The future of the county jail is becoming a central issue in the race for Bexar County judge.

Charles Thompson was sentenced in 1999 for killing his then-girlfriend and another man. His execution in Texas is the first ...

An East Austin smoke shop owner says a woman has vandalized his business three times since Thanksgiving, causing about ...

Carmen Meija was convicted in Travis County in 2005 and spent 20 years in prison before the Texas Criminal Court of Appeals ...

After owners of Smoking Burnouts in East Austin say the same woman vandalized their shop three times in a row, they're ...

HAYS COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — Keeping vulnerable people from sitting in a cell is how Hays County leaders bill the Jail-Based Competency Restoration (JBCR) Program approved Tuesday by Hays County ...

Carmen Mejia, convicted of killing someone else's baby in 2003 has been declared actually innocent by the Texas Criminal ...

A request for proposal committee will help review and score 11 vendor submissions for roof repairs to the Bastrop County Courthouse.

In 2022, the races for Travis County Commissioners Court precincts 2 and 4 were characterized by a distinct progressive disgruntlement with the current leadership in those seats. Commissioners Brigid ...

Texas state police deployed eye irritant toward protesters outside a federal detention facility where a Democratic ...

Once billed as rehabilitative alternatives to prisons, these facilities are the sites of fatal overdoses—like that which ...

The Pflugerville Police Department said a man was arrested Wednesday on charges related to a sexual assault that occurred in ...