Austin ISD trustees approved a budget Thursday night aimed at addressing a projected $181 million deficit for the 2026-27 school year.

According to 247Sports, he's the top-ranked recruit in Texas, the top corner in the country and the country's No. 4 overall recruit. He'll choose between the Longhorns, Texas A&M and Alabama.

Austin ISD trustees considered a proposed budget Thursday night aimed at addressing a projected $181 million deficit.

Memphis Grammy-nominated record producer Tay Keith was found dead at his home on Thursday, police said.

Scammers are now leveraging an American civic duty jury service to steal your money, local and federal authorities are warning.

Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman announced 12 felony counts of tax fraud against comedian Carlos Mencia during a news conference on Thursday.

A string of giant orange flotation buoys now dot the Rio Grande for miles in South Texas part of U.S. Customs and Border Protection's "Smart Wall" waterborne barrier system that the agency says is effective in keeping out illegal immigration from Mexico. Border Report located sections of the buoys this week w

Fewer Americans are saying that anyone can achieve the American Dream than in the past, according to a new poll.

New border wall construction is starting soon at Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge, which will shut down a section of the popular eco-tourist facility starting next week.

Rick Fremin, who spent 10 seasons building Southeastern Louisiana's program into one of the premier non-power conference programs, will join the Longhorns as an associate head coach, the school announced Thursday.

A Universal Music Group-affiliated company is tacking its name to a long-planned and reworked development close to the live music capital.

Texas lawmakers heard competing approaches Thursday for how to combat the New World screwworm, as federal officials defended the U.S. Department of Agriculture's current eradication strategy while private sectors urged the state to invest in alternative sterile fly production methods. Sterile flies are used to disrupt the reproduction cycle of the screwworm.

The city of Bartlett has been designated a Film Friendly Texas Certified Community by the Texas Film Commission (TFC), a program aimed at helping communities attract film, television and other media productions.

The Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) approved the Electric Reliability Council of Texas's (ERCOT) new way of assessing requests from large loads to connect with the Texas power grid on Thursday.

Austin Transportation and Public Works will begin a 12-week project on July 6 to repair potholes and improve pedestrian access at the busy intersection of William Cannon Drive and Bluff Springs Road.

Several Texas universities and research institutions have been selected to receive federal funding aimed at preventing the spread of the New World Screwworm, a parasite that can cause serious harm to livestock and wildlife.

A KXAN analysis found thousands of unclaimed properties worth than $40 million are unsearchable by the public in Texas -- including financial assets from uncashed checks to abandoned stocks. This week onInside the Investigation, KXAN's Senior Investigative Producer David Barer explains how the money has ended up in the multi-billion-dollar fund without an ...

Police are actively investigating three homicides that happened this week, one on Monday, one on Tuesday and one on Wednesday. They happened in different parts of southeast Austin. "While three homicides in three days may feel alarming, it is not unusual for violent crime to occur in temporary spikes," the Austin Police Department said in a statement. ...

Editor's note: The above video is from previous KXAN coverage that was initially published April 27, 2026. AUSTIN (Nexstar) Investigators highlighted significant failures by Camp Mystic leaders before, during and after the deadly 2025 Independence Day floods, according to an updated report presented to Texas lawmakers on Thursday. The joint committee on the ...

The Longhorns staff, led by head coach Mike White, was named the best in the country by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association. Pattie Ruth Taylor, Kristen Zaleski and Ehren Earleywine joined White for the honor. It's the second consecutive season that the Texas staff has won it.

The horse became startled, causing the horse-drawn carriage with passengers inside to break free, according to officials.

Apple plans to raise prices on its products to offset the surging costs of memory and storage chips, CEO Tim Cook said in a WSJ interview.

Sunrise Homeless Navigation Center is in line to become the operator of the South Austin Housing Navigation Center (SAHNC), a city-owned facility that officials say will help connect people experiencing homelessness with housing, case management and other support services.

Forty-two wineries in Texas brought home a combined 122 medals from the 2026 Decanter World Wine Awards.

You might want to tackle some of your errands before Friday.