The aging county jail sits on 15 acres of Trinity River frontage, so a new jail would unlock a prime riverfront development ...

DALLAS COUNTY, Iowa — Fifty-seven percent of Dallas County voters voted no to a $60 million bond measure on Tuesday’s ballot that would provide funds to build a new court house. Had the bond passed, ...

Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins also explains why the new jail will not be located between Dallas’ two signature bridges.

Dallas County District Court Judge Amber Givens has abruptly resigned from the bench that she has been presiding over for 11 years. That's because she has decided to run for one of the highest offices ...

Judge Phyllis Lister Brown kept her problems to herself. So it was a shock to many in the Dallas civil courthouse when they learned she died Wednesday morning. Brown, judge of Dallas County's 162nd ...

A statue honoring the late Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins was unveiled at the Frank Crowley Courthouse on Friday. Watkins was the first Black DA elected in Texas and the first in the ...