Lowndes courthouse getting more private space for defense attorneys to confer with clients
Defense attorneys in Lowndes County will soon have more dedicated space to confer with their clients in the courthouse.
Oktibbeha improving chancery, justice court security
Oktibbeha County is looking to strengthen security at what’s been described as a “very dangerous” courthouse as it prepares to house two chancery judges for the first time in years.
Commission delays decision on Lipscomb House demolition
If the sale of the Randolph Lipscomb property on the corner of Sixth Street and Third Avenue North is to be completed, the old house where the late Columbus attorney lived and practiced law will have to go.
County moves forward with purchase of Lipscomb property
The Lowndes County Board of Supervisors moved a step closer to acquiring the old Lipscomb building, located on the corner of Sixth Street North and Third Avenue, during its regular board meeting Monday.
Monroe Co. courthouse reopens after threat
The Monroe County courthouse in Aberdeen has reopened following its closure Monday after someone threatened to attack the building.
Guns banned from courthouse when court in session
The Lowndes County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to comply with a court order from the district’s three chancery court judges to ban firearms from courthouse grounds when court is in session.
Lowndes supes contemplate order for more courtroom deputies
An order from Chancery Court Judge Dorothy Colom for new security measures left Lowndes County supervisors mulling over possible ways resolve the problem in a less costly way.
Lowndes Co. purchases property near courthouse
The Lowndes County Board of Supervisors agreed Monday to purchase a parking lot and building near the courthouse.
Lowndes Co. campaign finance reports: Canon leads the way
A candidate for Lowndes County circuit clerk has raised $30,200 for her campaign, according to campaign contribution forms filed at the courthouse.
Same-sex couple files marriage license in Oktibbeha
Ravi Perry and Paris Prince went to Oktibbeha County’s courthouse Wednesday and filed their marriage license with the government, a mundane task couples complete on a routine basis.
DA: Employee let tea party members into courthouse
An investigation shows a county employee let three tea party members into the Hinds County Courthouse after everyone went home election night, according to District Attorney Robert Shuler Smith.
Hinds DA to investigate courthouse lock-in
The Hinds County District Attorney’s office will investigate how a staffer for state Sen. Chris McDaniel’s U.S. Senate campaign and two other McDaniel supporters got locked in the county courthouse after Tuesday’s primary election.
No charges filed in Hinds courthouse incident
No charges will be filed against a tea party officer and two others representing the challenger in a Senate primary after they became trapped in a courthouse in the middle of the night, hours after officials had gone home from counting votes.
Tea party leader, two others, trapped in Hinds courthouse
A tea party officer and two others representing the challenger in a Senate primary became trapped in a courthouse in the middle of the night, hours after officials had gone home from counting votes, authorities said.
Courthouse violence unpredictable despite security
When Utah’s new federal courthouse opened last week, it came with security improvements that are becoming standard around the country: separate entrances and elevators for judges, defendants and the public; bullet-resistant glass and paneling; and vehicle barricades to keep car bombs at bay.
Lawyers’ Row not what it used to be
Though their offices may no longer be in the shadow of the courthouse, lawyers remain committed to downtown.
Ex-cop killed after firing at courthouse
WHEELING, W.Va. — Investigators said they are trying to determine why a retired police officer fired up to two dozen shots at a federal courthouse
Ohio man admits making more than 100 bomb threats
CLEVELAND — An ex-convict pleaded guilty Thursday to making more than 100 telephone bomb threats to courthouses and other public buildings in five states, and
Ohio man faces charges for local bomb threats
An Ohio man suspected of more than 100 bomb threats, including threats called in at the Lowndes County Courthouse and Monroe County Courthouse in December, faces additional charges in a far-flung series of threats called into public buildings in five states.
Bitter dispute led to Delaware courthouse shooting
A bitter custody battle that included an international kidnapping and prison sentences for a former optometrist and his mother ended in gunfire at a Delaware courthouse, with the doctor’s father killing his former daughter-in-law and another woman before fatally shooting himself, authorities said Tuesday.