RRPD tweeted at 3:28 p.m. and said a SWAT team went to the 500 block of White Wing Way after officers were attempting to serve an arrest warrant. The person refused to come out of the building, and that's why the SWAT team was called.
The school expects repairs to be completed sometime later Thursday afternoon.
The student’s father Daniel Thompson testified Thursday that he did not think the actions of Koerth and Perez were criminal – and that he believed the two were "absolutely not" trying to hurt his son.
A city leader plans to address a recent break-in and damage at a northwest Austin hotel that was bought by the city last year to be turned into transitional housing for the homeless.
They look identical to pills prescribed by a doctor, but they're actually being pressed in homes and garages and they could be laced with a fatal dose of fentanyl.
Downtown Austin Alliance sent out a notice Thursday advising people to watch out for more congestion and delays Saturday around the Austin Convention Center, which is where Trump will hold an "America Freedom Tour" stop most of the day.
Six years ago, lawmakers called on the state agency tasked with licensing and regulating Texas animal doctors to address some ‘concerning’ data reliability issues. Specifically, the agency was supposed to fix its licensee look-up website — a tool that enables pet-owners to search for their veterinarian’s disciplinary history. Just months before this agency’s next legislative review, KXAN investigators discovered dozens of disciplinary records still missing from the look-up tool.
Students from at least nine schools across Central Texas plan to leave their classrooms Thursday afternoon as part of a coordinated walkout to show support for abortion rights.
The state and defense presented their closing arguments in the hearing Friday. Back in March, the judge heard arguments and evidence in the hearing over a period of two days.
Author, sports analyst and former Texas Longhorn Emmanuel Acho and minority owner of Austin FC and actor Matthew McConaughey will appear together at the LBJ Auditorium on May 22 at 2 p.m.
If you are in a part of the world that can see the moon on May 15, you will be able to view it with the naked eye.
While it's common for Texas homes to have air conditioning, if a power outage occurs, it can be difficult to find relief or stay cool.
There's a hold-up on getting the $3 million out to artists and promoters in need. Just last week, on May 2, during a Music Commission meeting the city cited staffing shortages as one of the reasons for the delay.
Bruce Munro's "Field of Light" installation is coming to the Lady Bird Wildflower Center. The installation will span 16 acres and contain 28,000 solar powered, sphere fiber optics. The exhibit will open Sept. 9 and run through December.
Dr. Stacie Koerth, as well as her colleague Karen Perez, are accused of forcing the student with special needs into a Dickies jumpsuit to keep him from digging into his pants. A problem multiple teachers testified had become a serious health concern for the student, staff and for his classmates.
The Service said Tony Evans, 24, is accused of confronting three USPS letter carriers in Austin and San Antonio on separate occasions and demanding the carrier’s postal keys.
She drove straight into a guardrail and went into the air and fell about 16 feet into a creek bed.
The Travis County Fire Marshal is investigating after a fire at an RV Park Thursday morning.
Police arrived and found the woman with a gunshot wound. She later died at the scene.
You've heard KXAN report multiple times about the severe teacher shortage facing so many Texas school districts. On Wednesday, possible real-life fixes were announced in the form of policy recommendations from hundreds of educators around the state.
PFLUGERVILLE, Texas (KXAN) — Pflugerville police said Wednesday that it found a 4-year-old boy who went missing earlier in the evening. PPD said the boy left his home near Grand Avenue and Pflugerville parkways, and PPD organized a neighborhood search party to help look for him. He was found safe around 11 p.m., PPD said.
With more people frequently flying through the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, the cost of airfare is climbing.
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin police identified a man killed after he was hit by a vehicle April 30 in north Austin.
Austin police identified a man who died following a collision April 26 on West Parmer Lane in northwest Austin.
The decision hands a win to Republicans who have long criticized social media platforms such as Twitter for what they call anti-conservative bias — disapproval that was amplified when President Donald Trump was banned from Twitter for violating the platform’s rules on inciting violence during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.
