TRENTON — Construction of Mercer County's new criminal courthouse in downtown Trenton is about 50 percent complete and the facility will open in mid-2012, a county official said last week. The ...

Mercer and the Bibb County Courthouse staff are working on a historical project with heavy undertones. It's a process that once complete, will help shed light on a dim time in local history ...

1894: Mercer County's current courthouse is built, at a cost of $79,093.78. Aledo kicked in $10,000. 1937: Cement supports under the building are found to be crumbling, and the county decides to ...