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  • Multiple-vehicle wreck triggers delays on Interstate 35 in South Austin

    A multi-vehicle crash is expected to cause longer-than-usual delays on northbound Interstate 35 near Riverside Drive on Thursday morning.The wreck, which occurred about 6:20 a.m., involved at least five vehicles and possibly as many as 10, a police official said.No injuries were reported.At least one lane has been affected, the official said.Police and tow vehicles are trying to clear the scene, ...

  • Bastrop semitruck rollover catches fire Bastrop semitruck rollover catches fire

    BASTROP COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) - Bastrop County Sheriff's deputies and firefighters responded to an 18-wheeler rollover wreck that caught fire early Thursday morning. It happened on State Highway 71 around 6:15 a.m. when the big rig caught fire rolling in Garfield, shutting down the lanes heading west near the intersection of Old 71. Firefighters managed to put out the fire, and by 7:15 a.m. ...

  • One hospitalized in 10-car I-35 wreck One hospitalized in 10-car I-35 wreck

    AUSTIN (KXAN) - Emergency crews took one person to the hospital in a wreck involving 10 cars on Interstate 35 Thursday morning. A dozen other people refused any medical treatment. It happened in the lanes heading north in the 10th block of I-35 near Riverside Drive. The highway was shut down for some time but reopened at 7:13 ...

  • San Marcos HEB project tabled creating hardship for developer

    The San Marcos HEB project would involve 259 acres between the Outlet Malls and the Embassy Suites and Convention Center along I-35. The San Marcos City Council has shelved an ordinance that would have brought a third HEB store to the city a plan the city approved nearly two weeks ago. At issue is whether developer Stratford Land Co. should pay the full cost of building a four-lane extension of ...

  • Debated Lamar high-rise project up for Council vote

    This 96-foot tall building is planned for the lot currently occupied by Taco Cabana along South Lamar Boulevard across from the new Zach Theatre. The Austin City Council is set to vote today on a South Lamar Boulevard project that has received push back from nearby condo residents who oppose a zoning change that could allow developers to build to 96 feet instead of the allowed 60 feet. The 211 ...


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  • Austins Warehouse District getting 29-story office tower

    Atlanta developer Cousins Properties Inc. will start construction next week on a new office tower in Austin's Warehouse District. An Atlanta-based developer is breaking ground next week on a 29-story downtown Austin office tower at Third and Colorado streets, bringing 371,000 square feet to the Central Business District. Cousins Properties Inc.'s project, called Colorado Tower, has ...

  • Couple escapes house fire in Lakeway

    A couple escaped a house fire in Lakeway early Thursday morning. It began at about 3:00 a.m. on Indian Bend Drive, in the Brooks Hollow neighborhood near Lake Travis. The man who lives in the home told firefighters he woke to see a large glow in the back of the house. He quickly called 911 and got his wife out of the home. Lake Travis Fire and Rescue reports flames were shooting the roof of the ...

  • Bragg Health Institute Installs Greenhouse at San Marcos High School

    Dr. Patricia Bragg, CEO/President of Bragg Live Food Products and Founder of Bragg Health Institute, along with internationally acclaimed classical-crossover vocal recording-artist and health advocate Duchess Sylvia Valentina, will present a BraggHealth Lecture and Program entitled, 'The Bragg Healthy Lifestyle - You are what you Eat, Drink, Breathe, Think, Say and Do' as part of a ...

  • AMD banks on new chips to drive comeback

    After a year like last year, Advanced Micro Devices Inc. is shooting for some sort of comeback.The chipmaker lost a boatload of money in 2012 as its sales of personal computer processor chips plunged amid a downturn in the PC ...

  • Point Austin This Case Is Different

    Monday's ruling by federal Judge Lee Yeakel should not be comforting to the Austin Police Department or the city. Rejecting a summary judgment motion filed by APD Officer Nathan Wagner concerning the 2011 Byron Carter shooting, Yeakel summarized the most prominent evidence to explain his denial of Wagner's motion – that there is sufficient evidence to suggest "unreasonable ...

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