Tommy Witherspoon

A McLennan County grand jury indicted David Gonzalez-Estrada, 37, on two counts of possession of child pornography and one count of possession of methamphetamine.

Jaimes-Hernandez is charged with capital murder in the deaths of Monica Aviles and her teenage children, Miguel Avila and Natalie Avila.

Jurors in Waco’s 19th State District Court deliberated about 40 minutes before heeding prosecutors’ pleas to put Derek Joseph Daigneault behind bars for the rest of his life.

A McLennan County Jury on Thursday awarded $8.4 million to the family of a Woodway truck driver who was killed in 2018 after a tire blew out and his truck overturned.

Chief Justice Tom Gray wrote the opinion and Justice Matt Johnson and Justice Steve Smith joined him in reversing the ruling and dismissing the lawsuit with prejudice, meaning the suit cannot be refiled.

Jurors in County Court-at-Law 1 deliberated about 20 minutes before siding with Willie Nelson’s nephew, Fred Fletcher, in a will contest that pit him against Shaver’s nephew, Terry Dwayne Rogers.

Country music legend Billy Joe Shaver had grown tired of family members and changed his will to entrust his music legacy to his longtime friend, testimony revealed.

Judge Susan Kelly of Waco’s 54th State District Court granted a new trial for Stephanie Olivarez, who was convicted in August of sexual assault of a child.

The jury of seven men and five women deliberated about 8 hours and 45 minutes before convincing the judge that their impasse could not be resolved.

A habitual criminal sentenced to 50 years in prison in a 2023 murder apologized to the victim’s family and to his own family Monday for causing the Waco man’s death.