Henry Tiul, his wife and two children were asleep when they awoke to flames engulfing their backyard. He said they just tried to stay warm and save money by using a space heater.
The City of Austin announced that all regular, non-essential city operations would be suspended beginning at 2 p.m. Tuesday and running through Wednesday.
As of Tuesday midday, Travis County Judge Andy Brown said their biggest concern was road conditions.
Someone in Del Valle is — all of a sudden — a whole lot richer after winning a $1 million prize in the Powerball.
A TCSO deputy was taken to the hospital after a crash with an 18-wheeler in southeast Travis County Tuesday morning.
The Senegalese forward, who needed 32 minutes to score the club's first-ever hat trick last season, is being loaned to French side AC Ajaccio through the remainder of the Ligue 1 season. That season ends June 30, and there's a transfer option at the end of the loan period. Austin FC made the announcement Tuesday.
AUSTIN (KXAN) — The number of people experiencing power outages continues to rise as weather conditions in and around Austin reach freezing temperatures. Three of the four main electricity service providers in Central Texas have reported outages: Austin Energy covers the Austin Metro Area and has reported three outages affecting three customers. You can report [...]
AUSTIN (KXAN) -- With icy weather sweeping across Central Texas, nearly 275 flights coming in or flying out of Austin Bergstrom International Airport (AUS) scheduled for today have been canceled, according to an AUS dashboard. Yesterday, 39 of 274 departing flights out of AUS were canceled, said Sam Haynes, the airport’s communications manager. Of 269 [...]
CapMetro announced Tuesday afternoon it is suspending all "non-emergency services" through Wednesday evening amid dangerous road conditions.
As wintry conditions and icy roadways coat Central Texas, several local governments and employers have closed offices. Here's a look at those closures happening throughout the greater Austin area.
The Dallas Zoo and police are looking for two emperor tamarin monkeys that were discovered missing Monday morning.
One Austinite, Mary Stone, was trying to get a friend to MD Anderson Cancer Center Tuesday morning for her cancer treatment, but ended up spending hours stuck on the bridge because of the icy conditions.
With a Winter Storm Warning in effect through early Thursday, icy conditions have cropped up throughout Central Texas, causing slick roadways and crashes along major thoroughfares, highways and local roads.
Central Texas will remain under a Winter Storm Warning until Thursday morning due to a significant ice threat.
Austin-Travis County EMS (ATCEMS) posted on social media the wreck happened a little after 6 a.m. on the eastbound ramp onto West Ben White Boulevard near South Congress Avenue.
Freezing weather continues Tuesday -- expected to last until Thursday -- causing traffic hazards and school closures.
Two adults and two children were displaced as a result of the fire.
Magen Fieramusca is scheduled to appear in the 460th District Court of Travis County tomorrow to plead guilty to the 2019 murder of her best friend, Heidi Broussard.
Payless Power surveyed more than a thousand Americans to find their favorite gas station chains, and unsurprisingly to Texans, Buc-ee's ranks second in the country.
A garage was destroyed in a fire caused by a space heater early Tuesday morning.
The City says while they've made a lot of progress hiring after the pandemic, their vacancy rates are still higher than normal, and they're launching their largest hiring campaign in history.
Authorities have shut down roads, overpasses and flyovers due to the winter weather that has arrived in the Austin area.
Police don't not know how many vehicles were involved in the crash that happened around 3 a.m.
Jabari Rice scored 15 of his game-high 21 points in the second half, including a 4-for-5 performance from 3-point range, to help lift the Longhorns over the hump. In the postgame interview with ESPN, Rice said he's being more aggressive coming off back-to-back 21-point games against Tennessee on Saturday and now Monday against the Bears.
The Hill Country is expected to get icy roads Monday night leading into Tuesday. Officials in some parts of the area said they're already seeing it accumulate.