HOUSTON - State Sen. John Whitmire blasted the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, saying Friday the agency must do a better job of curbing contraband after a death row chaplain admitted he posted ...

A Tyler man who killed his disabled half-brother in a fire will be committed to a state mental hospital following a hearing on Wednesday. A Longview man appeared in court Wednesday in connection with ...

Robert Roberson waits to be interviewed in a locked visitation cell at the Allan B. Polunsky Unit prison in Livingston, Texas, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025. Roberson, who has maintained his innocence on ...

Texas state Rep. Manuel, Christian (left) speaks including other Texas House of Representatives attend a press conference outside of TDCJ Polunsky Unit following a visitation to Robert Roberson, the ...

LIVINGSTON, Texas (KTRE) - A man convicted in the 2014 machete slaying of a Houston-area teen was murdered in his cell at Polunsky prison. According to a report from the Attorney General’s office, ...

CampV and the SCPA of East Texas partnered several years ago to offer furry companions to veterans at no cost and have already given 34 service dogs since launching the program. “It’s like it’s a ...