The following is a list of recent first and second-degree felony dispositions from the Ector County District Clerk’s Office. Douglas Butler. Theft. Guilty plea. 10 years deferred adjudication. 600 ...

A federal appeals court has partly upheld a $1 million verdict for a Texas correctional officer fired after a disability ...

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The 5th Circuit last year overturned its previous ruling that allowed racial groups to band together to challenge voting maps, laying the groundwork for Texas’ mid-decade redistricting.

The Missouri Highway Patrol confirms a hostage situation inside the South Central Correctional Center in Licking ended after ...

Law enforcement is responding to a hostage situation at the South Central Correctional Center in Licking, Missouri, involving ...

Two new court filings, one from the state and one from the defense, were submitted this week in the case of Timothy Vess ...

Rapper Finesse2tymes was arrested in Texas on multiple drug charges, facing eight counts, with bonds totaling over $100,000.

JONESBORO, La. -- The man killed in a plane crash Tuesday in Jackson Parish has been identified. Rodney Cooper died at the scene after his Cirrus SR22 single engine airplane went down a few miles ...

A Texas mom and National Guard member is suing the Army to clear her name — and upend the military justice system, The War ...

The Council of Smith County District and County Court at Law judges has appointed a new director of the county’s adult ...