A suburban Houston man has pleaded guilty to possessing and conspiring to produce child pornography after sexually explicit photos of a child staying in his home were found on his home computer.
A jury has found a former Houston police officer not guilty of charges that he participated in the videotaped beating of a 15-year-old burglary suspect in 2010.
A prosecutor has told jurors that a former Houston police officer accused in the videotaped beating of a 15-year-old burglary suspect did not act with the honor expected of someone in his position.
A Texas death row inmate facing execution in three weeks for the slaying of a Dallas woman at her apartment more than 20 years ago has lost an appeal at the U.S. Supreme Court.
A judge has ruled against three newspapers and found that the Texas Department of Public Safety doesn't have to release travel records of Gov. Rick Perry's security detail.
A university report says a South Texas oil and gas bonanza supported nearly 48,000 jobs last year while creating overnight boom towns cashing in on a $25 billion economic windfall.
Deputies say a woman accused of snatching a 9-year-old Houston-area boy allegedly had an affair with his father and was upset that the relationship ended.
An attorney says a South Texas prosecutor running for U.S. Congress and another lawyer have been arrested in connection with the wide-ranging bribery scheme of a convicted former judge.
The legal stakes have been raised in the ongoing divorce between Deion Sanders and his estranged wife with a new criminal charge against the Pro Football Hall of Famer.
Some 1,119 school districts across Texas will delay for a year a requirement that the results of the STAAR test count toward ninth graders' final grades.
Online retailer Amazon.com is doing an about-face in Texas, saying it will bring jobs back to the state and start paying sales tax barely a year after closing a distribution center in a dispute over the levies.
