LEANDER Phone numbers have changed across district All school district telephone numbers will begin with a new 570 prefix starting today.

Fantastic Fest to honor director Fantastic Fest will present a lifetime achievement award to director and martial arts choreographer Yuen Woo-Ping and host the world premiere of his latest movie, "True Legend," on Sept.

HAYS COUNTY Buda murder suspect extradited Hays County sheriff's deputies on Friday completed the extradition of Mark David Simmons back to Texas, officials said Monday.

Austin's business community has split on the city's $90 million transportation bond election in November.

The area around Mansfield Dam on Lake Travis has smelled of dead fish for several days now because there are a lot of dead fish in that portion of the lake.

Dolph Briscoe Jr. once wrote a $45,000 check to purchase an 1849 daguerreotype of the Alamo from a private collector in New England.

The Eanes school board this week could vote to bring three bond propositions with projects totaling about $150.7 million to voters in November.

City officials today will continue their investigation into what caused a balcony to collapse early Sunday in Southeast Austin, sending dozens of injured partygoers to area emergency rooms.

Soon the Longhorn faithful can expect their lights at home to glow burnt orange. By the end of August, Texans in most of the state will be able to sign up to become customers of Texas Longhorns Energy.

Early Sunday , University Medical Center Brackenridge announced a triage level 1 the code for mass casualties and disasters.

Is the University of Texas violating the law by considering race and ethnicity when it decides whom to admit to its freshman class?

Falling property values in Hutto have led to an $8 decrease in annual property taxes for the average homeowner, according to the proposed city budget.

OK, so fewer than 10 people are directly affected by what I'm about to tell you. But stick with me.

White named New ceo 
of children's shelter Kelly White took over last month as the chief executive officer for the Austin Children's Shelter.

TRAFFIC REPORT State, U.S. Highways Interstate 35 (Hays County): Alternating northbound lane closures between Texas 80 and Yarrington Road from 7 p.m.

Tributes to Fidel Castro, statues of Che Guevara and photographs of Elian Gonzalez might not line the streets of this rice-growing town, but make no mistake about it: The farmers here are pro-Cuba.

When it comes to the homelessness, we all have lots of questions. The big ones always grab the limelight.

AUSTIN Bank robbery, suicide linked? Austin police are investigating a bank robbery at a Wells Fargo bank in the 8000 block of Mesa Drive and a suicide that happened near Webb Middle School at 601 E.

The City of West Lake Hills has sued a resident, claiming that he continued to live on a Yaupon Valley Road property in spite of a condemned septic system that violates state and local health laws and causes a public health nuisance.

The boy, Chase Mims, is two weeks shy of his 12th birthday on the day it arrives. Inside the small, aging house in Northeast Austin, he sits next to a much older guest, a man with a cigarette-worn voice and blue-tinted glasses.