Rita Mezza, Gazette Staff Writer

State Attorneys Seek Delay Based On Questionable Correspondence In a shocking development, state attorney Kyle Pagano requested that Supreme Court Judge Howard Lowery delay convicted killer Janice Russell’s release until April 2024, based on correspondence detailing what Pagano labeled, “Proof of impending criminal activity.” The exchange, which records unsealed at the … [Read more...] about Russell Release Now in Question

1980s Mass Murderer Nears Completion of 40 Year Sentence Reviving a nightmare four decades old, Janice Russell, 58, is set to be released from the Albion Correctional Facility after serving all but one year of her 40 year sentence. State prosecutors sought to appeal, but given that Miss Russell’s final parole hearing is set for October and she’s received no time off for … [Read more...] about Janice Russell Set for Release In October

Citing ‘Federal Restrictions’, Dilapidated Facility To Remain Standing In a last-second reprieve, the county board of directors’ efforts to raze the troublesome Newcastle Sanitarium for the Criminally Insane was dealt another setback, as the Governor put the move on hold. Citing ‘Federal restrictions’, the Governor would say only that the facility, notorious for the way it … [Read more...] about State Blocks Sale Of Newcastle Sanitarium [EXCLUSIVE]

Human Remains Found Beneath Collapsed Barn Believed to Be Missing Werthingham Girls In what may be the final chapter in a decades-old missing persons case, Sheriff Walt Emming confirmed that two sets of human remains were recovered following the collapse of a building on the Werthingham estate property, which has been unoccupied since 1998. Recently, a barn visible from … [Read more...] about Decades Old Mystery Solved?