Jasper County Precinct 2 Justice of the Peace Raymond Hopson announced on Wednesday his intention to seek re-election.

If unclaimed after an execution, the state pays for cremation or burial, and the remains are buried at the Captain Joe Byrd ...

Arrests have been made in "Operation Silver Shores," targeting a fraud ring that deceived elderly timeshare owners out of $30 ...

The busiest death chamber in the country is located inside the maximum-security prison in Huntsville, Texas, known as the ...

Separated from the general prison population, Texas death row inmates spend at least 22 hours a day alone in their cells.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced Tuesday that the state has started an operation targeting homeless encampments in the ...

A man has learned his fate for stabbing his ex-girlfriend's stepfather to death while the man slept — and then running away ...

Gov. Abbott’s state-led cleanup in Austin clears 48 homeless encampments and leads to 24 arrests. Could Dallas be next?

A state-led homeless encampment clearing operation in Austin has seen dozens of people relocated or arrested, Gov. Greg Abbott said, while city officials pushed back on Texas' ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday directed state agencies to begin a concerted operation to remove homeless encampments and ...

Governor Greg Abbott announced on Tuesday, Oct 21, an operation to make Austin safer and cleaner by relocating homeless ...