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"We’re experiencing a pediatric crisis in our country and here in Travis County. And it’s very early in the season – we haven’t reached the peak yet,” said Dr. Desmar Walks, the Medical Director and Health Authority of Austin Public Health.

The Austin Police Department said one person was in custody after its SWAT unit responded to the south Austin area Wednesday afternoon.

The legislation calls for giving $7.7 million to every household that lost someone in the Robb Elementary School shooting on May 24. Gutierrez said he proposed that amount because it took law enforcement 77 minutes to finally breach the classroom and kill the gunman.

Drought conditions in Texas are affecting state reservoirs, leaving them only 7% better than the drought of 2011.

A 25-year-old man was arrested and charged with a misdemeanor after he attempted to break into the main headquarters of the Austin Police Department on Friday, according to an arrest warrant affidavit.

Austin leaders announced Wednesday that Finding Home ATX — a collaboration between federal and local government and private companies — has raised roughly $460 million of its $515 million goal.

The pictures taken from surveillance footage captured in the area of 27th and Nueces Streets show a man in what looks like a long-sleeved orange shirt and black pants and driving a black sedan with darkly-tinted windows. Police said they believe this is the man who grabbed a female student walking early Sunday morning.

After major reporting delays in election results during the March primary, Harris County's new elections administrator is striving to avoid a repeat but isn't guaranteeing zero delays in reporting next week's midterm election results.

Before No. 7 TCU comes to the 40 acres next week, the Longhorns ship up the Little Apple to battle No. 13 Kansas State this upcoming Saturday.

These taxpayer funds will give $1,000 a month to 85 families or individuals facing extreme financial hardship.

The Austin Office of Sustainability and local nonprofit Planted Society partnered to recruit 28 restaurants to participate in an initiative that seeks to get people thinking about the link between their food and climate change to compel them to start choosing on occasion more “climate-smart” meals.

The two other candidates on the ballot are Libertarian Mark Tippetts and the Green Party's Delilah Barrios.

The Austin Police Department on Wednesday identified a man who was hit and killed by a pickup truck in central Austin last month.

A Texas woman could face 20 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to smuggling a spider monkey into the country and then fleeing from law enforcement, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced.

A longtime Austin tradition is set to go up Wednesday morning for its 56th year — the Zilker Holiday Tree at Zilker Park.

A pedestrian was killed in a crash in southern Williamson County Wednesday morning, the Williamson County Sheriff's Office confirmed.

The Trail of Lights Foundation on Wednesday morning revealed plans for its ninth annual Night Lights Preview Party on Friday, Dec. 2.

Students at Pride High School have begun branching out to create a food forest.

High turnover, vacancies and a "toxic" environment at the Texas Attorney General's Office are slowing the release of millions of dollars owed to victims of violent crimes across Texas, a months-long KXAN investigation found.

High turnover, vacancies and a "toxic" environment at the Texas Attorney General's Office are slowing the release of millions of dollars owed to victims of violent crimes across Texas, a months-long KXAN investigation found.

High turnover, vacancies and a "toxic" environment at the Texas Attorney General's Office are slowing the release of millions of dollars owed to victims of violent crimes across Texas, a months-long KXAN investigation found.

The City of Austin is hosting two virtual meetings this week to give a progress report on the effort to combat the homeless problem in Austin.

The Hays County Sheriff's Office warned people Tuesday about a rabid fox found in Woodcreek last week. That town is just northwest of Wimberley off Highway 12.

Dirt, construction workers and a whole lot of noise. That's how Alicia Taliaferro describes the scene right outside her house in Northeast Austin.

Leylani Ordonez was last seen wearing a red Whataburger onesie. Authorities say she was taken by Alexander Barrios Orodonez, a Hispanic man.