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AUSTIN (KXAN) — A major overhaul of a highway in southwest Austin is almost done, and some recent construction progress is already making the drive faster. The Texas Department of Transportation has checked off some recent milestones on the Oak Hill Parkway project. Drivers can now travel both directions...

Video from Thursday's storm shows autonomous Waymo vehicles driving into a flooded section of Riverside Drive and stopping, forcing drivers to navigate around the vehicles.

A Texas animal sanctuary owner has told her story in a debut book and is bringing it to Austin for a signing. Renee King-Sonnen, who runs the Rowdy Girl Sanctuary in Waelder, will appear at BookPeople for her first-ever signing on June 26. Waelder is located along Interstate 10, about...

Before Zydeco withdrew its request, Hutto residents gathered April 16 for a press conference opposing the data center at the site where it would have been located. (Brittany Anderson/Community Impact) Catch up on four government updates from the Pflugerville and Hutto area, as well as from Travis County. 1. Lake...

Rain in Austin caused high waters in some high-traffic parts of the city. Lots of water was seen on the highway.

Nearly 8,000 members of Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative lost power late Thursday in southeastern Travis County after scattered thunderstorms rumbled through Central Texas, cutting electricity to neighborhoods east of State Highway 130 and along State Highways 71 and 21. Crews moved in as the storms threatened to fire back up overnight, turning restoration work into a moving target.

At least one pilot in the area confirmed the troubled plane's locator emergency device had emitted a distress signal AP A plane that crashed near Austin, killing all five people onboard , was seen flying “erratically” before the tragic crash. The aircraft, a Cessna 421C, went down around 11 pm on Thursday in Wimberley, a city located about 40 miles (65 kilometres) southwest of Austin...

WIMBERLEY, Texas — Five people are dead after a small plane crashed late Thursday night near Round Rock Road in Wimberley. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) told KVUE Friday morning that a Cessna 421C plane crashed at around 11:03 p.m. Thursday in a wooded area near Wimberley. The agency said the plane was destroyed in "a post-impact fire."

Texas Hemp Industry Awaits Critical Court Ruling as Injunction Hearing Concludes. A multi-billion-dollar industry is holding its breath today as a Travis County District Court judge is expected to issue a decision that will determine the immediate future of smokable hemp products across Texas. Judge Daniella DeSeta Lyttle is presiding...

CEDAR PARK, Texas — Police in Cedar Park arrested three men after a jugging call at a Wells Fargo bank led to a vehicle pursuit. Cedar Park police were called to the Wells Fargo around 11 a.m. on Thursday after reports came in of a possible "jugging" situation. Jugging...