Allman film director released from prison

A movie director jailed in southeast Georgia won his release Wednesday after serving a year behind bars for the death of a crew member killed by a train during filming of a movie about singer Gregg Allman. A Superior Court judge ordered former ‘‘Midnight Rider’’ director Randall Miller to be set free for good behavior. Miller began serving time March 9, 2015, after he pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the death of 27-year-old camera assistant Sarah Jones. Miller had just begun making a biographical movie about the Allman Brothers Band singer on Feb. 20, 2014, when a freight train plowed into his crew during filming on a railroad bridge about 70 miles southwest of Savannah. (AP)

Charges dropped for ‘Orange’ actress

Assault charges have been conditionally dismissed against an ‘‘Orange Is the New Black’’ star who was accused of punching and scratching a teenage girl. The charges against Dascha Polanco will be dismissed if the 33-year-old actress stays out of trouble for six months. (AP)