Travis County News

A Travis County Commissioner said Tuesday that, after much thought, he believes District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg should resign from office following her drunken driving conviction.

Earlier in the day during the local and consent calendar, Representative Ruth Jones McClendon killed several bills, one later on the general calendar, that were authored by Senator Huffman.

Travis County Judge Sam Biscoe today released the names of 32 candidates who have applied for the interim appointment to the Precinct 2 County Commissioner seat.

A bill to create an exoneration commission that would study false convictions - named for his brother, Tim Cole, a Fort Worth man found innocent of a rape conviction years after he died in prison - appears to be at a standstill in the Texas Legislature.

A housekeeping bill to extend the operations of the Texas Ethics Commission and make administrative improvements to it is poised to force House lawmakers into a lot of tough votes on Monday.

It's been two years since 21-year-old Jennifer Cave was brutally murdered and dismembered inside the West Campus apartment of her friend Colton Pitonyak.

The Urban Farms Process and Code Coordination Working Group of the Austin/Travis County Sustainable Food Policy Board held its last of three working group sessions Wednesday night.

A woman has been convicted on three felony charges in connection with a violent assault on her ex-husband in February 2012, Travis County officials said Thursday.

Country music star Randy Travis has sued the Texas Department of Public Safety and the Office of the Attorney General after some evidence from his drunken-driving arrest last summer was ordered released to the public.

Travis County and Austin leaders unveiled a new place Wednesday for families to go for supervised visitation and custody exchanges.

With good time credits under her belt, Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg was released from county jail on May 9 after serving 20 days of a 45-day sentence for drunk driving.

It started in 1997 as a summer-only art program for kids at Gardner Betts Juvenile Justice Center.

A series of agreements are still being negotiated to define a closer partnership between Central Health, Travis County's public hospital district, and the private, nonprofit Seton Healthcare Family.

A woman turned herself in to Travis County Jail on Monday after pleading guilty this month to two second-degree felonies in a drunk driving collision that took the life of her passenger in September 2011.

The open house will be held from 3 to 7 p.m. May 22 at the Star Flight hangar at 7800 Old Manor Road.

The remains were discovered Thursday May 9 near Sprinkle Cut Off and Samsung Boulevard by City of Austin employees servicing electric power lines in the area.

Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg said she has sought professional counsel in the aftermath of her arrest, guilty plea and 30-day jail term for DWI.

It may seem like a high-price tag for a Vietnam-era helicopter, but STAR Flight pilot Willy Colberson couldn't be happier with the $2.2 million aircraft.

"We need to get 'concealed carry' on campus passed," Michael Cargill, a former candidate for Travis County constable and gun rights advocate said.

If the state Legislature approves reforms to the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas, the embattled agency should have its financing restored, budget negotiators decided on Monday.