
HOUSTON, Texas – Merry Christmas, Y’all, Texas Style!, a book by a Texas state representative and a former staffer, takes you through Santa’s journey through the Lone Star state. The book is a Christmas poetry treasure with a touch of Texas swing.
by Lana Shadwick24 Dec 2015, 4:47 AM PST0

Reports in Texas indicate that Austin police suspect retaliation as a possible motive in the shooting of a Travis County Criminal District Court judge. The judge was attacked Friday night after returning home with some friends. She is said to be in stable condition with serious injuries.
by Bob Price9 Nov 2015, 5:02 AM PST0

A Texas lawyer from Austin has been arrested for allegedly hiring a hitman to commit a murder. The man, 62-year-old James N. Walker, has been charged with criminal solicitation of capital murder, a first-degree felony, reports Texas Lawyer magazine.
by Lana Shadwick22 Sep 2015, 6:09 AM PST0

Central Texas police said that a San Antonio man spent the past six months leading college women into prostitution until Monday, when he was taken into custody. The women were located in cities across Texas.
by Merrill Hope19 Aug 2015, 8:17 AM PST0

For frightened guests at a downtown Austin hotel this July Fourth weekend, the sounds of fireworks really weregunshots.
by Sarah Rumpf5 Jul 2015, 11:38 AM PST0

“It’s hell and high water, that you’re going through,” goes the chorus of Alex Harvey and T. Graham Brown’s 1986 country hit, and that certainly was the experience for hundreds of Central Texas families during the devastating floods last month. Hundreds
by Sarah Rumpf27 Jun 2015, 5:59 PM PST0

On June 7, online video gamer Jericho Tucker published via YouTube a confrontation between police officers and Sixth Street party-goers in downtown Austin. The clip has been cited by many viewers as an example of police brutality.
by Cassi Pollock17 Jun 2015, 11:52 AM PST0

On Tuesday, UT President Greg Fenves announced that the school is now investigating charges of infractions purportedly tied to the men’s basketball program. The review will be headed by former NCAA Infractions Committee member Gene Marsh.
by Warner Todd Huston17 Jun 2015, 1:18 AM PST0

Acclaimed rock and jazz-fusion guitarist Tony MacAlpine and his band were the victim of thieves in Austin, Texas, and now the musicians are putting out the word to try and get their gear back.
by Lee Stranahan12 Jun 2015, 9:59 AM PST0

Residents of the Olympic Heights subdivision in south Austin, TX have suddenly found themselves living the very question most of the country is fighting over on the Internet: Do we call him Bruce, or Caitlyn?
by Kipp Jones5 Jun 2015, 4:24 PM PST0

A federal district judge sentenced a 24-year-old man from Austin, Texas, to 82 months in federal prison for attempting to provide material support and resources to a foreign terrorist organization. Michael Todd Wolfe (aka “Faruq”) will be under supervised release for five years after he gets out of prison for planning to join ISIS and fight in battle with them.
by Lana Shadwick5 Jun 2015, 12:07 PM PST0

Now that the Austin City Council is comprised of seven women and four men, the first time in its history that the majority of members are women, the city manager’s office decided that staff interacting with the council needed some education as to how women think and act, and convened a two-hour training session on March 27 with speakers from Florida delineating how women are different from men.
by William Bigelow13 May 2015, 6:18 PM PST0

AUSTIN, Texas — Tuesday evening after Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) announced he was running for president, dozens of “#LibertyKaraoke” events all across the country helped the new candidate recruit hundreds of volunteers and kickstart his campaign fundraising.
by Sarah Rumpf8 Apr 2015, 5:59 PM PST0

A Texas Department of Public Safety officer has been reprimanded and ordered to undergo counseling for posing in a photo with rapper Snoop Dogg during last month’s South by Southwest music festival in Austin, TX.
by Kipp Jones2 Apr 2015, 9:15 AM PST0

The Austin Police Department arrested a woman last night after a “Molotov cocktail” was thrown at pro-life activists praying outside of an Austin Planned Parenthood abortion facility. A Molotov cocktail is a type of homemade incendiary device usually incorporating gasoline, a breakable glass bottle, and a wick that is lit before the device is thrown.
by Sarah Rumpf24 Mar 2015, 8:53 AM PST0

Though he hasn’t officially launched a presidential campaign, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) is taking steps that make it seem that’s likely forthcoming. He opened a new office via RAND PAC in here in Austin that will focus on building a communications technology infrastructure.
by Matthew Boyle16 Mar 2015, 12:11 PM PST0

Out of the cities in the U.S. known for being technology hubs, Austin, Texas has the highest average salary for software developers and engineers, after making adjustments for taxes and differences in the cost of living.
by Sarah Rumpf9 Mar 2015, 6:12 AM PST0

Austin, Texas was the fastest growing large city in the United States during the post-recession era of 2010 to 2013, according to a recent report by the Census Bureau.
The Census report examined the twenty five largest cities in the U.S., and Austin’s growth during this period — 12 percent — outpaced the rest of the country.
by Sarah Rumpf6 Mar 2015, 8:51 AM PST0

Two Texas cities — Austin and Houston — are among the top ten metropolitan areas in the United States that had the highest percentage increases in rental prices last year. San Francisco and San Jose, California were ranked first and second, both with median rent prices of over $3,000 per month. Austin was ranked sixth and Houston eighth.
by Sarah Rumpf3 Mar 2015, 8:52 AM PST0

The first gay marriage in Texas history happened in Austin on Thursday afternoon. Sarah Goodfriend and Suzanne Bryant, both of Austin, went to the Travis County Clerk immediately after obtaining a court order in their favor, obtained a license, and were married. Texas
by Sarah Rumpf19 Feb 2015, 12:35 PM PST0

A former employee of a Fox News affiliate in Texas has committed suicide at the company’s headquarters in New York.
by Charlie Spiering26 Jan 2015, 8:52 AM PST0