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Nonprofit Preservation Austin announced Thursday that the Historic Landmark Commission recommended designating Bethany Cemetery as a city of Austin landmark.

Round Rock, a city that's slowly becoming all too familiar with the grim spectre of online dangers, found itself grappling with a dark reality once more. CBS Austin recently reported that police there arrested three men during the week of December 20, 2025, for allegedly soliciting minors through digital channels....

Finney's Books, a new romance bookstore in East Austin, is riding a wave of reader enthusiasm for genre-specific spaces. Why it matters: Romance is having a moment. Niche bookstores like Finney's are popping up across the country, and screen adaptations have helped sales of romance novels climb. Case in point:...

A Cedar Park investor is taking rocket maker Firefly Aerospace to federal court in Austin, accusing the company of talking up its August IPO and early-quarter outlook while key parts of the business were far shakier than advertised. The federal securities suit, filed Nov. 11, claims Firefly and several executives...

On Wednesday January 7, 2026, deputies received a call for service for a Welfare Check on a male who reportee advised that was having suicidal/homicidal thoughts. Deputies were able to locate the male and safely detained and identified. Male was identified, and was found to have an open warrant for organize crime....

MUSTANG RIDGE, Texas — One person died Friday night after a vehicle reportedly "spun out and flew off" northbound Highway 183, according to the Mustang Ridge Police Department. Police received multiple calls about the crash in the 12000 block of northbound Highway 183, the department said around 8 p.m....

Texas is among a handful of states reporting the highest level of flu activity, according to the latest CDC data, mirroring a national surge tied to the so-called "super flu." Why it matters: An unprecedented rise in flu cases comes as other sicknesses — such as the "winter vomiting bug," COVID and whooping cough —...

The business owner who her leased her space to party organizers who threw a New Year's Eve event where an 18-year-old was shot in killed didn't have the proper license to authorize a party there, according to Austin Development Services (DSD).

After 27 years without answers, Kentucky police have tied the unsolved homicide that haunted the Lexington department to a known serial killer.

The Austin Police Department is looking for a 73-year-old man who has a cognitive impairment on Friday night.