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The Austin City Council signed off Thursday on a major parkland buy in far south Austin, voting to spend about $13.44 million to pick up roughly 49.2 acres along Onion Creek. City paperwork describes the tract as a future destination-style park that would plug into trail connections on the creek and lock in key environmental protections. Staff say the move is meant to...

Third-party AT&T saleswomen reps in Austin, Texas, were caught on Ring camera footage saying how they should ignore ‘No Soliciting’ and signs and knock hard “like police.” This controversial dialogue allegedly took place between an experienced saleswoman and her trainee. Online users were anything but pleased to see this sort of training being taught, not to mention the negative general stigma against...

Federal prosecutors in the Western District of Texas say a surge of recent arrests, largely in and around Austin, has dumped 261 new immigration and immigration-related criminal cases into the system in a single week. The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced Friday that the filings cover the stretch from April 3 to April 9 and include alleged human smugglers and defendants with prior convictions...

AUSTIN, Texas — One person is dead, and multiple others were injured in a shooting outside an East Austin cocktail bar Friday night, according to the Austin Police Department. Officers responded around 8:40 p.m. to a disturbance call at the Cabana Club, located at 5012 E. 7th St. Police...

What Now reported last week on Karaz Restaurant, the new restaurant from Sam Hellman-Mass, the restaurateur behind Suerte and Este, which is set to open in East Austin next year. The new Mediterranean restaurant, which will be helmed by Chef Alejandra Kuri, is not the only project Hellman-Mass currently has in the works, however.

On a grocery run in early April, Sandra Allen added a Welch's juice product to her grocery basket at Target in Pflugerville. She had often used her SNAP benefits to buy juice for her 9-year-old daughter in the past. But this time, she couldn't make the purchase: Texas implemented a new law that prohibits Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits from being used...

PFLUGERVILLE, Texas — Pflugerville police are asking the public's help in their search for a 13-year-old boy who was last seen in February. Officials say Jonathan Isaiah Berry-Middleton was last seen on Feb. 27. Police say he may have run away from home. Jonathan is described as a 5'4...

PFLUGERVILLE, Texas — Pflugerville leaders say they may have to keep water restrictions in place for a little bit longer than they initially anticipated. The problem started in early March when a pipe broke and disrupted the city's main water source, Lake Pflugerville. City leaders issued water restrictions until lake levels return to where they need to be.

Fifty years ago, an album came out with a title and a lineup of artists that seemed calculated to capture and capitalize on a moment. They were country artists, giving a kind of musical middle finger to the polished Nashville scene. On the cover of the album were the faces...

CEDAR PARK, Texas — A Vista Ridge High School student was taken to the hospital on Wednesday morning after being hit by a car while riding an e-bike near campus. In a letter to Vista Ridge families, Principal Keith Morgan said that the student was struck while riding their bike through a crosswalk near campus.