Waymo stalled by puddle on North Lamar
A Waymo got stuck on North Lamar near 5th Street due to water over the road. (Courtesy: Dani Tristan)
TxDOT breaks ground on Loop 360 project near RM 2222
Excavation work was part of the first phase of the Loop 360 project between RM 2222 and Courtyard Drive. (Courtesy Loop 360 Program, Texas Department of Transportation) Texas Department of Transportation officials broke ground on the Loop 360 at Courtyard Drive/RM 2222 project April 29. About the project. According to...
Oak Hill Parkway project nears finish; new lanes open
AUSTIN (KXAN) — A major overhaul of a highway in southwest Austin is almost done, and some recent construction progress is already making the drive faster. The Texas Department of Transportation has checked off some recent milestones on the Oak Hill Parkway project. Drivers can now travel both directions...
Video shows Waymo vehicles stopping in flooded Riverside Drive roadway
Video from Thursday's storm shows autonomous Waymo vehicles driving into a flooded section of Riverside Drive and stopping, forcing drivers to navigate around the vehicles.
Texas’ vegan cattle rancher to sign memoir at Austin bookstore
A Texas animal sanctuary owner has told her story in a debut book and is bringing it to Austin for a signing. Renee King-Sonnen, who runs the Rowdy Girl Sanctuary in Waelder, will appear at BookPeople for her first-ever signing on June 26. Waelder is located along Interstate 10, about...
Catch up on 4 government updates in Pflugerville, Hutto area
Before Zydeco withdrew its request, Hutto residents gathered April 16 for a press conference opposing the data center at the site where it would have been located. (Brittany Anderson/Community Impact) Catch up on four government updates from the Pflugerville and Hutto area, as well as from Travis County. 1. Lake...
Flash flooding causes high water on I-35 in Austin
Rain in Austin caused high waters in some high-traffic parts of the city. Lots of water was seen on the highway.
Nearly 8,000 Lose Power In Southeast Travis County
Nearly 8,000 members of Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative lost power late Thursday in southeastern Travis County after scattered thunderstorms rumbled through Central Texas, cutting electricity to neighborhoods east of State Highway 130 and along State Highways 71 and 21. Crews moved in as the storms threatened to fire back up overnight, turning restoration work into a moving target.
Pilot made frantic call to air traffic control before plane crash that killed five...
At least one pilot in the area confirmed the troubled plane's locator emergency device had emitted a distress signal AP A plane that crashed near Austin, killing all five people onboard , was seen flying “erratically” before the tragic crash. The aircraft, a Cessna 421C, went down around 11 pm on Thursday in Wimberley, a city located about 40 miles (65 kilometres) southwest of Austin...
5 dead after small plane crash Thursday night near Austin
WIMBERLEY, Texas — Five people are dead after a small plane crashed late Thursday night near Round Rock Road in Wimberley. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) told KVUE Friday morning that a Cessna 421C plane crashed at around 11:03 p.m. Thursday in a wooded area near Wimberley. The agency said the plane was destroyed in "a post-impact fire."
