Grand Jury: Fire UT Regent Hall

No charges over UT witch hunt, but a call for his removal

"...Regent. That was the conclusion of a Travis County Grand Jury in an opinion issued late yesterday...."

March 31, 2015 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Grand Jury No-Bills Chantal Eldridge

Avoids indictment over alleged sexual assault of minor in 2006

"...A Travis County Grand Jury declined to indict Chantal Eldridge this afternoon. Eldridge,..."

Aug. 31, 2018 News Post by Chase Hoffberger

What’s a Grand Jury, and Is It Being Manipulated to Indict Police Officers?

More cops are being indicted, but why all the secrecy?

"...Ken Ervin stood before a group of reporters this past February, fellow attorney Doug O'Connell at his..."

June 24, 2022 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Judge on Byron Carter Shooting: Take It to a Jury

Judge clears the way for family of victim of fatal police shooting to pursue civil rights suit

"...Yeakel ruled that the case should go before a jury. "The issue is not simply what Wagner perceived [Webb]..."

May 24, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

UPDATED: Take It To a Jury: Judge Rules in Carter Shooting

Conclusions similar to those in confidential city memo

"...Yeakel ruled that the case should go before a jury. "The issue is not simply what Wagner perceived [Webb]..."

May 22, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Suppressed KeyPoint Sanders Report

Quintana "recklessly … endangered" self and others

"...That was the conclusion an un-redacted version of that report acquired for review by the Chronicle from an anonymous..."

May 7, 2010 News Post by Jordan Smith

City Attorney Report on Knee Calls for Changes at APD

City criticizes APD management, but Knee's fate unclear

"...Little and Vernon Stevenson, Smith concluded in a three-page report that there are "significant management issues within APD which..."

Feb. 18, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Hightower Report

Who's Making Our Medicine?; and Blackwater Metamorphosed

"...Mostly, no. Take antibiotics. The New York Times reports that ingredients for the majority of these bacteria fighters..."

March 6, 2009 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Report

Too many leaks or too much secrecy?; and old friends

"...former top staffer to Dick Cheney, admitted to a grand jury that he had leaked secret information to reporters..."

March 3, 2006 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Report

A Japanese, Chinese, and Canadian affair; and 'The Hammer' gets prayerful

"...made-in-China sticker on the engine itself. Indeed, it's been reported that at some auto shows, GM has even been..."

May 27, 2005 News Column by Jim Hightower

Two APD Officers Indicted for Murder in 2019 Shooting of Mauris DeSilva

Death led to calls for better mental health crisis response

"...A Travis County grand jury has indicted two Austin police officers for first-degree..."

Aug. 27, 2021 News Post by Austin Sanders

Point Austin: 'This Case Is Different'

Grand jury, citizen review, and now judge suggest officers culpable in Carter shooting

"...to stop the car. Additional evidence, including an internal report regarding Wagner's conduct and the report of ... Greg..."

May 24, 2013 News Column by Michael King

Western

"...Matheron and Basile Sieouka. Poirier's film took home the Grand Jury Prize at Cannes last year, which is as..."

Oct. 16, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

News Roundup: Reports, Rappers and (Dis)Enfranchisement

Government may or may not be a farce

"...Parenthood might be, surprisingly, bad for family planning; a Grand Jury declines to indict two officers involved in a..."

Feb. 22, 2016 News Post by the News Staff

Sandra Bland Trooper Indicted, Fired

Rep. Garnet Coleman reflects on the case

"...prosecutors announced Wednesday, Jan. 6, that a Waller County grand jury has indicted Texas state trooper Brian Encinia for..."

Jan. 6, 2016 News Post by Amy Kamp

News Roundup: Storms, Season's Greetings, and Open Carry

Reminder: Open carry law takes effect Jan. 1

"...In this week's News Roundup, a grand jury declines to indict APD officer Robert Pfaff; destructive..."

Dec. 29, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

'Something Went Wrong'

Six months after he was killed by an Austin cop, Jessie Owens' family still wants some basic answers

"...count of criminally negligent homicide, by a Travis Co. grand jury -- which later issued an unusual report decrying..."

Dec. 12, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City

A response to charges of "a different brand of law enforcement" in East Austin

"...In the wake of a highly unusual report issued by the Travis Co. grand jury that indicted..."

Nov. 21, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Craddick Rebuked for Reps' Rule-Breaking

"...voting in the House of Repre­sent­atives, a Travis Co. grand jury has taken an unusual step. It did not..."

July 4, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

"A different brand of law enforcement" doesn't have to be a bad thing.

"...elaborate public response, two days earlier, to the special report from the Travis Co. grand jury that indicted APD..."

Nov. 28, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

'Reckless Tactics' ... and the Blowback

Suppressed KeyPoint report charges APD negligence in Sanders shooting

"...the assessment revealed by an unredacted version of that report (containing still a few brief omissions) acquired last week..."

May 14, 2010 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 murder of..."

May 24, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Fenves to Be Next UT Austin President

Provost replaces Powers as regent wars still rage

"...own private chew toy (so much so that a grand jury ruled that, while he did not abuse his..."

April 20, 2015 News Post by Richard Whittaker

FLDS Bride Says Attorney Should Shut Up

Daughter of polygamist prophet Warren Jeffs tells her attorney to "shut your mouth" and stop talking crap about her "spiritual" marriage

"...A report filed in the San Angelo court of District Judge..."

July 21, 2008 News Post by Jordan Smith

Point Austin: Not So Smart

Jury rules in favor of officer, but APD policy still stings

"...Last Thursday, a federal grand jury ruled that Austin Police Cmdr. James O'Leary did..."

Feb. 17, 2006 News Column by Lee Nichols

Norwood Trial: Morton Murder at Stake Monday

Judge to determine whether or not to allow testimony of second killing

"...Debra Baker should come Monday morning. Prior to the jury’s 10am posting to the 390th District Court, Judge Julie..."

Sept. 19, 2016 News Post by Chase Hoffberger

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond.

"...• The release of the grand jury report on the Daniel Rocha shooting answered some..."

Aug. 26, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

What Happened After Last Summer's Black Lives Matter Protests? APD Won't Say.

City doesn't want to make after-action report reviewing APD's response public

"...Police Department has completed "several drafts" of an after-action report reviewing the department's response to last summer's Black Lives..."

Sept. 24, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

News Top Tens

"...and/or criminal inquiry into the allegation that Chapman committed perjury while under oath in July? That's a story for..."

Jan. 2, 2004 News Feature

Anatomy of a Shooting

The circumstances around Jessie Lee Owens' shooting were anything but clear-cut

"...made public the Austin Police Department's Internal Affairs investigation report into the June 14 police shooting death of Jessie..."

March 12, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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