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AUSTIN, Texas - A protest in downtown Austin ended with two people arrested near the Travis County Jail. About a dozen people marched up and down Guadalupe Street on Wednesday, Oct. 22, for an event that started a little after 5 p.m. Video showed protesters blocking traffic as Austin police...

Governor Abbott’s order for state agencies to clear out homeless camps in Austin has not gone over well with the city. He says he took action to make Austin safer and cleaner for residents and visitors to live, travel, and conduct business. So far, the state says it’s cleared about 50 encampments, removed three …

A group of people were accused of stealing luxury watches worth hundreds of thousands of dollars during Formula One weekend at Circuit of The Americas.

Two people were injured after a fight with a machete across the street from Austin City Hall Monday night, police said.

Community First Village opened its first tiny home in 2015. Since then, hundreds of formerly homeless people have called the village home. After its expansion is complete later this year, there will be 1900 tiny houses spread across two acres.

The state is removing homeless camps and relocating homeless people in Austin. It's a directive that was sent out by Gov. Abbott. This comes after a man who was wanted for murder was found earlier this month camping in the city.

A corrections officer, Amos Nyanway, is being charged after an investigation found he supplied an inmate with chicken wings in exchange for money. He was arrested at Travis County Jail in Austin, Texas. Nyanway is charged with providing “contraband in a correctional facility,” a Class B misdemeanor. The alleged...

AUSTIN, Texas — For many teenagers, another birthday means a year closer to freedom and adulthood. But for teens in Texas foster care, an upcoming birthday can be met with fear of the possibility that they will age out of the system without a "forever family." This is the...

Every autumn since 2014, low-income Texans have turned to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act Marketplace to get health coverage. Nov. 1 the cycle begins again, but it won’t be business as usual. Austin’s junior congressman, Greg Casar, struck an ominous tone last month: “You may not know it,...

Mr. Pickles Candy opened its doors in the South Austin community in late August. (Dacia Garcia/Community Impact Newspaper) Mr. Pickles Candy has set up shop on Kerbey Lane, bringing community members a variety of sweet treats. The candy store sells packaged gummies, Swedish candy, traditional candy and dog treats. A...