With much wetter weather expected this weekend than the region has seen for a while, the Lower Colorado River Authority said it is monitoring rainfall and inflows into the Highland Lakes, ready to move floodwaters downstream through the series of dams on the Highland Lakes if necessary.
Due to the upcoming inclement weather, several events across Central Texas and the Austin area have been canceled or postponed.
After two previous attempts that were delayed by parliamentarian moves, the Texas House is set to debate a bill Friday that would ban gender transition care for Texas minors.
The Cowboys finished the previous regular season with a 12-5 record behind the eventual NFC champion Eagles in the NFC East.
Fifty tiny home units are now occupied by people experiencing homelessness at the Esperanza Community in east Austin.
Austin's Watershed Protection department director said it is clearing and monitoring "hot spots" known to experience flooding ahead of storms rolling into central Texas this weekend.
Some lawmakers cheered, others anguished as the Legislature zoomed past a crucial midnight deadline Thursday, leaving more than 140 House bills on the scrap pile.
According to officials at Wayside: Sci-Tech Middle School, they contacted Austin Police about the threatening letter and "the investigation determined where the threat originated and the individual was taken into custody."
Emergency crews across the region are preparing to respond to this flood risk, and that includes the Texas Department of Transportation.
Heavy rainfall in the forecast could bring about flash flooding this weekend, and with the potentially severe storm, Austin-Travis County EMS has deployed a boat team to south Texas.
The department said in an April 28 release, the historical marker "replaces an existing outdated marker and provides an expanded explanation of the park's historic significance."
A recent study published in JAMA Network Open examined the prevalence of middle and high school students misusing drugs prescribed to treat attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder or ADHD.
These issues and the forces behind them — anger and guns, immigration turmoil, deep political divisions about what democracy means — are playing out across American life in various ways. But in Texas, with its immense size and a population that grows by more than 1,000 people a day, the stage is far bigger — and often louder.
Those complaints may sound familiar to hundreds of Texans who use cashless transponders, like TxTag, attached to their windshield so they can speed through toll stations and pay automatically with an account. KXAN has reported on TxTag billing and vendor operation problems for nearly a decade. But the problems don’t stop in New Jersey and Texas; other states like Florida and Maryland have also dealt with similar issues.
Last November, KXAN perused the new bills pre-filed by Texas legislators and pulled four that we thought peculiar. With the end of the 89th legislative session nearing, we wanted to update you on how they are doing.
According to police, officers attempted to stop the driver at East Seventh and Neches Streets at 2:36 a.m. but the the driver took off.
As electric-powered vehicles render the gas tax more obsolete, both states with and without toll roads are evaluating new techniques to collect funds to improve and expand on roadway projects to improve statewide mobility.
A south Austin property owner said he is fed up and concerned after he found an ankle monitor on the roof of his business.
The Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery will conduct an unaccompanied Veteran burial for US Navy Veteran Richard James Betti, according to a news release from the Texas General Land Office.
The first game is scheduled for 2 p.m. with the nightcap at 6:30 p.m., leaving Saturday open as that is when the forecast calls for the heaviest rain and potential flash flooding around the area. The weather Sunday is forecast to be a little better, and the teams will figure out when or if they'll play a third game on Sunday.
All throughout Central Texas crews are getting ready for severe weather this weekend.
New numbers show worker's raise expectations were off from what employers planned to pay out.
Three home runs worked the game back to a 6-6 tie, and then the Longhorns took care of Texas Tech 7-6 in eight innings in the opening round of the Big 12 Conference softball tournament Thursday in Oklahoma City.
A homeowner shot a suspected burglar Thursday morning in Jarrell after he forced his way into the home, according to a Williamson County Sheriff's Office release.
Elon Musk said Thursday he has found a new CEO for Twitter, or X Corp. as it’s now called — and it's a woman. He did not name her but said she will be starting in about six weeks. Musk, who bought Twitter last fall and has been running it since, has long insisted he [...]
