Head of Travis County Juvenile Justice System to Step Down

Retirement follows diversity concerns

"...of concern about equity and transparency in the county’s juvenile justice system, the boss of the system is stepping..."

Oct. 3, 2023 News Post by Brant Bingamon

Judges Overseeing Travis County's Juvenile Court Have a Transparency Problem

They tackled one problem, but communication logjams continue

"...secretive hiring process for associate judges in Travis County’s juvenile court, concerns about transparency and communication on the Juvenile..."

Aug. 23, 2023 News Post by Brant Bingamon

Juvenile Court’s Secret Hiring Process for Judges Falls Under Scrutiny

Disorder in the court?

"...appoint a new associate judge to Travis County's somewhat-ignored Juvenile Court when attorney Skip Davis asked them to put..."

June 16, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Advocates Overwhelmingly Oppose Expanding Juvenile Jail Campus

They say services shouldn’t be tied to incarceration

"...The Travis County Juvenile Probation Department has a big ask. It wants the..."

July 5, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Austin's Juvenile Court Resists Publicly Addressing Criticisms of Racial Bias

A quiet court

"...The Juvenile Court doesn't get a lot of press, but it..."

July 14, 2023 News Feature by Maggie Quinlan

$250M Proposal To Expand Juvenile Detention Facilities Under Consideration

Commissioners court will decide whether we need more buildings

"...proposing a plan to create new buildings to hold juveniles accused of crimes. Once again, advocates oppose the plan...."

June 25, 2024 News Post by Brant Bingamon

A Contract Chronology: Juvenile Justice and Special Events

A time line of the relationship between FT Woods and Williamson County

"...April 18, 2000: First contract for the Juvenile Justice Center is signed...."

Aug. 15, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Juvenile Offenders

The U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down the constitutionality of executing 16- and 17-year-olds will remove 28 juvenile offenders from Texas' death row

"...Texas has executed 13 juvenile offenders in the modern era of the death penalty,..."

July 15, 2005 Arts Feature by Jordan Smith

Last Week in Live Music: Air, Linkin Park, Ben Kweller, Juvenile, and More

"...Juvenile at Stubb's on November 10, 2024..."

Nov. 11, 2024 Photo Gallery

Head of Travis County Juvenile Justice System to Step Down

Retirement follows diversity concerns

Oct. 6, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Juvenile Justice?

The fate of Lacresha Murray remains in a holding pattern as D.A. Ronnie Earle ponders how to proceed on a case that has brought him national criticism.

Oct. 6, 2000 News Feature by Amy Smith

A Young Man on Death Row

Juvenile offender Randy Arroyo's case puts Texas's execution factory on trial.

"...children."A Shameful Practice" Huntsville is the world capital of juvenile offender execution. Since the Supreme Court reinstated the death..."

Jan. 10, 2003 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Big Brotherly Love

City Council Continues Juvenile Curfew

"...with partisans from both sides, demanding either relief from juvenile crime, or the civil rights protection of the young...."

Aug. 28, 1998 News Column by Jenny Staff

Senate Committee Approves Life-with-Parole Measure

Issue added to special session call this week

"...life sentence, with the possibility of parole, for certain juvenile offenders charged with capital murder...."

June 12, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Council: Eternal Returns

City plumbing, juvenile curfews, and AFD overtime on this week's agenda

"...on plumbing codes (Item 104), and the reconsideration of juvenile curfews (Items 69 and 99)...."

June 16, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase

The original girl detective makes a modern return

"...boots. Yesterday’s good-girl gumshoe has also morphed into a juvenile delinquent who dispenses vigilante justice (no spilled blood) to..."

March 15, 2019 Movie Review by Steve Davis

TIFs, TPIDs, and Puppy Love

City Council wrestles with Mayor Adler's Downtown Puzzle

"...week’s City Council meeting (Sept. 28) is that the juvenile curfew discussion – Item 103 on the 103-Item agenda..."

Oct. 2, 2017 News Post by Michael King

Spider-Man: Homecoming

Your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is back (again)

"...returns your friendly neighborhood web-slinger to his often laugh-out-loud juvenile roots. As bug-bitten Peter Parker, Holland brings just the..."

July 7, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie

An animated adaptation of the beloved book series

"...would be. To the delight of its young audience, juvenile humor abounds in Captain Underpants, but the movie is..."

June 9, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Hellion

Austin filmmaker Kat Candler explores the sins of the father in this dark drama starring Aaron Paul.

"...other serious misdemeanors, taking him to the precipice of juvenile detention. In turn, Jacob’s criminal acts trigger child protective..."

June 27, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Bully

The documentary Bully is devastatingly effective when it comes to putting faces on harassed children and giving them a voice.

"...day she brandished a loaded gun and landed in juvenile detention. Filmmaker Lee Hirsch (Amandla! A Revolution in Four..."

April 13, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Extraordinary Measures

Brendan Fraser and Harrison Ford play a parent and a scientist who fight time, man-made obstacles, and each other to find a cure for a rare childhood disease.

"...like a TV movie of the week. A fatal juvenile disease, heroic parenting, a recalcitrant collaborator, a ticking clock,..."

Jan. 22, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Adventureland

Adventureland is a confident return to the kind of teen comedy that’s funny without being raunchy and youthful without being juvenile.

"...comedy that’s funny without being raunchy, youthful without being juvenile, and reflective without hitting you over the head with..."

April 3, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Oh in Ohio

This story of an uptight corporate go-getter (Posey), her sad-sack high school science teacher husband (Rudd), and her search for her first orgasm is intended to invoke rolling laughter but instead results in repeated sighs.

"...sexual farce for adults, the narrative development is so juvenile and the characters so unlikable that the attempt falls..."

Aug. 18, 2006 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

Team America: World Police

Trey Parker and Matt Stone tame the world with marionettes.

"...South Park episodes). Team America continues their tradition of juvenile yet compellingly smart humor, heavy on the sex gags..."

Oct. 15, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

The boy wizard rides again and this outing proves zippier and spookier than the previous two.

"...The juvenile actors perform adequately, but the treat is the star..."

June 4, 2004 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Ella Enchanted

All-singing, all-dancing fairy tale is all-but-unbearable.

"...identity crisis, and Ella Enchanted, which veers wildly from juvenile comedy to romance to morality lesson, never quite finds..."

April 9, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Holes

Adapted from the children’s book by Austin author Louis Sachar, the film features LaBeouf as a teen stuck at a Texas camp for juvenile delinquents.

"...Stanley is shipped off to Camp Green Lake, a juvenile-delinquent camp for boys at which inmates must dig a..."

April 18, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Others

"...into predestined and all-too-predictable shocks nor falls prey to juvenile shocker theatrics, it's that most rare of spookshows: a..."

Aug. 10, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Autumn in New York

"...is teeming with genre clichés, rote storytelling, and appallingly juvenile characterization is accurate although that doesn't really capture the..."

Aug. 18, 2000 Movie Review by Russell Smith

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