A funeral service is planned at 11 a.m. today for Austin police officer Jaime Padron at Shoreline Church at 15201 Burnet Road in Northwest Austin. Chief Art Acevedo, Mayor Lee Leffingwell, fellow officers and family members will speak at the service, w... »
A funeral service for slain officer Jaime Padron that will be open to the public is planned at 11 a.m. today at Shoreline Church at 15201 Burnet Road in Northwest Austin. After the service, a funeral procession will proceed from Texas 45 to Interstate ... »
James Loren Brown, the 25-year-old man police linked to the killing of special education assistant teacher and music fan Esme Barrera, suffocated himself with a plastic bag, his autopsy report said. The report said that Brown committed suicide by placi... »
A motorcyclist was killed this afternoon in a crash on Manchaca Road at Shiloh Drive, police said. A police spokeswoman had few details but said the crash between a motorcycle and another vehicle happened about 4:20 p.m. All of Manchaca Road is shut do... »
Firefighters are battling a blaze tearing through the roof of a two-story home in Southwest Travis County. All residents have been evacuated, and no injuries have been reported, fire officials said. The fire is believed to have started in the fireplace... »
The family of homicide victim Mark Brandon Dominguez, an aspiring firefighter, is seeking help with his funeral costs, Travis County Fire Rescue officials said Thursday. Dominguez, a 17-year-old Akins High School student, was fatally shot Sunday while ... »
Two juveniles are in custody after police said one of them shot a man trying to stop him from attempting to break into a car in the Canterbury Trails neighborhood in South Austin. About 12:45 a.m. Sunday, three brothers went outside and saw one of the ... »
Esme Barrera, a teaching assistant and avid rock-music fan, was the victim in the New Year’s Day homicide, friends said. Police have said they found a body in the 3100 block of King Street, a home north of the University of Texas, at about 3 a.m. Sunda... »
Officers surrounded a Northeast Austin bus stop tonight after receiving reports that a suicidal man had barricaded himself inside a bus with a hostage and was threatening people with a gun, authorities said. But after approaching the suspect inside the... »
A SWAT callout in Southwest Austin this morning has put Bowie High School on lockdown and closed traffic on Brodie Lane near Aspen Creek Parkway, officials said. Nearby Baranoff Elementary is not on lockdown, an Austin schools spokeswoman said, despite... »
Austin police are looking for three men who broke into a South Austin home, robbed the residents and sexually assaulted a woman, police said. Police had few details but said three men wearing masks forced entry into a home near Waterloo Trail and Thorn... »
