Sucré Café and Go opened May 2 on State Highway 123, offering handcrafted coffees and TikTok-viral fruit-look pastries from local baker Vanessa Martinez.

Holiday Hootenanny returns to Radio/East for a two-day weekend headlined by Thundercat and Magdalena Bay; tickets and the initial lineup are out now.

A crash at Williams Drive and Woodlake in Georgetown left one person dead and snarled traffic. Police closed lanes and urged drivers to avoid the area while investigators worked.

About 5,700 Austin Energy customers lost power early Monday in southeast Austin, with outages centered near Onion Creek Metropolitan Park.

Leander police responded to reports of gunfire at Southbrook Apartments Friday evening; investigators said the incident was contained to a single unit and no injuries were reported.

Redfin ranks Austin, Houston and Dallas among the most affordable U.S. metros for renters, but local data and residents show many households remain cost‑burdened.

Two mosquito traps in San Marcos tested positive for West Nile; Hays County says no human cases so far and urges repellant and removing standing water.

City records show Austin has already spent more than $100,000 cleaning graffiti from private buildings since an October 2025 pilot launched. Officials say they are tracking the results before deciding whether to continue the program.

SFA will phase out its Early Childhood Laboratory, cutting 72 high-quality child-care seats in East Texas. The move affects families and hands-on training for future educators.

APD, AFD and ATCEMS will post monthly overtime and leave reports to give Council and the public regular, comparable snapshots of staffing and overtime use. The files will include hours, leave breakdowns and other operational metrics.

The Ruby Hotel & Bar will start work this fall on a 2,500-sq-ft event space that expands its wedding and conference capacity. The venue is slated to open in 2027.

Texas AG Ken Paxton says Walmart will pay more than $13 million after finding Spark Driver pay and tip misrepresentations. Roughly half has been returned to drivers and new transparency rules are required.

Austin police released images and descriptions after multiple ATMs were forced open at East Austin convenience stores in June; tips can be submitted anonymously and may qualify for a reward.