Cloudy and muggy Monday in Austin with a high near 84°F and an isolated afternoon shower chance. Storm chances rise midweek.

Five people were arrested after a months-long Williamson County probe tied them to the theft and on-site slaughter of about 70 cattle.

Workers have been renovating the former Stockade Kitchen at 210 Ed Schmidt Blvd as Rice Stop, a Chinese‑Vietnamese spot with boba, moves closer to opening in Hutto.

Taylor city council rejected a developer’s mixed‑use plan for 293 townhomes and about eight acres of retail, telling the team to return with a complete redesign.

Urban Egg filed for a 4,430‑sq‑ft tenant improvement at 7600 Burnet Rd, with a $400K renovation scheduled through December 2026.

New SNAP rules tied to H.R.1 could cost Texas roughly $709 million in penalties and push total 2027 costs to about $826 million, officials said.

City Council approved a temporary lease allowing Mexic‑Arte to relocate downtown while its Congress Avenue building is demolished and rebuilt.

George Strait opened a four‑night Moody Center residency this week, but Austinites still revere his roots at the Broken Spoke.

Proposition B would put NFPA 1710 staffing and response‑time benchmarks into Round Rock’s charter, pitting firefighters against city leaders over cost, timing and enforcement ahead of the May 2 vote.

Henna Havila Martinez was sentenced to six years after investigators found K2-laced pages in Bibles and other mail sent to Texas prisons.

Lawanda Moreno was sentenced to 20 years after pleading guilty to setting her Kyle home on fire; investigators found insurance policies bought days before the November 2024 blaze.

A parking‑lot fight at Michelobos Sports Bar turned deadly; police say surveillance shows the suspect fired first and a security guard returned fire.

Methodist Healthcare Ministries doubled local grantmaking in Bexar County to $15M in 2026, backing 61 nonprofits and expanding services across San Antonio.