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In a one-year period, Washington County collected $1,026.50 from the fee, which experts say is almost impossible to challenge.

This story first appeared in Spotlight PA’s Investigator newsletter, which offers behind-the-scenes looks at our reporting and a roundup of the best accountability journalism from across Pennsylvania. Sign up for free. HARRISBURG — A Western Pennsylvania county is imposing a $10.50 “search fee” on public requests for court documents, a

Joni Boothe, who assaulted three Magnolia Police officers on January 2 has not been sentenced yet, but she won't get the chance to enter the Alternative Sentencing Program. Boothe is charged with second-degree battery and resisting arrest.

The Crawford County Adult Education Center has been recognized for its alternative sentencing program as one of the top innovative practices.

"Judges are waiving penalties, often for defendants who work full-time or have other means of paying for their fees, leaving taxpayers short-changed," DeFoor said.

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For the fifth consecutive week, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has added more than 200 new entries to its list of outbreaks related to COVID-19, and an increasing number have tallied death tolls higher than since the early days of the pandemic. An extreme example is Windsor Healthcare, a skilled-nursing facility in Weld County. The CDPHE has confirmed sixty positive staff cases, 85 positive resident cases and seven resident deaths. The CDPHE considers an entity an outb...

Latino were being pulled over. veterans, mothers, business owners, were being pulled over randomly and asked for their citizenship. some of them actually held in jail until they could prove they were citizens. thats actually what ended up creating the situation that got him into the process that he is right now. he actually signed a doj agreement saying he would no longer racially profile because he ended up arresting an american citizen and held in jail for a couple of days without any proof of...

Fulfill whats court-ordered? >> well, my understanding is that she has caught up on the classes now, so she has cured the defect. jamie: she says so. she says so. >> thats what her defense team is saying as well. fred, one moment here, because i want to go back to what the judge is really doing here. a part of lindseys sentencing program and her probation program is to actually talk to victims of dui deaths, to talk to the families, to go to a morgue, so this judge is using very, very creative t...