AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas prison system is making it easier and safer to handle court appearances. On Tuesday, the Department ...

Williams and Cheek were the first Smith County volunteer firefighters to die while on-duty, according to the Noonday Fire ...

The path toward equity in Austin education is long and fraught. Efforts to create fair learning opportunities for all ...

EXCLUSIVE: Blake Lively is heading to SXSW next month in Austin for the debut of Another Simple Favor, but the actress’ ...

AUSTIN, Texas — A Travis County family is speaking out after they said their father was senselessly shot and killed in front of them. They said a new neighbor assumed their father was "a bad person" ...

The Smith County Commissioners voted on Tuesday afternoon to honor the memory of two firefighters who were killed in the line ...

Noonday Fire Capt. Kevin Williams, 42, and firefighter Austin Cheek, 19, died while fighting a house fire in 2007.

TRAVIS COUNTY, Texas - An Austin man has been charged with murder following a deadly shooting Friday night. Eusebio Noa Olvera, 23, was arrested around 3:30 a.m. Saturday morning, Travis County ...

Police are searching for an inmate who escaped custody after being taken to Bellville Hospital in Austin County.

Austin police said all five men arrested for the November 2024 murder of Xavier Jones were out on bond at the time of the killing. Community leaders are outraged and are calling for reform.

A small object, roughly the size of the Statue of Liberty, is expected to zip past Earth on January 31. Read more: ...

Trump’s new directive that aims to increase death sentences clashes with some Texas lawmakers’ efforts to add guardrails to ...