Austin sheltered 431 people on first night of cold snap, registration open again Friday
On the first night of below freezing temperatures, 431 people were taken to overnight shelters, according to an Austin Public Health spokesperson.
On the first night of below freezing temperatures, 431 people were taken to overnight shelters, according to an Austin Public Health spokesperson.
The contest opens Dec. 26 and closes Jan. 1. Tickets are for the Jan. 17 performance.
Typically after a December or January cold front, mountain cedar pollen jumps up and bothers many allergy sufferers here in Central Texas.
Texas signed wide receiver DeAndre Moore Jr., rated by 247Sports as a 4-star recruit from Anaheim, Calif., Moore played for St. John Bosco, one of the most successful high school football programs in the entire country. The Braves won the CIF Open Division championship with a 45-0 win over the San Mateo Serra Padres on Dec. 10, and MaxPreps named them the 2022 high school football national champions after the win. Moore had 4 catches for 97 yards and a touchdown in the blowout victory.
The Trail was closed Thursday due to the cold weather that moved into the area, but organizers said prepaid general admission will begin at 7 p.m. and all ticketholders must be through the gates by 8:30 p.m.
Many Atmos Energy customers have been experiencing low or no gas pressure Friday. Leander has opened a temporary warming center for those customers.
Whataburger is a Texas staple and the fast food chain has no shortage of ardent fans. But there are regular fans and there are die-hard fans. Ashley Bean Thornton belongs to the latter category.
People can explore ERCOT’s grid and market conditions tools online.
Each week since Feb. 24, the CDC has assigned a "COVID-19 Community Level" to every county nationwide based on how the virus is impacting local populations.
Several people in KXAN's viewing area have sent emails to us reporting that they're experiencing low or no gas pressure, leaving them without heat and other necessities in their homes.
Construction is expected to begin on a new project at 1 Tesla Road in the coming days
Local medics are used to treating people exposed to extreme heat, but extremely cold, windy weather is something Central Texans are not used to.
Zookeepers took precautions like adding jackets to smaller animals and those without much fur, but the zoo also has specific protocols for the cold.
Austin Public Health recommended everyone get up to date on their COVID-19 primary series and booster shots, along with their flu vaccines.
KXAN dug through the archives to find the hottest, coldest, wettest and, yes, snowiest(!) Christmases in history.
The state of Texas is known (and sometimes mocked) for several of its southern (and often cliché) staples.
AFD says the fire was reported at a home around 10 p.m. on McKinley Avenue near East Martin Luther King and Airport Boulevards.
The Austin Independent School District said Wednesday five campuses will be frozen and not accept transfers from outside their attendance areas during the 2023-24 school year.
APD issued an alert early Friday morning for Joseph Campbell, 71. According to the alert, Campbell was last seen on Metcalfe Road off Burleson Road in South Austin on Dec. 13.
Austin-Travis County EMS' community health paramedics were out Thursday tracking down people without a warm place to sleep as a strong Arctic cold front dropped temperatures well into freezing.
It's Terry's third game as the acting head coach following Chris Beard's arrest and suspension Dec. 12, and the Longhorns are 3-0 in those games. Terry said after the game he didn't know anything about his position as acting head coach moving forward or if he'd be named the interim head coach in the wake of Beard's suspension.
More cars on the road full of people heading across the state for holiday plans - means a higher chance for accidents, and a busy weekend for tow truck operators.
AUSTIN (KXAN) — One person was arrested after an attempt to make an arrest for felony warrants escalated to a SWAT situation in south Austin Thursday, the Austin Police Department said during a media briefing near Santiago Street. At approximately 3:30 p.m., officers arrived at a Super 8 in the 4200 block of Interstate 35 [...]
One person was seriously injured after a vehicle-pedestrian crash in south Austin Thursday, Austin-Travis County EMS said in a tweet.
AUSTIN (Nexstar) — As an arctic front blankets nearly all of Texas Thursday night, 30 million people brace for the unique challenges it brings their corner of the state. The front first hit Amarillo, bringing brutal wind chills plunging the temperature into double-digit negatives. Texas' northernmost major city is used to it, though. "When they [...]