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AUSTIN, Texas — Austin police are investigating a case of animal cruelty in North Austin on Friday. APD says officers responded to a call at 8:22 a.m. in the 11600 block of North Lamar Boulevard. Officers spoke to a witness who provided a video and additional information, and then...

City officials joined family and friends of Pike Powers on Jan. 9 for a dedication of a downtown plaza named in his honor. (Ben Thompson/Community Impact) City officials formally dedicated the new pedestrian plaza next to Waterloo Park in recognition of Pike Powers, the attorney and lawmaker credited for his role in...

By all accounts, Treaty Oak Revival is doing a lot of things right. Over the past five years, the Odessa, Texas-based “rock band with a country accent” has issued two self-released, Gold-certified albums (2021’s No Vacancy and 2023’s Have a Nice Day), a host of Gold and Platinum singles, racked up over 1.4 billion...

Federal and local police are looking into social media threats against 14 schools in Texas, including three elementary schools in the Austin Independent School District in Central Texas. The threats came after a picture of a person in a mask holding two guns went viral online, according to officials. An...

AUSTIN, Texas — A 20-year-old has been arrested in connection with Monday's homicide at the Cambria Hotel in Downtown Austin. Police say Maximilian Salinas is now facing a murder charge for the deadly shooting on January 5, 2026. Officers and Austin-Travis County EMS responded to a caller reporting a...

(TNS) — Just days after Tesla Inc. was seen testing prototypes of its Cybercab on Austin streets, one of the cars has been spotted on the highway — at night. The purpose-built robotaxi had been spotted on busy South Austin streets since late December. Now, a video taken by Tesla investor Adan Guajardo has captured a...

This week, on a “From the Vault” edition of our weekly “Inside the Investigation” program, KXAN Director of Investigations & Innovation Josh Hinkle and Investigative Reporter Arezow Doost revisit KXAN’s original project and discuss how it came together, along with updates to the topic still playing out today across...

A late-night drive on northbound Highway 183 in Mustang Ridge turned deadly Friday when a single vehicle reportedly "spun out and flew off" the roadway, according to the Mustang Ridge Police Department. The crash killed one person, shut down lanes, and triggered a multi-agency response that stretched into the night.

Nonprofit Preservation Austin announced Thursday that the Historic Landmark Commission recommended designating Bethany Cemetery as a city of Austin landmark.

Round Rock, a city that's slowly becoming all too familiar with the grim spectre of online dangers, found itself grappling with a dark reality once more. CBS Austin recently reported that police there arrested three men during the week of December 20, 2025, for allegedly soliciting minors through digital channels....