Новости за 25.07.2022

Gas prices across the country continue to fall for the sixth week in a row. As of Monday, prices have fallen below $4 per gallon in nine states.

CapMetro's board of directors approved Monday two new programs to help cap daily and monthly fares, while increasing fare savings for income-eligible riders.

Currently, the shelter is at 142% capacity for dogs and "has been operating over capacity for months now," Bland said. AAC was able to find all the dogs kennel space, however, thanks to out-of-state rescue facilities AAC partners with. Bland said there has been an increase recently in people surrendering their pets due to evictions.

Some Central Texas school districts will continue free meals for students after a federal program ended.

Bastrop teacher Kylie DeFrance launched a social campaign on her local Nextdoor group to help fulfill teachers' wish lists. To date, 33 teachers have applied for wish list assistance, with 18 lists fulfilled in full.

To help keep track of all the dates, KXAN has created a map and compiled a list showing the first day of classes in each district in the KXAN viewing area.

As many Texans flock to the state's beaches during the summer months, some sea turtles have also made their way to the Texas coast — and an increasing number of them are getting stranded.

Leaders in Williamson County will provide an update on Monday afternoon about a wildfire that's been burning near Liberty Hill.

An officer inside the airport shot the 37-year-old woman in the "lower extremities." She was taken into custody and transported to Parkland Hospital in Dallas. No one else was injured in the shooting, Garcia said.

The American Meteor Society (AMS), a nonprofit that tracks meteor astronomy, received at least 219 reports of people seeing the fireball Sunday mostly in Texas, but some even spotted it in states like Oklahoma and Louisiana.

Yellow signs with phrases like "Braking News" and "Wait for the Signal" will be strapped to the backs of Texas Department of Transportation employees this Friday and Saturday in some of Austin's most popular areas.

A pedestrian died after a car rolled over and hit them on the frontage road of Interstate 35 in south Austin Monday, according to Austin-Travis County EMS.

Alex Jones was previously found liable for damages and had lost defamation cases after he said the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary school shooting was a hoax.

Officials said the UTP plan will help steer the future of transportation as the area tackles growth.

Higher wages among demands; workers at two stores in on effort — and more could follow

Austin Resource Recovery, the UT Office of Sustainability and the UT New Student Services Off-Campus Initiative will host MoveOutATX, an annual donation event in West Campus.

According to a 2021 report by the Prison Policy Initiative, Texas has the 10th-highest incarceration rate in the country.

Last year, Lake Travis was about 77% full, but it is down to about 54% full this year. Water levels show the lake is almost 20 feet below its average level.

Around this time last year none of Central Texas was in drought.

TRAVIS COUNTY (KXAN) — Two children were taken to a hospital with serious injuries after a multi-vehicle crash Sunday in southeast Travis County. Austin-Travis County EMS said four ambulances were responding to the crash in the 9100 block of FM 812 and Creedmoor Drive. While serious, ATCEMS said the injuries to the children aren't expected [...]

AUSTIN (KXAN) — An illegal dumping site in southeast Austin caught fire again Sunday, the Austin Fire Department said. AFD said while the fire is under control, it will have crews monitor the fire overnight. The column of smoke from the 2100 block of Brandt Road, east of Interstate 35 but west of East Slaughter [...]