A resolution criticizing the $5 million pay package for University of Texas football coach Mack Brown as "unseemly and inappropriate" was approved in an unofficial vote at a Faculty Council meeting Monday despite an impassioned defense of the package by UT's president. Full Story »
The Austin school board late Monday unanimously approved starting a pilot dual-language program next school year. Full Story »
An independent arbitrator ruled Monday that an Austin police lieutenant who was denied a promotion by Police Chief Art Acevedo — a decision that sparked controversy in the department and community — shouldn't have been bypassed and must be elevated a rank. Full Story »
The City of Austin on Thursday will consider paying a billboard company $25,000 to move a sign the company legally erected next to a condominium building near downtown earlier this year. Full Story »
Today I'm here to defend Kirk Bohls, one of our sports columnists here at the American-Statesman, although he probably doesn't really need the help. Full Story »
In hopes of helping veterans suffering from mental illness and substance abuse, Travis County authorities are looking at creating a special veterans court docket, which would channel those charged with certain crimes into treatment and social services rather than incarceration. Full Story »
A story on Saturday's Page B1 gave the wrong surname for the president-elect of the Austin Firefighters Association. His name is Bob Nicks. Full Story »
Capital Metro illegally awarded no-bid contracts last week to two companies to run its rail operations, according to an official protest letter filed Monday by the contractor the transit agency fired last week. Full Story »
Upset with how her investments were handled, a 46-year-old Wimberley woman carrying a bottle of wine pulled a handgun Friday on two employees of a Bee Cave liability group she had sued earlier in the week, according to an arrest affidavit. Full Story »
Humorist Kinky Friedman dropped his Democratic bid for governor Monday and said he instead will seek the party's nomination for agriculture commissioner. Full Story »
They're trained to spot drunken drivers, make arrests and track down dangerous fugitives. Full Story »
It's likely to take you longer to park and get to the Zilker Tree Holiday Festival than it will to go through it, but many visitors on opening night of the city's scaled-back holiday lighting display at Zilker Park didn't seem to mind. Full Story »
Elizabeth Studer, a second-grader at Block House Creek Elementary School, wants to play during recess like her classmates do. Full Story »
Austin police officials Sunday night were searching for a man they say shot and killed an worker at a taco trailer in South Austin. Full Story »
Austin's multimillion-dollar toilet replacement program for apartments and businesses is circling the drain. Full Story »
As the City of Austin's plan to build a downtown passenger rail line gathers momentum, most of the talk has been about the cost of construction and about a possible November 2010 bond election to get the money to build the line. Full Story »
Anthony Brewster walked out of a South Austin club shortly after 2 that morning in April and found an empty spot where he'd parked his heavy-duty Ford pickup hours earlier. Full Story »
In the ink embedded in his arms, Army Sgt. Ryan Witko carries the scars of war. The Cincinnati native did two tours in Iraq , providing security for ambulances in Baghdad . He's cleaned out body parts and blood from damaged Humvees. He's watched fellow soldiers arrive at the hospital he worked at in the Green Zone shattered and stunned by attacks. And in 2007, Witko was in a Humvee that was ... Full Story »
It's Christmas wish list, the sequel! If you're looking to help a nonprofit this year, you've got plenty of options. Full Story »
In the Central Texas Digest on Saturday's Page B2, a photo supplied by the Austin Police Department and identified by police as being of Frank Calderon was incorrect. Calderon, who was sentenced to 60 years in prison for aggravated sexual assault of a child, is shown at right. Full Story »
Every single person has friends who are quick to offer dating advice as if they are experts. Full Story »
First off, I'd like to congratulate The Austin Chronicle for breaking the story on the big pile of used tires the City of Austin is in trouble for in Southeast Austin. Full Story »
A lynx is released in Villafranca de Cordoba, southern Spain. AFP/Cristina Quicler
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