It’s a New Year, and Harris County has a new District Attorney; Sean Teare was officially sworn in a minute after midnight on New Year’s night.

Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare was sworn in just after midnight New Year's Day.

The Suzanne Clark Simpson missing person case was covered extensively in the fall of 2024. Despite not being found, her husband Brad Simpson was arrested and charged with her murder. In December, Brad ...

Two months after a bullet struck his right eye during an August 2023 chase, San Antonio SWAT Officer Rhett Shoquist was back with his unit, training to restore his physical ...

Rhett Shoquist was new to the San Antonio SWAT unit, his dream job. A 2023 shooting nearly cost him his life, but not his ...

Everything we know about the killing of expecting San Antonio mother Savanah Soto and her boyfriend Matthew Guerra one year ...

Questionable actions in the criminal justice arena and two high-profile law enforcement shooting incidents were among the ...

Michael Karlis is a Staff Writer at the San Antonio Current. He is a graduate of American University in Washington, D.C., ...

A reader says District Attorney Joe Gonzales needs to take responsibility and fix Bexar County’s felony backlog.

James Cotter, Brad Simpson's longtime business partner, the husband accused of murdering Suzanne Clark Simpson, was indicted ...

Over 800 times, Texas district and county clerks failed to report people found incompetent to stand trial to state law ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. The Santa Barbara County District Attorney’s Office has received the Female-Friendly Law Firm Award from the Santa Barbara ...