Dec. 26—Grand Meadow sees 130-year-old high temp record fall The area set a pair of records over the weekends as southeast Minnesota was met with mild, wet weather, rather than a snowy, white Christmas. According to the National Weather Service, Austin set a new high of 46 degrees on Friday, Dec. 22, just one degree […]
Residents of Austin and Central Texas can expect a week of sunshine. The mornings, however, will bring a significant windchill to make early mornings feel particularly cold, the weather service reports. Looking a week out, New Year’s Day temperatures are expected to range from a high of 40 degrees to the low 60s. More: 10 […]
AUSTIN (KXAN) – Austin Police arrested a man Thursday who they believe is connected to the Saturday, Dec. 16 shooting at the Barton Creek Square Mall that left one person injured. APD officers arrested Vincent Gutierrez, 19, on two counts of Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon. He has been booked into the Travis County […]
While Americans pack for a busy weekend of holiday plans, thousands of military service members continue to protect the United States at duty stations around the world. On Thursday and Friday, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks made personal phone calls to thank those who are serving abroad during […]
Chicago police are searching for a man suspected of killing an Austin mother of two who had obtained an order of protection against him weeks before her death, according to family members and court records. Maria Roque, 34, was shot to death Dec. 13 in the 500 block of North Long Avenue in the Austin […]
UPDATE: Kate Mathews was found safe on Thursday, according to her mother, Maxine Barney. Editor’s note: This story has been updated to show the correct grade level of Kate Mathews. The parents of a 15-year-old girl are appealing for the public’s help after she seemingly ran away from an Austin school last week. Kate Mathews, […]
SAN ANTONIO — It had gotten dark. Clouds filled with rain loomed overhead, threatening to wash away all their work. They were running out of time. Daniel Hemler worked quickly, digging two feet into the earth to make way for a new swimming pool he had been hired to install. Alongside a stranger he’d recruited […]
The Texas Department of Public Safety task force dedicated to policing Austin will cease operations on Saturday, the state agency confirmed Thursday. Troopers will be redirected to the southern border “due to the ever changing situation,” according to Ericka Miller, a press secretary for the Texas Department of Public Safety. On Monday, Gov. Greg Abbott […]
By Norihiko Shirouzu and Paul Lienert AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Elon Musk says prototypes are easy, production is hell. And when it comes to the long-awaited Cybertruck, Tesla’s hell is its pioneering 4680 battery. Tesla delivered the first of its futuristic stainless steel-plated electric pickups last month and CEO Musk said in October that it […]
Thursday is the first day of winter, but if you’re hoping for a white Christmas in Austin this year, you’re out of luck. There’s a heightened chance of rain each day this Christmas weekend, when temperatures are expected to consistently hover in the high 60s and low 70s, according to the National Weather Service office […]
Two separate shootings, in the span of seven hours, shook Austinites less than two weeks after a mass killing of four people in Austin and two in San Antonio. Jen Ramos was scheduled to work a double shift at a restaurant in the Barton Creek Square mall on Saturday, but instead, shortly before the 5 […]
This article was originally published in The Texas Tribune. Texas transplant Elon Musk is planning to start a university in Austin, according to tax filings for one of his charities first reported by Bloomberg News. The charity, called The Foundation, plans to use a $100 million gift from Musk to create and launch a primary […]