David Barer

Shane James, the man facing multiple capital murder charges connected to a 2023 Central Texas shooting and killing spree, expects a jury trial in November, according to his defense attorney Russell Hunt, who said he is still considering an insanity defense.

Lacee Duke, the now-former mayor of Uhland, resigned her post Monday, five months after being arrested by Texas Rangers on a felony charge related to misuse of $250,000 paid to the operator of Uhla…

The Uhland City Council appointed Guadalupe Garza as mayor on Monday. Garza will lead the town’s government, filling a vacancy left by former mayor Lacee Duke, who resigned a week prior.

A Texas Department of Public Safety trooper used an encrypted messaging app to communicate with, what appears to be, federal immigration agents during a traffic stop that led to the detention of an…

After a decade-long court battle a federal district court in Texas has ruled the state’s system of making mentally incompetent people wait in jail for months – or years in some cases – for mental h…

The Pedernales and Llano rivers are brimming with massive amounts of water Thursday, as heavy rain continues for a second day across Central Texas.

As of mid-2026, Austin had nearly 127,000 expired residential permits scattered across town dating back to the late 1970s. Any of those could become an expensive hassle for a homeowner trying to repair or update their house.

Nearly two years ago, KXAN launched “A Hanging on Backbone Creek,” an ongoing investigation that began with the mysterious death of 13-year-old Daynon Lewis in 1965.

On this edition of “Inside the Investigation” — an extended discussion first featured in the latest episode of our weekly investigative program, “Cause & Effect” — KXAN…

Former Burnet County Judge James Oakley filed a federal lawsuit against former district attorney Wiley McAfee and Sheriff Calvin Boyd, alleging they maliciously prosecuted him to remove him from of…