Charles Victor Thompson, 55, was executed by the state of Texas at 6:50pm on Jan. 28, 2026. Thompson was convicted of murdering his former girlfriend and her new boyfriend in 1998.

Charles Victor Thompson was condemned for the April 1998 shooting deaths of his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend at her ...

JT Toppin and No. 12 Texas Tech keep proving their toughness. Toppin had another double-double with 31 points and 12 rebounds ...

The investigative minds at How to Survive explain how to survive America’s toughest prison, ADX Florence, by following rules and staying cautious around inmates.

A new study puts Florida at the top of the list for the nation’s toughest prison sentences. With the highest sentence maximum for theft, DUI, and burglary, the Sunshine State comes in at number one ...

To say that being alive right now is stressful would be an extreme understatement. So in times like this, when something comes along that just really tugs at your heartstrings and speaks to the ...

On October 1, 1849, an inmate was brought to the Texas State Penitentiary at Huntsville. He was the first inmate in the new partially completed Walls Unit, and was serving time as a convicted horse ...

Apartment hunting is never easy, but there are some U.S. markets that are much worse than others. The same is true in certain cities across the Lone Stare State. RentCafe recently released a report on ...

Until federal immigration agents declared the Rev. James Eliud Ngahu Mwangi a deportable alien, the Kenyan native was working as a Texas prison guard, with his employment authorization vetted by the ...

A North Texas man pleaded guilty to wire fraud after posing as an architect to scam over 40 families out of nearly $5 million. The couple used social media to lure clients with low quotes but spent ...

Lamar Simpson, an inmate at the Sanders Estes Unit prison in Venus, holds his sleeping two-year-old son, Jamari during a Chirstmas with dads event Dec. 19, 2025. Azul Sordo / Staff Photographer The ...