Two teens have been arrested after allegedly abducting a woman at gunpoint as leverage to locate another person, Sherman police said Thursday. Eli Clark and Alec Smith, both 17, are charged with aggravated kidnapping with a deadly weapon. Police said both teens admitted to the crime and were booked into the Grayson County Jail.

Brian C. Stevenson, 34, who was wanted in Anderson County, Texas, on eight counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child and failing to appear in court, was arrested Wednesday by deputies from the Anne Arundel County Sheriff’s Office, according to a news release from the agency.

An unannounced visit to an Aurora home ended at Midway International Airport, where police said they stopped a Texas woman accused of trying to take two children to Mexico.

Community members pressed candidates on leadership, immigration, and long-term commitment during Thursday's meet-and-greet.

As public attention has shifted away from policing reform, legislators attempt to shove information into the dark.

In a climate primed for retribution, Democrats have faced far more intimidation than they did when they left the state in 2003.

An effort to oust the Texas City mayor from office is now under investigation for fraud, according to local police.

Russell Taylor Johns was taken into custody on Wednesday by the Texas A&M University Police Department on a warrant issued by the University of Texas Police Department, according to jail records. He was booked into the Brazos County Detention Center and later released on a $7,000 bond.

All of the nine people, who were indicted in late June, have been charged with what is known in Texas as vote harvesting, a felony that often involves payment for collecting and dropping off other people’s absentee ballots.