As IDEA Public Schools pitches its joint venture with the Austin school district to parents, it is doing so with, at best, lukewarm support from many teachers.

Nothing is ever simple with Texas 45 Southwest. Here's how long this not-there-yet road has been circulating through the Central Texas body politic: There is a federal consent decree on file - a document setting out required environmental protections for the construction of Texas 45 Southwest - now old enough to be in graduate school.

Achievements Two earn Eagle Scout rank These students have earned the rank of Eagle Scout, the highest level of recognition in the Boy Scouts: Grant Britton , 17, son of Steve and Ginger Britton of Leander, painted a new U.S.

It's hard not to notice the mountains of milk cartons, aluminum cans, flattened cardboard and barrels of rotting food and all their associated scents sitting just outside Jeff Paine's office in an East Austin warehouse.

Austin police officials said the death of a man whose body was found in a sleeping bag Sunday near Austin High School is suspicious.

Mayra Zacarias relies on People's Community Clinic for her birth control, her annual exam and her diabetes care.

Sheryl Bucsanyi's photo exhibit has images of losing her home, two horses and two cats. It's also her personal story - that from a tragedy, good can follow.

Interstate 35 (Hays County): Northbound entrance from FM 2001 closed. Interstate 35 (Travis County): Southbound lower level closed from 9 p.m.

The driver of a truck died after rolling over on Shoal Creek Boulevard in Central Austin early Sunday, Austin police officials said.

As IDEA Public Schools pitches its joint venture with the Austin school district to parents, it is doing so with, at best, lukewarm support from many teachers.

Under the 2010 federal health care reform law, Texas is reviewing medical insurance companies' rate increases of at least 10 percent to determine whether they are justified, but even if reviewers find a problem, they have no way of heading it off or even letting the public know about it.

Central Texas WEATHER Record rainfall in Travis County Several roads in Hays, Williamson and Milam counties closed Saturday after heavy rainfall flooded the roads, though officials said no injuries were reported as a result of the weather.

About 120 Occupy Austin protesters rallied peaceably Saturday evening at Austin City Hall plaza to decide how to proceed now that Austin police at the city manager's direction have ended the group's nearly four-month outdoor sleepover.

A foundation that raises money for Texas A&M University paid its own president nearly $787,000 one year.

State prison officials are poised for the first time in 18 years to contract directly with someone other than a state university to provide medical care for Texas convicts.

Here's your latest installment of my Yesterday's Whine column. In Yesterday's Whine, we discuss how much better things used to be in the old Austin compared with the way they are in the new Austin.

Makayla, like anyone moving into new and strange living quarters, seemed a bit shaken by the experience Saturday.

As many as 30 boys belonged to Cub Scout Pack 181 , but Jayce Cox, 10, was the lone Cub from his pack to march alongside thousands of other uniformed youths in the annual Boy Scouts of America parade Saturday.

Barbara Speer had long assumed that her Austin High School Class of 1960 ring was tucked safely away in her jewelry box.

Ximena Sifuentes' Spanish-speaking parents want to support and encourage her dreams of becoming a doctor.