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Two men were arrested in connection with an east Austin shooting that killed a 48-year-old man in May.

The City of Austin denied the festival's special event permit on Tuesday, four days after the deadline for vendors to pay their non-refundable booth fees for the festival.

John Ramirez, 37, was convicted of capital murder in 2008 and sentenced to die for the stabbing death of Pablo Castro.

People who are pregnant are more likely to suffer serious illness from COVID-19 than those who are not, and Austin hospitals are seeing that play out front and center.

Austin ISD leads the way with the lowest number of COVID-19 cases per student and staff member, with roughly one in every 159 getting sick.

U.S. Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has slammed controversial comments Texas Governor Abbott made Tuesday about the state's newly enacted restrictive abortion laws.

ACL Festival is partnering with Q2 Stadium, VaxTogetherAustin and Walgreens to offer first or second Pfizer and Moderna vaccinations, along with the Johnson & Johnson one-shot vaccination, on September 10 at Q2 Stadium, located at 10414 McKalla Pl. in Austin.

The research makes clear that although this is an attempt for these species to adapt to a changing climate this doesn't necessarily guarantee their survival.

The lawsuit against Austin Energy and the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, filed by Colinda Meza, says her mother, Connie Mae Richey, died from a frozen urinary catheter caused by "sustained power outages" in Austin during the 2021 storm that dropped temperatures into single digits throughout Texas.

Starting Wednesday, city leaders will meet with the community to gather feedback and discuss the future of transit.

As the coronavirus spreads in Texas public schools, KXAN is keeping track of which local districts, classrooms and grades are affected by closures and quarantines.

Glynn, the President of the Fort Worth Professional Firefighters Association, said it's always been a dangerous line of work. He is also a trustee for the Texas State Association of Fire Fighters, and as a long-time firefighter himself, he knows loss.

As the delta variant of the coronavirus continues to spread in Austin, the city's Public Safety Commission demanded information from various public safety organizations on how they were protecting their employees and the public.

One person is dead and two others were taken to the hospital after a multi-vehicle crash in northwest Austin Tuesday night.

EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Two days after El Paso reinstated its indoor mask mandate, authorities across the border in Juarez relaxed occupancy rules across the board.

United States Army Specialist Evan Nelson received his Purple Heart Tuesday during a ceremony at Camp Mabry in Austin.

KXAN spoke with a couple of people impacted by recent road rage incidents.

The body of a swimmer missing on Lake Travis was recovered Sunday, the Travis County Sheriff's Office said in a release.

A third special legislative session for Texas lawmakers will convene at 10 a.m. on September 20, a little less than two weeks from now

"We have done everything in our power to push forward with a physical Festival but believe our vendor + attendee safety and health takes precedence over anything," Pecan Street Festival organizers said in a statement. "This gives us an opportunity to come back with a complete Pecan Street Festival experience for the 2022 season."

While the fan base has never been more excited, Cyclone Club president Jay Chapman acknowledged last month “there’s a little bit of anxiety” about the future.

In the early days of the pandemic, neighborhoods around the world gathered each night for socially-distanced block parties, playing music and singing from balconies as far off as New York City and Sicily. Eighteen months later, one neighborhood in northwest Austin has kept the momentum going, with nightly socially-distanced block parties that feature plenty of dancing, chatter and, of course, music.

Kendrick Fulton, 49, is among more than 7,000 low-level federal prisoners, released temporarily due to the pandemic, who could soon be heading back behind bars.

Williamson County and the city of Taylor could decide Wednesday during a special-called meeting whether or not to welcome a $17 billion Samsung semiconductor plant to the area.