In his third visit to Austin in as many years, President Barack Obama made two campaign stops to raise money, one at Austin Music Hall and a second at the Four Seasons Residences.
At the Austin Music...
President Barack Obama is traveling to the Republican stronghold of Texas Tuesday to promote his policies, raise funds and experience a country music performance.
Obama is coming to Austin to raise money...
UT received an average of 2.38 inches of rain this weekend, with 98 percent of recorded rainfall happening Sunday night.
Markus Hogue, program coordinator of Irrigation and Water Conservation at the University,...
The University of Texas Police Department is asking parents to disregard suspicious phone calls demanding a ransom for their kidnapped child. The police have received two reports of this happening, both...
About 2,500 West Campus residents lost power for two hours after a tree fell on a power line. Austin Energy officials said power has now been restored.
Carlos Cordova, an Austin Energy spokesman, said...
An increase in pedestrian-involved automobile fatalities has produced a new “three-pronged” strategy by the Austin Police Department to prevent these incidents by using education, engineering...
Record high heat in Central Texas has Austin city officials worried about energy usage and public health, but experts predict the weather will cool off and not cause severe damage.
Temperatures in the...
Update at 11:10 p.m. - Local fireworks sellers have agreed to not sell "winged fireworks", rockets and missiles due to concerns about fires starting because of dry vegetation. "Winged...
With triple digit temperatures and subsequent record-high energy use throughout the Austin area, energy officials are advising residents to take extra precautions to make it through the summer safely and...
A Central Texas doctor whose son died of an accidental overdose has been sentenced to nearly six years in prison in a drug case.
A federal judge in Austin on Monday sentenced Dr. David James Jacoby.
The...
If Austinites don’t watch their steps this summer, they may end up crushing a cricket. However, chances are another one will quickly take its place.
High rainfall earlier this year and hot temperatures...
Austin Police Department has requested a brand new helicopter to help fight crime and lend a hand to Austin Fire Department.
APD officials asked City Council for a new helicopter June 21 to use in land...
