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Austin police says officers shot and killed a dog Friday evening. According to the APD Watch Commander, police were responding to an auto theft call in the 4900 block of Prock Lane, just off of Springdale Road around 8:30 p.m. According to police, the officers shot and killed the dog after it charged at the officers.

Officials say it happened around 9:50 a.m. in the 7800 block of southbound Research Boulevard.

The Austin City Council eased up on local regulations this week following a relaxation of state law last June, and customers couldn't be happier the issue has come to a head.

Jo's Pet Parade & Costume Contest has been an Easter weekend tradition in Austin for years.

A steady mist didn't keep a sold-out crowd from flocking to the Austin Food and Wine Alliance's annual Live Fire! event Thursday night at the Salt Lick Pavilion.

Austin is a brunch-lovin town, which means that more essential egg-based meal is sometimes overlooked.

The former Dorset Truck Stop, visible from Interstate Highway 35, is quickly transforming into Pinballz Kingdom, the latest business endeavor of Darren and Mikki Spohn.

A driver already charged with capital murder now is facing additional charges weeks after he plowed into a late-night crowd during the South By Southwest festival in Austin.

Underground music fans rejoiced on Wednesday when Chaos in Tejas founder Timmy Hefner posted one of the festival's trademark flyers to his Facebook page along with the message, "Wouldn't be the last weekend in May in Austin without some friends in town."

While fun. frontman Nate Ruess is recording duets with Pink , and guitarist Jack Antonoff is promoting his side project, Bleachers , and co-writing songs with the likes of Taylor Swift , the group's multi-instrumentalist Andrew Dost , has also been keeping busy.

Talented Los Angeles-based artist Mike Mitchell has an official Marvel-themed show art coming up at Mondo Gallery in Austin, Texas.

The city of Austin is hitting the pavement Friday morning to recruit small businesses to it's Family Business Loan Program.

In June, Amy Poehler is hosting a summer camp in Austin, Texas inspired by her Smart Girls web series.

Church, a two-time emcee at the organization's Texas Film Awards , stars in the film as a "well-meaning everyman at the end of his rope."

Mark and Michael Black, great-grandsons of Black's Barbecue founder Edgar Black, plan to open Terry Black's Barbecue soon on Barton Springs Road, as we told you earlier this year.

"It was the hippie Shangri-La, it truly was. I lived on Enfield Road, but there was Lake Travis and Barton Springs and there was sunshine.

On Friday, April 11, City Manager Marc Ott released the Austin and Travis County "After Action Report" on the Oct. 31, 2013, Halloween flood .

To commemorate National Poetry Month, we've been airing poems by the students of Kealing Middle School' s Blank Page writing program every day this April.

A new Allandale bar will bear an old name: Taco Flats . The original Taco Flats on North Lamar played a key role in the 70's Austin music scene before shuttering.

Austin April 16, 2014 - Break out your running shoes and join Austin's fantastic running community at the city's newest race, the Silicon Labs Sunshine Run, on Sunday April 27th.