A new state park is in the works for Burnet County. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department finalized the purchase of over 2,000 acres near Colorado Bend State Park.

Three alligators were spotted at Lake Marble Falls last month, police said.

With the Bexar County jail near its capacity, BCSO has been housing 120 to 150 inmates between the Burnet and Kerry County jails at any given time to ensure they have room. The inmates are all “paper ready,” meaning they have been convicted and are just waiting for Texas Department of Criminal Justice to pick them up and bring them to prison.

A deer hunter in Central Texas had a chilling encounter during a hunt.

Former top aides to the Texas attorney general are seeking damages for their firings after they reported Paxton to the FBI. The Legislature opted not to authorize a $3.3 million settlement in the lawsuit.

There are two main groups within Texas’ unvaccinated population: white conservatives in rural areas, and Hispanic and Black people in big cities.