Staff Report A Most Wanted fugitive from Hays County was captured in Austin, the 18th fugitive arrested this year off the Hays County Crimestoppers Most Wanted list. Jeremy Rasco. Courtesy of Hays County Sheriff's Office. Jeremy Rasco, 23, was wanted on 17 counts of Vehicle Burglary, four counts of ...

By Megan Wehring  Freddie Lee Smith, 38, was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to life without parole resulting from a 2015 murder-for-hire plot of a 29-year-old woman and her unborn child. Freddie Lee Smith Former Austin police officer VonTrey Clark hired Smith to kill Samantha Dean, who wa...

Staff Report DRIPPING SPRINGS — Former Dripping Springs Middle School (DSMS) teacher Kevin James McLean is now facing a total of 20 charges after he was again arrested earlier this week, now on charges related to possession of child pornography and more.  McLean, 30, was first arrested and booked in...

(Editor's Note: This story was updated at 2:49 p.m. on Friday, May 6) Staff Report DRIPPING SPRINGS -- Kevin James McLean, a Dripping Springs (ISD) Middle School teacher, was arrested on Thursday, May 5, for participating in inappropriate communication with students. He was also accused of giving ju...

The U.S. Marshals Lone Star Fugitive Task Force arrested a man wanted for murder Tuesday afternoon in the 300 block of Zebra Drive in Kyle. Francisco “Pako” Lopez Jr., 32, of Austin, was wanted in the June 23 deadly shooting at an apartment complex located at 3603 Southridge Drive in Austin, where a...

Kyle Police are still trying to sort out items recovered after the arrest of an Austin man they say was burglarizing rental storage units. Michael Edward Aguirre, 29, was charged with burglary of a building, unlawful use of a criminal instrument and possession of a controlled substance. He is also b...

By Samantha Smith As the Austin Police Department debated the cost and privacy concerns of body worn cameras for officers, the Kyle and Buda police departments continued use of the devices to ensure the safety of citizens and officers alike.  “There’s no question that body cams have a great benefit....

By Samantha Smith A new phone app is helping the Austin Police Department (APD) clear accident scenes faster, but whether the Buda and Kyle Police Departments would implement the app remains to be seen.   Traditionally, a city’s police department has a rotation schedule associated with wrecker compa...

By ANDY SEVILLA A man accused in a double-shooting that left one man dead and another critically injured in San Marcos last week was found dead in a Lockhart home Friday. Cyrus Louis Amaya, 21, was the suspect in a Jan. 12 shooting at the Townwood Apartments that left Earl Edward Clark, 42, dead and...