Bastrop County

Reed's lawyers were trying to get Bastrop County Judge Carson Campbell to preside over the case and review any new evidence, instead of Brazos County Judge JD Langley who is assigned to the case.

Multiple task forces helped apprehend a fugitive who was wanted for violently stabbing his own father in the abdomen.

The man approached a woman in the Elgin area and identified himself as a Bastrop County Sheriff's Deputy, telling her crimes had been committed using her information.

Bastrop County ESD 2 Fire Chief Josh Gill said investigators determined the wildfire started with the burning of a brush pile that got out of control.

is execution was stayed indefinitely by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals and is being sent back to the Bastrop County court where he was originally convicted of the crime in 1998. There, a judge will examine claims raised by Reed's legal team including the claim that he may be innocent. 

BCSO reported the robbery on Facebook, saying the man was recorded on video surveillance robbing the Elgin Travel Center at gunpoint on E. US 290 around 6 a.m. Dec. 8.

Rodney Reed's execution has been postponed indefinitely after an outpouring of support including from some big names in Hollywood. Reed's brother, Rodrick, will be on the syndicated talk show "The Dr. Oz Show" to talk about the next steps in the case.

Bastrop Independent School District says that classes at Cedar Creek High School and Bluebonnet Elementary School have been canceled due to a pipeline break.

Rodney Reed's attorneys have filed a motion to withdraw a judge recently assigned to his case in Bastrop County.

Kim Kardashian West is in Texas visiting death row inmate Rodney Reed. 

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has issued a stay in the execution of Rodney Reed.

The parole board on Friday unanimously recommended a 120-day reprieve for Rodney Reed.

On Tuesday, a hearing that Rodney Reed's attorneys would use to try to void his execution was postponed, but it didn't stop a rally outside the Bastrop County District Attorney’s office Wednesday.

Tuesday's decision delays answers as to whether Reed's execution for the 1996 murder of Stacey Stites might be delayed or commuted.

Reed and his supporters believe Stites’ former fiance and ex-cop Jimmy Fennell is the real killer.

Alex Aviles was reported missing by his girlfriend and daughter on August 15. The Austin Police Department found Aviles and his truck October 27.

Billy Jack Lloyd, 61, has been charged with aggravated assault family violence with a $1 million bond. Additional charges are expected to be filed.

Jennifer Lopez Flores, 17, was last seen in the Red Rock area on October 12. BCSO says her whereabouts are currently unknown but she may be in the Austin area.

A four-year-old girl is dead after she was struck by a vehicle, City of Bastrop Police say. 

Legalizing hemp in Texas is having unexpected consequences that are affecting criminal cases involving marijuana throughout the entire state.