Category: In the News
After reaching a plea agreement with prosecutors, Tyler, The Creator, a rapper known for his dark lyrics and rebellious spirit, is no longer facing charges that he incited a riot during the South by Southwest Music Festival in 2014.At an East Austin venue, the 24-year-old had encouraged fans to push through a fence, according to police, […]
Standing outside the Hays County Courthouse on Friday, friends said that Andy and Jenifer Thyssen are loving parents to six children — good, hardworking people who are active in their church. Their friends knew the Thyssens had adopted two boys from Kazakhstan 10 years ago. Many even knew that their 22-year-old adopted son, Koystya, had […]
Federal agents with the FBI and Customs and Border Patrol escort Robert Van Wisse at the Texas-Mexico border in Laredo as he is taken into custody in January. Van Wisse sexually assaulted and killed an Austin woman in 1983 but was brought back to the U.S. to face charges after fleeing to Mexico. FBI” data-c-credit=”Austin […]
A 19-year-old Texas man charged over the murder of his jeweler father was in significant debt and stood to inherit millions, police say. Nicolas Shaughnessy and his wife, Jaclyn Edison, also 19, are accused of hiring a hitman to murder Shaughnessy’s parents, Theodore and Corey Shaughnessy, and have been charged with criminal solicitation of capital murder, The Statesman reported. Theodore […]
The University of Texas Law School building on Wednesday, April 11, 2018. Credit: Laura Skelding for The Texas Tribune Editor’s Note: This story has been updated with a comment from Jason Shoumaker’s attorney. A former director at the University of Texas at Austin’s law school was arrested Thursday for claiming he was showing up for work while […]
A sign for Bowie Street in the Texas capital of Austin, named for a defender of the Alamo, on January 15, 2016, after it had been changed to “David Bowie Street” to honor the music great who died a few days ago. REUTERS/Jon Herskovitz AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A music festival organizer helped make the […]
DALLAS (CN) – A Dallas appeals court judge agreed to a minimum six-month suspension by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct to get treatment for alcohol abuse after disappearing from work for 13 months. Fifth Court of Appeals Court Justice David Lewis and the commission filed an agreed motion for an order of temporary suspension […]
Tyler, the Creator’s lawyer has denied that the rapper encouraged the audience at his gig at the South By South West (SXSW) festival in Austin to riot. Perry Q. Minton denied the allegations saying that to describe the event as a riot was “an unfortunate and inaccurate description of what occurred”. The Odd Future star […]
UPDATE: TYLER, THE Creator’s manager has weighed in on the incident. Read Christian Clancy’s full statement below. One week after his arrest for allegedly inciting a riot during his South by Southwest performance, Tyler, the Creator has released a statement through his attorney calling the word “riot” an “unfortunate and inaccurate description of what occurred.” 7 Hot Hip-Hop Crews: Odd Future “At […]
Gabrielle Nestande, a former legislative aide in the Texas House of Representatives, faced a public-relations nightmare when standing trial for drunken driving and a fatal hit-and-run in Austin, Texas. The 25-year-old was privileged, wealthy, and a Republican. Blonde and preppy looking, the Baylor University graduate thus became red meat for the trial-watching mob and prosecutors […]
