Texas softball lands 5 on Big 12 all-freshman team, Scott named to first team
The Big 12 released its postseason awards Wednesday and it heavily featured both the Oklahoma Sooners and the crop of outstanding Longhorn freshmen.
The Big 12 released its postseason awards Wednesday and it heavily featured both the Oklahoma Sooners and the crop of outstanding Longhorn freshmen.
Melendez hit his first home run for the Hillsboro Hops a whopping 475 feet with an exit velocity of 111 mph against the Spokane Indians at Avista Stadium in Spokane. Melendez is in his first full year of Minor League Baseball with the Hops, the Advanced Single-A affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks. Arizona picked Melendez at No. 43 overall in the 2022 MLB First-Year Player Draft.
A NOAA study found that the number of dust storm-related fatalities need to be reported more accurately. -- Rich Segal
Residents in a northwest Austin neighborhood are banding together to stop the Austin Transportation Department from putting in over a dozen speedbumps on a busy street.
Several of those vehicles are still in the creek. Haugh said the treacherous terrain has made extracting the vehicles difficult but he is working with agencies to remove them as quickly as possible.
All campuses in San Marcos CISD were placed on lockout around 12:30 p.m. Wednesday after the district was made aware of a social media post circulating regarding a threat.
In a few weeks' time, Austinites will learn the design and route behind the city's initial investment into light rail transit service.
The Texas House of Representatives' State Affairs committee held a public hearing on Senate Bill 12, which would ban sexually explicit or suggestive performances while minors are present. Its proposed substitutions to the bill, though, would remove mention of drag performances or gender non-conformity.
A Hays CISD student is in the hospital after suffering a heart attack two days after her birthday.
Meteorologist Kristen Currie spoke with educators at the Sylvan Learning Center to get some ideas on homemade, eco-friendly kid crafts using materials you probably already have at home.
Meteorologist Sean Kelly spoke with Louise Ulukaya. She is the founder of Mon Coeur, a sustainable children’s clothing label that is dedicated to making cozy and playful kids clothing that lasts longer.
The Del Valle ISD Board of Trustees during a special board meeting on Monday approved the superintendent's recommendation of a 6% salary increase for all teachers, librarians, counselors, nurses, paraprofessionals, auxiliary staff, and administration.
Austin Energy said the project is important because Navajo families otherwise have issues accessing running water, reliable lighting, home heating, home cooling and appliance connections, according to the release.
All five members of a commission tasked with overseeing the Texas Department of Transportation — and by extension, its troubled TxTag toll system — appear to have no prior experience with transportation but collectively donated nearly $1.5 million to Gov. Greg Abbott, who appointed them, a KXAN investigation found.
The top official at the Texas Department of Transportation said he believes current vendors operating the state’s tollway systems are performing better than the previous vendors, despite “documented deficiencies” with the company’s handling back-office systems and millions of dollars in liquidated damages assessed to the company in charge of customer service.
In the last few years, the complaints have been steady. The only type of tip sent to KXAN that really outweighed those about TxTag were related to the COVID-19 pandemic. And they were the same issues as always: double-billing, auto pay, tech glitches, customer service. The frustration from our viewers — TxTag customers — hadn’t gone away.
Voters in 15 school districts across Central Texas approved more than $3.4 billion in bonds in Saturday's election.
Round Rock voters approved a $274 million bond package in the May 6 election, making it the city's largest bond package in history and the first one to be approved since 2013.
Wednesday morning commuters are starting their day with heavy traffic delays because of crashes on I-35 southbound and northbound.
APD said officers checked the area and additional calls and information came in, they found the man with "obvious trauma to the upper body" on Breeze Lane.
Truck evades police in hot pursuit down Lamar Blvd
Peyton Powell, Jared Thomas and Porter Brown all hit homers for the Longhorns and Dylan Campbell extended his school-record hitting streak to 27 games.
The bill is named for Tucker Roe who died of a Fentanyl overdose at age 19 in 2021. His mother Stefanie Turner started the group Texas Against Fentanyl to raise awareness about the dangerous drug after the loss of her son.
On Tuesday, Gov. Greg Abbott directed the Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) to activate state emergency response resources ahead of severe storms, potential flash flooding expected to hit the state from now through the weekend, according to a news release from TDEM.
AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Texas Longhorns softball didn't fall much in the latest national rankings release, but voters in most polls dropped them outside the top five after they were swept by Baylor to end the regular season. Texas fell two spots from No. 5 to No. 7 in both the ESPN/USA Softball and D1Softball.com [...]