By Suzannah Gonzales American-Statesman Staff A dramatic rise in water rates that Kennedy Ridge Estates residents have seen since May is tied to increases in rates paid by Hornsby Bend Utility Co.

A dramatic rise in water rates that Kennedy Ridge Estates residents have seen since May is tied to increases in rates paid by Hornsby Bend Utility Co.

HEALTH Salmonella cases increase The state health department is investigating 175 cases of salmonella enteritidis since May - a number that is more than six times as high as the average.

The Capital Area Food Bank president resigned effective immediately Friday after more than two years at the helm of the Austin nonprofit.

Federal, state, county and city offices: Closed Monday. Banks, savings and loans, and credit unions: Closed Monday.

A Travis County jury late Thursday sentenced former Austin High School student Jay Carbullido to seven years probation for firing a .22-caliber rifle at a car full of people near the school last year.

The Austin Police Department has prohibited personal watercraft from Lake Austin and will enforce a so-called no-refusal initiative over the Labor Day weekend, the department said in a statement.

Associate professor Barbara Covington entered a room filled with bins of rubber body parts covered with fake wounds and picked up a foot with discolored toes.

A lawsuit has been filed against the people connected to a Southeast Austin condominium where a balcony collapsed, injuring more than two dozen guests at a party last month, according to a Travis County court filing.

Inside a darkened theater, camouflage-wearing soldiers shuffle toward their seats to confront an enemy that has taken record numbers of their comrades in the past year.

Soon after he fatally shot a man last year, former Austin police officer Leonardo Quintana said he noticed a shift in his drinking habits.

Two guys who won’t be going to University of Texas football games again this year? Jerry and Vernon Fuller , twin brothers from Jarrell who are avid Longhorn fans.

Austin is the only large Texas city that offers permanent tax breaks to hundreds of historical homes and buildings, according to an American-Statesman review of preservation programs in the state .

LAKE AUSTIN Personal watercraft banned The use of personal watercraft, wet bikes, motorized surfboards and similar devices will be banned on Lake Austin over the Labor Day weekend beginning at sunset today.

If you are out and about this weekend, you might see something a bit out of the ordinary, even for a city that prides itself on being weird.

HUSTON-TILLOTSON UNIVERSITY Symposium, jazz to mark 135th anniversary Huston-Tillotson will commemorate its 135th anniversary with a four-day celebration next month that will include a jazz concert and a symposium on health and wellness.

Federal, state, county and city offices: Closed Monday. Banks, savings and loans, and credit unions: Closed Monday.

Former Austin police officer Leonardo Quintana knew he was too drunk to drive when he got behind the wheel of his Cadillac Escalade after a night of partying in January, his lawyer said Thursday.

A wrongful death lawsuit has accused Tom Phillips, former chief justice of the Texas Supreme Court, and his wife of routinely allowing teenagers to drink at their Bastrop home, leading to a 2 a.m.

For shooting into a crowd gathered outside a Red River Street club after a concert last year, two rappers from La Grange were convicted of aggravated assault Thursday and sentenced to 20 years in prison.