Brazos County commissioners considering a contract to do a financial audit of the company hired to administer guardianship services hear from a constable about those services. During the commission’s ...

Staff with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice are doing more to help inmates reenter society after they've served their ...

SAN ANTONIO - A man convicted of killing his ex-wife has been sentenced to 45 years in a Texas prison.On Monday, Martin Garcia was sentenced to 45 years in pris ...

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Tarrant County’s new jail chief brings with him a wealth of experience in county jail operations, according to his personnel ...

Aaron Calvert, a 20-year-old from Henderson County, was sentenced to 20 years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for ...

A Fire Department truck could soon be driving the streets with a Sam Houston State University look. The city council will discuss collaborating with the college and Pierce Manufacturing to bring the ...

Jessica Adams, 33, a woman accused of crimes related to sexual abuse of a child in 2020, and then indicted in 2024, and Laura ...

SAN ANTONIO - A man convicted of a fatal shooting in 2019 has been sentenced to life in prison. On Friday, the Office of the ...

The justices heard arguments in the case of a man on death row in Texas who claims DNA testing could spare his life.

Several Supreme Court justices worried that a low-profile death penalty appeal could upend fundamental judicial principles.

On Monday morning, Julio Gutierrez pleaded guilty to Manslaughter in relation to the shooting death of Thomas Richardson, 29, ...