A 34-year-old Texas man who was arrested after a string of homicides is believed to have first fatally shot his parents before killing four other people in another county, authorities said Wednesday.

Shane James, 34, who was arrested in connection with Tuesday's deadly shooting, attempted to escape from Travis County Jail Wednesday, records show.

Janet Heimlich reports from Austin that the recent escape of four prisoners from a Texas county jail has focused attention on security at these facilities. Since January of last year more than 130 ...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — When an unusually heavy winter storm blanketed much of Texas with snow, knocking out electricity to millions of homes and leaving many struggling to find clean water, one ...

During the Texas Commission on Jail Standards' quarterly meeting in Austin on Wednesday, Deborah was joined by 18 other advocates and family members of people who died in custody in Harris and ...