News Roundup: Biker Gangs, Ice Cream, & Rain

A deadly shooting, the latest at Kyle PD, and more

"...engaging in organized crime. Calling the scene "gruesome", Waco police Sgt. W. Patrick Swanton told reporters “in 34 years..."

May 18, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

Counting the Dead

Nevada journalist tries to do what the government won't

"...enforcement-involved deaths in 2012. While reading reports about the police shooting of a driver of a stolen car, he..."

Feb. 27, 2015 News Feature by Amy Kamp

Point Austin: No Bill

Grand jury clears APD's Olsen, but questions remain

"...June 3 shooting of Kevin Brown after a foot chase from Chester's Club on East 12th. That's hardly the..."

Aug. 17, 2007 News Column by Michael King

WilCo Shooting

What took sheriff's office so long to release info on incident?

"...gun on two Williamson Co. Sheriff's deputies after a chase in a cornfield east of Georgetown. The deputies fired..."

July 28, 2006 News Feature by Patricia J. Ruland

Picking Up the Pieces

Karr Conviction Closes Another Chapter in O'Hair Case

"...room-service meals, complete with champagne. They went shopping and purchased fancy watches, Armani suits, Johnston and Murphy shoes, and..."

June 9, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Scanlines

Fear in the Night

"...try to get all the way to Vicola. Semi-documentary police procedurals became quite popular for a while in the..."

Feb. 20, 1998 Screens Feature

News Roundup: Death and Lawsuits

Ken Paxton has a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week

"...of Golden Quail Drive, just south of Kramer Lane. Police were called to check on the welfare of an..."

July 6, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

Top 10 Criminal Justice Stories

The unsteady hand of Texas justice

"...3) See No Evil at APA Austin Police Association members were riled by the purchase of a..."

Jan. 6, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Reefer Roundup: 6/17/11

Your drug war news, all in one place

"...group Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, a group of former police, federal agents, prosecutors and judges who have had enough..."

June 17, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith

Point Austin: Let David Live

The execution of David Powell will not serve justice

"...of the May 18, 1978, murder of 26-year-old Austin Police Officer Ralph Ablanedo in September 1978. The first conviction..."

May 21, 2010 News Column by Michael King

Page Two: Long Days of Journeys Into Nights

In quest of a simple metaphor

"...of the protest, the head of the march. The police arrest him and throw him in a paddy wagon...."

April 17, 2009 Column by Louis Black

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Our readers talk back.

"...candidate contributions. This loophole simply will further empower the police PAC and other special-interest PACs. The city bureaucracy contends..."

April 7, 2006 Column

Anatomy of a Shooting

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

"...On Feb. 20, the city made public the Austin Police Department's Internal Affairs investigation report into the June 14..."

March 12, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Obscene Calling

Law enforcement crosses capitol politics, and the Rangers get burned

"...embroiled in state politics, as troopers were assigned to chase down missing Democratic legislators like criminal fugitives. A court..."

Nov. 21, 2003 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

Tobacco-Free Triumph Goes Up in Smoke

The smoking ban won't go into effect until Sept. 1 -- which is another way of saying it's dead.

"...for a citizen initiative, Slusher suggested cutting to the chase and going to the ballot now. But city legal..."

June 13, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Bad Boy From Rosebud: The Murderous Life of Kenneth Allen McDuff

Cedar Park author Gary M. Lavergne has written the indispensable book on mass murderer Kenneth Allen McDuff, but he doesn't take full advantage of his subject, Chronicle reviewer Roger Gathman says.

"...the true crime genre, with criminal bio, crimes, and chase. He gives us most of the facts in the..."

Sept. 3, 1999 Books Review by Roger Gathman

News Roundup: Buehler, Bikes, & Uber

Uber hates City Council; bicyclists love it

"...chauffeur's licenses by the city, KXAN revealed that Austin Police are investigating claims that seven different drivers for Uber..."

Nov. 16, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

News Roundup: Anti-Choice Work Is Never Done

Ken Paxton is an anti-abortnik

"...35th Street, only to stop four blocks later. When police came over to his Honda, a woman got out..."

Oct. 12, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

News Roundup: Cops, Church, and Council

Six arrested Saturday during a Black Lives Matter rally

"...Witnesses told the Chronicle that police and DPS troopers were waiting for the demonstrators at..."

Sept. 21, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

Point Austin: Going Down Slow

The fading numbers of Austin's African-Americans

"...nights followed. Not so plenty, any more – as Chase Hoffberger reported two weeks ago ("Cold Sweat," June 13),..."

June 27, 2014 News Column by Michael King

Why Infiltrate Occupy Austin?

"...Dear Editor, I see where the Austin Police Department officials assigned at least three undercover officers to..."

Sept. 4, 2012 Postmarks

Did Texas Execute an Innocent Man?

A new law review article raises questions about the Carlos De Luna case

"...out at the scene. After a frantic 40-minute search, police found De Luna hiding under a pickup truck and..."

May 15, 2012 News Post by Jordan Smith

Investigation Continues in Officer-Involved Shooting

Bradley was carrying just over an ounce of powder cocaine at the time of his death

"..."There's a police officer in a fight with a guy across the..."

April 20, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

SWAT Action Closes Schools

Seven campuses in Northeast Austin are closed as police hunt for two suspects connected to early morning shooting

"...campuses in Northeast Austin are closed today as Austin Police search for two suspects connected to an early morning..."

Nov. 6, 2008 News Post by Jordan Smith

Naked City

Austin Stories

"...$4.4 million and a $7 million loan from JPMorgan Chase Bank. -- Amy Smith..."

Feb. 28, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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Our readers talk back.

"...several articles in Austin papers lately about the heavy-handed police tactics used on the poor defenseless dog owners who..."

March 8, 2002 Column

... And Justice for All?

Bruce Sinofsky and Joe Berlinger's Paradise Lost depicted the grossly mishandled trials of three Arkansas teens. With Paradise Lost 2: Revelations, part of the Texas Documentary Tour, they return to the scene of the crime.

"...boys had his genitalia clumsily removed -- the local police and prosecutors were quick to decry it as a..."

April 7, 2000 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

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Warning: blatant use of music knowledge within

"...brutality. Austinites should take a lesson in geography and police-state politics: In the end, there is no place safe..."

Nov. 12, 1999 Column

Review: Austin Playhouse’s Murder on the Links

Agatha Christie’s 1923 mystery gets a surprising remake as a farce

"...the Holmes to his Watson. The remaining four performers (Chase Brewer, Sarah Chong Dickey, Huck Huckaby, and Tonie Knight)..."

Dec. 15, 2023 Arts Feature by Jasmine Lane

Pleasure Venom's Introspective Punk Road to Rebirth/Return

Revamped and fully realized Austin quartet breaks down debut

"...Roster transitions persisted into the COVID-19 pandemic, during which Chase Dungan (Other Lovers) and Jordan Emmert (SUPER THIEF) joined..."

Dec. 9, 2022 Music Feature by Kriss Conklin

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