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Gov. Greg Abbott, seeking about $11 billion to defray state spending on border security, didn’t come empty handed to ...

Desiree Hamm of San Diego, California, who kidnapped, sexually assaulted and branded 2 Texas girls, is now the first female sexually violent predator in Texas.

Four defendants in unrelated felony cases received prison sentences in criminal case involving aggravated assaults and ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott offered President Donald Trump land for more border wall, military bases to house federal authorities ...

Derek Ross, who played cornerback for Ohio State University between 1999 and 2001, pleaded guilty Monday to felony ...

The biggest mass prosecution of our time has been followed by the biggest mass pardons and releases from prison.

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TYLER, Texas (KETK) – On Tuesday, an East Texas man was sentenced to 99 years in prison after multiple run-ins with ... however he was later released from jail on bond. Marshall woman arrested after ...

Daniel Khalife, 23, sparked a nationwide manhunt after clinging to the underside of a food delivery lorry to break out of the Category B jail on 6 September ... to Fort Hood, Texas, where he ...

New details have emerged regarding the San Antonio woman caught on video repeatedly beating a "defenseless puppy." Havanna ...