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...
Three construction workers were injured Wednesday afternoon while working at an apartment complex located at 2400 Nueces Street. Preliminary investigations by Hensel Phelps Construction Company, the general...
The Austin Police Department announced Tuesday they were changing their policies and training pertaining to officers engaging with dogs.
APD spokeswoman Veneza Aguinaga said the new policy will go into...
Austin’s City Council unanimously voted to adopt a comprehensive plan June 14 that will guide city development over the next 30 years in order to turn Austin into a more “compact, connected”...
Beginning July 2013, some Austin residents may be required to dial an area code other than the well known ‘512’ to reach local areas in the city.
The Public Utility Commission of Texas, a...
