Travis County offers free naloxone training as opioid deaths decline
AUSTIN, Texas — As part of its ongoing response to the opioid crisis, Travis County is now offering free training on how to use naloxone, also known as Narcan, the life-saving medication that reverses opioid overdoses. The training is available to any individual, group or organization living or operating...
Whataburger’s youngest rival enters burger war with late-night outpost
It's officially Egg Burger vs. Honey Butter Chicken Biscuit time.
Pride 2025 is August 23 in Austin
While most of America is preparing for June Pride Month, Austin is saving its celebration for August 23. This decision isn't due to a forgotten calendar, but rather a deliberate choice. For decades, June has been the designated month for Pride, commemorating the Stonewall uprising of 1969, a protest in...
U.S. Marshals seek help in finding Edgar Talamantes for violating release terms
The U.S. Marshals Lone Star Fugitive Task Force needs your help in locating 36-year-old Edgar Talamantes. According to officials, Talamantes is wanted for a supervised release violation from 2024. In 2012, Talamantes was sentenced to 168 months in prison followed by a four year term of supervised release with...
Another body pulled from Austin’s Lady Bird Lake
San Antonio's Woodlawn Lake is also at the center of serial killer rumors after another body was recovered on Thursday.
Storms to hit Central Texas again
The National Weather Service has issued a warning for more severe storms expected late Tuesday evening into the early hours of Wednesday morning across Central Texas. Texans in Llano and Burnet counties are predicted to see possible storm conditions as early as Tuesday afternoon, with squall lines forming as the...
Suspect in 2020 Houston murder arrested near Austin
PFLEUGERVILLE, Texas - A suspect wanted for a fatal shooting in Houston has been arrested in Travis County. Officials say the woman is believed to have committed murder in Houston in October 2020. Houston Murder Suspect in Travis County. What we know:. Ceira Bluford was identified as the suspect in...
Austin psychiatric hospital escapee caught in Houston
HOUSTON / GRIMES COUNTY, Texas (FOX 44) – The man who escaped from the Cross Creek Psychiatric & Addiction Hospital in Austin last week has been apprehended in Houston. Grimes County inmate McArthur Deashy Mathis was taken into custody at approximately 1:34 p.m. Tuesday, near Interstate 45 and West Road, by the U.S....
Dad Died in Crash Hours After Birth of 5th Baby. Now Wife Adjusts to...
Captain Marvin Taylor III had just left the hospital when he died in an early morning crash on Mother's Day
‘Handbags & Backpacks for Hope’ campaign starts in Travis County
The Travis County Sheriff's Office and nonprofit Texas Advocacy Project (TAP) announced their 2025 "Handbags & Backpacks for Hope" campaign at a Monday press conference, during which they will collect bags to put "life-saving information in the hands of survivors across Texas."
