite a mental health warrant that could have sent him for treatment. Two hours later, he was dead.

Glenn Earl Smallwood Jr., 33, died just hours after being booked into the county jail on a public intoxication charge.