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Bastrop and Lockhart voted to decriminalize the possession of less than 4 ounces of marijuana. They now join a slew of Texas ...

Texas state troopers discovered two young siblings, ages 4 and 7, with an Alabama address written on a piece of paper near the southern border in Eagle Pass, Texas on Wednesday.

A Texas appeals court ordered a new trial Wednesday for a Jewish man on death row — who was part of a gang of prisoners that fatally shot a police officer in 2000 after escaping ...

Texas death row inmate Randy Halprin, who was once part of the "Texas 7" gang of escaped prisoners, is being granted a new ...

Dallas voters have decided to decriminalize small amounts of marijuana, making the city one of the largest in the country to ...

Army veteran Jeremy Culp, 32, had 25 gunshot wounds when he was killed by Texas police after a high-speed car chase.

Proposition 314, known as the "Secure the Border Act", seeks to prevent illegal border crossings through Mexico's six ports ...

With the approval of Proposition 314, Arizona becomes the latest state to test the limits of what local authorities can do to curb illegal immigration.

State troopers from the Texas Department of Public Safety's North Texas Region participated in the Walk Like MADD Texas event ...

A new perspective, ambitious proposals as Oscar Ugarte earns victory as "progressive" new El Paso County sheriff.

Follow the 2024 Election in North Texas and around the country throughout the day with live updates and live results as they start to come in.