After hearing the annual Austin festival would not be cancelled, it was announced today that the event was cancelled on the direction of Austin Public Health.
The Mansfield Independent School District has agreed to pay a $100,000 settlement to Stacy Bailey after she filed suit against the district for discrimination against her for being gay.
After an hour of deliberation, a jury sentenced a 24-year-old Dallas man to 99 years in prison for his part in the abduction and death of a 13-year-old girl.
In a verdict likely to spark arguments of the punishment not fitting the crime, a former El Paso cop received a suspended sentence after being convicted of sexual assault.