An apartment fire in North Central Austin displaced four residents tonight, according to an Austin fire official. The fire broke out shortly after 8 p.m. at The Retreat apartments, 4400 Avenue A, the official said. The fire triggered at least heavy dam... »
11:15 a.m. update: Austin Fire Department and Texas Gas Service crews have evacuated 12 homes in Central Austin because of a gas leak but officials said those residents should be allowed back home in a couple of hours. Fire Department Capt. Matthew Cox... »
Power has been restored to an estimated 4,000 Austin Energy customers who saw outages Tuesday in Central and West Austin due to a defective piece of equipment that connects overhead lines to underground lines, a company spokesman said. The power went o... »
What caused such high E. coli levels in Bull Creek near Loop 360? In a Saturday front page story, we were told that dogs are using the creek as a bathroom, but no conclusive evidence has been found to support that. A reader pointed out that the monitor... »
Austin Pets Alive will be staying put at the Town Lake Animal Center for one more year and potentially even longer. »
