Austin News

Got your calendar cleared for November 8 and 9, 2014? Performance shooter and adventurer Kirsten Joy Weiss wants you to join her in Austin, Texas .

Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl brought a rock n' roll sensibility to the usually buttoned-down atmosphere of the summer TV critics' tour.

When restaurants and night spots adopt dress codes, they are often vague in their wording but specific in their enforcement.

News of our famed East Austin barbecue joint Franklin Barbecue has officially made it all the way to the White House.

Director Robert Rodriguez 's bid to purchase the Jovita's restaurant property may still come to fruition.

Obama says that contention is "not a partisan statement - it's a statement of fact."

California beer-and-burger chain Eureka is headed for Texas. With 12 locations on the West Coast, stretching from San Diego to Seattle, Eureka has set its sights on Dallas and Austin.

The 30,000-square-foot store is located at the Plaza at Shelter Cove off William Hilton Parkway, in a building formerly occupied by Piggly Wiggly.

With filing for the November election imminent, AISD's board of trustees has vacancies, and it has candidates.

Beloved Lamar Boulevard will be in the spotlight on Thursday night when the Chuck's Eat the Street season premiere airs on the Cooking Channel.

In an unexpected decision, UT System Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa announced President William Powers Jr. will remain in his position until June 2, 2015 in a statement on Wednesday.

Lyft vehicles are sometimes identified by pink mustaches. City enforcement, however, focuses on catching drivers accepting payment from passengers.

The next day, the scene was much mellower. In fact, the reserved seat banks at Austin's largest venue were so barren it's a safe guess many music fans shelled out for the three-day reserved seating upgrade primarily to ensure entry to the Kanye show, only to see their music enthusiasm falter after three days of X Gaming in the 90-degree Texas heat.

But before he arrives, the President will spend his morning in Denver, Colorado, before flying to Dallas where he plans to meet with Governor Rick Perry and other leaders for a round table discussion concerning the humanitarian crisis on the Texas and Mexico border.

Johnson had previously been one of three finalists for the position in 2010, though the board a offered the position to Maureen McCoy at that time.

Austin Police Officer Justin Boehm lost his appeal following Chief Art Acevedo's decision last October to indefinitely suspend him from the force.

Jul 8, 2014--The Object Management Group R and the Business Architecture Guild are pleased to announce that they will be cohosting the Business Architecture Innovation Workshop which will take place at the Sheraton Austin Hotel at the Capitol in Austin, TX on September 16 th -17 th.

Girls Rock Austin is raising funds for need-based camp scholarhips and musical equipment with a new crowdfunding campaign via Indiegogo.

Buying in bulk is often touted as a way to save money on groceries, but that doesn't usually mean buying 40 pounds of chicken or ground beef at a time.

Due to unseasonal rains, it has been almost a month since Blues on the Green has graced Zilker Park.