Hundreds of people packed Austin City Hall Thursday as the Austin City Council considered a proposed tax increment reinvestment zone for more than 2,600 acres of land known as Dog’s Head....
The City of Austin said "Dog's head" will help economically, but others are staunchly opposed, arguing it only benefits developers.
Just days after the felony case against former Williamson County Sheriff Robert Chody and former County Attorney Jason Nassour was dismissed, they are now demanding $35 million from Williamson County to settle a new civil lawsuit....
A waterway ban issued last week due to heavy rainfall causing major flooding has been extended for continued floodgate operations at Mansfield Dam and Tom Miller Dam, the city of Austin said....
Two people were injured when a train crashed into a FedEx truck in Hill County on Thursday.
A sudden proposed plan to close Paredes Middle School in Austin ISD is raising concerns from families and teachers in the district.
Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey" is record-breaking and historic for many different reasons, but the primary one is the way the movie was filmed... and not everyone will get to view the adaptation the way it was intended....
Jennifer Lowery, the former U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Texas, is accused of leaving the scene of a crash in Houston.
An Austin man was sentenced on Wednesday in connection with wire fraud and money laundering.
The Texas Department of Public Safety added Ruben Calzada Hernandez, who is wanted in Caldwell County on a child sexual assault charge, to its "10 Most Wanted Criminal Illegal Immigrants List."...
Two people have been arrested in connection with what police described as an animal hoarding case in Alvarado.
A Texas appeals court reversed a temporary injunction Thursday that shut down clinics tied to a Houston-area midwife, Maria Rojas, accused of providing illegal abortions....
Steve Sarkisian says Texas is competing for an SEC and national championship as the Longhorns spoke at SEC Media Days.
Federal health officials are investigating a new outbreak involving the diarrhea-causing parasite cyclospora, after 72 people were reported sick as of Wednesday....
Former Montana state Senate President Jason Ellsworth was convicted this week of awarding no-bid contracts to a company with ties to a long-time business associate....
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gina Hinojosa called on Gov. Greg Abbott Wednesday to immediately halt new data center development in Texas.
Austin Community College's Round Rock campus closed for the rest of Thursday due to maintenance issues.
Officer Fred Marsh jumped into the Elk River to rescue his fiancée but was pulled away by the current.
A report from the Environment Texas Research & Policy Center revealed that microplastics were present in 99% of Texas waterways, prompting calls for Governor Greg Abbott to form a health task force and implement stricter environmental standards....
A New Mexico community was in for an unusual sight this week when travelers spotted a bear stranded on top of a utility pole.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents said nine undocumented migrants were rescued from wooden crates at the Falfurrias Checkpoint in an apparent human smuggling attempt....
Video captured a Missouri man running across a bridge and diving headfirst off of it after he led deputies on a chase.
A driver spotted a Tesla robotaxi going the wrong way down a one-way street a day after the company rolled out its driverless taxi service.
The man apparently napped during a 12-mile ride in a stranger's pickup truck.
Some Chick-fil-A loyalty members may have had their personal information exposed following a recent cyberattack, the company said.
Nearly 50% of ICE officers don't have body cameras, creating political finger-pointing and calls for more accountability
Human remains discovered inside a chest freezer at a Juneau, Alaska, home are believed to belong to an adult male family member, according to police.
Aubrey Birrell and her family made an unexpected discovery while on vacation in San Diego: They spotted themselves in a picture that was hanging on the wall inside their Airbnb....
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials recently seized 16 pounds of Bengal monitor lizard parts, 50 pounds of raw meat and 33 pounds of mangoes, garlic, bamboo and banana plants at a Los Angeles Port of Entry....
Both white and cage-free brown eggs are impacted.
A 5.0 magnitude earthquake hit southeast of Spearman early Thursday morning, according to U.S. Geological Survey.
The Travis County DA's office says the court did not have jurisdiction or authorization to approve paying nearly $27,000 each to 12 jurors and two alternates in the dropped evidence tampering case....
The Travis County District Attorney's Office filed a motion Thursday to revoke a county district court judge's order that would have paid 14 jurors $26,700 each, despite only serving for five days in court....
New data collected from major cities across the nation show that homicides have dropped sharply in the first half of 2026, part of a continuing three-year decline in violent crime....
Diode Ventures has withdrawn plans for a data center near Cedar Creek Lake in Henderson County.
BMW is recalling hundreds of thousands of vehicles that were sold in the United States because of the engine starter potentially overheating and catching fire....
A Kansas woman is in custody after she crashed a truck into three other vehicles on a bridge in Llano while reportedly drunk, police say.
"Herd" the news? A bison was just hoofing around in Manor before the Travis County Sheriff’s Office responded.
Big Tex will look a little different at the State Fair of Texas this year.
Most Americans want the war in Iran to end now, according to a recent poll conducted by the University of Maryland.
An earthquake rocked the Texas Panhandle on Thursday morning.
SNAP recipients who had food lost or destroyed during recent flooding can still apply for replacement benefits.
The company attempted to launch last week, but that attempt was scratched after several engines failed to start prior to the countdown reaching zero, according to Elon Musk....
Americans in the market for buying a new home are seeing the markets in some parts of the country turn in their favor after years of seller's markets prevailing....
Austin-based Saronic Technologies Inc. selected the Port of Brownsville for its $3.2 billion Port Alpha manufacturing facility following an extensive search across multiple coastal states....
Popular gas station chain Buc-ee's has sparked an online debate after displaying signs advertising employee pay, including salaries of up to $275,000 a year for some store managers without a college degree....
Nice weather is a bigger draw than lower living costs for those planning an out-of-state move, Redfin found.
Austin Parks and Recreation Department said its Summer Playgrounds Program sites would close early due to an extreme heat warning.
Many apartment operators are competing for renters rather than the other way around — a result of one of the most aggressive apartment construction booms Austin has ever experienced....
"When the storm stops that's really when our work begins."
Researchers used a model to determine the maximum human age if "aging hallmarks were eliminated except somatic mutations."
Furnari says he was moved by Kirk's murder, likening it to the assassinations of John F. Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
In the case of the ongoing cyclospora outbreak, the “hallmark” symptom appears to be the more explosive type of diarrhea.
The incident is stirring debates over the need for stronger AI guardrails and the extent to which AI agents are capable of acting on their own.
The Supreme Court agreed Monday to take up an Alaskan pilot’s challenge to the state’s bid to seize his 1969 Cessna airplane over a passenger who tried to fly in a six-pack of Budweiser into a dry village....
A Central Texas couple is in jail after their child was taken to the hospital for what Gatesville Police is calling "extreme malnourishment."
Wednesday was our hottest day of 2026 so far with a high of 103° in Austin... and today won't be much different with afternoon highs returning to the triple digits. -Meteorologist Kristen Currie...
If it looks like a Jimothy and it walks like a Jimothy, it's probably a Jimothy.
A third mosquito trap sample collected in San Marcos on July 17 has tested positive for West Nile Virus, according to a press release from Hays County....
Two beluga whales have officially arrived at SeaWorld San Antonio with 11 more still on the way.
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