TERMS OF USE
Effective October 24, 2026
These Terms of Use (“Terms”) govern your access to and use of frontonenews.com and related Front One News content, forms, services, and communications. By using this website, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use the site.
1. About Front One News
Front One News is an independent media and investigative news brand focused on criminal cases, public safety, bodycam video, missing persons, public records, and related reporting.
2. Informational and Editorial Purpose
Content on this website is provided for news, commentary, documentary, educational, and informational purposes. It is not legal, medical, financial, or professional advice and should not be relied upon as a substitute for advice from a qualified professional.
Criminal charges, arrests, accusations, allegations, and investigative claims are not the same as convictions or established facts. Individuals accused of crimes are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in court.
3. Accuracy, Updates, and Corrections
We strive to report accurately and may update, clarify, correct, or remove content as new information becomes available. News events, court cases, investigations, and public records can change over time, and we do not guarantee that every page will reflect the most current information at all times.
4. Permitted Use
You may use this website for lawful personal, informational, and noncommercial purposes. You may not use the site to interfere with its operation, attempt unauthorized access, introduce malicious code, scrape or harvest data in a manner that disrupts the site, impersonate another person, or engage in conduct that violates applicable law.
5. Copyright and Intellectual Property
Unless otherwise indicated, Front One News owns or licenses the text, graphics, branding, page design, original video, original photography, compilations, and other original content published on this website. All rights are reserved.
You may share links to our publicly available pages and may make limited use of content where permitted by law, including applicable fair-use principles. You may not republish, reproduce, distribute, sell, modify, or commercially exploit substantial portions of Front One News content without permission unless otherwise allowed by law.
6. Third-Party and Public-Record Materials
Some reporting may include or reference public records, court filings, agency-released video, social-media posts, photographs, documents, or other material originating from third parties. Rights in those materials may belong to their respective owners, creators, agencies, or other rights holders.
7. Story Tips and User Submissions
You may submit story tips, documents, photographs, video, links, records, messages, and other materials through our website, by email, or through other channels. By submitting material, you represent that you have the right to provide it to us and that your submission does not knowingly violate applicable law or the rights of another person.
You retain any ownership rights you may have in material you submit. However, unless otherwise agreed in writing, you grant Front One News a nonexclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to review, copy, store, analyze, verify, edit, reproduce, publish, display, distribute, and otherwise use submitted material for newsgathering, editorial, reporting, promotional, archival, and related media purposes.
Submitting information does not guarantee publication, investigation, response, attribution, confidentiality, anonymity, or compensation. Front One News may decide, in its editorial discretion, whether and how submitted information is used.
8. Confidentiality and Sources
Do not assume that ordinary website forms or email are secure or confidential. If you require special handling, anonymity, or source protection, make that concern clear before providing sensitive identifying information. Submission of information does not automatically create a confidential-source relationship or other legally privileged relationship.
9. Prohibited Submissions
Do not knowingly submit material that is unlawful, malicious, fraudulent, defamatory, threatening, sexually exploitative, infringing, or intended to facilitate harm. Do not use our forms or email addresses to send malware, spam, credential theft attempts, or other abusive content.
10. Comments, Social Media, and Community Conduct
If Front One News enables comments, social-media interaction, or other community features, we may moderate, restrict, hide, or remove content at our discretion. Users remain responsible for what they post or submit.
11. Advertising and Sponsorships
Front One News may display advertising, sponsorships, affiliate relationships, or other commercial content. Paid relationships do not guarantee favorable editorial treatment or control over reporting. Sponsored or paid content may be identified as such where appropriate.
12. External Links and Embedded Content
Our site may contain links to or embedded content from third-party websites and platforms. Front One News does not control those services and is not responsible for their availability, content, accuracy, security, or privacy practices.
13. No Emergency or Law-Enforcement Service
Front One News is not a law-enforcement agency, emergency service, legal hotline, or missing-person reporting authority. If someone is in immediate danger, contact 911 or the appropriate emergency service. If you need to make an official crime report or provide time-sensitive information to investigators, contact the appropriate law-enforcement agency.
14. Disclaimer of Warranties
The website and its content are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis to the fullest extent permitted by law. Front One News does not warrant that the site will always be available, error-free, secure, complete, or free from harmful components.
15. Limitation of Liability
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Front One News and its owners, personnel, contractors, and affiliates will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages arising from or related to your use of, inability to use, or reliance on this website or its content.
16. Indemnification
To the extent permitted by law, you agree to be responsible for claims, losses, liabilities, and expenses arising from your unlawful use of the site, your violation of these Terms, or material you submit in violation of another person’s rights.
17. Privacy
Your use of the website is also subject to our Privacy Policy, which explains how information may be collected, used, stored, and disclosed.
18. Changes to These Terms
We may update these Terms from time to time. Updated Terms become effective when posted unless otherwise stated. The effective date at the top of this page will indicate the latest revision.
19. Governing Law
These Terms are governed by the laws applicable to Front One News’s operations, without regard to conflict-of-law principles, except where another jurisdiction’s law must apply.
20. Contact
For questions about these Terms, use our Contact page or email hello@frontonenews.com. For story tips, use the Submit a Story page or email tips@frontonenews.com.
