Rollingwood News

The heat of summer has arrived early. Already, we have experienced record high temperatures accompanied by record high water usage.

A water project in Rollingwood was approved based on newly adopted priority factors for proposed improvements to the water system during the Rollingwood City Council meeting June 17.

Police arrested two men after chasing their car through West Lake Hills, Rollingwood, and Austin.

More than 200 people have signed an online petition asking the Eanes school board to appoint former candidate Sharman Reed of Rollingwood to the board seat being vacated by Gail King, according to ipetitions.com. As the five oa clock hour rolled by today, additional names continued to appear on the roster.

Burglars rummaged through three cars in West Lake Hills, on Wildcat Hollow, Westwood Terrace and Westlake Drive, some time between the night of May 25 and the next morning.

All other forms of entertainment considered, going out to eat is the one ticket everybody buys, whether it's fast-food cheap seats, big-steak luxury boxes or the chicken-fried arena seating in-between. Let American-Statesman and austin360.com restaurant critic Mike Sutter be your all-access guide to the Central Texas dining-out scene.

Incumbent Victor Gonzales defeated Erica Anne Grignon in the race for Pflugerville City Council Place 5 on Saturday.

McCracken, Riley, Cole endorsed in Austin's mayor, council election. Saturday, May 09, 2009 It is Election Day in Austin and surrounding cities and school districts, and we strongly urge every registered voter who hasn't already cast a ballot to go to the polls today.

Editor's note: Below are questions we asked of the candidates vying for three seats on the Rollingwood City Council in the May 9 election.

Sprouts Farmers Market, a natural foods chain that is moving into Central Texas, signed a lease for its fourth area store.

The citya s new parking lot on Gentry Drive has unintentionally shifted traffic to a nearby street, and residents are looking for a solution.

When William H. Goetzmann was a boy, his family rented an apartment in St. Paul, Minn., with a storied history: The infamous bank robber John Dillinger once lived there.

From Carole Morgan of Rollingwood. My husband, Larry, and I were privileged to be invited to Russia as citizen ambassadors with the People to People Financial Planning Delegation last year.

The greatest story ever told in a spectacular natural setting- Holy Word Lutheran Church will hold its annual Easter Sunrise Service The Wildflower Center's Spring Plant Sale and Gardening Festival provides the best selection of Central Texas native plants including those for container gardens and a featured selection of such edible plants as ...

Investigators with the Westlake Fire Department late tonight were trying to determine the cause of a two-alarm fire that destroyed the second floor of a small business complex at 3010 Bee Cave Road in Rollingwood.

Man killed by train, officials say Austin police are investigating a report that a Union Pacific engine hit and killed a man Thursday night on railroad tracks about 400 feet from the Seaholm Power Plant in Central Austin.

Four burglaries occurred in three days in the Westbank between March 19 and 21. West Lake Hills had one burglary of vehicle and Rollingwood had burglaries of a vehicle, home and business.

What: This three-story house in Rollingwood is an example of classic American architecture, say its owners and builders, David and Susanna Arscott.

Although West Lake Hills recently received the remainder of the funds originally set aside to improve Bee Cave Road, Rollingwood will continue to pursue the completion of the center-turn lane in the city.

Travis Thornton, 20, will also be charged with burglary of vehicles, Chief Dayne Pryor of the Rollingwood Police Department said.