2+ hour, 56+ min ago  (457+ words) Technically and legally, you are considered an adult at age 18 in the U. S. We all know that a button is not pushed on our 18th birthdays to make us instant adults. I've been a legal adult for over 50 years now, and I…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago  (342+ words) The parking lot at Lammes Candies on Airport Boulevard in Austin was full on Monday, April 27, 2026, as customers fill the store following the company's announcement that it is winding down operations after 141 years in business. Lammes Candies announced the closure…...

8+ hour, 18+ min ago  (979+ words) In Travis County, appraisal values are generated by a computer algorithm. The system is geared to maximize accuracy and uniformity, but it crunches numbers on a massive scale and it may not always account for the key nuances that give…...

6+ hour, 37+ min ago  (583+ words) Hisham Abugharbieh, 26, also is prohibited from having any contact with witnesses or the victims' relatives, Hillsborough County Judge Logan Murphy ordered during a brief hearing in a Tampa courtroom. Abugharbieh faces two counts of first-degree murder with a weapon as…...

5+ hour, 52+ min ago  (577+ words) Alex Jones, second from right, arrives for court in Austin in 2022. This week, Jones asked the state's 3rd Court of Appeals to halt a proposed deal that would give satirical news outlet the Onion control of Infowars and its assets. Conspiracy…...

8+ hour, 52+ min ago  (294+ words) After the return of Artemis II, NASA already has a planned space mission for later'in the year.' NASA's Space X Crew-13 " a collaboration between NASA and Elon Musk's Space X " will send four astronauts to the space station to further…...

7+ hour, 14+ min ago  (15+ words) Complete Central Texas playoff schedules for the area round of the UIL postseason'Austin American-Statesman...

12+ hour, 24+ min ago  (742+ words) President Donald Trump speaks in May alongside Secretary of Defense Pete'Hegseth in the Oval Office. Trump announced plans for the Golden Dome, a national ballistic and cruise missile defense system.' Texas-based Space Exploration Technologies Corp. and 11 other companies have nabbed…...

4+ hour, 14+ min ago  (242+ words) Copperas Cove woman gets 40 years in Williamson County child trafficking case'Austin American-Statesman A Copperas Cove woman received a 40-year sentence without the possibility of parole after pleading guilty to continuous child trafficking in Williamson County, officials said Tiffany Ann Rugen,…...

4+ hour, 21+ min ago  (468+ words) Austin American-Statesman Family members who own and operate Camp Mystic expressed deep sorrow on Tuesday as they testified about their actions during last summer's deadly floods, which left 25 campers and two counselors dead But they also defended their work to…...