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The Travis County sheriff's office is investigating a shooting involving a deputy and a suspect in a stolen car in a grocery store parking lot near Steiner Ranch, officials said Friday.
Travis County on Tuesday provided guidelines to those looking to celebrate Easter Sunday at public parks in the county. READ MORE: <a href="https://www.kxan.com/news ...
It's time for Travis County voters to cast their ballots in the Nov. 5 general election. On Tuesday, millions of Americans will gather at polling places across the country to vote on several ...
For the most part, early voting locations in Travis County have less than 20 minute wait times, according to the map. Some of the busier locations as of 11:20 a.m. on Wednesday, October 30 ...
AUSTIN, Texas — This week, Travis County Commissioners set aside millions of dollars in their nearly $2 billion budget for the county's justice system. Close to $70 million would go toward ...
It happened behind closed doors. Travis County District Attorney José Garza made an unusual request to county commissioners earlier this year. “We have never run into such a situation ...
Travis County commissioners plan to add about 1,500 acres to the county’s wilderness parklands, protecting the pristine land from development and setting it up as a future destination for hikers ...
Since 2019, accidental drug deaths have been rising in Texas, with the number tripling in Travis County. Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to ...
Instead of a sea of rooftops, though, this former cattle ranch between Hamilton Pool Road and Highway 71 in western Travis County, about thirty minutes west of downtown Austin, will become a park ...
In Travis County, the magistration process—the initial bail hearing after someone is arrested—isn’t cinematic. Arrestees are either led to a small room within the jail’s central booking ...
AUSTIN, Texas — A class action lawsuit on behalf of people jailed without lawyers in Travis County was filed in federal court Wednesday night to affirm the constitutional right to counsel at first ...
Next month, mentally ill individuals accused of committing minor crimes will be “diverted” to a new 25-bed facility instead of jail cells in Travis County. Tamara Needles, Travis County ...