A 4-year-old and her grandfather were pronounced dead on the scene. Another adult, a Target employee, died after being transported to a hospital. The suspect is in custody.

The city is replacing water-filled barricades along sidewalks with concrete ones as a broader redesign of the entertainment district quietly takes shape.

Officials warned of an active mosquito season this year with a heightened risk for mosquito-borne illnesses. Heavy rainfall last month intensified those risks. Human cases have also been detected in Williamson and Hays counties.

City leaders anticipated Austin would have $105 million in federal funding for the project rescinded after the Trump administration began reviewing a grant program established under President Biden.

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Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird will be displayed at the Harry Ransom Center beginning Aug. 9.

The case of Senator E.L. Alford, who was expelled from his seat in 1870, provides lessons for today.

The school in East Austin opened in 1891 as a one-room school intended for Black students only. Now, it operates as a public fine arts academy.

The footprints were created some 115 million years ago, when what is now a Central Texas suburb was a beach on the Western Interior Seaway.

The Central Texas Community Foundation launched a fundraiser with a goal of raising $10 million to support people in Travis and Williamson counties who were affected by the floods.