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Latest articles for the News section at statesman.com.San Marcos making switch to back-in street parking
Dec 08, 2013 11:54 PM EDT
San Marcos is making a controversial change to downtown that has divided residents in a ...
Teen turns T-shirts into cash for Bastrop Animal Rescue
Dec 08, 2013 11:57 PM EDT
Bastrop High School senior Emily Boujemaa recently donated $250 to Bastrop Animal Rescue Inc. from ...
Train issues closes Oltorf near South Lamar again
Dec 08, 2013 08:05 PM EDT
10 p.m. update: Union Pacific said that the train is having trouble going up ...
Travis County authorities report 100 crashes on icy roads, warn of Monday night freeze
Dec 08, 2013 09:03 PM EDT
Travis County emergency crews responded to a surge of at least 100 crashes on freezing ...
Plan for Auditorium Shores, including smaller dog area, heads to a vote
Dec 08, 2013 07:50 PM EDT
The Austin parks department’s vision for a new, much smaller off-leash dog area at ...
Hays school district plans $60 million bond proposal for May ballot
Dec 08, 2013 07:29 PM EDT
The Hays school district is working on a nearly $60 million bond proposal to put ...
Season for Caring: Energy efficiency coming to Del Castillo family’s home
Dec 08, 2013 07:21 PM EDT
When Amplify Credit Union decided to adopt Statesman Season for Caring recipient 76-year-old Ethel Black ...
Wear: New stop sign has West Austin motorists boiling
Dec 08, 2013 07:03 PM EDT
Commuting west out of downtown Austin — on the best days already a pain in the ...
Shot and killed in Libya, Ronald Smith’s life and words honored by his church
Dec 08, 2013 06:33 PM EDT
On the video screen, Ronald Thomas Smith II began to speak about the Book of ...
10-year-old boy killed in hit-and-run near Austin airport
Dec 08, 2013 04:17 PM EDT
A boy was killed in a hit-and-run near Austin-Bergstrom International Airport Saturday night, according to ...
Colleagues: Judge David Peeples not driven by politics
Dec 08, 2013 02:34 AM EDT
Politics have colored many of the plot twists in the months that have followed Travis ...
Achievements: Two earn Eagle Scout honors, UT professor wins Honda Prize
Dec 08, 2013 01:01 AM EDT
Students earn Eagle Scout award
The following students have earned the rank of Eagle Scout ...
Dec 08, 2013 01:01 AM EDT
TRAVIS COUNTY
NORTH AUSTIN
Austin Humane Society reopens
The Austin Humane Society has reopened to ...
Dec 08, 2013 01:01 AM EDT
SUNDAY
F1 area waiting for boom: Just a few weeks after the second Formula One ...
Austin Empty Bowl Project has leftovers
Dec 07, 2013 10:01 PM EDT
Hundreds of people ranging from professional potters to Girl Scouts make clay bowls each year ...
Buda hosts Trail of Lights event; City of Austin adopts new parking plan for Zilker Park
Dec 08, 2013 01:00 AM EDT
TRAVIS COUNTY
AUSTIN
Five new canine teams complete training
The Texas Department of Public Safety ...
97-year-old woman still monitoring Austin’s electric rates
Dec 07, 2013 09:59 PM EDT
At the age of 97, Shudde Fath is still serving on Austin’s Electric Utility ...
Freeze possible in Austin overnight Sunday amid second wave of cold snap
Dec 07, 2013 09:01 PM EDT
As freezing rain fell Saturday night, the National Weather Service expanded a winter weather advisory ...
PolitiFact: Recaps of recent fact checks
Dec 07, 2013 08:00 PM EDT
JERRY PATTERSON
Statement: “Firearms homicides are down about 40 percent” since Texas passed concealed-gun permit ...
Officials missed numerous opportunities to prevent Jonestown wind project failure
Dec 07, 2013 07:02 PM EDT
Convinced the wind energy company he worked for was about to receive hundreds of thousands ...