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A federal court jury has delivered a $21.35 million verdict on behalf of a former East Texas police captain who was wrongfully fired after alleging unlawful collusion among elected officials in Wood ...

NORTH TEXAS – Police are requesting help in identifying the suspect in a fatal shooting that took place Thursday in a ...

A UT Austin HR employee was arrested for failing to comply with sex offender registration laws after a tip led to an investigation. His prior Oregon conviction was undisclosed during UT's background ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Police on Friday arrested a 15-year-old boy on charges related to threats on social media that prompted an ...

(SELMA, Texas) -- A man initially interviewed as a witness at the scene of a murder has now been arrested over a year later ...

In June 2023, a woman reported to Denton police that the chiropractor, 39-year-old Hector Reyes, sexually assaulted her ...

DEER PARK — A pipeline fire that burned in a Houston suburb for four days finally went out late Thursday as authorities announced a criminal investigation into the blaze that had roared into a ...

The Greater Marshall Chamber of Commerce hosted the annual Law Enforcement & Firefighters Appreciation Dinner on Tuesday ...

Byron Louis Nelson, 56, was arrested on Tuesday by the Longview Police Department on a charge of capital murder. According to ...

Dimitri Roberts faces a felony charge of impersonating a peace officer, as well as a misdemeanor assault charge.