Andrew Schnitker

The “Race for Austin Mayor” debate will air live on KXAN News at 4 p.m. and will be live-streamed on KXAN.com.

The Austin Police Department is investigating a homicide in southeast Austin Monday morning.

Texas QB Quinn Ewers to start Red River Rivalry, Sarkisian says

A uniformed security officer was involved in the Friday shooting at a northeast Austin H-E-B that left one man dead, according to Austin Police and an H-E-B spokesperson.

Homicide detectives are investigating a dead body in northwest Austin, Austin Police said on social media Tuesday.

Four Bastrop Middle School students were arrested after a threat toward the school was posted on social media, a Bastrop Independent School District spokesperson told KXAN Tuesday.

Austin Independent School District Police will increase patrols at an elementary school Friday “for peace of mind” after a reported threat to the campus, according to a letter from Hill…

This developing story will be updated as more information becomes available.

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice said an inmate who escaped from the Huntsville unit Sunday is back in custody, according to a TDCJ social media post.

Texas A&M University is the best university in the state for the second consecutive year, according to rankings from The Wall Street Journal. 

Texans will “no longer” be able to use a court order to change the sex on a birth certificate, the Department of State Health Services (DSHS) said Tuesday.

Travis County will have 171 Election Day voting sites and 41 early voting sites for the upcoming November election, according to a release from the Travis County Clerk’s Office.

Former Texas Longhorns quarterback Colt McCoy announced he’s calling it a football career.

President Biden will be in Austin on Monday to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act.

Texas head football coach Steve Sarkisian and his wife Loreal announced Friday afternoon on Instagram that the two have jointly filed for divorce.

The Austin Police Department identified a man who died in a stabbing in northeast Austin early Friday morning.

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin Police Department is looking for a suspect Wednesday afternoon after a reported shooting in north Austin, police said on social media. Around 3:35 p.m., APD officers responded to the 8500 block of Dryfield Drive for a hotshot call, APD Senior Officer Wesley Belcher said during a media briefing. That area is close to U.S. Highway 183 between North Lamar Boulevard and Payton Gin Road. Officers found a man with “obvious trauma.” The man was pronounced dead on the scene. A…

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Three people in the Houston area died as Hurricane Beryl pushed through Texas on Monday, state leaders said at a press conference. Authorities said two people died after trees fell on two, separate houses in Harris County. Acting Houston Police Chief Larry Satterwhite said on social media an HPD information security officer died after he was “caught in rising floodwaters” while he was on his way to work. Beryl made landfall Monday around 4 a.m. near Matagorda, Texas, as a Categor…

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin Police Department is investigating after a person was found dead on a Rainey Street trail Friday evening, APD said. Police said a man was found with “blunt force trauma” to his body near a trail at Rainey and Cummings Street. The man’s death is not being investigated as a homicide, APD Officer Austin Zarling said during a media briefing Friday night. Police said the investigation by homicide detectives is ongoing. Police responded to a check welfare call at the trail a…

The putting greens at Jimmy Clay and Roy Kizer golf courses in southeast Austin were all replaced in the spring due to “significant damage from the January 2024 freeze,” a Golf ATX spok…