While pastoring in Genesee County, he volunteered with the ecumenical Churches United and its ministry in the Genesee County Jail. He served as chaplain of the Cathie Wild VFW post in Corfu, NY. In ...

The ceremony held at the jail symbolized the role education can play in personal redemption and societal renewal.

Batavia, N.Y. — A minor disturbance at the Genesee County Jail Wednesday morning reportedly led to authorities using pepper spray during a routine search of a housing unit. We're told an inmate ...

Harvard released a study on the IGNITE program at the Genesee County Jail last year, and that study will be published in the “Quarterly Journal of Economics” in its May 2025 issue. Previous ...

FLINT, MI – From the first day the Genesee County Sheriff’s Office moved into the jail on Saginaw Street in 1988, the jail has faced overcrowding issues. But now, for the first time in at ...

OXFORD, England. (WNEM) - Genesee County Sheriff Chris Swanson is on the other side of the pond discussing his jail’s IGNITE program, which helps inmates gain skills and education in the hopes ...

GENESEE COUNTY, MI -- Sheriff Chris Swanson, other department heads, and the members of the Board of Commissioners plan to meet privately to discuss a proposed policy for county vehicles that ...

Ten inmates at the Washington County jail were baptized April 8 in an event that Mike Pierson, chaplain, called “moving” and “powerful.” Pierson said some of the inmates had been inquiring about the ...

LE ROY, N.Y. – High winds caused tree limbs to fall onto power lines in Genesee County, leaving 110 National Grid customers without power. The affected area includes School and Lake Streets in ...

PERRY FACES UP TO FIVE YEARS IN PRISON. A WARNING TONIGHT ABOUT A NEW SCAM THAT COULD COST YOU MONEY. THE POLK COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS IT TARGETS FAMILIES OF PEOPLE WHO ARE RECENTLY IN THE ...

But when the George Mason University adjunct professor volunteered to help with the Catholic women’s ministry at the Fairfax ...