
An anti-sex trafficking advocate who worked for an Austin, Texas, organization aimed at helping victims of human trafficking was arrested in Austin, Texas, during a week-long prostitution sting. Austin cops arrested him during an operation that landed 41 people in the Travis County jail.
by Bob Price28 Oct 2015, 7:17 AM PST0

More than 100 cops have been assaulted in Austin, Texas, this year, nearly one every three days. It happens so often, that officers have been assaulted more than 100 times in the first 287 days of this year.
by Bob Price13 Oct 2015, 12:17 PM PST0

A message threatening students on Austin, Texas, and nearby campuses was posted on a 4chan r9k message board on Monday afternoon. The threat, like the one for schools in the northwest before the mass murders, raises once again the concern of campus safety and campus carry and second amendment issues, but also free speech, hate speech, and the potential policing and government regulation of such speech.The message was almost identical to one left on a 4chan message board the day before the shootings at Umpqua Community College in Oregon. Law enforcement officials in Austin have ruled out the threat saying it is not credible.
by Lana Shadwick6 Oct 2015, 1:03 PM PST0

Police search for a cobra that may have led to the death of 18-year-old Grant Thompson. The teen resided in Temple, Texas.
by Cassi Pollock16 Jul 2015, 1:47 PM PST0

For frightened guests at a downtown Austin hotel this July Fourth weekend, the sounds of fireworks really weregunshots.
by Sarah Rumpf5 Jul 2015, 11:38 AM PST0

The Austin Police Department arrested a woman last night after a “Molotov cocktail” was thrown at pro-life activists praying outside of an Austin Planned Parenthood abortion facility. A Molotov cocktail is a type of homemade incendiary device usually incorporating gasoline, a breakable glass bottle, and a wick that is lit before the device is thrown.
by Sarah Rumpf24 Mar 2015, 8:53 AM PST0