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Fred Kerley returned to his hometown of Taylor on Saturday morning, wearing a shirt that read, "To all the teachers who told me I wouldn't amount to anything." Kerley made this bold statement, backed by his community in Taylor as they honored him with a dedication ceremony, unveiling a mural of him. The image now standing tall for everyone to see, came from a photo during his 100-meter race in 2022 in Eugene, Oregon. That race would lead him to a world title.

Mayor Kirk Watson has tested positive for COVID-19, Watson said in a tweet Thursday morning.

Austin and Travis County Emergency Medical Services have responded to a Sout Austin fire Saturday morning, according to ATCEMS' Twitter.

"Today I learned that it's only a Texas thing to sell pickles at the movie theater and I can't decide if Texans are genius or just weird."

Austin Fire Department said crews were at the scene of a 4” natural gas line break in the 4400 block of South Congress Avenue.

“These men and women are just incredible individuals,” Matt Mitchell said. “(They) go away from their families during the most dire of circumstances – (they) may not even have power at their own homes.”

KXAN wants to know which Black-owned Austin businesses are your favorite. Let us know!

Friday afternoon, Austin Energy General Manager Jackie Sargent asked those that are still without power to help ease strain on the city's system.

AUSTIN (KXAN) — An ice storm passed through the Central Texas area this week, leaving behind considerable damage. Whether people need help with damage as a result of the storm, clearing down tree branches and limbs, insurance information, access to food resources or any open shelters, KXAN has compiled a list to get people the [...]

While the freezing temperatures have moved out of Central Texas the impacts from the storm continue.

Concerned family members and even residents of some senior living facilities across the Austin area reported they are still without power heading into Friday night.

The winter weather that has swept across Central Texas has now given way to warmer temperatures but there is still work to be done. For the Anderson High School football team, they jumped at an opportunity to help.

Through the duration of the ice storm, while service was down, Capital Metro employees took to the streets to try and clear fallen trees and branches.

YouTube Music workers went on strike Friday in response to a mandatory "return to office" order, which they say was never part of the job.

At least 104 traffic signals are flashing or dark "due to power outages" as of 3:30 p.m. Friday — up from 27 reported hours earlier — Austin Transportation Department spokesman Jack Flagler said.

A federal appeals court knocked down Thursday a federal law that bars people with domestic violence restraining orders from owning firearms. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said that the ban on weapons in this context “is an outlier that our ancestors would have never accepted,” the court wrote.