David Barer

The Office of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has launched a new website to help crime victims and advocates navigate the state’s Crime Victim Compensation program, which provides financial…

Posted: Updated: All four members of the Bernard family were hurt when a car crashed into a hospital ER in February (Courtesy Bernard Family, Diane Warmoth)

Deputy Dennis Mallinger is accused of sexually harassing a woman in a Cedar Park convenience store parking lot “by making verbal comments and physical contact of a sexual nature” that made the woma…

Austin leaders plan to ask state lawmakers to pass new rules for autonomous vehicles driving on Texas roads. The city's legislative recommendations, including higher fees for safety violations and a new digital system for law enforcement to ticket AVs, were sparked in part by videos and reports of a Waymo blocking first responders after a 6th Street mass shooting in March.

Shane James, the man facing multiple capital murder charges connected to a 2023 Central Texas shooting and killing spree, expects a jury trial in November, according to his defense attorney Russell Hunt, who said he is still considering an insanity defense.

Lacee Duke, the now-former mayor of Uhland, resigned her post Monday, five months after being arrested by Texas Rangers on a felony charge related to misuse of $250,000 paid to the operator of Uhla…

The Uhland City Council appointed Guadalupe Garza as mayor on Monday. Garza will lead the town’s government, filling a vacancy left by former mayor Lacee Duke, who resigned a week prior.

A Texas Department of Public Safety trooper used an encrypted messaging app to communicate with, what appears to be, federal immigration agents during a traffic stop that led to the detention of an…

After a decade-long court battle a federal district court in Texas has ruled the state’s system of making mentally incompetent people wait in jail for months – or years in some cases – for mental h…

The Pedernales and Llano rivers are brimming with massive amounts of water Thursday, as heavy rain continues for a second day across Central Texas.