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Results 1 - 20 of 112 in Jonestown, TX

  1. Hill Country snow looks likely for Thursday

    23 hrs ago | Austin American Statesman

    ... Here are some of the top rainfall totals: Camp Mabry, 1.04 inches Cedar Creek, 1.14 inches Big Sandy Creek near Jonestown, 1.12 inches Lakeway. 1.07 inches Blanco, 1.06 inches Bull Creek at Loop 360, 1.05 inches Cedar Park, 1.01 inches With the ...

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    Related Topix: Weather, Lakeway, TX, Blanco, TX, Cedar Park, TX

  2. Devoe heads to death row in Huntsville

    Oct 16, 2009 | News 8 Austin

    ... Faulkner. Devoe is also accused in the deaths of a Marble Falls man, as well as a woman and man inside the same Jonestown home where the teenagers were killed. He is also accused with the death of a woman in Pennsylvania. The Texas Department of ...

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    Related Topix: Travis County, TX, Marble Falls, TX, Denver City, TX

  3. Officials Transfer Devoe to Death RowRead the original story

    Oct 16, 2009 | MyFoxAustin

    ... house. Devoe was convicted of killing 15-year-old Haylie Faulkner and 17-year-old Danielle Hensley on Sept. 2i in Jonestown. On Oct. 9 the jury sentenced Devoe to death for the murders.A Prosecutors in Franklin County, Pa., where Devoe is accused of ...

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    Related Topix: Travis County, TX, Violent Crime

  4. Leander mayor to stay on Cap Metro boardRead the original story

    Oct 15, 2009 | Austin American Statesman

    ... by Williamson County commissioners. The Commissioners Court will now have to name a replacement for him. Jonestown Alderman Lance Wedell came in second in the three-way vote. Leander City Council Member David Siebold, who had been endorsed over ...

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    Related Topix: Leander, TX, Williamson County, TX

  5. City attorney: Cowman can vote for self

    Oct 15, 2009 | Austin American Statesman

    ... support a specific candidate." The mayors of Leander, San Leanna, Volente, Point Venture, Manor, Lago Vista and Jonestown - all of them small cities that are part of Capital Metro's service area - will meet at 3 p.m. at the Leander City Council ...

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    Related Topix: Leander, TX, San Leanna, TX, Volente, TX, Point Venture, TX, Lago Vista, TX

  6. Backhoe frolic results in arrests

    Oct 13, 2009 | Austin American Statesman

    Two people who told Travis County sheriff's deputies they had been drinking were charged with unauthorized use of a motor vehicle for joyriding on a backhoe loader Saturday night on the 19000 block of Packsaddle Road near Jonestown, according to an arrest affidavit filed Tuesday.

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    Related Topix: Travis County, TX

  7. Jury sentences Paul Devoe to deathRead the original story

    Oct 9, 2009 | News8Austin

    ... on it. Devoe is also accused of killing Faulkner's mother, Paula Griffith, and her boyfriend, Jay Feltner, in Jonestown. Faulkner, Hensley, Griffith and Feltner were all murdered in Griffith's home in Jonestown on Aug. 26, 2007. Two days earlier, ...

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    Related Topix: Travis County, TX, Violent Crime, Family, Teenagers, Death Penalty

  8. Paul Devoe gets death sentenceRead the original story

    Oct 9, 2009 | Burnet Bulletin

    A Travis County jury took just over three hours Thursday to sentence Paul Devoe Jr. - convicted of killing two Jonestown teenagers and charged with the fatal shooting of Marble Falls bartender Michael Allred - to death by lethal injection. Those two ...

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    Related Topix: Violent Crime, Travis County, TX, Marble Falls, TX

  9. Texas: Sentence in Killing SpreeRead the original story w/Photo

    Oct 8, 2009 | New York Times

    ... he worked in Marble Falls. Prosecutors say he then drove to the home of a former girlfriend, Paula Griffith, in Jonestown and shot her; her boyfriend, Jay Feltner, 48; Haylie, who was Ms. Griffith's daughter; and Danielle, a friend of Haylie. ...

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    Related Topix: Violent Crime, Marble Falls, TX

  10. Jury sentences Paul Devoe to deathRead the original story

    Oct 8, 2009 | News8Austin

    ... Faulkner. Devoe is also accused of killing Faulkner's mother, Paula Griffith, and her boyfriend, Jay Feltner, in Jonestown. Faulkner, Hensley, Griffith and Feltner were all murdered in Griffith's home in Jonestown on Aug. 26, 2007. Two days earlier, ...

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    Related Topix: Travis County, TX, Violent Crime, Death Penalty, Family, Teenagers

  11. Court hears details of Devoe's childhood, early life as trial enters final daysRead the original story

    Oct 8, 2009 | Burnet Bulletin

    ... expert witnesses regarding Devoea s mental state. Devoe was found guilty last week of killing two teenagers in Jonestown on Aug. 24, 2007 - part of what prosecutors say was a three day, cross county killing spree that claimed six lives, including ...

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    Related Topix: Travis County, TX, Violent Crime, Marble Falls, TX

  12. Paul Devoe Sentenced to Death

    Oct 8, 2009 | MyFoxAustin

    ... sentencing portion. Devoe was accused of killing his ex-girlfriend Paula Griffith and her boyfriend Jay Feltner in Jonestown, at a home where Hensley and Faulkner were also found slain. Closing arguments in the sentencing phase was pretexted by ...

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    Related Topix: Travis County, TX, Violent Crime, Prison, Death Penalty

  13. Life or death hangs in the balance for Paul DevoeRead the original story

    Oct 8, 2009 | News 8 Austin

    ... Faulkner. Devoe is also accused of killing Faulkner's mother, Paula Griffith, and her boyfriend, Jay Feltner, in Jonestown. Faulkner, Hensley, Griffith and Feltner were all murdered in Griffith's home in Jonestown on Aug. 26, 2007. Two days earlier, ...

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    Related Topix: Death Penalty, Travis County, TX, Violent Crime, Marble Falls, TX

  14. Devoe's family tells of violent pastRead the original story

    Oct 8, 2009 | Austin American Statesman

    ... arguments, scheduled for 9 a.m. today, the jury that convicted Devoe last week of killing two teenagers in a Jonestown house in August 2007 will begin deliberating his sentence. Prosecutors say Devoe also killed three others in Texas and a woman in ...

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    Related Topix: Family, Teenagers, Prison, Travis County, TX

  15. Devoe Enters Day 3 of Sentencing PhaseRead the original story

    Oct 7, 2009 | MyFoxAustin

    ... In reading his evaluation notes, Dr. Coons told the jury that Devoe also had an excuse for the four deaths at the Jonestown home of ex-girlfriend Paula Griffith. Dr. Coons told the jury that Devoe's anti-social behavior is firmly ingrained and that ...

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    Related Topix: Travis County, TX, Marble Falls, TX

  16. Psychiatrist: Devoe didn't show 'an ounce of remorse'Read the original story

    Oct 7, 2009 | Austin American Statesman

    ... convicted Devoe of capital murder last week in the deaths of teenagers Danielle Hensley and Haylie Faulkner in a Jonestown house. At the close of the punishment phase of the trial, which could come as early as today, the jury will decide whether ...

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    Related Topix: Travis County, TX

  17. More questions than answers as jury decides Devoe's fateRead the original story

    Oct 7, 2009 | Burnet Bulletin

    ... pose from inside prison if given life without parole. Last week Devoe was found guilty of killing two teenagers in Jonestown on Aug. 24, 2007, Haylie Faulkner and Danielle Hensley. He is accused of killing three other people in Texas the same night, ...

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    Related Topix: Prison, Violent Crime, Marble Falls, TX

  18. Devoe murder trial sentencing beginsRead the original story

    Oct 6, 2009 | Burnet Bulletin

    ... 2007, including Marble Falls bartender Mike Allred of Kingsland. He is on trial for just two of those murders - Jonestown teenagers Haylie Faulkner and Danielle Hensley. On Friday, the jury took just 20 minutes to find him guilty of capital murder. ...

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    Related Topix: Violent Crime, Marble Falls, TX

  19. In punishment phase, victim's mom brings tears to Devoe juryRead the original story

    Oct 5, 2009 | Austin American-Statesman

    ... 24, 2007, and shot 41-year-old bartender Michael Allred with a stolen gun. Then, prosecutors say, he went to the Jonestown home of ex-girlfriend Paula Marie Griffith, 46, and fatally shot her and her boyfriend Jay Feltner, 48, as well as Haylie and ...

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    Related Topix: Violent Crime, Travis County, TX, Death Penalty, Marble Falls, TX

  20. Devoe enters punishment phase in trialRead the original story

    Oct 5, 2009 | News8Austin

    ... penalty Devoe is also accused of killing Faulkner's mother, Paula Griffith, and her boyfriend, Jay Feltner, in Jonestown. Faulkner, Hensley, Griffith and Feltner were all murdered in Griffith's home in Jonestown on Aug. 26, 2007. Two days earlier, ...

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    Related Topix: Violent Crime, Travis County, TX, Death Penalty, Marble Falls, TX

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