...from the McPherson Unit, the state women's prison, to the Cummins Unit, where executions take place, Correction Department spokeswoman Dina Tyler said. Riggs was to choose her last meal today in advance of her Tuesday execution, Tyler said...

...including one who was convicted in the murder of a police chief, were captured in southern Texas, a state Corrections Department spokeswoman said. The men were taken into custody without incident Thursday night at the Mexican border, spokeswoman...

...violation of state or federal law, or an admission of any wrongdoing by the state," the settlement reads. Corrections Department spokeswoman Shari Burt said the agency already paid the family from its budget. The family's lawyer, Timothy Murphy...