Dalton Huey

Col. Steve McCraw announced Friday he is retiring as director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, ending a 15-year tenure leading the state’s top law enforcement division.

After a months-long process, the City of Austin has selected Lisa Davis, the assistant chief of the Cincinnati Police Department, to be its next police chief.

As the search for Austin’s new police chief continues, KXAN has learned new details surrounding Milwaukee Chief Jeffrey Norman’s reputation among law enforcement members within the LGBT…

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A Travis County Assistant District Attorney facing criminal charges has resigned from his position after nearly 20 years with the DA’s office. His attorney, Charlie Baird, says the resignation is partly due to concerns that possible termination would impact his much-needed health benefits. Joseph Frederick’s resignation came shortly after he was arrested and charged with Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon on June 8, Baird said. Frederick is accused of pointing a firearm at h…

The Bell County prosecutor handling a petition against Travis County District Attorney Jose Garza filed a motion to dismiss it Friday.

The firm’s attorney working on Garza’s case also has a history in Central Texas, court records show.

The woman who drove into St. David’s North Austin Medical Center in February, killing herself and seriously injuring at least five others, had a blood-alcohol level between three and four tim…

The son of a Buc-ee’s co-founder was indicted in connection to accusations that he secretly recorded people in Travis County over the course of two years.

The City of Austin said it is investigating after documents obtained by The Washington Post showed at least 13 instances of outside police departments providing results of facial recognition searches to Austin Police Department officers since the city banned the use of facial recognition nearly four years ago.

KXAN found lawmakers appear to have never put forth a bill addressing the installation or benefits of security bollards — concrete post barriers intended to deter vehicles from crashing into buildi…