Texas prisons will allow only new softcover books as part of a contraband crackdown.

Christopher Knight Lopez, a 40-year-old Katy man, has pleaded guilty to orchestrating a decade-long investment fraud scheme ...

The Texas Rangers are investigating the death of a 63-year-old inmate, Lawrence Richard Sifrod, who suffered a medical ...

Terrance Allen, 40, is being held at the McLennan County Jail on a $150,000 bond after he was charged with aggravated robbery ...

Abigail Shry was due to begin serving a 27-month federal prison sentence this week for threatening a federal judge, but she failed to appear.

Rep. Al Green was ejected from President Donald Trump's State of the Union address Tuesday night.

Governor Greg Abbott Monday directed the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) to enhance public safety and homeland ...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said in an opinion the Texas Commission on Jail Standards has the authority to hire an independent investigator to look into all custody deaths. The opinion is in ...

DALLAS — 108 days. That’s how much longer Kenneth Offutt was held in the Dallas County jail after finishing his six-month burglary sentence. He was released Feb. 12 – nearly four months past his Oct.

A Texas appeals court on Thursday heard arguments in a civil lawsuit brought by the state against Maria Rojas, a Houston-area ...

TYLER, TX, UNITED STATES, February 17, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Whalen Law Office, a leading Texas criminal defense ...