The Texas Jail Commission has ordered the Liberty County Jail to close following a recent fire at the facility and a riot by inmates in March. The order follows a special meeting by the jail ...

State officials are ordering the Liberty County Jail to shut down, citing longstanding life-threatening conditions.

Just over a month after a riot at the Liberty County Jail, authorities are investigating a fire that broke out there Monday ...

In an update, the sheriff's office said a light fixture, not inmates, had started the fire, sending five officers to the hospital for smoke inhalation.

The Liberty County Commissioners Court held a special-called meeting on Monday, April 14, to address several matters ...

On April 1st, 34-year-old Joseph Laroy Porter was arrested for rape, kidnapping, sodomy, aggravated assault, false ...

Sheriff's deputies responded to an "fatal incident" in Liberty County on Wednesday, April 2, 2025, that resulted in the death ...