Новости за 27.07.2023

The City of Austin and CapMetro are collaborating on two projects' worth of improvements planned along the Red Line Trail and rail lines between Navasota and East 7th streets.

Over the past three months, almost a quarter of calls being made to 988 -- a suicide and crisis helpline launched almost exactly a year ago -- go unanswered in Texas, according to data from 988.

There are approximately 2,800 miles' worth of existing sidewalks within Austin's network, with roughly 1,500 miles of gaps existing.

The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) awarded nearly $65 million to Austin community groups addressing homelessness, according to Austin Mayor Kirk Watson.

This year's Creek Show will run from Nov. 10-18 and will feature six new illuminated art installations created by local artists.

The Austin Animal Services Office proposed a Fiscal Year 2023-2024 budget July 21 to contract with animal behaviorists in Texas.

It ranked Austin in the Top 25 most threatened cities in the country for potential job losses from AI.

The Jonas Brothers will be burnin' up the Moody Center stage for a second night this fall, after announcing an additional tour date in Austin.

After years of delays, there will soon be some progress in the securities fraud case against suspended Attorney General Ken Paxton.

Grant applicants are required to have a line of credit from a major bank and put up 25% of the project cost ahead of time. That will likely disqualify many small internet service providers in rural areas.

HILL COUNTY, Texas (FOX 44/KWKT) - UPDATE: As of late Wednesday night, the Blum Fire in Hill County remains an estimated 250 acres and is 20 percent contained. The Texas A&M Forest Service says that crews are continuing to engage in structure protection. Dozer crews are making progress constructing a containment line along both flanks [...]

Senator Roland Gutierrez says most Republicans favor common sense gun reform as he announces his plans to run against Senator Ted Cruz in 2024.

Using cognitive data, along with population and demographic statistics, researchers were able to produce estimates for all 3,142 U.S. counties. They found the highest rates of prevalence in the east and southeastern parts of the country.

The Texas Attorney General's Office (OAG) said Wednesday it secured a $10.76 million "Final Judgment and Permanent Injunction" against a Texas couple and business it said operated an illegal pyramid scheme during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Department of Labor announced Wednesday that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Dollar General for four violations at an Austin store.

The Bastrop County Sheriff's Department said officials will hold a press conference on Thursday afternoon to update a case from the 1970s.

The cities of Leander and Cedar Park have come to an agreement to make two different school zones near the city limits more uniform when it comes to the speed limit signs.

Pryor, a 3-star small forward recruit from Houston, reclassified to the Class of 2023 and will skip his senior year of high school to join the Longhorns. Prior played his junior year of high school for PSAT-XEA Academy in Houston and is the No. 21 recruit in Texas according to 247Sports. He originally committed to play for Louisiana State, but backed out of that commitment and eventually landed with Texas.

Attorneys for the Austin Police officer accused of murder are asking a judge for a change of venue for the upcoming trial in October.

According to a post on the city's website, the water main broke in Kempner, a town in between Lampasas and Copperas Cove in Lampasas County. Under the restrictions, "residents and businesses are required to limit all unnecessary use of water including no outdoor watering, and only using water to the extent of health and sanitation."

Hamilton Pool Preserve said visitors were now allowed to get into the water from the beach after it was closed due to high bacteria levels.

Officials responded to a park in east Austin Wednesday for reports of two people that were unresponsive.

Kinne led Incarnate Word to a 12-2 record, the FCS semifinals and the Cardinals piled up 51.5 points per game to lead all FCS programs in 2022. Kinne was a finalist for the FCS Coach of the Year award and the Cards barely missed playing for the FCS national title. Now, he's taking over an FBS program that hasn't won four or more games in eight consecutive seasons and was picked to finish fifth out of seven teams in the Sun Belt Conference West Division.

Students from The University of Texas will come back to campus for the fall semester in the next few weeks, but it comes as students are raising concerns about safety in West Campus.

The Austin Police Department's Human Trafficking Unit has arrested two people charged with human smuggling.