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East Austin’s Santa Rita Courts, the oldest public housing project in US, to be...

In less than a year at Santa Rita Courts, Antasia Smith has found community in a way she didn’t expect or previously have: neighborly barbecues, a bustling playground for her kids, friends she can call on for a missing recipe ingredient or a tissue box. Soon, that will be...
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Austin record store End of An Ear struck by car, forced to close Thursday

Austin record store End of An Ear closed for business Thursday after the building being struck by a car in the morning. According to a post on the shop's Instagram, a car crashed into the side of their 4304 Clawson Rd. store at 7:40 a.m. End of An Ear has...
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Longhorn great gives back big – massive donation set to boost Texas athletics for...

One of the greats will return to the Forty Acres to make a massive donation for a game-changing renovation on campus.
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Man dies after e-scooter crash near UT campus

A man died after an overnight electric scooter crash near the University of Texas at Austin campus, according to the Austin Police Department.
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Free Texas State Park Now Has Double The Austin Bats

Fredericksburg, Texas once upon a time in 1913 wanted to have a railway line to connect to the neighboring, and at that time the most populace city in Texas of San Antonio after it overtook Galveston following the 1900 hurricane that left around 25% of the city and island homeless.
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10 Weird Things You Can Only Do in Austin

Yes, it’s exactly what it sounds like. A chicken walks around a numbered grid, and wherever it ‘goes’ determines the winner. Sundays at this honky-tonk bar are legendary. Visit the Cathedral of Junk. Hidden in a South Austin backyard, this towering structure of reclaimed metal, bikes, TVs,...
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This botánica is a staple of East Austin, but it was once the neighborhood...

In 2024, The Green & White Grocery became a City of Austin historical landmark as part of the East Barrio Historic Landmarks Project. The project is meant to preserve the Mexican-American history of East Austin. The neighborhood grocery-turned-botánica, or Mexican spiritual goods shop, has served the community for...
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SWAT Teams Arrest Capital Murder Suspect in Rancho Vista After Double Homicide

SAN MARCOS, TX — On July 19, 2025, the Hays County SWAT Team, with support from the San Marcos Police Department, executed a high-risk warrant in the 1800 block of Spruce Street in the Rancho Vista subdivision in connection to a double homicide that occurred earlier the same day. The operation targeted individuals...
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A reporter’s account of the moment one of the Austin-area flood missing was found

"[T]hey’re having me wait on the other side, but I see you." That was the message that appeared on my iPhone last Wednesday afternoon from KUT photographer Lorianne Willett. Not even half-an-hour earlier, I had perched on the edge of the bridge she was trying to cross, watching as search and rescue workers carefully...
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Opinion: What It Means to Be Pregnant and Homeless in Austin

I didn’t plan to get pregnant. It happened on the only night in months we weren’t sleeping on the ground – a break from the cold, an Airbnb over Thanksgiving. No sidewalk. No strangers hovering. No fear of someone creeping up in the dark. Just warmth, quiet, and a chance to breathe. That night, we felt safe enough to...

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