Alex Hannaford

The Standoff in WacoApr 18, 2013
Two survivors and an FBI agent recount the 51-day siege of the Branch Davidian compound in Waco. Full Story
Guns R Us: League City Tops Texas For CHL HoldersApr 04, 2013
League City has more CHL holders per capita than any other city in the state. If Texas has a concealed carry capital, this is it. Full Story
A Man Was Murdered HereApr 02, 2013
The murder of a homeless man, William Greer, was one of only two Austin homicides from 2012 that remain unsolved. Full Story
Postcards: Life In a Colonia Called ‘The Ranch’Mar 05, 2013
Cuevitas is one of several thousand colonias in South Texas—impoverished communities where many people live without proper sanitation, electricity or running water. Full Story
Autism Inc.: The Discredited Science, Shady Treatments and Rising Profits Behind Alternative Autism TreatmentsJan 30, 2013
The road for parents with autistic children is made perilous by medical professionals willing to prescribe all sorts of treatments they say can treat, even cure, autism. Full Story

Heritage of AbuseDec 25, 2012
A Texas Observer investigation has found allegations of child sex abuse involving at least six members of the Homestead Heritage community. Three members have been convicted of sexually assaulting minors. Full Story
Is Larry Swearingen Innocent?Nov 27, 2012
Nine forensic experts say Swearingen is on death row for a murder he couldn’t have committed, yet Texas courts won’t grant a new trial. Full Story
Highway InjusticeNov 07, 2012
The picture shown to the jurors was enough to haunt them for a lifetime: a young girl with jet-black hair and pale skin, staring at the camera, her hands held up like she’s fending off an attacker. Sometime after the photo was taken, 14-year-old Regina Walters, a runaway from Pasadena, Texas, was strangled with baling wire and her body abandoned in that same barn. Full Story
A ‘Black Gold’ Rush in CotullaJul 27, 2012
Ralph Ayala pulls up to the Brush Country Museum, parks his truck, and hops out, leaving the engine running. It’s 100 degrees outside and [...] Full Story
Heritage of AbuseApr 23, 2012
This story was originally published Friday, Feb. 10. We have reposted it following a recent report on Homestead Herritage by WFAA in Dallas. This [...] Full Story