Новости за 12.08.2022

Williamson County Emergency Services District #10 tweeted the fire is approximately 20 acres. Multiple agencies are responding.

Spokesperson Cynthia Martinez said the Travis Appraisal Review Board (TARB) is an independent entity and that TCAD has no authority or control over the review board.

Austin City Council members are once again floating the idea of sanctioned encampments.

Travis County Jail records show Texas Longhorns player Agiye Hall was arrested Thursday night on a misdemeanor charge.

Five people were indicted in the death of their friend who was killed after falling off a boat in Lake Travis in October 2019, according to court documents obtained by KXAN.

This is the second time KXAN received this honor, having previously won two national Murrow Awards in 2020.

"SMART tag" gives near real-time alerts to the students and parents if a bus is delayed — a common occurrence with ongoing construction and increasing traffic congestion, Wilson said.

Dell Children's on Thursday afternoon celebrated the opening of a new clinic aimed at treating children with complex medical issues.

A low pressure system in the northern Gulf of Mexico has a high likelihood of bringing heavy rain to parts of Texas this weekend.

But for some students, the work has already started. Many have already spent weeks training as part of extra-curricular activities, with many of those practices taking place outside in the heat.

Consistently hot temperatures help boost business at Casey's New Orleans Snowballs in north Austin, where the workers serve up a dome of shaved ice topped with colorful flavor mixes and add soft serve in the middle.

The department said Thursday researchers at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley recently found the first known introduction of the invasive Australian Redclaw Crayfish in Texas.

Austin police arrested a driver on suspicion of driving while intoxicated early Friday morning after it said she hit and killed a man in the middle of North Lamar Boulevard in north Austin.

Worthy was the subject in the latest installment of "Days Off," a video series by sports media company Whistle. Along with teammates and roommates Quinn Ewers and Jahdae Barron, the trio skidded around corners and bumped into each other around the K1 Speed go-kart track.

One of the biggest season-long storylines in Major League Soccer has been the rebound of Verde from its predictable struggles in an expansion year to becoming an offensive juggernaut and contender for the Supporters' Shield. When the club faces Sporting Kansas City for the second time in three weeks on Saturday at Q2 Stadium, Wolff wants his guys to stay hungry against a last-place team.

Lawmakers are split on what the recent fall of gas prices means for inflation.

18-year-old Houstonian Zoe Kass is part of the Texas Menstruation Equity Coalition, which was formed with the goal of eradicating the sales tax on essential menstrual products.

The board added $189 million to its proposal to "finance improvements that follow the bond steering committee recommendations and align additional facility needs," and it passed unanimously.

To give city parks a boost, Austin's Parks and Recreation Department wants to make it more expensive for developers to build homes, but some worry it'll make living in the city even more unaffordable.

Hays and Caldwell Counties have been re-upgraded to high risk for COVID-19 by the CDC, just a week after being downgraded.

The Texas A&M Forest Service said by 8:10 p.m. the fire, named the Pine Pond Fire, had grown to 250 acres, and is 10% contained. It started in the 580 block of Old Antioch Road. Its location is close to a fire called the Midnight Fire that happened last week.

According to the Greater Austin Crime Commission, there's a common thread behind what's prompting most gun criminals to pull the trigger.

Drivers heading through downtown Austin this weekend will need to find alternate detours as possible film production crews will be shooting along Congress Avenue.

On Saturday, Austinites will have the chance to participate in the free event and find a coin worth $1,000.

The Austin Police Department on Thursday identified the motorcyclist who was shot and injured by law enforcement while reportedly trying to steal another vehicle earlier this week.