Austin TX

Authorities say a 33-year-old Austin man sold fentanyl linked to a woman's death as her mother calls for accountability and awareness.

A Waco restaurateur has come out on top in the bankruptcy auction for the former Cork & Barrel Pub in Round Rock, claiming a high-profile gastropub that went dark last year. The winning bid hands control of a three-plus-acre site on Palm Valley Boulevard to a new owner and keeps neighbors near Dell Diamond, along...

AUSTIN, Texas — Hundreds of students were evacuated after a fire at a West Campus apartment complex early Tuesday morning. The Austin Fire Department says that crews initially responded to a fire on the eighth floor of The Mark Austin, located at 812 W. 23rd St., at around 2:45 a.m.

A hundreds-page long report by the National Transportation Safety Board analyzing the March 2025 crash on I-35 that killed five people found the driver of the semi-truck that caused the crash was issued an "unrestricted" commercial driver license (CDL), when he was supposed to receive one that expired the year before...

An 18-year-old man, Darius Hall, was denied bail in the killing of an Austin woman, Marietta Allison, during a Heights robbery.

A defense attorney attempting to get a criminal case against an Austin police officer dismissed is now asking a judge to take a step further: examine whether the prosecutors who brought the case violated the law. APD Officer Chance Bretches was indicted in 2022 on charges of aggravated assault with...

Researchers at UT Austin and UT MD Anderson say an experimental chemotherapy drug prompts cancer cells to mimic viral infections, triggering an immune response that attacks tumors and may reduce the need for higher chemo doses.

AUSTIN, Texas — Austin police arrested a suspect in connection to Sunday's homicide near Mueller. APD says that 37-year-old Clemente Garcia was arrested on Tuesday in the 7100 block of Ed Bluestein Boulevard for unrelated felony warrants. Garcia is accused of murdering 47-year-old Nicholas Zarate on Sunday near 4700...

Artie Abello doesn’t remember exactly when he first saw him. It was a few years ago, when he and his wife were living in South Austin. They were driving through the intersection at South First Street and Barton Springs Road. “Yeah, we noticed this person — dancing, rapping, having...

Austin's bad penny of a dive bar and music venue, Hole in the Wall, is changing hands. The historic venue that's hosted everyone from Townes Van Zandt to Blaze Foley to Shakey Graves to Spoon has struggled to stay afloat over the last decade, but its new owners said they hope to keep the Austin fixture alive and well...