Florida is set to become the first state in nearly a decade to carry out two executions in a single day, planning lethal ...

The new buildings, made of a special blend of concrete, can house up to 560 soldiers in open bays on temporary assignment to ...

Dickies moved its headquarters out of Texas, so two other Texas brands will decorate the State Fair of Texas mascot instead.

A historic jail building in Shelby County has received a state historical marker, capping what organizers describe as a years ...

The Minnesota man who pleaded guilty to killing a top Democratic lawmaker and her husband is set to be sentenced in federal ...

The life of a Texas Longhorns legend will be the subject of a new documentary. Streaming giant Netflix will document the life ...

The Alabama National Guard sent Spc. Derrick Sankey to South Texas with a simple mission: Secure the border. When he arrived ...

HUNTSVILLE, Texas — Once upon a time in Texas, just outside the Walls Unit of the big state prison in Huntsville, thousands of prisoners risked life and limb participating in one of the toughest ...

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice is planning to add 5,600 beds statewide across multiple facilities in anticipation of a growing inmate population. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice ...

A version of this story ran in the July / August 2026 issue. Every Thursday and Sunday evening, a dozen volunteers file into the back room of Vesper, a community space in East Austin. In the ...

Three federal prison facilities in Texas and three in other states will close, according to the U.S. Department of Justice's Federal Bureau of Prisons. The agency made the announcements on Wednesday ...