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.
December 28, 2021 Parents outraged after educator mocks 'bigots,' 'evangelicals' in Dr. Seuss-style poem at school board meeting Parents in the Austin, Texas, area expressed outrage after an educator read a Dr. Seuss-style poem mocking "evangelicals" and parents who have expressed concerns about books they call pornographic.
December 22, 2021 Texas police officers risked all to save mom, daughter and cat from raging fire may receive top honor Austin police officers in Texas were nominated for medals after rescuing a family and their cat from a burning apartment.