Weeks before her death, Brown knew that her 10-month battle with cancer was mounting. She stepped down from her position on the board and intended to stay on to aid the organization in the background.

Claudia Brown, who served as Justice of the Peace in Bell County until her removal from the bench in February, is sharing her side of the story. It’s a story, she says, started with a smear ...

Brown Friday morning had not returned telephone calls to her office. Brown drew scrutiny last February when she set a $4 billion bond on a murder suspect, which she said she did to draw attention ...