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AUSTIN, Texas — One person was injured in a shooting or stabbing in downtown Austin Thursday afternoon, according to police. Austin Police Department officers and CapMetro Transit Police responded to a "shoot/stab" call around 2:16 p.m. at the intersection of West 4th Street and Lavaca Street. Officers arrived to...

TAYLOR, Texas — Former Austin Police Chief Joseph Chacon, who stepped down from the Austin Police Department after a 25-year career, is one of four finalists to become the next chief of police in Taylor. The City of Taylor has narrowed its search to four candidates as it seeks...

AUSTIN, Texas — Austin police are searching for a man who they say robbed a Walgreens in south Austin before leaving the scene on a bike. APD says that the robbery happened at around 6:34 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 11 at the Walgreens at 120 W. Slaughter Ln. Police say...

Here’s what happened on February 19th in Country Music History:. 2011 – Miranda Lambert became the first female artist to sell out Billy Bob’s Texas on two consecutive nights. 2004 – Ricky Skaggs was inducted into the Kentucky Music Hall of Fame. 2003 – Johnny Paycheck...

Professors and students at UT Austin said several departments in the College of Liberal Arts are set to be eliminated.

ICE arrests across South Central Texas more than doubled in 2025, jumping to over 11,600 cases from roughly 4,750 a year earlier, a spike that has rattled immigrant communities and local officials from San Antonio to Austin. The sharp rise has been traced largely to the San Antonio field office’s jurisdiction, where...

SAN ANTONIO, Texas — The investigation into anti‑ICE student walkouts widened on Monday, with three additional Texas school districts added to a growing probe examining whether officials coordinated or encouraged students to join the January 30 protests. Three school districts have been added to an investigation...

AUSTIN, Texas — An Austin ISD parent has filed a complaint with the Texas Attorney General alleging a high school violated the Texas Women's Privacy Act. The complaint alleges that a biologically male student has been using female restrooms and private spaces at Austin High School, and that the issue had not been...

AUSTIN, Texas — A Travis County judge declared four men innocent Thursday in the 1991 Yogurt Shop Murders, formally closing a case that haunted Austin for more than three decades. Judge Dayna Blazey exonerated Michael Scott, Robert Springsteen, Maurice Pierce, and Forrest Welborn in connection with the murders of...

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