Round Rock News

The "Revenge of the Buns" veggie hot dog eating contest took place Saturday at the Tiniest Bar in Texas.

With fireworks cancelled or scaled back in some cities this year because of the cost, some areas are celebrating with a band.

Round Rock is the second-fastest growing large city in the nation for the 12 months that ended July 1, 2008, the U.S. Census Bureau said in its annual population estimates released Wednesday.

Cary, Raleigh and Durham cracked the top 25 fastest growing cities list in the U.S. in 2008, according to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau.

July 2, 2009 CENSUS BUREAU: New Orleans was Nation's Fastest-Growing City in 2008 Population Getting Closer to Pre-Katrina Levels; WV Cities Continue to Lose population -- Except for Morgantown, Martinsburg By David M. Kinchen Huntingtonnews.net Editor The population of New Orleans grew 8.2 percent in 2008, faster than any other large city in the ...

The population of New Orleans grew 8.2 percent in 2008, faster than any other large city in the U.S., according to population estimates released today by the U.S. Census Bureau.

After her son Cal died of an undiagnosed disease, Heather Long with daughter Emily, 10 pursued creating a national database of such cases.

The H1N1 swine flu claimed its first Central Texas victim Monday. The Austin American-Statesman reported Monday that Pflugerville resident Ron Stowe, 49, died Saturday at Scott & Hospital in Temple.

The Texas unemployment rate jumped from 6.7 percent in April to 7.1 percent in May.

Main Category: Women's Health / Gynecology Also Included In: Regulatory Affairs / Drug Approvals Article Date: 25 Jun 2009 - 3:00 PDT Caldera Medical, Inc.

The Fourth of July in Round Rock, Texas is a truly festive occasion. Round Rock and nearby communities host fun family activities throughout the day to help you and your family create a truly memorable holiday.

A fast-growing health care company has opened Williamson County's first residential hospice, a temporary medical home where patients can get symptoms stabilized, pain controlled and other care before moving back home, to a nursing home or somewhere else at the end of their lives.

Gloria Holbrook of Round Rock can't believe how hot it is outside. "Every time the utility bill comes, I look at it and touch the envelope and say, 'Please, be lower, be lower'," Holbrook said.

Dell has expanded its virtualization lineup for SMBs. Dell's virtualization offerings include ready-to-go virtualization hardware and software configurations.

Jennifer Atkinson of Austin was chosen tonight as a grand-prize winner at the 2009 H-E-B Excellence in Education Awards, which netted the Metz Elementary School teacher $10,000, as well as matching grant for her school.

The Austin school district is not hiring externally for elementary school teachers, saying that they have more than enough staff members to fill all available positions.

Incumbents were victorious in a Leander runoff election to decide the city's mayor and who would fill three slots on a city council in charge of a $13.7 million annual operating budget.

Sharon Ann Nichols, 61, of Odessa was born October 5, 1947 in Breckenridge, TX. Her parents are Delmar and Glenda McKinney.

More severe weather took aim on Central Texas tonight, downing trees and power lines in Burnet County and causing problems with phone service in Round Rock.

This June 2009 file photo shows Chinese customers shopping for computers at a store in a computer mall in Shanghai.