Austin cleans more than 300 tons of debris from homeless camps
In May, Austin Homeless Strategies and Operations launched a new plan to clear homeless encampments.
In May, Austin Homeless Strategies and Operations launched a new plan to clear homeless encampments.
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The sheriff’s office said Zyier Moss, 13, was last seen leaving his home in east Round Rock on June 10 at 8:05 p.m. heading in an unknown direction.
New data from the Austin Police Department shows for the first six months of this year, APD has scarcely interacted with ICE.
Family and activists are speaking out following the deadly shooting of a man in Houston by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer.
A man was sentenced to 10 years in prison in connection with a 2024 fentanyl case, the Cedar Park Police Department said.
Complete temperature records for Camp Mabry, Austin's official reporting site, date back to 1898. Since then, Austin has reached 100° more than 2,000 times.
New construction and a softening condo market in this county have stabilized home prices at a $487K median listing despite surging demand.
Republicans are ramping up preparations for the party’s first midterm convention this fall in Dallas.
A teacher is rallying behind her former student's family after two family members were taken into ICE custody.
A Texas Senate committee examined whether foreign nationals are using surrogacy arrangements to obtain U.S. citizenship for children born in Texas following the Supreme Court's birthright citizenship ruling.
Vice President JD Vance touted work to address fraud during a visit to Milwaukee, while Democrats voiced criticism of the Trump administration's economic plan, on Wednesday.
Austin-Travis County EMS is warning people of the dangers of heat.
Williamson County Emergency Services District 6 Fire/Rescue is mourning the death of Firefighter Jack Hohman, who died off-duty on July 7, according to the dist
In May, Austin Homeless Strategies and Operations launched a new plan to clear homeless encampments.
A man was sentenced to 10 years in prison last week after a 2024 incident in which investigators found 69 counterfeit "M-30" fentanyl pills in his vehicle while
A federal judge ordered the Department of Homeland Security to continue giving four Republican-led states access to a voter citizenship verification database, defying a previous order originally blocking access.
The Texas Department of Public Transportation wants people to share their thoughts on its 10-year transportation plan.
Hundreds of thousands of minivans are being recalled by Honda over a problem with their rear-view camera, including those that were included in a previous one related to the same issue.
A sheriff's office near Dallas is reminding drivers to pay attention to first responders pulled over roadside after some officers were nearly hit by a passing car.
Three people were arrested and drugs, firearms and cash were seized after the Williamson County Sheriff's Office executed a search warrant at an apartment compl
Firefly announced on Tuesday that it had been awarded a $13 million subcontract by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) for work on the SkyFall mission to Mars.
CommUnityCare's CEO confirmed in a Central Health board meeting last week that someone was indeed detained in the parking lot of its health center on Monday of last week.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton secured a $45 million settlement with Block Inc. to resolve customers exposure to fraud and safety claims.
Renewed fighting between the United States and Iran has raised questions about whether the two sides will resume all out war.
A man who had 10 outstanding arrest warrants was arrested by the Austin Police Department.
Dittmar Pool will close for repairs next week, the City of Austin announced on Wednesday.
The driver registered a 0.441 BAC, which is more than 5½ times the legal limit, according to a post from state law enforcement.
A Kansas City, Missouri man is facing a federal prison sentence and fine after the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) says he plead guilty to running a dog fighting operation and illegally possessing a firearm after a felony conviction.
The Texas Tech University System is facing a federal lawsuit challenging policies that critics say restrict what professors can teach about race, sex, sexual orientation and gender identity.
Gangs might be using rideshare apps to help smuggle people into the country, according to officials.
Colorado State University lowered its Atlantic hurricane season forecast.
Texas lawmakers reviewed the first year of implementing the state's new youth camp safety law during an interim Senate Health and Human Services Committee hearing Tuesday, with officials identifying several issues that could lead to legislative changes in 2027.
A Travis County judge sentenced a man June 2026 to 18 years in jail in connection with a 2024 deadly shooting.
A newly launched commission aims to see Texas move to the head of the class when it comes to education.
A months-long narcotics investigation in Cedar Park led to three arrests and the seizures of multiple types of drugs, firearms, and thousands in cash.
Justin Bieber is joining the first-ever FIFA World Cup Final Halftime Show, adding another major name to a lineup that already includes Madonna, Shakira and BTS.
Meteorologist Kristen Currie dives into the numbers of Austin's average first, last and total number of triple digit days in this episode of Kristen's Classroom.
A recent investigation into damage to the Comal County Democratic Party's office revealed it was “not politically motivated," according to police.
The doctor's family miraculously survived the dive into the rocks, but with serious injuries.
A United States bankruptcy judge ordered genetic testing company 23andMe to pay a nearly $50 million settlement for a 2023 hack that led to the data leak of millions of their customers.
Connor Murphy, a fitness influencer and YouTuber, reportedly died after an apparent drowning in Thailand.
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