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Teachers getting digital edge in Austin

This week, more than 10,000 teachers are learning how their students can use the latest video games, tablets and apps in their classrooms.

Student shot to death laid to rest

Friends and family shared memories of Enrique Recio during his funeral Monday. A homeowner is accused of murdering the 23-year-old in front of their home in

Austin ISD offers home English lessons

With more than 24,000 students in the Austin school district speaking Spanish at home, there's a new program the district is offering to help parents learn

Thousands of hydrants not yet tested

More than 3,000 fire hydrants on private property must be tested within the next year before city officials can be assured that they'll work properly when

Cops: Reported attack in Kyle was false

The Kyle Police Department said Wednesday that the reported assault of a high school student earlier this week did not occur.

Not all Central TX teaching jobs safe

While some Central Texas school districts announce plans for no layoffs next school year, some districts say they can't make that same promise.

Troopers give motorcyles a try again

Texas highway patrol haven't used motorcycles since the early 1970s. Three state troopers are giving it a go again in Austin.

Help showing up for storm victims

It's the only house on the block with the roof blown off, but when the American Red Cross came by to offer Terri Bennett some help she turned the money down.

Shooting inspires stronger crime watch

A teenager shot and killed in a South Austin neighborhood in January has inspired homeowners to expand their crime watch program far beyond neighborhood

Districts teach lawmakers about STAAR

This week, students across Central Texas are taking timed practice STAAR tests, as school superintendents got the chance to teach lawmakers a few things about

Parents hope to save Legacy High School

They are local parents, on a mission to save their children's high school. It's not just any school -- but one that gives students a major head start on

Group protests New Year's Day arrest

About a dozen people showed up at the Travis County courthouse Monday morning to protest the arrest of a man on New Year's Day.

Two complaints filed in NYE arrests

Two New Year's Eve arrests are now under the microscope of the Austin police monitor after two suspects filed complaints against two Austin police officers.

Start applying for safer streets today

Austin residents can now apply for changes to slow down drivers on their streets.

Mom relieved seeing son after shipwreck

"Our hearts have been in our throats, my husband and I have just been holding on," Chris Garcia told an NBC reporter in San Antonio. "Just seeing him was the

HS football player jailed on 5 felonies

Georgetown High School running back Darius Davis, 17, is accused of stealing cars, threatening to kill a man and trying to escape from police.