While thunderstorms pounded through the neighborhoods surrounding UT, a tornado touched down in northeast Austin early Wednesday morning.
Members of the National Weather Service investigated the strength...
Allegations of improper analysis of evidence have been made against the Austin Police Department crime laboratory by Debra Stephens, a former forensic scientist and employee of APD. The Texas Department...
Churches should invite members of all types and encourage them to be active participants during services, said a pastor who may open a new church in Austin.
Andrew Fox, a pastor at the San Antonio Christian...
Police still await the toxicology report that may give more clues about the death of a man found in Barton Creek earlier this month.
The Travis County Medical Examiner’s Office identified a body...
Self-defense classes teach women not only to protect themselves with tasers and pepper spray, but also with their own body when those weapons fail them, said kung fu instructor Aaron “Moy 10 Tung”...
By this summer, downtown Austin will have a new place for tourists, musicians and students to stay on the cheap.
Firehouse Hostel co-founders Kent Roth and Collin Ballard, both Austin natives, said renovations...
South by Southwest organizers are trying to avoid last minute festival chaos by addressing questions about venue permit application changes announced earlier this week.
After criticisms of last minute...
Inspired by TOMS Shoes creator Blake Mycoskie, who donates a pair of free shoes for every pair purchased, Austinite James Shaw decided to start a similar mission, but with pepper spray.
Shaw, owner...
Austin citizens have expressed concerns for their personal safety in the weeks following the New Year’s Day murder of North Campus resident Esmeralda Barrera, but the victim’s friends and family...
Concerned by a string of New Year’s Day assaults, members of the North University Neighborhood Association and the campus community gathered at First English Lutheran Church on Wednesday evening...
Students ordering food to-go may be relieved to find the third draft of a ban on single-use bags in Austin will once again exempt restaurants from the proposed ordinance.
The City Council is set to discuss...
Misused data was cited in a memorandum which helped support the proposed ban of plastic bags from Austin, said Steven Stein, principal of Environmental Resource Planning, LLC, in a letter to Bob Gedert,...
