AUSTIN, Texas — To quickly clean up and abate homeless encampments in city parks, Austin Resource Recovery (ARR) has proposed ...

Efforts to clean up encampments in Austin parks may soon get a $1 million boost. City leaders could create a special cleanup team.

Austin's Parks and Recreation Department is preparing for the upcoming swim season.

A Milam County man is facing multiple charges after multiple snakes, including about 25 rattlesnakes, drugs and drug ...

Kristi Kirk is the first woman to serve as president of Concordia University Texas in the 100-year history of the institution ...

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The construction of the world’s largest artificial reef has been delayed again. The SS United States was scheduled for ...

The International-Great Northern Railroad, which arrived in Austin on Dec. 28, 1876, was formed in 1873 by merging previously ...

Disney Channel star Christy Carlson Romano while shooting clay pigeons in Texas, according to her Instagram post.

If you're planning the perfect marriage proposal, you know the location is key. Try one of these seven spots in Arizona, ...

China Spring residents feel excited for Waco to begin this summer building $3 million of amenities for an 85-acre park, their ...

Trinity has close to 20 EMTs and paramedics in the Magic City who are both trained in proper driving procedures and providing ...