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.
December 19, 2021 Austin jewelry store heist prompts shopping mall evacuation: reports A shopping mall in Austin, Texas, was evacuated Saturday night after police responded to reports of gunfire amid a jewelry store heist.
December 15, 2021 Austin city council member sounds alarm as city extends COVID mandates with no public input The Austin City Council has pushed through an extension of an ordinance that allows the city to enforce coronavirus restrictions.
December 10, 2021 Army sergeant indicted for murder in 2020 Austin riot shooting pleads self-defense: police investigator agrees Violent protests, riots, and killings, in the name of the Black Lives Matter movement erupted across the country in the summer of 2020 around the time Army Sergeant Daniel Perry turned a corner in Austin, Texas and found himself surrounded by an angry mob of protesters sparking an encounter that has him facing life in prison.
December 9, 2021 Dan Crenshaw on 'Fox & Friends': America's most beautiful cities being 'ruined by liberal policies' Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, slammed soft-on-crime policies in liberal cities across the U.S.
December 3, 2021 GoFundMe removes page supporting Army sergeant who shot and killed armed Black Lives Matter protester A United States Army Sergeant facing a murder charge after shooting a Black Lives Matter protester who approached his vehicle with an AK-47 had his GoFundMe page removed from the site by the company.