Mountain View quarterback Justus Platts' shot-making on the pool table was a big factor in the Buffalos winning the Class 2A state championship.

Lawrence Brewer was executed in 2011 for his role in the murder of James Byrd Jr, but it was his last meal request that ...

Prosecutors said Trevor McEuen shot Aaron Martinez more than 30 times in what they called an "act of hatred" Kaufman County Sheriff's Office; Aaron Martinez/Facebook A Texas man has been sentenced to ...

On a weekend in mid-August, hundreds of inmates at a minimum-security prison in Bryan, Texas, were locked down during their usual time for strolling the grassy campus and visiting with family and ...

A pair of Texas prison guards were fired and arrested after allegedly leaving an inmate to die locked inside a burning and smoke-filled cell, according to reports. Lieutenant William Eugene Romero, 33 ...

Albert Einstein once said, "We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking that we used when we created them." As someone incarcerated in a Texas prison, I thought of that when I heard about the ...

CHARLESTON, Maine (WABI) - The Maine Department of Corrections says an inmate at the Mountain View Correctional Facility in Charleston has died. They say 73-year-old Richard Sweet’s death on Monday ...

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Mountain towns in Texas? Yes, they exist! When most people think of the Lone Star State, mountains don't immediately come to mind, but West Texas is full of them. When I stumbled upon the small town ...

Doug Myers is a digital content producer for CBS Texas. A longtime journalist, Doug has worked for four newspapers in Texas and Louisiana and for three television stations in Texas. He has also spent ...