HOUSTON - State Sen. John Whitmire blasted the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, saying Friday the agency must do a better job of curbing contraband after a death row chaplain admitted he posted ...

“You tuck away my clores when you can not hurt no one with a box [of] 24 cloros.” — Death row inmate Doil Lane Credit: Photo By Jana Birchum Doil Edward Lane shuffles into the small cage that is the ...

A Tyler man who killed his disabled half-brother in a fire will be committed to a state mental hospital following a hearing on Wednesday. A Longview man appeared in court Wednesday in connection with ...