Legal News

By DEBRA HAIGHTBCR Correspondent         CASSOPOLIS – Nearly three years after a deadly shooting at the Berrien County Courthouse in St. Joseph, people at another area courthouse faced the possibility of another tragedy occurring last […]

By DEBRA HAIGHT BCR Correspondent BERRIEN SPRINGS – The role of local government in people’s lives along with landlord’s responsibilities for their properties were debated at last week’s Oronoko Township Board meeting as board members […]

By DEBRA HAIGHT BCR Correspondent A number of area residents were sentenced this week and last week in Berrien County Trial Court and Cass County Circuit Court. A Niles man was sentenced to prison for […]

By DEBRA HAIGHT BCR Correspondent ST.JOSEPH – Berrien County Commissioners have started the annual process of applying for state grants to fund the county’s specialty courts. That action came at last week’s county board meeting […]

By DEBRA HAIGHT BCR Correspondent NILES – Several prison sentences were handed down in Berrien County Trial Court in Niles this week. A Benton Harbor man was sentenced to prison for resisting and obstructing police […]