A 34-year-old man was arrested after police say he struck a pedestrian on Menchaca Road in south Austin. The injured person was hospitalized and the driver faces DWI and weapons charges.

A Memphis man allegedly reached more than 125 mph on Winchester Road before a brief foot chase and arrest; he faces DUI and evading charges.

A Brownsville probation officer and three others were arrested after a search near Highway 76 found drugs, a gun and more than $22,000 in suspected proceeds. Authorities say a grand jury returned an indictment for official misconduct.

Judge Chris Cohron pulled the March 24 trial date in the Alexandra Hemmann homicide; prosecutors and defense will work to set a new date.

Austin police asked Wednesday for help finding Joe Louis Cheatham, 36, wanted on a sexual assault warrant. Anonymous tips can be submitted through Capital Area Crime Stoppers.

A federal judge handed Elijah Sylee Shelton 150 months after prosecutors say agents found hundreds of grams of meth and fentanyl and nearly six grams of cocaine. Authorities say much of the stash was hidden in women’s purses tucked into apartment vents.

A multi-agency pursuit in east Knoxville ended with an arrest and a slate of felony and misdemeanor charges, according to arrest records and local reporting.

Former Silverback developer Josh Schuster will plead guilty after prosecutors say he stole more than $10M from investors; a change-of-plea hearing is set for Friday.

James Harris told a Nashville jury he was "fighting for my life" as he represented himself in a first-degree murder trial tied to a 2023 East Nashville shooting.

A corrections officer was stabbed to death at the Morgan County Correctional Complex in Wartburg as TDOC investigates.

A judge refused to split two 2022 murder counts against a Martinez man, keeping the alleged Fairfield and Suisun City killings together in Solano County court. The decision preserves special-circumstance and firearm enhancements that could add decades behind bars.

A Lauderhill man was sentenced to 104 months after a drive‑by exposed guns, drugs and materials prosecutors say were used in an identity‑theft operation.

Surveillance video shows three people smashing into a West Farms cellphone shop during a blizzard and fleeing with phones. Police say the early-Monday break-in at 886 E. Tremont Ave. is under investigation with no arrests.