AUSTIN (KXAN) – The Central Texas Food Bank is busier than ever. This past month, in Travis County alone, demand more than doubled. Some distribution sites are 400% busier than usual and some 22,000 new individuals have been fed. “We’re looking at an entirely different business model,” says Derrick Chubbs, president and CEO of the […]
AUSTIN (KXAN) —Alfred Collins is, like the rest of us, trying to stay busy and level-headed during a time where everyone is wondering when life will return will to normal. However, he still has to prepare to play big time college football at the University of Texas. It’s not easy to do that when every […]
This marks Austin's 25th fatal traffic crash this year, in which 27 people have died. At this time last year, 18 people had died in crashes.
On Thursday, a federal district court granted the restraining order after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton appealed the first one to the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, and won.
AUSTIN (KXAN) — More than 13% of Texas nursing homes have at least one resident or staff member diagnosed with COVID-19, but the Texas Health and Human Services Commission will not release the locations of facilities where the virus has been reported. On March 31, KXAN Investigators asked for a list of facilities that had […]
As they continue to work on the front lines during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, some Austin fire fighters received a surprise Friday from one of Austin's most famous residents.
Texans applying for unemployment insurance amid COVID-19 is nearing the 1 million mark.
With everyone practicing social distancing and staying home during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, many families in the Austin Independent School District community are struggling without reliable internet access at home.
Roughly 10% of Texas coronavirus patients have recovered, the state's health department reported Thursday.
An employee told officers that she also put "numerous pieces of jewelry" from the store on her hands before licking it.
Four immigrants are being detained at the Montgomery Processing Center in Conroe, Texas, and all four are highly vulnerable to serious illness and death from the COVID-19 global pandemic, according to a lawsuit filed against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and DHS officials.
The church has come under fire in recent days for keeping its doors open to worshippers during the coronavirus pandemic.
If you're worried about a senior citizen or person with underlying health issues and haven't heard from them, send an email to elderlyconcern@wilco.org.
It's important to accept that it's okay to feel anxious.
The Texas Democratic Party has already sued the state of Texas asking a judge to allow any eligible voter to have the option to vote by mail.
If you do not have a spare bedroom and bathroom, it's important for the family member to try to stay quarantined in a designated spot for the duration of the illness. Everyone else in the family should avoid the area at all times.
Some lawmakers want states to implement universal mail-in voting so no one has to come to a polling place. But the idea is getting pushback.
KXAN has gotten reports that a specific group of business owners worry they're ineligible, those who are venture-capital-backed startups.
The resolution relates to how Austin Municipal Court judges administer justice -- and ending what council members call "wealth-based detention" in Travis County.
The RISE fund is designed to help those in desperate need.
