A 37-year-old man remains in an area hospital in serious condition, after he reportedly tried to hang himself in his Franklin County jail cell last Thursday night.
Joel Vasquez of Kennewick, had been in the jail since last October on warrants and felony charges related to an armed robbery...
A man who was in the Grant County Jail in August has now been arrested and charged in the death of another former inmate, who took what turned out to be an overdose of drugs.
35-year-old Jordan D. Tebow had been in the Moses Lake jail beginning August 10th of this year...
An inmate facing a court hearing in Benton County at the Justice Center just off of Canal in Kennewick decided to try the 400 meter dash to the parking lot. He made it about 390 meters.
Around 2:30pm, Bryan L. Hodges was going to appear in court, some procedural matters pertaining to his case...
Yet another inmate has died at the Two Rivers Correctional Facility in Umatilla over the weekend. After a 'spree' of three such deaths late last year, it had slowed down.
Two trials facing a Benton County jail inmate have been postponed, and a psych evaluation awaits him after the man assaulted Benton County jail guards for a third time.