byGage Trexler
Their names aren’t in the box scores. But the turf specializes who take care of athletic fields at UT-Austin are MVPs in their own way.
byVicky Camarillo
The community of about 17,000 faces some of the most challenging issues in Travis County.
byKate Groetzinger
A fight over what to do with the civic center in Staples has riled up residents.
byHayli Rudolph
David Beebe, the host of the weekly Night Train Express on public-radio KRTS, keeps Motown sound alive in West Texas.
byLauren DeFilippo
Gabbi Huerte, 17, has Down Syndrome. The annual Miss Sweetheart Special Needs Pageant gave her a moment to remember.
Data collected by Opportunity Insights show a persistent difference in earning power between kids who grew up on opposite sides of the North Austin thoroughfare.
After a lifetime in stock car racing, Mary Ann Naumann is trying to revive the sport at a dirt track in Paige.
A flood of tourists drawn by the TV stars has triggered a development wave.
byChristopher De Los Santos
Veterans say they are turning to new organizations to deal with traumatic experiences.
Since the Austin-Travis County Sobering Center opened in August, more then 500 intoxicated people have been treated at the center.
byStephen Cabler
The mussel has inflicted billions of dollars in damages since it was introduced in the Great Lakes in 1988.
Few things capture the irony of Lufkin’s resurgence better than the Lufkin Industries Christmas display.
byChristoper De Los Santos
The Lower Colorado River Authority wants to pump 25,000 acre-feet annually from the Carrizo-Wilcox aquifer.
Advocates are optimistic about the possible reform of marijuana laws during the 2019 Texas legislative session.
byMichael MInasi
In a world of seemingly ubiquitous chain stores and expanding online shopping, Old Highway 90 in San Antonio has remained home to mom-and-pop businesses.
byShepard Price
The founder of a Buddhist temple in Austin has said things condoning the ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya people in Myanmar.
byBrandon Mulder
The Bastrop cemetery is another instance of black grave sites being unearthed across the state as developers bulldoze land along the edges of expanding cities.
Austin school district staff say social and emotional learning has helped children develop the skills they need to thrive in and out of school.
byAlejandra Gavilanes and Sam Bellessa
UT students Alejandra Gavilanes and Sam Bellessa set out to discover one of Central Texas’ most popular events and along the way meet the king and his royal subjects at the Texas Renaissance Festival.
byAlexia Puente
A a girl in Michigan, Kate Biberdorf discovered joy and beauty in science. She brings that sense of wonder — and plenty of pyrotechnics — to her students at the University of Texas.