Hector Perdomo shot and killed Uriel Aragon on Nov. 13 in the parking lot of the El Patron Mexican Restaurant and Bar, State ...

A federal judge has found the extreme heat in Texas prisons that don't have air conditioning is "plainly unconstitutional." ...

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Two people were arrested and multiple juveniles were kicked out of the South Texas State Fair on various charges Monday.

Maverick County is one of the poorest in the state. Small-town politics and lack of outside interest has meant the known ...

Two-thirds of the state’s roughly 100 jails and prisons in Texas are not fully air conditioned in inmate housing areas.

A North Texas man has overcome pain, loss, jail and drug addiction to become a business owner and a decorated first responder ...

The Texas Supreme Court ruled that because of flawed legal reasoning from lower courts, a juvenile judge must reconsider ...

The list of appointments was posted less than a month after the Star-Telegram found the Texas Commission on Jail Standards ...

Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar and his team face mounting criticism about the jail. During a tour, they showed how they're working to make fixes.

People in Maverick County spend months in jail waiting to be charged with minor crimes. Some are simply lost in the system ...