Новости за 20.07.2023

Nearly 64,000 Texas borrowers will have their federal student loans forgiven after a U.S. Department of Education review concluded they qualified for the benefit.

A boil water notice is in effect for some West Travis County PUA customers starting July 20.

One person is dead after they were found at Mabel Davis District Park Thursday, Austin-Travis County EMS medics told KXAN.

Camila and Matthew McConaughey are behind a new initiative operating with the goal of helping improve school safety.

Citing mountains of documents to process, a federal judge and attorneys in the case of indicted real estate developer Nate Paul have agreed to push a trial date one year, to July 29, 2024, to provide sufficient time to prepare and analyze records, according to a hearing Thursday at Austin’s federal district courthouse.

Anthony Deshon Jennings was found "in medical distress" on July 18, a Texas Attorney General's Office report shows. He was taken to the unit infirmary and pronounced dead at 2:07pm.

Construction will soon start on 126 affordable houses, designed by Austin Habitat for Humanity. The affordable housing community will be called Persimmon Point.

After returning from summer break, Austin City Council has nearly 200 items on its agenda Thursday. Here's some of what we're watching.

An Austin non-profit said it will launch its Hot Summer Nights festival on Thursday.

An officer was involved in a shooting in south Austin Thursday morning, according to the Austin Police Department.

Austin City Council is set to discuss a resolution Thursday that, if approved, would initiate amendment changes to the city's land development code, which would ultimately lead to higher-density living in Austin neighborhoods.

The issue of exceptions to Texas' near-total abortion ban are in state court for a second day, after a long day of testimony Wednesday from some of the women who are suing the state, saying the laws put their lives, and their babies, at risk.

Officials in Hays County filed additional charges against a man registered as a sex offender after finding evidence of an additional victim.

Thousands of people convicted of non-violent, low-level federal crimes — then released during the COVID-19 pandemic — will not have to go back to prison.

The bookshop is in a historic home, specifically one that used to sit on Austin's historic Rainey Street.

Ten years after his death, Austin Police released new information Wednesday about the investigation into the death of Roberto Robby Reyna.

The Department of Public Safety said one person died Wednesday after a crash on FM 1327 in Southern Travis County.

Professional eclipse chasers are gearing up for the April 8th, 2024 total solar eclipse. While the eclipse will pass directly over Texas, the experts won't be here. Instead, two of the world's best are heading to Mexico and booking ships that will take them to the Pacific Ocean.

Gabriel Jesus, Leandro Trossard, Jorginho, Gabriel Martinelli and Kai Havertz all scored — and those weren't the only highlights for the many red-clad Arsenal supporters in the crowd at Audi Field.

Wildfire season is here and that means fire departments around Central Texas are on high alert, but in more rural areas it can be a challenge to respond quickly.

Search warrants provide new information about why investigators are searching a field in Pflugerville tied to the Raul Meza Jr. case. Meza is a suspected serial killer.

Sykora signed a letter of intent to pitch for the Texas Longhorns, but the Washington Nationals made him an offer he couldn't refuse. The 6-foot-6 fireballer signed July 17 with the club, and according to MLB.com, his bonus was $2.6 million. It was clear the Nationals made it a priority to get him big money given how they signed other draftees.

Officials responded to a large outdoor fire near the area of Cobb Creek Road in Williamson County Wednesday, the Williamson County Director of Communications confirmed to KXAN.

Central Texas is under an excessive heat warning again and many of us are having car problems on the road.

Starting Aug. 1, Georgetown utility customers will receive a text message letting them know they are enrolled in the city's real-time water outage texting service, according to a news release from the city.