Circuit Judge David P. Kreider announced a 15-year prison sentence for Amanda Ruth Copley, 48, of Newberry, who pleaded no contest to second-degree murder of 55-year-old Robert “Shane” Guzman.

Michigan has a sentencing problem. According to the Council on Criminal Justice, Michigan’s average prison sentence length is roughly three times the national average, and the state leads in the ...

Oscar, a tough guard at Newberry Prison, gets into an argument with Jerry, a smallish barber. He causes Jerry to be arrested as a fugitive, and gets him sent to Newberry. It's not long before both ...