Travis County

Two Austin police officers, including one already under a murder indictment, were indicted Friday in the July 2019 shooting of a scientist who neighbors reported as having a mental health crisis.

Mesquite ISD announced Tuesday they’re reissuing their district-wide mask mandate following Travis County blocks Gov. Abbott’s mask mandate.

Three men won’t serve any additional jail time after reaching plea deals in an assault on a gay couple in downtown Austin.

An Army soldier who shot and killed an armed protester after driving into a crowd demonstrating against police violence in the Texas capital last summer has been indicted on murder charge, authorities said Thursday.

A top political aide to Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller was arrested and released from jail Friday after allegations that he stole money from investors looking to join the state’s new hemp industry.

Prosecutors said Thursday there was not enough evidence to support allegations that a Texas lobbyist drugged a legislative aide who works in the state Capitol, which had been shaken this week by the reports.

Austin and Travis County will continue to require masks to be worn in public for at least two more weeks after a judge put off a ruling on the state’s challenge of that mandate until a hearing later this month.

Hesitancy to take a COVID-19 vaccine varies greatly in Texas, and Dallas County residents are more likely than others to decline shots, according to survey data from researchers at Carnegie Mellon University. Dom DiFurio with The Dallas Morning News joins NBC 5 to explain.

Austin officials have moved to tamp down on public gatherings and parties for New Year’s with new limits on dine-in and drink service at restaurants and bars.

Health officials in Austin on Wednesday again urged people to avoid holiday gatherings to slow the spread of the coronavirus, as hospitalizations of COVID-19 patients soared heading into the Christmas weekend.

Five boats sank Saturday on Lake Travis while taking part in a parade in support of President Donald Trump, the Travis County sheriff’s office says.

A Texas court has launched what the state says is the nation’s first virtual jury trial in a criminal case.

Five Texas GOP lawmakers sued Gov. Greg Abbott (R) on Wednesday over a $295 million contact tracing deal signed during the early months of the coronavirus pandemic that they claim skirted oversight and amounted to the governor exceeding his authority.

A Texas man arrested for stabbing his pregnant sister to death was caught confessing to the killing on a doorbell camera, police said.

A pregnant woman has been stabbed to death at her home near the Texas capital and her brother has been charged in her murder, authorities said Sunday. The Travis County sheriff’s office said an autopsy conducted Saturday confirmed that 32-year-old Jennifer Chioma Ebichi of Pflugerville was in her first trimester of pregnancy. Deputies responding to a 911 call Friday evening…

Deed restrictions on race can still be found in some Texas housing documents but are unenforceable after being struck down decades ago by the U.S. Supreme Court

The district attorney for one of the largest counties in Texas is introducing new drug-prosecution protocols that are expected to increase the number of case dismissals and referrals to diversion programs.

A Texas swimmer who helped the Longhorns take second place in the NCAA championships last weekend was granted deferred adjudication on a criminal trespass charge for a 2017 incident in which he allegedly entered a woman’s Austin home and was subdued by police with a stun gun.

Some Central Texas doctors are striving to help patients with opioid issues by using a variety of drugs.

A Central Texas man stabbed his nephew’s dog in retaliation for the dog killing his chicken last year, authorities say.