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• n  a government building that houses the offices of a county government
• n  a building that houses judicial courts

• From PTI Magazine April 2, 1956 New Sounds in a Courthouse.
• It was only once the courthouse emptied during the lunch recess that the judge noticed her and asked why she was there.
• The restless crowd in the public square, the campaign posters on the courthouse maples and the granite-faced strangers swaggering in the streets of Athens, Tenn.

News & Articles

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• Courthouse statue gets cleaning
  The Hiker, a statue that has graced the north lawn of the Lucas County Courthouse for nearly a century, is getting its boots shined.
  June 12, 2013 - The Toledo Blade
• COURTHOUSE ATTACK: Man Pleads Guilty
  A Mason City man is pleading guilty to attacking two Story County Attorneys at the courthouse earlier this year. Major...
  June 12, 2013 - WHO-TV 13 Des Moines
• Newton County Courthouse opening delayed after bomb threat received; no explosive device found
  County employees and residents were kept away from the Newton County Courthouse on Tuesday morning as authorities made a search after a bomb threat. Sheriff Ken Copeland said a call came to the dispatch center at the sheriff’s office about 5:45 a.m. He said a male caller said a bomb was in the courthouse and would explode at 9 a.m.
  June 12, 2013 - The Joplin Globe