200-acre Lakeline Park Phase 1 ribbon cutting planned for March 24
Cedar Park's 200-acre Lakeline Park will finally be opening this week. The City of Cedar Park will hold a ribbon cutting on Friday, March 24, for the opening of the first phase of the Lakeline …
Cedar Park, Leander, Wilco could spend over $10M combined on storm debris cleanup; Cedar Park, Leader have clear over 225K cubic yards of debris
Winter Storm Mara was an ice storm that only lasted a few days. But Cedar Park, Leander and other area cities are still cleaning up the unprecedented amount of broken tree branches and storm brush …
Cedar Park-based Centex Spartans win NFL Flag National Championships in Las Vegas
The Centex Spartans, the Cedar Park-based Flag 10U football team, won the 2023 National Championships at the Pro Bowl held on Feb. 4 in Las Vegas. The team qualified for the event by winning the …
Cedar Park Council hosts Ukrainian Army chaplain for opening prayer
The Cedar Park City Council hosted a Ukrainian Army chaplain for their invocation at the start of their Feb. 23 meeting and spoke in support of Ukraine's fight to maintain its independence during the …
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19-year-old suspect arrested in two-fatality shooting at NW Austin hookah lounge
A 19-year-old suspect was recently arrested in the Jan. 28 two-fatality shooting of teens at a northwest Austin hookah lounge.Christijan Deshaun Stevens was found and arrested in Killeen by the Lone …
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Cedar Park Mayor board candidate approved by narrow margin after controversy over timing
Cedar Park Mayor Jim Penniman-Morin faced heavy scrutiny last week over the timing and appropriateness of …
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BCRUA fixes yet another pipeline break; Leander reduces water restrictions to Phase 2
The Brushy Creation Regional Utility Authority (BCRUA) has completed repairs to the most recent break to …
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Former Williamson County assistant district attorney suspended after wreck, DUI charge
A former Williamson County assistant district attorney was arrested following a car wreck in Hewitt on …
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LISD approves 25 new teaching positions ahead of schedule to keep up with growth
The opening of new campuses and the ever growing challenge of student enrollment projections are now …
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Repairs completed, no injures reported after CapMetro train collides with truck; CapMetro rail closed this week for new station construction
Rail service between the Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority's (CapMetro) Lakeline …
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Leander imposes Stage 3 water restrictions after BCRUA water restrictions
Leander imposed Stage 3 water restrictions last Friday in anticipation of the Brushy Creek Regional …
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LCRA awards $100,000 grant to Lake Travis area water district to aid in conservation efforts
A $100,000 grant from the Lower Colorado River Authority will help Travis County Water Control and …
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Rock’N River named “Water Park of the Year” by Texas Public Pool Council
Round Rock's Rock’N River Water Park was named Water Park of the Year by the Texas Public Pool …
Leander ISD clears up debris after massive ice storm, compensates teacher pay
Excessive tardy days and worker pay compensations coupled with an array of tree limbs are just a few of the still lingering detrimental impacts Leander ISD is having to deal with after the recent, …
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Texas senators seem open to major change in state’s public education funding formula
During the Senate Finance Committee’s first public education hearing Monday, senators seemed open to …
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Cedar Ridge High School dance director earns top honor
Cedar Ridge High School Dance Director Stevie McCall has been named the 2023 Dance Director of the Year …
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Weather forces school closures, leaves many without power
Leander ISD joined all other Central Texas school districts in cancelling classes and other activities on …
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WINTER FREEZE: Leander ISD closed Tuesday due to inclement weather; icy roads cause U.S. 183A closure, at least two accidents
With freezing temperatures rolling in at the start of this week, Leander ISD will be closed …
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LISD board approves incentive pay for special education teachers
The Leander ISD Board of Trustees on Jan. 12 approved a program that will provide a one-time …
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Blackland Prairie Elementary named 2022 Leader in Me Lighthouse Academic Honor Roll school
Recognized for their work as part of the Leader In Me Program, Blackland Prairie Elementary School …
Rouse girls soccer win final game to clinch district title
Not many people picked the Rouse girls’ soccer team to challenge for a district title this season.
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Rouse boys clinch back-to-back district soccer titles for first time
Rouse senior Ryan Clanton isn’t afraid to show some flash on the soccer field.
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Jace Mann hoping to continue family football legacy at UMHB
Jace Mann vividly remembers pausing for a moment the first time he stepped on the field as a varsity …
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Daemian Wimberly carrying big dream from Vandegrift to SMU
Daemian Wimberly used a little extra motivation from Coach Prime to take his senior season to the next …
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Stony Point falls to San Antonio Brennan in regional semifinals
The best season in Stony Point history came to an end Friday night in San Antonio.
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Westwood falls to Westlake in first round of playoffs
Westwood head coach Brad Hastings had the same message for his team at halftime as he did with 10 …
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Koltz, Mongenel help Cedar Park girls win state swimming title
The bucket hat Michaela Koltz wore all this weekend is a constant reminder of what she’s …
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Violette CF upsets Austin FC in CONCACAF Champions League Round of 16
Austin FC got its first taste of the weirdness that is the CONCACAF Champions League.
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Owen Wolff continues to shine early on for Austin FC
It was only a matter of time before Owen Wolff broke out.
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F1 legends Kimi Räikkönen and Jenson Button returning to the track at COTA
A pair of Formula 1 World Champions are returning to the track at Circuit of the Americas.
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Austin FC suffers 'embarrassing' loss to Violette AC in Concacaf Champions League
By the time the final whistle blew on Tuesday night, all the Austin FC players could do was hang their heads.
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WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play officially ending after 2023
The WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play is officially coming to an end.
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Texas beats Kansas State to clinch first Big 12 title since 2004
Texas women’s basketball coach Vic Schaefer walked to the podium on Saturday with his soaking wet hair matted down and a burnt orange Longhorn …
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Maxi Urruti provides boot for Austin FC against CF Montreal
Maxi Urruti came up clutch when Austin FC needed a boost.
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U.S. Women's National Team to face Ireland at Q2 Stadium
The U.S. Women’s National Team is coming back to Q2 Stadium.
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No. 12 Texas misses out on Big 12 title after loss to Baylor in home finale
The conference championship celebration will have to wait.
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No. 17 Texas hoping to stay locked in ahead of showdown with Oklahoma
From the moment the ball was tipped on Sunday, it was evident that Texas was locked in.
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Austin FC signs midfielder Sebastian Driussi to multi-year extension
It’s impossible to write the first chapter of Austin FC’s history without Sebastian Driussi.
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Austin FC continuing to depth with busy season less than a month away
There’s a unique feeling around Austin FC at St. David’s Performance Center: normalcy.
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Sonya Morris emerging as No. 20 Texas continues to flourish
Even though the Texas women’s basketball team is playing its best basketball of the season, head …
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First real-world data show omicron booster kept seniors out of hospitals
In the first real-world test of vaccine boosters specially designed to protect against the omicron variant, Israeli researchers have found that …
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Texas workers filed over 90,000 COVID claims, with $121 million paid out in benefits
The COVID-19 pandemic halted a 20-year trend in Texas of declining workers’ compensation claims.From the start of the pandemic through early …
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Moderna’s bivalent shot boosts antibodies against latest omicron strains in trial
Moderna Inc.’s booster shot of its bivalent vaccine sharply increased antibody levels against recent COVID-19 strains when compared to a …
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Pfizer says booster lifts antibodies for omicron variants
Pfizer Inc. and its German vaccine partner said their booster tailored to the latest omicron variants raised more antibodies against the …
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Trump’s CDC changed COVID reports under political pressure, panel finds
The CDC bowed to the Trump administration’s demands to change the editorial process of its weekly scientific journal after warnings from then …
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CDC to suspend coronavirus home-delivery test program for lack of funding
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will soon stop mailing free at-home COVID tests due to lack of congressional funding, the …
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Commentary: Greg Abbott's 'State of the State' was a weird, alarming infomercial
Last Thursday, GOP Governor Greg Abbott used his fifth State of the State speech, a biennial address mandated by the Texas Constitution, to cut …
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Commentary: 'We don’t have to live this way and our children shouldn’t die this way.' Sorrow, reckoning in the wake of yet another mass shooting
Brenda Mitchell’s son, Kenneth, was shot and killed trying to break up a fight outside a Matteson, Illinois, bar in 2005.One week earlier, her …
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THE "WAR ON TRUTH": COUNTERPOINT: In the mind of the beholder
America has always had a complicated relationship with the truth. From the Vietnam War to the Iraq War, from swiftboating to birtherism to …
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THE "WAR ON TRUTH": POINT: Truthfully, be careful what you wish for
Should the law do more to punish lying about elections? Careful: Such proposals can curtail legitimate speech and give the government power …
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Commentary: Eliminating noncompete contracts will empower employees and entrepreneurship
The Federal Trade Commission has proposed an imminent ban on noncompete contracts. Prohibiting these contracts is an important step toward …
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Commentary: The stupid and dishonest idea of raising the Social Security retirement age is back
The people who are in the forefront of pushing Social Security "reform" by cutting benefits have gotten pretty good at hiding their intentions …
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