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As Weekend One of Austin City Limits Music Festival wrapped up Sunday, local officials are reflecting on the event's COVID-19 protocols and possible impacts to local case rates.

Khan released a statement condemning Meyer's actions, which were captured on video and released on social media. One shows a young woman dancing close to Meyer’s lap as he sits on a bar stool, a clip that quickly went viral.

The areas of Austin, Round Rock and Georgetown experienced elevated levels of air pollution in 2020 — Austin even ranks among the cities with the most days of pollution in Texas.

A 28-year-old man who died after a crash involving a bicycle and a vehicle Monday has been identified by Cedar Park police.

A spokesperson for Austin Public Health said the parks and recreation department's aquatics team doesn't test for algae or bacteria in city-operated splash pads, because it has two levels of sanitation that include chlorine. The amoeba, known as N. fowleri, is sensitive to chlorine. It's used to kill the amoeba in pools and splash pads, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Not many people can say they've written a book in their lifetime. One San Marcos CISD student has already crossed this off her bucket list -- at the ripe old age of 12.

The U.S. Men's National Team is in Austin for the first-ever World Cup qualifier in the Lone Star State.

The parents of a 3-year-old boy who died after being infected with a rare brain-eating amoeba that was found at a Texas splash pad he’d visited sued the city that operated it for negligence.

A man suing the Austin Police Department after officers shot him multiple times in 2017 is awaiting a jury verdict that's expected to be reached Tuesday.

Different agencies are transcribing license plates inconsistently when scanners have trouble reading certain characters, CTRMA officials say. The agency wants everyone to agree on a standard for how "O's" and "I's" are recorded in order to reduce the chance of billing errors.

Jeffrey Smith's story made headline back in August, when a judge in Butler County, Ohio, ruled in favor of Smith's wife Julie Smith, who demanded the hospital treating Jeffrey give him ivermectin.

Last month, his bike and shoe shine cart were stolen near the Plaza Saltillo Station after he says he stepped away to go inside a nearby store.

As ports are backing up, that means items — like toys — are becoming harder to get and are becoming more expensive.

It's a measure Mary Nichols has been fighting for after spending months apart from her mother last year when her mom's nursing home closed its doors to prevent the spread of COVID-19. When the state temporarily suspended visitation at long-term care facilities housing these vulnerable residents, Nichols worried about what kind of care her mom was receiving without her there to check.

MANOR (Austin Business Journal) - When the Manor Downs race track was at its peak, thousands of guests would pack the grandstands and turf club on race days, or funnel into the oval track for concerts, which attracted the likes of Willie Nelson, the Grateful Dead, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Johnny Cash. But now, more [...]

As Tesla ramps up hiring, local programs are also trying to meet the need. The automaker posted hundreds of new jobs in Austin last week.

Democrats criticized Republicans for “targeting” a North Texas district that had been trending Democratic and for not drawing any new districts where people of color would represent a majority of eligible voters.

Travis County commissioners last month unanimously approved a $1.4 billion budget for Fiscal Year 2022. The budget went into effect Friday.

The new Zilker train is set to chug along the tracks mid-November all thanks, in part, to ticket sales from Austin City Limits Music Festival.

After Austin's first weekend diverting some 911 calls to 311 in cases where there isn't an immediate threat, KXAN asked whether 311 received more calls than in weekends past.

The number of camping ban-related citations given by the Austin Police Department jumped in September, according to numbers from the Downtown Austin Community Court.

Christus Santa Rosa is expanding services to San Marcos in partnership with its sister hospital in San Antonio.

Austin police are responding to a report of a suspicious package Monday evening near Ascension Seton off 38th Street in central Austin.

Planned Parenthood had requested that the court reverse a decision to indefinitely pause the lawsuit, which was filed in Travis County district court.

With only two weeks left in the third special session, state lawmakers are weighing how to funnel federal COVID-19 relief for the first time in committee Monday.