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February 6, 2022

Arizona volleyball team involved in deadly crash on their way to Texas tournament

A teenage girl was killed in a car crash caused by severe weather this week as she was traveling with members of her volleyball team from Goodyear, Arizona to Austin, Texas, for a tournament.

February 4, 2022

Texas police search for missing couple as authorities suspect woman 'did not willingly' leave life behind

Texas law enforcement officials are doubling down on their search for a young couple last seen more than a week ago as authorities suspect the woman "did not willingly" leave her life behind. 

February 2, 2022

Austin on track to shatter homicide record after a brutal January

The city of Austin, Texas is on track to shatter its homicide record for the second straight year following the city council’s move to defund the police.

January 28, 2022

Austin restaurant robbed again, third time in three months amid police shortage

A Texas restaurant has been robbed again, the third time in three months, its owners said.

January 27, 2022

Austin 6th Street mass shooting suspect released without bail

An 18-year-old arrested in connection to a deadly mass shooting in Austin, Texas has been released back onto the streets while he awaits trial without having to pay any bail.

January 13, 2022

Austin's police department needs many more officers, says independent commission

Independent researchers have concluded that the city of Austin, Texas needs more than 100 police officers to adequately protect the community which last year was plagued by a record number of homicides and long response times.

January 11, 2022

Texas dads arrested for disrupting school board demand that charges be dropped after superintendent suspended

Two Texas fathers who were arrested for allegedly disturbing meetings of the Round Rock Independent School District school board called on the county attorney to drop the charges against them after the school board vote to suspend Superintendent Hafedh Azaiez.

January 8, 2022

Austin sees hundreds of sex offender cases removed from police officer supervision due to defunding

Hundreds of convicted sex offenders are no longer being monitored by sworn police officers in Austin, Texas due to the city’s move to defund the police and cut cadet classes.

January 6, 2022

Austin's defunded police no longer have the staff to monitor sex offenders

A 47-year-old man who failed to register in the sex offender database was arrested in Austin, Texas, last week after police officers caught him in the middle of a sexual act with an autistic teenager, and one expert says the city’s move to defund police has put it at the mercy of such criminals.

January 6, 2022

Austin judge sets $50K bond for child sex predator after previous judge recommended $1 million

A magistrate judge set a $50,000 bond – after a previous judge recommended it be set at $1 million – for a man w police said they saw sexually assaulting a juvenile male. He was previously convicted of sexually assaulting a minor.