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March 5, 2024

Texas woman says she had to take cab to hospital due to 'defund police' repercussions

March 4, 2024

Texas businessman accused of setting Austin building on fire: police

The Austin Police Department arrested 75-year-old business owner Dorsey Bryan Hardeman for allegedly going into an abandoned building and setting it on fire.

March 4, 2024

Austin mom on police shortages resulting in no help after car accident

Austin resident Lauren Klinefelter on how the Austin police shortages following the defunding of the police in 2020 impacted her family

March 3, 2024

Austin 'at the brink of disaster' as police shortages hit crisis level: 'God help us all'

Austin, Texas residents weigh on on the ongoing police shortage in the city following the department being defunded in 2020, leaving the city with longer response times.

February 29, 2024

More than 100 firefighters tackle abandoned building blaze that spread to hotel

Austin Fire Department investigators are looking into what caused a fire at an abandoned three-story building that spread to a nearby operating hotel on Wednesday.

February 29, 2024

More than 100 firefighters battle blaze that spread to Austin hotel

Austin Fire Department responded to a fire in south Austin that started in an abandoned three-story building before spreading to the Casulo Hotel, AFD said. (Credit: Cody Houston Smith via Storyful)

February 22, 2024

911 callers report man in water in Austin's Lady Bird Lake

The victim, Jason John, was later found to have died from an accidental drowning. (Audio Credit: Austin Police Department | Photo Credit: Aaron E. Martinez/American-Statesman/USA Today Network)

February 21, 2024

Texas man stabbed at LA Fitness in dispute over leg press, police say: 'Who else wants some?'

Police in Texas said that a 69-year-old man stabbed another man in the buttocks at a LA Fitness gym in Austin over an alleged dispute over gym equipment.

February 20, 2024

Austin police shortages leave section of city without single officer: 'unsustainable path'

A portion of Austin, Texas was left without a single police officer for a couple of hours on Saturday, and the police union’s president is blaming a crisis of staffing shortages.

February 15, 2024

Austin resident uses AI to track homeless camps as crisis skyrockets, millions spent

An Austin resident who documented the city’s worsening homeless crisis has helped develop an AI interactive map that tracks camps and communities across the city.