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.

Homes are capable of producing as much energy as they consume.

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