Statesman's Tony Plohetski recently broke an alarming story : 54‑year‑old Mario Mata gave police a detailed confession last ...

The American-Statesman and KVUE identified at least five suspects, including Mata, believed to be in the U.S. illegally who ...

Brian Johnson, an influencer known as "Liver King," was arrested in Austin and charged with terroristic threat.

The 19-year-old was among 61 defendants in Travis County in 2024 whose cases were never indicted on the charges that landed them in jail — but only after they spent 90 days or longer behind bars.

Each Travis County case the Statesman identified in which arrestees were held longer than 90 days involved indigent defendants who couldn ... and they can see the time pending since arrest, ...

Travis County appears closer to making counsel at first appearance a reality. The county Commissioners Court voted Tuesday afternoon to have county staff provide an in-depth cost analysis for a ...

First, Jason Walker tried strangling himself with his shirt collar in his Travis County Jail cell, he said. When that proved unsuccessful, he attempted suicide by diving headfirst off a desk.

The Travis County sheriff's office is investigating a shooting involving a deputy and a suspect in a stolen car in a grocery store parking lot near Steiner Ranch, officials said Friday.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Travis County have settled an open government lawsuit over a decision by Commissioners Court last year to give taxpayer money to ...