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Woman held in death of motorcycle passenger in crash
Killeen, Tx (FOX 44) – A 26-year-old Austin woman is facing charges of criminally negligent homicide in a fatal traffic crash police say might have been caused by the driver being distracted by cell phone use. Members of the U.S. Marshals Task Force arrested Savanna Nicole Spurlock on Monday....
Austin weather: Widespread rain, storms possible Thursday
AUSTIN, Texas - Today is transition day in the weather department. We will go from sunny and dry to cloudy, humid and stormy in the next 24 to 36 hours. Really nice morning and then turning to partly cloudy, hot and breezy with highs in the low 90s. All eyes...
Looking for something free to do in Austin this summer? We've got you.
Temperatures are rising and Memorial Day Weekend, the unofficial start to summer, is in sight. It's time to start making some summer plans, y'all. And what's better than having fun for free? We've rounded up some free summertime Austin events. Check them out: ...
Indeed layoffs: Austin employees who were laid off may have lawsuit, attorney says
AUSTIN, Texas - An attorney said Indeed employees who were laid off this week may have a lawsuit. The CEO of Indeed announced they’re laying off 1,000 people, some in Austin. "It just kind of came out of nowhere," former Indeed employee Samuel Marino Jr. said. Samuel Marino was...
Police identify motorcyclist killed in North Austin crash
AUSTIN, Texas — Police have identified the motorcyclist who died in a crash last Friday night in North Austin. It happened at around 9:27 p.m. on May 10 in the 13700 block of Immanuel Road, just north of East Howard Lane. Austin-Travis County EMS responded and found Tarl Sears,...
Castletop land was slated for nearly 900 homes. It's becoming a Travis Co. park instead.
Construction wasn’t imminent. But the Topfer brothers, Alan and Richard, weren’t looking to sell the land, either. In fact, they had all of the entitlements in place to build 895 homes on the 475-acre Castletop tract abutting Milton Reimers Ranch Park in southwestern Travis County, whenever they wanted to start turning dirt.
How recent rainfall has affected our lake levels, and what it means for the hot summer months
AUSTIN, Texas — Memorial Day weekend is around the corner, so have lake levels in the area improved with recent rainfall?. "This peninsula here used to be completely underwater," Corbin Cornwell, co-owner of Big Tex Boat Rentals, said. "You can kind of see where the cliffs are that were not there a couple of months ago or the year before."
Man found guilty of murder for 2022 double homicide in North Austin, sentenced to 35 years
A Travis County jury has found a man guilty of a 2022 double homicide in North Austin and sentenced him to 35 years in prison on Tuesday. Edgar Alejandro Barahona, 22, was convicted on two counts of murder for the shooting deaths of Heliodoro Arias Flores, 28, and Juan Carlos Loarco Villatoro, 26. On the night of Jan. 23, 2022, police responded to multiple calls about a shooting in the parking lot of Ojos Locos Sports Cantina....
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