A remorseful death row inmate pleaded for forgiveness and mothed one final message before being put to death in Texas Thursday, 20 years after he killed his strip club manager and another man.

James Davis Jr. reportedly tied to smuggle the contraband into the Larry Gist State Jail using a food container.

Faced with more immediate funding needs, state officials haven’t asked for more money for rehabilitation programs, such as STRIVE, next budget cycle.

With Texas football now in the offseason, the American-Statesman is breaking down each position group. Who’s gone from the 2024 squad that went 13-3 and fell a win short a national title-game ...

Retention and recruitment issues aren’t unique to Tarrant County Jail, although other Texas facilities appear to be worse off, as the state's prisons operate with an officer vacancy rate of 70%.

The Texas AG's office launched an internship program to get Texas State students to help with cold cases The program launched in fall 2024, and FOX 7 Austin is now catching up with the interns SAN ...

FILE - Former U.S. Rep. George Santos arrives at court in Central Islip, N.Y., Aug. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah, File) ...

TYLER, Texas (KETK) – On Tuesday, an East Texas man was sentenced to 99 years in prison after multiple run-ins with the ... Narcotics Officers after Clark failed to use his blinker. A K9 unit ...

COLLIN COUNTY, Texas — A Louisiana man was sentenced to 40 years in prison for sexually abusing a North Texas child, prosecutors announced Wednesday. A Collin County jury sentenced William ...

TYLER, Texas — A former outlaw motorcycle gang leader was sentenced to life in prison Tuesday for issuing orders that killed an East Texas motorcyclist. Kevin Dale Higgins, of Kemp, national ...