Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Oct. 23—Rogers County Youth Services has launched a program to deter juvenile offenders from committing more serious offenses in ...

A King County program intended to help juvenile criminal offenders has been put on hold due to a lack of effectiveness. Following results that show over half of juveniles referred to King County’s ...

With juvenile car thefts and low-level felony cases a continued concern, Franklin County officials are taking a new approach to youth crime. In 2024, more than 600 juveniles were charged for their ...

Sexting is rampant among teens, putting them at risk for criminal charges, school expulsion and images of their privates being displayed and shared in the digital world. The behavior is so common that ...

This story is reported by South Dakota News Watch, a non-profit news organization. Find more in-depth reporting at www.sdnewswatch.org. Editor’s note: This is the seventh in a series of stories on ...

Franklin County Prosecutor Shayla Favor and Franklin County Court of Common Pleas Lead Juvenile Judge Lasheyl Stroud pose for a photo. The prosecutor's office and the court are teaming up for a new ...

A $16 million effort by King County to send most juvenile criminal cases to community-based diversion programs, rather than the court system, is struggling to meet its goals, a county report shows.

NORTH OLMSTED, Ohio -- City Council has approved a bit of housekeeping involving the North Olmsted juvenile court diversion and safety town programs. “We actually did kind of a swap, if you will,” ...

This story was originally published on MyNorthwest.com. King County has put its juvenile felony diversion program on hold while officials evaluate its effectiveness. Prosecutors want more data before ...