Travis County News

Man found guilty of murder A Travis County jury Friday found Fred Ora Ridings III guilty of murder in the Aug.

Firefighters have ruled a fire outside a limousine warehouse in North Austin as arson, and they say they have a person of interest in the case.

Five Houston-area school districts have filed suit against the state education commissioner over his interpretation of a new law prohibiting minimum grading policies.

The Travis County District Attorney's Office Thursday told KVUE News it has legal limitations when it comes to investigating officer-involved shootings.

A 20-year-old man was in the Travis County Jail this morning, charged with felony intoxication manslaughter in the death of one of his passengers after a crash Saturday night in northwestern Travis County.

Austin's chapter of the NAACP wants Travis County to step up its involvement in officer involved shootings.

A former Travis County Sheriff is being charged for breaking the law by running his own pirate radio station and illegally broadcasting the controversial Alex Jones radio show.

A man who police say stabbed a Wal-Mart security employee in the head, abdomen and leg when confronted about shoplifting was charged with aggravated robbery charge, a first-degree felony.

Three people face charges of carrying a weapon into a Del Valle ISD school, after a gun was found in a locker earlier this week.

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Williamson County has reported the first death as a result of the H1N1 swine flu virus according to the Texas Department of Health Services.

The Central Texas Greenprint for Growth, an innovative mapping tool to help communities in Bastrop, Caldwell, Hays and Travis counties balance conservation goals with the infrastructure needs of rapidly urbanizing regions, was officially released Nov.

Veterans Day Parade, memorial service to pay tribute to military families The Travis County/City of Austin Veterans Day Parade will march along Congress Avenue beginning at 9 a.m. Wednesday, culminating with a memorial services at the State Capitol.

Jaimi Bonilla Alvarado, 23, has been indicted for murder in the death of a 64-year-old Austin man.

Wedding dresses meant for a special day are instead covered in mud and torn by flying glass.

State District Judge Bob Perkins, Travis County's longest tenured district judge, announced today that he would not seek re-election next year.

More than two months after Travis County commissioners fired the county's human resources director, they approved a $40,000 settlement with her Tuesday, in part to head off a potential lawsuit, the county judge said.

Travis County opened a massive new jail wing last week with 1,336 beds, though those will mostly replace so-called "variance" beds that the Texas Commission on Jail Standards previously authorized because of jail overcrowding.

An Austin police officer is suspended for 15 days for not turning on his patrol car camera during an altercation in which a teen was fatally shot.

Six people have died from the H1N1 flu in Travis County so far according to health officials.