While it's still at the top of the Texas list in the rankings, Austin took a tumble in the national rankings, falling out of the top 10 to No. 13. Austin's ranking fell eight spots from No. 5 last year, and even before that it dropped two spots from No. 3 in 2020.
The Travis County arrest warrant for Jerrod Wytez Holton was issued May 13, and it said Holton knowingly provided false or misleading information about the fire.
Active listings jumped 52.5% year over year to 2,763, causing housing inventory to increase by 0.3 months for a total of 0.8 months of inventory, marking the biggest gain in housing inventory year over year since the summer of 2017.
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Power was restored to the gates and ticket counters impacted by a brief outage Tuesday afternoon, Austin-Bergstrom International Airport said.
TRAVIS COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) -- Travis County commissioners pushed a discussion about a public health crisis declaration tied to drug overdoses and overdose deaths until next week. Travis County leaders are working to address the drug overdose problem after receiving a startling Travis County Medical Examiner’s 2021 report that showed for the first time in [...]
We expect winds to carry moderate concentrations of Saharan dust into Central Texas by next Monday, May 23. This will be our first dust plume of the season. Lower air quality and vibrant sunsets/hazy conditions is what we expect here from Central Texas down into the Texas Gulf.
A man is being charged with murder after being accused of shooting another man in the face during an argument Monday evening.
A Texas volunteer fire department is asking people to keep an eye out for rattlesnakes after they say a family found several in a pool noodle.
The law enforcement agency held its 2022 Peace Officers Memorial Service at the DPS headquarters in Austin to honor Texas Highway Patrol Sgt. Paul Mooney, Special Agent Dustin Slovacek and Special Agent Anthony Carlos "AC" Salas.
The American Academy of Pediatrics declared a national state of emergency in children’s mental health.
The Lee County Sheriff's deputy wounded in a shootout with a suspect last week is expected to make a complete recovery.
Three people died Friday night after a collision between a pickup truck and a semi-trailer carrying fuel.
The revelation comes following a series of technical problems that continue to plague the Texas Department of Transportation, which operates TxTag. In recent weeks and months, KXAN has heard from dozens of viewers who have complained about issues with TxTag's billing. It's an issue we have investigated for several years.
Coco is a robotics delivery company that boasts deliveries in 15 minutes or less.
Sometime next month, the Texas Department of Transportation will shut down the northbound Interstate 35 to northbound U.S. 183 flyover for seven days, so crews can work to smooth out the dip along the flyover.
The Texas star posted a video on Twitter Monday to voice his dislike for the word "unbelievable" and thinks it should be wiped from the dictionary.
The Williamson County Sheriff's Office could ticket kids this summer for doing the right thing.
They plan to talk about the Bud Stockton Loop Extension. It would connect County Road 305 to FM 487 next to Jarrell High School.
Starting in 2022-23 school year, teachers will get up to 8% in pay raises. Lockhart ISD said it is now one of the highest-paying Central Texas districts for veteran teachers with years of service from any school district.
Dianna Gray, the city’s Homeless Strategy Officer, spoke Monday night during a virtual meeting about the May 5 break-in at the former Candlewood Suites Hotel in northwest Austin.
According to call-center data she shared with us, on May 15 between 10 and 11 p.m., 33 people were on hold for at least two minutes. Toro says she's seen people put on hold for things like active burglaries, reckless drivers with weapons and medical calls.
Want to hear what the government knows about the unexplained in our skies? Listen to this Tuesday.
Voters were split enough in both the Democratic and Republican primaries for Attorney General to force candidates into a runoff. Not a single Republican or Democratic candidate got more than 50% of the vote.
ERCOT said according to its Seasonal Assessment of Resource Adequacy (SARA) for summer 2022, the region "is expected to have sufficient installed generating capacity" to serve peak power demands from June through September.
The Texas Department of Transportation has enlisted the help of a teen whose truck was caught in a tornado in March to demonstrate the importance of safety belts.
