Austin firefighters responded to a fire in a 14th-floor apartment at the SkyHouse high-rise on Rainey Street.

Texas lawmakers on Monday questioned state election officials about voter roll maintenance, election software and the state's review of potential noncitizens.

Matthew Zwolinski, a fire specialist with AFD, responded to both this and last year's catastrophic floods in central Texas as part of Texas A&M Task Force 1.

Legacy Ranch begins its first varsity football season this fall, setting the stage for the first meeting between the Wranglers and Liberty Hill on Oct. 2.

Acting Comptroller Don Huffines pledged to support Governor Greg Abbott's plan to eliminate school district property taxes on homesteads.

NEW YORK (AP) The U.S. stock market rallied to the edge of its all-time high on Monday after easing oil prices helped calm Wall Streets worries that inflation could get even worse. The S&P 500 jumped 1.5% and is just 0.1% below its record set earlier this summer. It was coming off a frenetic [...]

A driver charging his electric taxi and a former law enforcement officer who tried to intervene were among the seven people wounded in a mass shooting at an Idaho fast food restaurant that also left three people dead, according to friends and relatives of the two men. The attack Saturday at a new In-N-Out Burger [...]

An unidentified man was hit and killed by a vehicle on northbound I-35 in north Austin early Sunday.

Nate Rouette and his brother Nelson went shark fishing on Cape Cod hoping for an exciting catch, but were shocked by what they reeled in -- a tropical species of shark with a reputation for eating everything it can swallow. The brothers, longtime sport fishermen who live in Massachusetts, released a juvenile tiger shark in [...]

Gov. Greg Abbott directed ERCOT and the Public Utility Commission to audit proposed data center projects and review power, water and community impacts before approving new grid connections.

An unidentified man died after being hit by a vehicle at Montopolis Drive and the northbound Bastrop Highway service road.

Two people have died in the cyclospora outbreak in Michigan, state health officials announced Monday, the first deaths confirmed in the U.S. related to the microscopic parasite. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services said both people had underlying health conditions that may have been impacted by the intestinal illness and dehydration. The ...

As football teams across Central Texas return to the field, coaches and athletes are preparing for more than just the competition. They're also battling the summer heat.

KXAN is keeping track of the number of traffic fatalities in the City of Austin in 2026. An interactive map shows where those crashes have occurred.

The Uvalde-born actor played a supporting role in 1993's "Dazed and Confused," which was set in Austin. He's likely better known for his lead roles in "Interstellar" (2014) and "Dallas Buyer's Club" (2013).

Arch Manning and Cam Coleman were named to the Maxwell Award preseason watch list for the second consecutive year. Texas has placed multiple players on the watch list in five of the past six seasons.

APD previously said that a man was robbed and shot multiple times, which resulted in non-life-threatening injuries.

WASHINGTON (AP) A federal judge is allowing the Department of Homeland Security to go ahead for now with plans to build a border wall through a levee system protecting a small Texas town on the border with Mexico, rejecting arguments by the town that the wall could lead to flooding. The decision late Sunday [...]

The drug-resistant and deadly fungus Candida auris has proven hard to stamp out in 2026. Despite efforts to contain its spread, the fungus is once again on the move, new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows.

Brotherton's Black Iron Barbecue announced it will close Aug. 30 after nearly nine years in Pflugerville. The restaurant cited the economy and rising beef costs, while USDA forecasts show cattle prices remaining high and beef production declining.

The break happened at the intersection of FM 1626 and Oyster Creek Drive.

The Austin Police Department and Austin Fire Department both report exceeding their overtime budgets by several million dollars this fiscal year.

Few would still have sunsets after 8 p.m. under permanent standard time.

Our first full week of August will feel like it should with afternoon temperatures at or above average the next 7 days. -Meteorologist Kristen Currie

"Our residents, over 70% of them, believe that the new development should pay 100% of their impact on the systems," Georgetown Mayor Josh Schroeder said. "If new development doesn't pay for existing users, ratepayers, taxpayers are going to pay for it."