A blaze in the Beauregard Parish – called the Tiger Island Fire – has already burned 23 square miles, which is more acres burned than the state typically sees in an entire year, according to AP.
An adult scooter rider is in critical condition with life-threatening injuries following a collision with a vehicle Saturday afternoon, according to Austin Travis County Emergency Medical Services.
The Leander Police Department is responding to a fatal crash Saturday on 183A Toll Road at Hero Way.
A Kyle Police Department officer was shot at a San Marcos apartment complex Friday night, according to Kyle Police.
This is the third consecutive day the electric grid operation has asked Texans to conserve electric use.
A little over a year after closing its Rainey Street location, Reina, a once-popular Austin bar, announced it opened again.
A Texas law to close loopholes for large-scale commercial dog and cat breeding operations takes effect.
These are five STAAR math problems that don't require graphing, don't incorporate geometry and don't include fractions. Pencils up!
The Biden administration is touting a new plan they say will help lower monthly payments and bring borrowers closer to forgiveness.
The Cinema Foundation has announced plans for its second-annual National Cinema Day on Aug. 27, and moviegoers can join in the celebration with deep discounts on movie tickets at theaters across the country.
Surveillance video shows a car plowing through the front window of AM Donuts on South Willis Street around 7:00 a.m.
The Clear the Shelters Central Texas event officially kicks off Saturday. A dozen local shelters are offering waived or reduced adoption fees.
Westlake's Spencer Barnett booted a 59-yard field goal to help the Chaparrals win 31-21 over Fort Bend Ridge Point and Vandegrift took care of Dripping Springs 27-7 in another marquee game featuring area teams.
After falling to Galena Park North Shore last season, snapping a 54-game winning streak and three consecutive state championships, the Chaparrals are leaning on a huge senior class to start a winning streak of their own, and it starts Friday in Missouri City against Ridge Point.
The Austin Animal Center will join other shelters around the nation Saturday in an annual effort -- called Clear The Shelters -- to get every animal inside its doors adopted. All adoptions will be free.
High school football returns as temperatures soar
Austin (KXAN) — School board trustees in Round Rock ISD and Pflugerville ISD have voted to put increased pay for teachers on the ballot in November. Both districts have called for a Voter Approved Tax Rate Election (VATRE) this fall. This would change how certain pennies are spent in the district.
Austin is growing. But not just in the ways you might think.
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice will transfer about 400 inmates to facilities across Texas after a major fire damaged an historic Huntsville prison early Friday morning.
Two people were seriously injured after falling from a third-story construction site in east Austin Friday, Austin-Travis County EMS said on Twitter.
A Travis County district judge issued a temporary injunction Friday, blocking Texas' ban on transgender health care for minors from going into effect next week.
A well-loved taqueria in east Austin is asking for financial help after the owners say the City of Austin shut them down temporarily over an electrical permitting issue.