State Representative Dustin Burrows (R-Lubbock) said on Saturday, December 7th, 2024, that he has gained the endorsement of the majority of the Texas House of Representatives to serve as Speaker of the House during the 89th Legislative Session, which will begin in Austin on January 14, 2024. The following statement was published by Representative Burrows: … Read more
State Representative Dustin Burrows (R-Lubbock) said on Saturday, December 7th, 2024, that he has gained the endorsement of the majority of the Texas House of Representatives to serve as Speaker of the House during the 89th Legislative Session, which will begin in Austin on January 14, 2024. The following statement was published by Representative Burrows: … Read more
In what is thought to be the first criminal conviction and prison term for a Travis County police officer involving the use of force, Austin Police Officer Christopher Taylor was sentenced on Tuesday to two years in prison for the 2019 shooting death of Mauritius DeSilvain. Taylor and a number of other police went to … Read more
Due to suspected human trafficking, the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) has issued a six-month emergency closure order for a massage parlor in Austin, which will take effect on December 2, 2024. In addition to being barred from running another massage parlor at this address for six months, Bang Kiet Tran, d/b/a JT … Read more
Officers from the Austin Police Department (APD) responded to an accident between two cars at the junction of Dessau Road and Collinwood West Drive on Wednesday, November 6, 2024, at around 8 p.m. Due to injuries received in the collision, the driver of one vehicle, Marianne Ashley Agusto, 34, was taken to a nearby hospital … Read more
The public is being asked to help Austin Police Department (APD) Vehicular Homicide Detectives identify a car that was involved in a deadly collision in the 4600 block of E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. on Wednesday, September 25, 2024, at around 9:32 p.m. A white SUV and another unidentified car collided with a person … Read more
The Domain, Arbor Walk, Gateway, and Arboretum Shopping Centers in North Austin were the targets of a shoplifting blitz on Friday, November 22, 2024, by the Austin Police Department’s (APD) North Metro Tactical Response Unit and North Criminal Investigation Department, working with about 20 local retail representatives. By addressing suspected shoplifting cases, the initiative sought … Read more
Officers from the Austin Police Department (APD) responded to a collision involving two automobiles in the Rogers Hill neighborhood on Thursday, November 28, 2024, at around 9:15 p.m. While the driver and passenger of the second vehicle were taken to a nearby hospital with severe injuries, the driver of the first vehicle was declared dead … Read more
The Austin Police Department (APD), Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services, and the Austin Fire Department responded to a failure to stop and give aid crash in the 7800 block of S 1st St. on November 23, 2024, at around 6:35 p.m. The driver of a little black automobile, which may have been a 2019–2023 Toyota … Read more
Austin Police Department (APD) officers responded to a collision involving a van and a sedan in the 2700 block of Barton Springs Road at 8:43 p.m. on Thursday, November 21, 2024. After being taken to Dell Seton Medical Center, the van’s driver was declared dead. Due to non-life-threatening injuries, the sedan’s driver and a passenger … Read more