Slabs, Screw, and Stories from the Country: Deezie Brown & EC Mayne Soundtrack Bastrop County

Candy Blue Like Screw reclaims Texas rap heritage

"...and culture originates in places considered provincial. As such, Bastrop isn’t simply where one moves when they can’t afford..."

Aug. 14, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Austin Man’s Suicide in Jail After Seeking Medical Care Raises Question: Why Was He There?

Suffering from criminal depression

"...next morning, Bell received a call from the Travis County Sheriff's Office. He was working in Bastrop and didn't..."

April 1, 2022 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Bastrop Murder Linked to Woodside Trails History

Teenager accused of murder was boy at center of Woodside Trails controversy

"...his girlfriend's mother a couple of weeks ago in Bastrop County is the same youth whose recanted testimony led..."

Aug. 28, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Who Killed Stacey Stites?

A re-examination of a Bastrop murder case leaves many unanswered questions.

"...In May of 1998, a Bastrop County jury convicted Bastrop resident Rodney Reed of the..."

May 24, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Cash Cows

The Huddled Masses

"...is not a new source of revenue for local jails. Before the state's expanded prison system came on line..."

Dec. 18, 1998 News Feature by Lisa Tozzi

Was Jane Campos Fired for Telling the Truth?

"...of Jane Campos' job. As a sergeant at the Bastrop County Jail, she had helped several reporters interview Cuban..."

Dec. 18, 1998 News Feature

Your Word Is Your Bond

Travis County moves toward broader pretrial release of the accused, but commercial bondsmen say it will never work

"...courtroom tucked into a basement corner of the Travis County Jail. This is the magistrate court, where the newly..."

Oct. 12, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Buried Alive

The "Freedom Flotilla"

"...were mental patients, another 350 were released from Cuban jails — a fact that has stigmatized the thousands of..."

Dec. 18, 1998 News Feature by Lisa Tozzi

Against All Odds

"...Imagine you are a lawyer.Your client is in jail. You want to get your client out but you..."

Dec. 18, 1998 News Feature by Robert Bryce

C.A. + D.A. = C.D.A.?

County may send attorney merger to Lege

"...Travis County Commissioners Court is tentatively scheduled to decide this Tues­day,..."

Nov. 9, 2018 News Feature by Michael King

Culture Flash!

Art prize finalists, grants for a dancemaker and a new musical, and Mother Ginger

"...USA Projects, through which artists are seeking funding online. Bastrop-based jazz trumpeter Hannibal Lokumbe, a 2009 USA Fellow and..."

Dec. 17, 2010 Arts Column by Robert Faires

At Reed Hearing, Fennell Breaks Silence, Says "They're All Liars"

Victim's fiancé long suspected in 1996 killing, denies all guilt

"...Nobody attending the Rodney Reed hearing in Bastrop expected Jimmy Fennell would actually testify. Reed, a Black..."

July 30, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Off the Desk

"...way, chose not to seek another term as the county's only elected Republican, but will instead compete for the..."

Jan. 5, 1996 News Feature

Workers Settle Suit Against Yassines

Employees will divvy up six-figure settlement

"...audio recordings to them through laptop speakers at the Bastrop County Jail. On June 1, Sparks ordered that the..."

June 29, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Report Critiques COVID-19 Response in Local Jails

Study reveals "a messy patchwork" of approaches to pandemic

"...This quote from a person held in the Williamson County Jail in Georgetown during the height of the facility's..."

Nov. 19, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

As Millions Demand Justice, Texas Prepares to Take Rodney Reed's Life

Looking back at a long road of injustice for the death row inmate

"...for the rape and murder of Stacey Stites in Bastrop in a case tainted by racism, investigative bungling, and..."

Nov. 15, 2019 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Naked City

"...• Robert Springsteen is back in Travis Co. jail, where he'll remain locked up until he is retried..."

July 6, 2007 News Feature

Willful Ignorance

How common is police abuse of force? We don't want to know.

"...worry about the case's progress, on Dec. 5, Travis County Judge David Wahlberg scheduled the trial to begin on..."

Feb. 27, 2015 News Feature by Amy Kamp

The Road to Nowhere

Webberville Aims to Live Forever

"...It was somewhere on FM 969, probably on the Bastrop County side and thus past Webberville, maybe near the..."

July 26, 1996 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Rep. Kino Flores Indicted

Travis Co. grand jury returns 16 counts of tampering and three counts of perjury

"...Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg today announced that Ismael "Kino"..."

July 17, 2009 News Post by Jordan Smith

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere

"...counts in exchange for a two-year term in state jail for improper sexual conduct, as well as 10 years..."

May 23, 2008 News Feature

Eight Years Later, Elgin Man Becomes a 'Terrorist'

A 1994 outburst lands a local man in jail -- last fall

"...maximum penalty of a $2,000 fine, six months in jail, or both. Afterward, Collin Co. District Attorney John Roach..."

March 14, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

The Yassine Sixth Street Noir

Legends, rumors, unpaid taxes ... and coke on the side

"...houses, and their associates, and dragged them all to jail...."

May 18, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Off the Record

OTR goes country with Mike & the Moonpies and Fire Relief: The Concert for Central Texas

"...heard them say get your kicks on Route 66," Bastrop County Judge Ronnie McDonald remarked in regards to the..."

Oct. 21, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Top 10 Public-Safety Stories

"...to give police (a paid phlebotomist at the Travis County Jail) the authority to draw blood to confirm intoxication...."

Jan. 2, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Legal Trail

"...in three courts alleging that South by Southwest and Bastrop-based Transportation Design Consultants LLC failed to provide proper safety..."

March 13, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Naked City

"...former colleague and ex-police union president who went to jail for fraud in the late 1980s...."

Feb. 22, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Naked City

"...but caused disastrous flooding north and west of Travis County, leaving several people dead and much damage across Central..."

June 1, 2007 News Feature

A Walk in Austin's Shoes

Curious tidbits and Austin arcana

"...ounces of pot a crime for which going to jail immediately after being caught isn't automatic. Instead, the law..."

March 19, 2010 News Feature by the News Staff

Endorsements

The Chronicle's picks in the Nov. 2 election

"...28: Henry Cuellar Thanks to redistricting, our friends in Bastrop and much of Hays County each get new representation..."

Oct. 15, 2004 News Feature

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