Jennifer Stayton

Austin poet Terry Dawson has responded to the climate change crisis with a poetry collection urging people to take stock of the situation.

September is National Suicide Prevention Month. Suicide is an extremely difficult topic to discuss, but not talking about it doesn't help, says neuropsychotherapist Bella Rockman.

Some of Texas’ abortion laws right now are criminal. Some are civil. Some are recently passed laws. Some have been on the books for decades. One thing is clear: Abortion is banned with limited exceptions.

Hay’s latest work Horse, the solos will have its United States premiere Saturday at the McCullough Theatre.

Anecdotally, we hear that people are crankier and more anxious during this summer’s extreme heat. But what’s really going on? KUT talks with a licensed professional counselor from Integral Care about how the heat can affect our mental as well as physical health and what we can do about it.

Austin-based illustrator Marian Henley and writer Ruth Pennebaker say their Blue Hour Dames Instagram account is "two friends talking/laughing/wailing about age ever since they got old." They hope people will re-think their, um, antiquated ideas about aging.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement has conducted “enforcement actions” in Austin. Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis answered our questions about how APD is and isn’t involved with immigration actions.

The Crabapple Fire has burned about 8,640 acres north of Fredericksburg and is now 40 percent contained as of 4:45 a.m. Sunday, according to the Texas A&M Forest Service.

Temperatures in the Austin area have been running about 10 degrees hotter than usual for October, with hardly any rain during what is supposed to be the second rainiest month of the year. CBS Austin morning meteorologist Avery Tomasco joined us to explain why we're stuck in this endless summer.

One person was injured and taken to the hospital. Police said the person has serious but not life-threatening injuries.