Smith County received statewide safety honors, while Lt. Aimee Crockett was awarded for improving jail training and mentoring ...

Most employees of the Smith County Sheriff’s Office have been told they are not allowed to speak with. In a directive sent to ...

Each map that you see proposed surgically removes minority neighborhoods from the commission, precinct or district to which is my precinct,” said Alisa Simmons.

May 7—AUSTIN — Texas Land Commissioner Dr. Dawn Buckingham announced ... the GLO has preserved thousands of precious records, maps and documents which offer unique perspectives on the ...

AUSTIN Texas ... Commissioner Buckingham, highlighting her own ancestors arrival in Texas and the opportunity they found working on this land. She explains, in detail, their settlement in Brazoria ...

Residents in Smith County are raising safety, financial, and land-use concerns over the proposed extension of Toll 49, known ...

Severe weather and heavy rain is moving through East Texas ... County Road 472 is under water, the Lindale Fire Department said. The agency added that drivers should turn around and don't drown ...

A soon-to-be mother didn’t go to the emergency room for a concern weeks before giving birth. Instead, her first stop was a community reproductive health clinic in northeast Austin.

Mass layoffs: A federal judge in California called for a two-week pause in the Trump administration’s mass layoff plans, ...

You can fight city hall — and it could pay off nicely.  At a time when property-tax bills are rising fast, appealing an ...