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At the colony’s peak, around 500,000 bats roost under the I-35 bridge over McNeil Road in Round Rock. (Courtesy city of Round Rock) Austin is well known for its estimated 1 million bats but Round Rock also has a large population living under a bridge on I-35 that city staff consider a “hidden gem.”

AUSTIN, Texas — A massage therapist has been charged with sexual assault following an incident at a spa in the Domain, and detectives believe there may be additional victims at multiple locations across the Austin area. Edwin Vargas-Garzon, 48, was arrested Feb. 7 in connection with a reported sexual...

An Austin woman visiting Houston to help a friend through cancer treatment was identified as the woman fatally shot and robbed of a car late Friday after parking along a street in the Heights.

The Austin American-Statesman is seeking an experienced business reporter to cover Central Texas real estate — from home sales and housing starts to office, industrial, retail and multifamily development, occupancy and rent, as well as the policies shaping growth in one of the fastest-growing regions in the state and...

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Just six days after the mass shooting on West Sixth Street that left three people dead and 15 others injured, members of the Austin community gathered outside Buford’s to honor the victims and remember one of their own. Read More:...

The team behind the beloved taco brand Veracruz All Natural is turning up the temperature with a fiery new concept. Diablo Hot Chicken, a new food truck opening soon in Austin, fuses the traditions of Southern fried chicken with the bold flavors of Mexican chiles. Slated to open on March...

AUSTIN, Texas — A newly filed lawsuit is shedding more light on an alleged assault last December involving Ndiaga Diagne, the man accused in last week’s Sixth Street shooting in Austin. Bob Hilliard, an injury attorney representing 65-year-old Lillian Brady, said Brady was walking into work at Tesla’s...

When one chapter ends, another begins. And for one Texas TV reporter, the next part of her journey has just begun in Austin, a city she calls "a breath of fresh air." Former KXXV reporter Madison Myers just made the jump from Waco to KXAN in the Capital City. Since starting as a multimedia journalist in February,...

TRAVIS COUNTY, Texas — Bob Hilliard, founder of Hilliard Law Center in Corpus Christi, announced last Thursday that his firm has filed a lawsuit against Tesla, Inc., on behalf of Lillian Brady, an employee at Gigafactory Texas. The suit stems from an alleged December 2025 assault by Ndiaga Diagne,...