The name "Hector Polanco" is one that lives on in infamy for many who lived in Austin in the 1990s. The then-Austin Police ...

Austin police spent nearly double their allotted budget for overtime last year. The fire department spent more than ...

A 17-year-old was arrested and identified in connection with a homicide that happened last week in east Austin, according to ...

The Austin Police Department is experimenting with a dialogue policing, a technique originally from Europe, to help ...

After a community forum where candidates addressed concerns like gun violence and citizen involvement, three candidates with ...

The man suspected of fatally shooting three people, including a child, outside a Target in Austin, Texas on Monday, was ...

In the Wednesday update, police said the Target employee's name was Rosa Machuca. The clarification came after community members who knew Machuca stressed that she identified as a woman and didn't go ...

In 2016, APD misidentified another murdered transgender woman, Monica Loera. In that case, as with Rosa’s murder, it fell to ...

The Austin Police Department is asking for the public’s help regarding a hit and run early Thursday morning that sent a man ...

Dylan Wright was placed on administrative leave on Aug. 6 and has since been charged with a third-degree felony offense of ...