Law Enforcement

Lubbock County saw more than 7,000 voters in the first three days of early voting, that’s a more than 75% increase over turnout in the last two primary election cycles. Our reporter Brad Burt spoke with voters about what brought them out to the polls. Last week, a Texas Tech University assistant professor and two other Lubbock residents were federally charged for conspiracy to distribute fentanyl.

As students across the nation are participating in walkouts over the actions of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Texas Public Radio's Marian Navarro reports Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has announced that three school districts are under investigation for allegedly facilitating protests. Local and state law enforcement met in Lubbock yesterday to cut the ribbon on the new anti-gang center in North Lubbock.

U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro says a 5-year-old boy released from the Dilley family detention center is recovering, as confirmed measles cases there prompted a quarantine and renewed scrutiny of conditions inside the facility.

Texas immigration advocates say federal agents are trying new tactics to arrest more migrants amid a surge in immigration enforcement.

The preliminary assessment from Customs and Border Protection makes no mention of Alex Pretti attacking officers or threatening them with a weapon — as the administration first described the incident.

The Republican governor accused Democratic leaders in Minnesota of inciting violence. Democrats in Texas have condemned the shooting of demonstrator Alex Pretti.

Trump officials have called the victim a "domestic terrorist." State officials warn such unfounded accusations threaten the integrity of the federal investigation.

A Nueces County jury acquitted former Uvalde CISD police officer Adrian Gonzales on all charges, ending the first criminal case tied to the law enforcement response to the 2022 Robb Elementary School shooting.

The Trump administration is going all in on accelerating mass deportation efforts. Here's how ICE operations look in Texas, home to an estimated 2 million undocumented immigrants.

Governor Abbott was reacting to a video shown on Fox News.