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Austin icon Gary Clark Jr. extends tour with tickets open across Texas

Austin's hometown hero of the blues Gary Clark Jr. has extended his current tour, which encompasses stops across Texas and a ...

May 2026 in Photos: The Moments That Defined Austin and Central Texas

Jay Janner is a staff photographer at the Austin American-Statesman where, since 2003, he has documented life in one of the ...

Lightning strike causes fire at South Austin home; no injuries reported

A lightning strike led to a fire at a home late Tuesday night in South Austin. Crews said they responded to fire at a ...
FOX 7 Austin on MSN

Austin ISD's latest bid to avoid Texas Education Agency takeover is rejected

Austin ISD's newest efforts to prevent a state takeover by the Texas Education Agency have been rejected. Thursday, the TEA told the district that it, and its new partner, have a history of failure ...

Central Texas growth moving outside of Austin to places like Bastrop

At the Texas Demographic Conference held on May 21 in one of the state's newest office buildings, local leaders and state demographers described a Central Texas region where growth is increasingly ...
The Texas Tribune on MSN

Austin ISD’s bid to avoid state takeover rejected by Texas Education Agency

TEA officials on Thursday denied the district’s request to approve a partnership to run its three chronically failing schools ...