Austin News

Almost daily I talk with a good attorney friend about the pressing political, social and sometimes mundane news of the day.

Anthropomorphizing Little Muffy: A February St. Petersburg Times report found several local people who regularly cook gourmet meals for their dogs and who revealed their dogs' favorite recipes.

For more than 10 years, animal activists have been lobbying Austin officials to make the city a "no-kill" community.

On Friday 20-year-old Markeih Thompson was sentenced to 30 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to murder.

Rv Worldwide, a global payment company for underserved markets, today announced it has expanded its global presence by establishing operations in North America.

In this Sept. 17, 2009 file photo, Don McLeroy, former Texas State Board of Education chairman, talks with new Chairwoman Gail Lowe during a break in a meeting of the board where hearings on a new social studies curriculum were taking place.

A fire heavily damaged a home in North Austin Thursday morning in the 1200 block of W. St.

Chief says he will move ahead with interviews for Dallas position to further career goals.

Austin made a good showing Sunday night at the Academy Awards, with resident Sandra Bullock winning best actress for her spunky mother role in the sports melodrama "The Blind Side" and Austinite Ryan Bingham sharing the best original song Oscar with co-writer T Bone Burnett for "The Weary Kind." Bullock said she had an "incredible ride" and praised ...

The Austin City Council received a standing ovation Thursday after it unanimously passed a "no-kill" plan for the city's animal shelter.

Imagine if this murmuration of starlings fell out of the sky, like the ones in the town of Coxley in the UK / AP Source: AP ANIMAL welfare experts in England are puzzled by the deaths of 75 starlings which apparently fell out of the sky and smashed into the ground.

A former Wichita Falls man man has been sentenced to death for the 2003 stabbing death in Austin of a friend of a woman he had dated in an attack witnessed by the victim's son.

Mayor Lee Leffingwell said in a press release today that, contrary to what he promised voters in last year's election, an urban light rail proposal will not be ready by its "overly ambitious" November 2010 deadline.

Google Inc. will announce today that it is adding local biking routes to its Google Maps service, making Austin one of about 150 U.S. cities whose residents will be able to use the Internet search giant's Web sites to find bike trails, bike lanes and roads appropriate for bicycling.

Revi ANALYSIS - Smart grid spending powers ahead in Asia SEOUL/HONG KONG - Japan, South Korea and China are investing about $9 billion this year in infrastructure and information technology to make electricity networks more efficient, creating lucrative opportunities for niche technology and equipment providers.

Today, the Austin City Council can put this community on a fast track in attaining a longtime goal of becoming a no-kill city.

Many law enforcement officers called up to fight in Iraq and Afghanistan are finding it difficult to readjust to their jobs once home, bringing back heightened survival instincts that may make them quicker to use force and showing less patience toward the people they serve.

A central Texas man has pleaded guilty to two felonies in the death of his 18-month-old son left accidentally in the family minivan for more than six hours.

City inspectors issued violation notices to 76 homeowners in a South Austin neighborhood, telling them they must apply for permits for improvements such as garage conversions and carports.

In this Sept. 17, 2009 file photo, Don McLeroy, former Texas State Board of Education chairman, talks with new Chairwoman Gail Lowe during a break in a meeting of the board where hearings on a new social studies curriculum were taking place.