Weary of all talk and no progress toward building a new Monroe County jail, Sheriff Ruben Marté and his staff challenged county officials in charge of the project to stand in their shoes. Here, Marté ...

Meetings, committee reports, planning sessions, focus groups, citizen demands and even a federal lawsuit have failed to produce concrete plans to replace Monroe County’s crowded and dilapidated jail.

The Monroe County Council voted in August to advertise a new local income tax (LIT) rate increase to fund the construction of a new jail. The Monroe County Council will host the hearing at 5 p.m. Sept ...

January will see an empty Monroe County jail after the Association of Arkansas Counties decided earlier this month it would ...

The Monroe County Jail is closing this week, after the Arkansas Association of Counties informed county officials earlier ...

Freeman said the jail needs the upgrade because the county keeps growing. "When the county grows, the jail population grows also, so you've got to keep on top of the growth and you know be proactive ...

Meetings, committee reports, planning sessions, focus groups, citizen demands and even a federal lawsuit have failed to produce concrete plans to replace Monroe County’s crowded and dilapidated jail.

Monroe County inmates will be in the courtroom areas of the county’s justice center on Wednesday as the county works to ...

MADISONVILLE, Tenn. — Earlier this week, a Monroe County grand jury indicted seven people in the death of 74-year-old Lester Isbill. Following those presentments, District Attorney Stephen Hatchett ...