Новости за 03.03.2023

Get ready to giddy up, Austin. The rodeo is back.

The Austin Police Department said officers would be on patrol and looking out for drunk drivers during Spring Break.

The plan details how the city will pay, provide benefits to, and implement a retention strategy for APD.

The Austin Police Department received reports of theft from a local Girl Scout troop at the Randalls grocery store on Ben White Boulevard near Highway 290.

A teen was arrested by Kyle and San Marcos Police in connection to a fatal fentanyl overdose case involving a minor.

The parents of Jordan Walton, a man killed by Austin Police officers during a hostage situation in Feb. 2021, filed a lawsuit on Feb. 1 against APD and several police officers involved in their son's death.

After a KXAN report highlighting the impact of the Austin Fire Department's lack of new ladder trucks, Council Member Mackenzie Kelly intends to put forward a resolution that would secure funding and staffing for two new trucks, the city council message board shows.

That's not pollen sticking to your vehicle.

Travis County court records showed a woman was convicted of two lesser charges Feb. 23 after a 2019 collision resulted in the death of a motorcyclist in south Austin.

“It's becoming increasingly more challenging for girls to tolerate the influx and the rapid amount of information that's available all the time,” said Dr. Chase.

Central Texas is no stranger to severe weather, so when it happens, residents should know how to protect their property when it comes.

Vermillion Farms is taking an unusual approach to farming. Instead of planting their crops in the ground, they're growing them in the air. "As many times as I have explained this system to as many people, every single person that walks in this door, that is the exact response," said owner Will Vermillion after we gasped upon entering the greenhouse on the mostly empty plot of land.

As Austin's population grows, plenty of people are experiencing increased wait times and delays in health care.

We're now getting a detailed look at just how quickly power outages spread across the city, and how long it took crews to restore power to thousands of customers.

Across the Lone Star State, there are 87 state parks, natural areas and historic sites currently operated by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. But which gets the fewest visitors?

Both Round Rock and Eastview campuses closed Thursday night at 8:15 p.m. due to storm-related power outages.

I Live Here I Give Here said it has raised $102.7 million for the local community since its started Amplify Austin Day in 2013.

The San Marcos CISD Superintendent asked students and staff to wear purple Friday to "show the community our Strike As One strength."

Both Matthew McConaughey and his wife Camila were both on a flight from Austin to Washington D.C. that had to force land Wednesday due to severe turbulence, NBC Universal confirmed.

On Thursday, the City of Pflugerville said it would no longer accept limbs or brush at its drop sites

Rampant graffiti alluding to sexual abuse appears to be more widespread than KXAN originally knew. Now, one sexual assault survivor is pushing back against a message some are finding harmful instead of healing.

Thursday, General Manager of the Brushy Creek MUD Shean Dalton said after the ice storm the special district did want to help residents clean up but underestimated just how much brush would need to be picked up.

Top Texas Republicans agree property tax relief is their top priority, but remain sharply at odds about how to get it done.

In response to a looming court decision that could reverse the 2000 FDA approval of pills used to end pregnancies, a nonprofit has deployed vehicles around Texas and the U.S. with billboards aiming to inform women how to access abortion pills.

The City of Austin said it would be opening short-term safe havens Thursday to help anyone needing a safe place to wait out the expected thunderstorm.