Новости за 08.08.2019

The Austin Police Department is reporting that the lower deck of northbound I-35 is currently blocked by an 18-wheeler.

Some sales taxes in Texas will be taking a hike beginning Friday August 8, as the annual Tax-Free Weekend begins ahead of the new school year.

The end of the El Niño pattern may lead to more hurricanes this season.

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin police arrested a man Wednesday who is accused of physically abusing his four-month-old child. On June 13 at 9:25 p.m. officers responded to a Budget Inn at Interstate Highway 35 and East Rundberg Lane in north Austin. The suspect, 30-year-old John Joe Ramirez, told medics he and his child fell asleep […]

The City council was set to consider a number of ordinances related to re-zoning land near E. Riverside Drive and S. Pleasant Valley Road

Scorching temperatures this week have resulted in a spike in heat-related medical calls, according to the Austin-Travis County EMS.

The Texas Department of Public Safety is asking for public assistance tracking down a vehicle that left the scene of a fatal hit and run on June 22.

Travis County will house no more than 50 inmates each day for Hays County, provided there is room. Currently, the jail in Hays County can hold a legal maximum of 311 and must have 10% available.

Groups are gathering in front of Austin city hall Thursday to protest the Drag Queen Story Time program being done in Central Texas public libraries.

The University of Texas at Austin is about to start construction on a 17-story office tower on the Brackenridge tract, directly east of Waterloo Park.

In a packed agenda Thursday, Austin City Council will vote on whether to increase bed taxes earlier than expected.

The election happened at Sun City, an age-restricted community in Georgetown, where residents were able to try out the county's new voting equipment — which comes with a paper trail.

Walmart announced $400,000 in direct cash grants to help address the needs of the victims, their families and the border community.

The possibility of new leadership for an East Austin youth complex is stirring up conversations about how to celebrate the historic mission of the facility while also updating it for an evolving city.

Austin-Travis County EMS is responding to the scene of a fatal two-motorcycle collision in the 6600 block of East Howard Lane, where drivers can expect delays on Wednesday night.

Austin city leaders are expected to approve a resolution declaring a “climate emergency” during Thursday’s city council meeting.

An attorney for the family of the man charged in the El Paso Walmart shooting rampage says the man's mother contacted police weeks before the rampage out of concern that her son had a rifle.

In May 2018, a problem too common in America came to Santa Fe High School. Taylor, along with the state’s primary leaders — Governor, Lt. Governor, and Speaker of the House — vowed to act.

The Texas House will begin investigating its own Speaker of the House Dennis Bonnen. On Wednesday, the Republican of the House General Investigating Committee announced they'll hold a public hearing on Monday.

According to police, the zebra is not from the nearby snake farm.

Members of the Austin LGBTQ+ community will now have "Safe Places" to go to report hate crimes and harassment.