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Contreras receives soccer honor
The Austin American-Statesman
Gentry Contreras of San Marcos, a member of the University of Texas-Dallas soccer team, was named the the All-American Southwest Conference second team this season. A senior defender and midfielder, Contreras was part of a defense that allowed just nine... MORE...
San Marcos firefighters extinguish blaze at billiards hall
The Austin American-Statesman
SAN MARCOS — Firefighters extinguished an early morning fire at Gold Crown Billiards Friday, city officials said. After responding to the scene around 2:30 a.m., firefighters found a “significant fire” near and where the billiards hall cools MORE...
Westlake High School's Son's Club -- 31 years later
The Austin American-Statesman
At 7:45 a.m. on a late winter morning in 1981, they struck for the first time. In the calm, gleaming halls of Westlake High School, young men wearing track suits and ski masks — they had parked a mile away... MORE...
Justice Department signs off on $3.7 billion sale of Austin's Temple-Inland
The Austin American-Statesman
Federal regulators have agreed to a settlement deal that green-lights the $3.7 billion sale of Austin-based corrugated packaging maker Temple-Inland Inc. to larger rival International Paper Inc., company officials said today. To gain antitrust approval, the MORE...
A map of all the SXSW Interactive 2012 campuses
The Austin American-Statesman
One of the biggest challenges of navigating South by Southwest Interactive last year was actual navigation: knowing where panels were being held and planning ahead to give yourself enough time to walk, bike or shuttle there. Though the official... MORE...
Schematic design for Seaholm Substation Wall Art approved; Colored lights added
The Austin American-Statesman
The Austin City Council voted unanimously Thursday to approve the schematic design for the $800,000 Seaholm Substation Wall Art , the city’s most expensive public art project to date. The approximately 1,000-foot-long wall will enclose an electrical MORE...
ACC names student lounge for former leader
The Austin American-Statesman
The student lounge at Austin Community College’s Rio Grande campus has been named for Stephen B. Kinslow, the college’s retired president and CEO. “For more than three decades, Dr. Kinslow worked to open the door of opportunity to students MORE...
Tax preparer gets more than 3 years in prison
The Austin American-Statesman
An Austin woman who admitted to conspiracy to file false claims for income tax refunds was sentenced this morning to three years and a month in federal prison, according to a spokesman for the Internal Revenue Service’s criminal investigation division.... MORE...
Authorities warn public about portable meth labs in backpacks found along Burnet County roads
The Austin American-Statesman
FROM THE BURNET COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE: On February 08, 2012, the Burnet County Sheriff’s Office Special Operations Unit was contacted in reference to a suspicious bag left on the side of a rural road in south Burnet County containing suspicious... MORE...
Texas law enforcement agencies prepare for Great Warrant Roundup
The Austin American-Statesman
Got traffic tickets, parking violations, court fees or arrest warrants you haven’t paid? Now’s the time to take care of them, because police across the state are preparing to round up violators. Starting Feb. 25, law enforcement agencies in more... MORE...
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