Falls County News

Hill County Sheriff Jeffrey Lyon bested three challengers in the Republican primary, but will be headed to a runoff in July against Michael Cox.

Texas Rangers and Department of Public Safety crime lab technicians were at the Waco Police Department building Thursday morning investigating after a man reported to Waco police he had shot another man to death in Falls County.

McLennan County AgriLife Extension Service will have a cattle and forage seminar Thursday at the McLennan Community College Emergency Center, 7601 Steinbeck Bend Road.

A number of Central Texas law enforcement officials face stiff challenges for their posts, including district attorneys in Falls County and the district covering Bosque, Comanche and Hamilton counties, and sheriffs in Falls and Hill counties.

A former city of Marlin municipal court clerk was booked into the Falls County Detention Center on Thursday night for felony theft after allegedly depositing municipal court fines into her personal account.

Texas Department of Public Safety troopers were at the scene of a fatal accident Monday afternoon on State Highway 6 just south of Marlin.