Beginning in 2015, Houston was plagued by a series of brutal armored car robberies that bewildered FBI agents for nearly two years. To finally bring down the unassuming mastermind behind it all, the agents had to stage an elaborate trap—and catch him in the act.
Genene Jones, a Texas nurse long suspected of more than a dozen child murders decades ago but convicted of only one, allegedly confessed.
Ronald Burgos-Aviles, a nine-year Border Patrol veteran, was arrested Monday in Laredo.
A decade after the largest custody battle in U.S. history, some of those involved speak about their memories.
Our favorite recent items from the police blotter of the ’Lufkin Daily News.’
He was a highlight of Austin’s creative community and, in death, a spotlight on the city’s problems with race.
Thomas was unarmed when a Harris County Sheriff’s deputy shot and killed him last week.
Observing the ATF’s disastrous assault on David Koresh and the Branch Davidian compound should have made John McLemore’s career. Instead, it ruined it. Maybe that was for the best.
The company’s ”Verrückt” waterslide, on which a ten-year-old boy was decapitated, was built by people who didn’t know how to engineer it.
Experts in the earlier case say Austin’s police are working just as hard now that suspect is dead.
The Austin bomber's unknown motive is part of a larger pattern by those who commit violence.
There’s a reason we want to know more about mass killers, but a lot gets lost when we focus on them.
Even a 25-minute video confession leaves police with many questions about motive.
The Midnight Assassin, who terrorized Austin 138 years ago, also targeted minorities first.
The suspect blew himself up as police approached his vehicle.
With law enforcement racing to track down their first real lead, officials urge continued caution.
Austin police say latest blast was not a package bomb, and was instead caused by an "artillery simulator."
The bombings have left two residents dead and more injured. Here's how you can help.
This and other FedEx-related developments today have given police their best chance yet at a lead on the bomber.
It’s an uncertain time. Here’s what we can be confident in.
Two men were injured in the blast, the fourth explosion in Austin this month—police believe a ”serial bomber” is responsible.
Authorities are still investigating a motive, but they haven’t ruled out a potential hate crime because the two victims were African-American.
Our favorite recent items from the police blotter of the ’Lufkin Daily News.’
A decade ago, Gabby Sones accused her parents and five others of running the most depraved child sex ring in Texas history. Now she’s ready to clear their names.
The city’s new police chief explains how she plans to apply the lessons she learned in Detroit to a troubled department.
Our favorite recent items from the police blotter of the ’Lufkin Daily News.’
A new partnership with Penguin Random House turns classic Texas Monthly stories into audio versions.
Our favorite recent items from the police blotter of the ’Lufkin Daily News.’
The popular Laredo citizen journalist faces two felony counts of misuse of official information. But media law experts question if she’s done anything wrong.
The celebrated Plano novelist on how the Columbine massacre and growing up in ”The Suicide Capital of America” influenced his new book, 'Oliver Loving.'
Priscilla Villarreal doesn’t work for the local news in Laredo—but for her 80,000 Facebook followers, that doesn’t matter.
Maybe Christmas doesn't come from a store. But it could come from Whataburger.
Our favorite recent items from the police blotter of the ’Lufkin Daily News.’
When Alberto Mendiola returned to El Paso from the war in Afghanistan, he was suffering from severe, untreated PTSD. But is that a viable defense for murder?
For now, we’ll simply convey our condolences to anyone who lost a loved one.
The FBI wants the tech company to help them access information on Devin Kelley’s locked device.
After the Sutherland Springs tragedy, he looked at his phone and saw strangers wishing he would die. But they had the wrong Devin.
After the Sutherland Springs shooting, church leaders in Texas grapple with safety and encouragement.
Sally Hernandez, Kim Ogg, and Catrina Shead speak about the importance of working together to protect a city's most vulnerable residents.
Devin Kelley is only the latest mass shooter with a history of domestic violence.
The tragic mass shooting has left many feeling powerless. Here are a few ways to contribute.
A background check should have stopped Devin Kelley from purchasing a rifle.
Details continue to emerge about the shooting in Sutherland Springs. Here's what we know so far.
More than one hundred gas stations in Texas face fines.
This Halloween, read the scariest tall tales in the Lone Star State.
Tania Joya had been married to a jihadist from Texas for ten years—but she was unnerved by his increasingly extreme ideology and wanted out.
Prosecutors decided Dukes's lies to draw daily legislative pay were not a crime.
Between 1971 and 1977, eleven young girls from southeast Texas were abducted and killed in similar circumstances. In a new documentary, a reporter and retired police detective try to find out what happened.
It took nine years for him to meat his match.
Guest column: Let’s stop blaming mental illness for mass shootings.
