- http://www.kxan.com/news/bryan-k...fore-murders-docs-reveal/Bryan Kohberger's former professor told police she warned other professors and supervisors he might be a predator.Posted 2 days 6 hours ago - 08/19/25
- http://www.kxan.com/news/local/w...ssession-das-office-says/A jury found a 59-year-old Taylor man guilty last week and was sentenced to 50 years in prison for possession of methamphetamine, according to the Williamson County District Attorney's Office.Posted 2 days 6 hours ago - 08/19/25
- http://www.kxan.com/top-stories/...w-from-state-house-floor/A Democratic Texas state lawmaker who spent the night on the Texas House floor rather than accept a police escort slammed the GOP in an interview as Republicans try to move forward with their plan to redistrict the Lone Star State. Texas Rep. Nicole Collier was one of the Democratic state legislators who fled earlier [...]Posted 2 days 7 hours ago - 08/19/25
- http://www.kxan.com/news/local/a...stin-dies-days-later-apd/A 35-year-old man died over the weekend after a car hit him earlier this month in east Austin, according to the Austin Police Department.Posted 2 days 8 hours ago - 08/19/25
- http://www.kxan.com/news/local/a...-homelessness-task-force/A new task force is bringing together more than 12 organizations and agencies to work together to reduce homelessness in downtown Austin.Posted 2 days 8 hours ago - 08/19/25
- http://www.kxan.com/news/nationa...n-deal-worth-6-2-billion/Nexstar, founded in 1996, has itself grow substantially with acquisitions over the latest two decades, becoming the biggest operator of local TV stations in the U.S. after it purchased Tribune Media back in 2019.Posted 2 days 9 hours ago - 08/19/25
- http://www.kxan.com/news/local/t...w-bridge-cow-creek-opens/Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and the Texas Department of Transportation will hold a ribbon cutting Tuesday morning for a new bridge on RM 1431, replacing a bridge that washed away July 5.Posted 2 days 9 hours ago - 08/19/25
- http://www.kxan.com/news/local/t...andy-creek-opens-tuesday/Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and the Texas Department of Transportation will hold a ribbon cutting Tuesday morning for a new bridge on RM 1431, replacing a bridge that washed away July 5.Posted 2 days 9 hours ago - 08/19/25
- http://www.kxan.com/news/local/h...2-cent-tax-rate-increase/The Hays CISD Board of Trustees will bring a tax rate increase to its voters for approval in November, after a unanimous vote by the board Monday night.Posted 2 days 10 hours ago - 08/19/25
- http://www.kxan.com/news/busines...n-deal-worth-6-2-billion/Nexstar Media Group is buying broadcast rival Tegna for $6.2 billion, which will help strengthen its local news offerings. The transaction, if approved, will bring together two major players in U.S. television and the country's local news landscape. Nexstar oversees more than 200 owned and partner stations in 116 markets nationwide today and also runs [...]Posted 2 days 10 hours ago - 08/19/25
- http://www.kxan.com/traffic/18-w...uished-georgetown-police/A semi truck on Interstate 35 near Georgetown, Texas, caught fire Tuesday morning, according to a social media post from the Georgetown Police Department.Posted 2 days 10 hours ago - 08/19/25
- http://www.kxan.com/news/science...by-ut-austin-astronomers/Astronomers from the University of Texas at Austin have discovered the most distant black hole ever confirmed, which is 300 million times more massive than our sun and formed 500 million years after the Big Bang.Posted 2 days 10 hours ago - 08/19/25
- http://www.kxan.com/news/local/a...ants-to-be-anchor-tenant/Negotiations are underway between airlines and Austin-Bergstrom International Airport that will help determine the future of AUS and Southwest hopes to play a big role, saying it wants to be the "anchor tenant" in the airport's new concourse.Posted 2 days 12 hours ago - 08/19/25
- http://www.kxan.com/news/local/h...ten-commandments-posters/Hays CISD Superintendent Dr. Eric Wright spoke with KXAN about some of the district's biggest challenges as it kicks off another school year.Posted 2 days 12 hours ago - 08/19/25
- http://www.kxan.com/top-stories/...king-for-poorest-workers/The poorest workers are now seeing the slowest levels of wage growth while the highest earners are seeing the fastest.Posted 2 days 12 hours ago - 08/19/25
- http://www.kxan.com/top-stories/...ets-have-changed-in-2025/After years of the market largely favoring sellers, the country as a whole has shifted into "neutral" territory this summer, Zillow found in its updated Market Heat Index. But the nationwide numbers don't tell the full story.Posted 2 days 12 hours ago - 08/19/25
- http://www.kxan.com/news/texas/e...bbock-charged-with-theft/Senior Warden at the Wallace Unit, Michael Miller, 48, was arrested in Lubbock on August 14 and accused of fraud and theft involving price tag tampering.Posted 2 days 12 hours ago - 08/19/25
- http://www.kxan.com/news/educati...braries-this-school-year/Starting in September, AISD librarians' jobs will be reshaped by Senate Bill 13: the state legislature's latest effort to protect parental rights in schools.Posted 2 days 13 hours ago - 08/19/25
- http://www.kxan.com/news/educati...nes-school-closure-plans/The Austin ISD superintendent said the district's declining enrollment numbers are leaving too many schools under capacity and sees campus closures and consolidations as part of the solution.Posted 2 days 14 hours ago - 08/19/25
- http://www.kxan.com/news/texas-p...rejecting-dps-monitoring/AUSTIN (Nexstar) - The Texas House is adjourned until Wednesday morning. But one State Rep. is staying in the chamber, staging a protest that's gaining attention. Before the House adjourned Monday, House Speaker Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, ordered the doors to the chamber to be locked. He said that members needed written permission to leave the [...]Posted 2 days 20 hours ago - 08/18/25
- http://www.kxan.com/news/local/a...18-wheeler-on-north-i-35/The driver of the sedan was pronounced dead at the scene and was not identified, according to police.Posted 2 days 22 hours ago - 08/18/25
- http://www.kxan.com/news/therapy...up-to-increase-adoptions/AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Each week, theres a celebration outside a Wimberley senior living facility, featuring music from a community radio station and some special guests from an area animal rescue. Wimberley Adoption Group and Rescue, or WAG, teams up with KWVH Wimberley Valley Radio 94.3 to bring adoptable animals to Alexis Pointe Senior Living for [...]Posted 3 days 11 minutes ago - 08/18/25
- http://www.kxan.com/sports/longh...in-new-sonic-ad-campaign/It's the fast food restaurant's first venture into the Name, Image and Likeness space, and Crews takes three Longhorns Colin Simmons, Ryan Wingo and Michael Taaffe along with Aggies Marcel Reed and Rueben Owens, to acting school. The "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" star teaches them the finer points and nuances of the craft, all while showing off Sonic's Smasher ...Posted 3 days 33 minutes ago - 08/18/25
- http://www.kxan.com/news/local/a...t-years-budget-in-austin/City Council voted last week to allocate $1 million to community violence intervention efforts. Last budget cycle, $500,000 city dollars were allocated.Posted 3 days 54 minutes ago - 08/18/25
- http://www.kxan.com/news/ketamin...y-agrees-to-plead-guilty/A woman known as the Ketamine Queen, charged with sellingMatthew Perrythe drug that killed him, agreed to plead guilty Monday.Posted 3 days 1 hour ago - 08/18/25
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