Some public safety positions, like county detention officers, are tied to the pay rates of the county sheriff.

CANTON, Texas (KLTV) - A Rains County Justice of the Peace has been booked into the Van Zandt County Jail. Robert Jenkins Franklin, who is the defendant in a federal lawsuit accusing him of official ...

Phillips alleges Smith County has engaged in an "all-out war against citizens’ free speech, using every tool at its disposal, ...

Cameron Smith was shot in the back while sitting in his car. His family says the man who pulled the trigger is still free.

Lewis and Clark County now has a second justice of the peace. "Starting at the new court has been a unique challenge," newly elected Judge Mark Piskolich said. "The other side of the bench is a ...

Precinct 2 Justice of the Peace Belinda Summers resigned her seat Tuesday and will start Wednesday in a job recently created by County Commissioner Lester Gibson. Butch Kelly, McLennan County ...

Lance Phillips, the son of Smith County Clerk Karen Phillips and former Smith County Commissioner Terry Phillips, has been found guilty of assaulting a peace officer. Visit this article to learn more: ...

He was convicted of assault of a peace officer or judge in connection with an incident at the April 2, 2024, Smith County Commissioners Court meeting, during which he was being removed from the ...

After more than five months of gridlock and political division, Jefferson County Justices of the Peace in the majority called a special quorum court meeting Monday night and passed their proposed ...

Pima County’s voters will choose three constables and four justices of the peace in the primary election on Aug. 2, and many new faces are up for consideration on the ballot. Most candidates are ...

Gina Richardson didn’t know her uncle Eugene before he died. He was a police officer who was killed less than a month before ...

Jurors found he injured Lt. Matt Lazarine, head of Smith County Courthouse security, while Lazarine attempted to escort him ...