Their baby was born addicted to cocaine, but the rumpled Austin couple is getting a blistering courtroom lecture for a greater transgression — parental indifference.......
The flea market in the empty lot beside Tomgro Grocery on Montopolis Drive began 15 years ago when John Gordon started selling secondhand items under a pair of trees along Porter Street. Today, the weekend flea market in Southeast Austin has grown to 40 vendors on Sundays and is packed with shoppers.......
The George Washington Carver Branch of the Austin Public Library celebrated 75 years of serving the East Austin community Saturday with a program titled "The Carver Branch Jubilee Celebration: Then and Now." The library was built in 1926 at Ninth and Guadalupe streets. A larger library facility replaced it in 1933; the original building was relocat......
David Allen Hall is outnumbered, outlawyered and outspent in his appeal of a settlement in a landmark lawsuit against Pedernales Electric Cooperative.......
An Austin developer has revised plans for 265 acres in Southwest Austin but still aims to build a large residential and commercial development in the environmentally sensitive area.......
Last month, Tyson Foods pledged to give the Capital Area Food Bank 100 pounds of food for every comment left on the company's hunger relief blog.......
Child Protective Services officials must have court approval to remove children from their homes, except in emergencies — and even then a district judge must review the seizure within one business day.......
The young mother stands before Judge Darlene Byrne, chewing gum and staring vacantly at the floor. If the hearing about her 5-year-old son interests her, it doesn't show.......
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