John Frank Scheer of Round Rock was convicted of indecency with a 15-year-old transgender minor and sentenced to 10 years in prison and a $10,000 fine.

The APD is investigating a Dec. 2 officer-involved shooting where Christophe Vanover was wounded. Officers were responding to a suicide attempt when the incident occurred. Two officers are on leave, and Vanover is charged with aggravated assault.

A woman, Sabrina Rahman, died protecting her child during a mass shooting in Austin, Texas, while her family questions the lack of a timely public alert.

A Travis County grand jury cleared three Austin police officers of wrongdoing in a fatal shooting incident from June 2022 involving 42-year-old Carlos Eli Chacon-Castillo.

A man in Austin, Texas, charged with murder, had a previous $1 bond for another violent charge. The stabbing incident occurred during an argument over drugs.

Two people were injured in Austin due to a wrong-way driver crash on I-35, while a separate incident involved a house fire in northwest Austin, where two residents and their dogs were evacuated safely.

Judge Blazey set Officer Christopher Taylor's murder retrial for September 2024, with the decision between trying the 2020 Ramos case or the 2019 DeSilva case first still pending.

The search for the missing student Jason Landry continues three years after his disappearance, with Texas officials rigorously investigating the case.

A substitute teacher brought a gun onto the campus of Four Points Middle School in Texas, prompting an investigation and a ban from the school district.

One man is dead after a shooting in a Manor Walmart parking lot, with the Manor Police Department investigating and seeking information from the public.

A family of four in southwest Austin was displaced after an early morning fire destroyed their home, with no injuries reported due to working smoke detectors. The cause remains under investigation.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has instructed TDEM to prepare for severe winter weather, with expected heavy snowfall and potential flash flooding, prompting readiness across state emergency services.

A passenger hijacks an Uber in Texas, steals the driver's car and wallet, and uses the credit card for purchases before being arrested at Austin airport.