Austin-Travis Country Emergency Medical Services (ATCEMS) continues to struggle with increasing turnover for medical personnel, according to Anthony Marquardt, president of the Austin/Travis County EMS...
As Austin’s Pride Week comes to an end, the city plans to end it with a bang. While the main events this weekend are the Austin Pride Festival and Pride Parade, here are some places that plan to...
Last week, the Austin Code Department started a Twitter campaign called “Sad Couch” to raise awareness about the illegal dumping of bulk waste on sidewalks and roads in West Campus.
The...
Fifty-three-year-old English junior Barry Maxwell sits down in his home and spreads out a stack of old receipts, police-issued tickets and notes. He hopes to piece together the chronology of the last seven...
Austin committee members voted to continue fluoridating city water after taking no action on a proposal to remove the added fluoride.
The Public Utilities Committee and Health and Human Services Committee...
For the first time, members of the community discussed renaming four public school campuses at an Austin ISD committee meeting Thursday, and a majority of the public spoke in favor of the changes.
The...
Over its 132 years of existence, the University of Texas at Austin has undergone significant changes. While renovations and the construction of new buildings have happened in 2015, some...
After Midnight Rodeo, a dance hall located on East Ben White Boulevard, closed suddenly on May 23, the building’s owner, Rosemary Follis, plans to bring back her dance hall.
Midnight Rodeo has...
Within the next five years, the Austin Police Department plans to add 410 officers to increase its goal for more community engagement.
Announced July 19, this plan to add 82 police officers a year will...
A crowd of about 300 people gathered at the steps of the Capitol on Thursday night to remember 28-year-old Sandra Bland, who was found dead in a Waller Creek County jail cell July 13.
The procession...
As the Austin Police Department and Animal Protection dealt with the death of a teenager and a cobra on the loose, citizens took to social media to comment on the situation.
On July 14, Grant Thompson,...
While the rest of the city struggles to find funding to build necessary pedestrian infrastructure, UT is on track to continue to build more sidewalks and bikeways on campus.
The 2012 Campus Master Plan...
