Новости за 12.08.2021

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Less than a week after Julia Grosso scored the gold medal-winning goal for Canada at the Olympics, she's still having a hard time wrapping her head around what it all actually means. "It's hit me, but I guess I just don't think about it that way, yet," Grosso said. "I just feel [...]

Tropical Storm Fred has remained a tropical depression as it moves away from Hispaniola Thursday morning with less of Florida inside its projected path.

The Leander Independent School District welcomed back students for in-person learning Thursday, but masks aren't required in district schools.

BROWNSVILLE, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas alongside other officials held a press conference in Brownsville, Texas. Mayorkas discussed the issues at the border and met with DHS frontline workforce, local officials and community leaders. He also went over the latest immigration numbers. Secretary Mayorkas said that he had visited the tent set [...]

14-year-old Bella Kouri has had five open heart surgeries and lives with thyroid cancer. She was vaccinated for COVID-19, but she and her family are awaiting approval for a possible third COVID-19 booster shot for immunocompromised people.

After almost nearly running out of water earlier this week, supply is increasing in the city of Blanco as leaks are being repaired, but water restrictions are still in place until further notice.

Austin restaurants Launderette and Fresa's will no longer require proof of COVID-19 vaccination for indoor dining after being contacted by the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission.

Did you know that if you pass a garbage truck, recycling truck or a towing truck on the side of the road, you could earn yourself a traffic ticket and hefty fine?

More than three decades after “Field of Dreams” became a hit, one of the most famous cornfields in Hollywood history finally gets the opportunity to host real big league ball.

Texas officially gained two more seats in the U.S. House — now it's up to lawmakers here to use the new data to determine what districts voters fall into.

Some of the changes include new classrooms, new classmates and new teachers. At River Place Elementary, some of those teachers have traveled a very long distance.

Since before sunset Wednesday, she has been on her feet speaking, not allowed to sit or lean against her desk, and unable to take bathroom breaks or drink water. She has worn a back brace, eyeglasses and running shoes and talked slowly behind a desk stacked with papers and with a microphone in her hand.

The project's goal is to help the flow of traffic in the area. The change will also help maintain safe access to and from the schools located north of RM 2222 off McNeil Drive.

It is illegal to pass a school bus actively loading or unloading passengers. Passing on either side of the school bus can lead to a fine anywhere from $500 to more than $1,200 in Texas. Texas law says drivers must stop when a school bus extends its stop sign or turns on its flashing red lights.

The Texas Department of Transportation is working to build flyovers at the Kellam Road and Ross Road intersections. The project will eliminate drivers from having to stop at the signal lights at the two intersections.

Austin Fire Department tweeted around 2 a.m. that a Tesla crashed into the gas station in the 2600 block of Exposition Blvd. and then it caught fire. That's in the Tarrytown area of west Austin, and the crash happened around 1:20 a.m.

The Texas Department of Transportation tweeted about the crash on I-35 near US 183 and Rundberg Lane around 5:50 a.m. Video from a TxDOT camera pointed at the crash shows a heavy presence of emergency vehicles.

Chief Gordon Ramsay was one of seven finalists announced by the Austin Police Department for the job of the city’s chief of police.

The Pflugerville Independent School District is choosing to not mandate masks under new orders from the city of Austin and Travis County.

HOUSTON (AP) — Aledmys Díaz had three hits and drove in three runs to help the Houston Astros beat the Colorado Rockies 5-1 on Wednesday. Díaz tied it with an RBI single in the first and gave the Astros the lead with a run-scoring single in the third. Houston was up by three in the [...]

According to Casey Thompson, Steve Sarkisian has a unique analogy when it comes to describing life as a quarterback.

The city of Laredo recently bussed migrants who were not tested for COVID-19 into Austin, per Austin and Laredo city officials.

On Wednesday, the Texas House Sergeant-at-Arms walked the state Capitol to serve the offices of the 52 absent House Democrats who are still preventing a quorum, after Speaker Dade Phelan officially signed the warrants Tuesday night.

Syracuse, Sicily may have recorded an all time European high temperature.

The NCAA said Wednesday that its long investigation of the Baylor sexual assault scandal would result in nothing more than probation and other relatively minor sanctions because the egregious, “unacceptable” behavior at the heart of the case did not violate its rules.