City of Pflugerville finance staff members raised red flags about rising costs of a detention pond project a year ago, but the former city engineer told them the project was within budget. The city engineer at the time met with the engineering firm building the pond at bars and over lunch to discuss the project, unknown to other staffers. And that firm had an open-ended contract with the city. Full Story »
When the Austin City Council decided in 2006 to limit the sizes of new or renovated houses in the central city, council members said they wanted to preserve the character of older neighborhoods. Full Story »
The Austin City Council is poised today to give the Austin Revitalization Authority $110,000 in operating money over the next nine months, even though a recent audit said the redevelopment agency needs to find other sources of income. Full Story »
Capital Metro, embroiled in a contract and insurance dispute with rail contractor Veolia Transportation, on Wednesday cancelled its five-year contract with the company to operate freight and passenger rail. Full Story »
Thousands of city tires lie moldering southeast of town – and the city is claiming ignorance Full Story »
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality provides a standard five-part form for tracking scrapped tires. Each section is required to be filled out by officials responsible for tire disposal. Full Story »
Let the Chronicle News staff stuff your stockings this year Full Story »
• Austin state Sen. Kirk Watson announced Monday his decision to step down as chair of the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organ iz ation , the body of elected officials that drives transportation planning in Central Texas. Full Story »
Citizens' calendar, Dec. 3-10 Full Story »
Armadillo Christmas Bazaar features work by local artists and music by local musicians, and it opens this Friday. Full Story »
The Pittsburg, TX based company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last year, as it was hobbled by debt and struggled to pay high feed costs. Full Story »
Officials said Veolia Transportation was demanding term changes to the contract for the completion of the rail line, and they didn't want to burden the community with additional costs and risks as a result of those demands. Full Story »
Patricia Paredes from First Night Austin talks about the economic generating event as well as the impact it has on the City of Austin. Full Story »
The Salvation Army has been around for so long and everybody seems to know what they do, but the power of the organization is far reaching. Full Story »
A group well-known for helping others, needs some help of its own now. A local Veterans of Foreign Wars post will have to close if something does not change soon. Full Story »
A day after the University of Texas made football coach Mack Brown the highest paid college coach, the Board of Regents announced that the faculty would also get a big boost. Full Story »
Travis County's health board will consider whether to renew contracts with two women's health centers that perform abortions. Full Story »
Although things are bit scaled back this year at Zilker, Capital Metro is still offering their service to help get people to and from the Zilker Tree. Full Story »
Legislative hearings are expected next year on Texas prison security and how an inmate smuggled a loaded gun he used in his daring escape. Full Story »
Travis County's health board will consider whether to renew contracts with two women's health centers that perform abortions. Full Story »
Texas Gov. Rick Perry is asking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to withdraw its finding that greenhouse gases threaten the public health and welfare of Americans. Full Story »
On the heels her latest chart-topping album, Play On, Carrie Underwood has released dates for her new tour, which includes a stop at the Frank Erwin Center on May 12th. Full Story »
Austin may be one step closer to building an urban rail line for commuters who want to travel from the airport to the downtown area. Full Story »
The chilly Austin weather forecast from KEYE TV Chief Meteorologist Troy Kimmel. Full Story »
Capital Metro announced Wednesday that it would terminate its contract with Veolia Transportation Services, the company that provided rail operations and maintenance for the Authority. Full Story »
The Travis County Sheriffs Office has charged a young father with intentionally injuring his three month old daughter. Full Story »
The Travis County Health District plans to hold a public meeting Thursday evening about whether to renew contracts with two groups that perform abortions. Full Story »
APD has charged four family members with stealing more than $11,000 from Del Valle ISD by forging substitute teacher records. Full Story »
Surveillance Video has been released of the car fire columnist Stephen Moser is accused of starting. It was last spring and smoke was slowly filling the parking lot at Austin City Hall. Full Story »
Ray Hernandez was checking for oil at a pump jack this summer on a vast stretch of ranchland in Menard County when his cell phone rang. Full Story »
Gov. Rick Perry says he chooses appointees based on their skills and background, not their political connections. Full Story »
he Texas State-San Marcos Bass Cats team of David Cosner, a sophomore business marketing major from Austin, and Jay McCollum, a senior agricultural business major from Athens, returned from the Forrest L. Wood (FLW) Texas Regional Fishing Championship with a $25,000 second place prize and a spot in the 2009 FLW National Championship. Full Story »
Health officials now estimate that swine flu has sickened nearly 50 million Americans and killed nearly 10,000. Full Story »
A Louisiana man who bet against the New Orleans Saints has lost his 60-inch high-definition, flat-screen TV to a backyard firing squad, but he also became an Internet star. Full Story »
Visit zip2save.com for all your favorite circulars & coupons! Circulars Coupons Deals Full Story »
Wanda Nichols announces that she will run for Seven Points Mayor. Full Story »
A 30-year-old man, already in the Henderson County Jail for evading arrest, has been charged with murder in connection with the fatal stabbing of a Malakoff resident Friday. Full Story »
The Henderson County Sheriff’s Department arrested three men while shutting down a methamphetamine lab near Seven Points Friday. Full Story »
The U.S. Census Bureau is recruiting and testing motivated individuals to work in north Texas for the 2010 Census. Full Story »
To the Editor: At this time of Thanksgiving, the Committee to Save the Brock Cabin would like to say a big "thank you" to the community and Brock family members for all their support. Full Story »
Calls rang out throughout Caldwell and Travis Counties late Monday morning as Mendoza residents saw an aircraft plummet from the sky and crash in a field in northern Caldwell County. Full Story »
Mrs. Annette V. Rivas, 64, of San Marcos, passed away Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009. She was born Jan. 1, 1945. Full Story »
Mr. Marcos G. Eureste, 84, of Lockhart, passed away Sunday, Nov. 28, 2009. He was born on Oct. 7, 1925. Full Story »
Mary J. Celestino, 77, passed away Saturday, Nov. 28, 2009 in Lockhart, Texas. She was born on March 19, 1932 to Miguel and Dolores Rodriguez in Chicago. Full Story »
A tree is reflected in a rain puddle in the German city of Stuttgart. AFP/DDP/Sascha Schuermann
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