Crime and Public Safety

Officials are warning the public to choose a safe and sober ride home when planning how to celebrate 2026.

A fox found dead last week in Hays County has tested positive for rabies and authorities are searching for a dog seen near it.

A burn ban has been issued for unincorporated Travis County ahead of New Year's Eve fireworks due to fluctuating temperatures and freeze-cured grass.

Austin police have identified the victim in a Sunday morning shooting in South Austin. The suspect is unknown and still at large.

New Braunfels police are looking for a man suspected in a Dec. 21 shooting. He is considered armed and dangerous and the public is warned not to approach and to call 911.

The details surrounding Brian Cole Jr.'s confession of allegedly planting pipe bombs in Washington, D.C. on the eve of the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riot were released on Sunday as part of pre-trial court filings.

A judge ruled Monday that the transcript and audio recordings of a closed-door hearing involving Tyler Robinson, the man accused of shooting and killing Charlie Kirk, can be released in redacted forms.

Police arrested 27-year-old Angelicque Bramlett, the driver of an SUV involved in the collision, on charges of intoxication manslaughter.

Austin police are searching for a woman who stole three luxury watches worth more than $75,000 during a targeted encounter on Dec. 21.

Deputies arrested 28-year-old Christopher Garza after witnesses at Berry Springs Park intervened to stop an attempted kidnapping of a juvenile.

A former Webb County corrections officer was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for sexually assaulting two women in his custody.

A fatal crash forced the closure of all northbound lanes on U.S. Highway 183 in Southeast Austin near the airport.

Attorneys for Duane “Keffe D” Davis say he was a 60-year-old retired cancer survivor when police arrested him – not the dangerous drug dealer prosecutors are painting him to be.

A man in Oklahoma told police he had been target practicing with a new gun he’d gotten for Christmas, when he heard someone died from a gunshot wound a couple of roads over.

A search is underway Saturday in Texas after a 19-year-old woman who "normally goes for a morning walk" disappeared outside of her home on Christmas Eve, police said.

JonBenet Ramsey, who was murdered in her Boulder home on Christmas in 1996, may see her case revived as new DNA technology offers hope for answers.

Do you recognize him? Austin police are looking for a man they say was involved in a shooting in mid-November.