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They pulled one another's hair in elementary school and attended the same dances and churches. As they grew up, most of them went to Austin High School but couldn't afford college. More than 50 years later, this group of Hispanic friends from East Austin are giving others like them the opportunity they didn't have.......
Two days ago, a cryptic phone call from the U.S. State Department woke Austinite John White at 7:40 a.m. with an odd inquiry. Where, the caller asked, could the government find his older brother, Michael Lee White?......
The young mother stands before Judge Darlene Byrne, chewing gum and staring vacantly at the floor. If the hearing about her 5-year-old son interests her, it doesn't show.......
Every Travis County child removed from their home by the state is appointed a lawyer, at county expense, from a rotating list of about 55 family law specialists.......
Child Protective Services officials must have court approval to remove children from their homes, except in emergencies — and even then a district judge must review the seizure within one business day.......
A study has found no link between autism, measles vaccine and gastrointestinal illness, disputing research by a British doctor who runs an autism center in Austin that attracts children from across the country.......
Alberto Garcia's fate remained unresolved Thursday as the jury in his Travis County capital murder trial was sequestered for the evening after it failed to reach a verdict on whether Garcia should live or die.......
With only one blinking yellow traffic light and four places besides grocery stores to buy alcohol, Granger is not necessarily known for its night life.......
The Austin Fire Department has discovered a body in Lady Bird Lake. Thursday at approximately 4 p.m., a jogger spotted a man's body in the water on the north side of the lake just east of I-35. Police say there ...
They claim to have found the Army veteran's passport in the country. But in his cramped teacher's apartment thousands of miles away at a business college in southern China, the American told The Associated ...
A Sandy mom has become the first person to win $1 million on NBC's "Deal or No Deal." Jessica Robinson, 27, became the first grand-prize winner in the top-rated show's three-year history.
Some may say, 'If it ain't broke, don't fix it,' but a Do-it-Yourself guru known only as Mr. Jalopy puts a new spin on the worn out phrase as he heads up an unlikely phenomenon called the Maker Movement.
If it is broke, DO fix it, that's Mr. Jalopy's credo. And he does just that, repairing everything from old clocks and radios to broken bi......