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An hour and a half of pure magic. This past weekend, Chris Stapleton headlined Friday night of the ACL Festival (he'll headline this coming Friday too). The festival also features incredible country music acts like Sturgill Simpson, Red Clay Strays, Orville Peck, Emily Nenni, Tyler Halverson, and more. As this is just a portion of the vast musical talent displayed throughout the festival, the first weekend of ACL was one for the books. Stapleton took the final slot on the main stage Friday night and laid down a drool-worthy set. Every time Chris Stapleton takes the stage, fans know they will get...

AUSTIN, Texas — A new report finds rent in Austin continues to get more expensive. A report by Zumper looked at month-to-month data for one-bedroom apartments. Average rent in Texas runs $1,400 a month, while one-bedroom apartments in Austin went up 3.4% to $1,530 last month. Two-bedroom units in...

AUSTIN, Texas — Lisa Davis has officially been sworn in as Austin's new police chief on Monday. She made the announcement during an appearance at Monday's Public Safety Commission meeting, noting it's her "first day in uniform." Davis sat in as APD gave its quarterly public safety report, which...

The City of Dripping Springs has begun a remodeling construction project for City Hall. Last week, city staff moved to temporary workspaces at other city buildings and offices as workers began demolishing the interior walls and ceilings of the City Hall building located at 511 Mercer St. During the renovation,...

Trace Ford discusses the Sooners' growth in defense and thoughts for the upcoming game against Texas at OU football media availability on October 7.

SAN MARCOS, Texas — Texas State University Police are investigating after a student found a racial slur keyed into his car. That student says he is still assessing his emotions nearly a week later. “I don’t know what to think about my future. I’m just worried,” said Texas State...

DRIPPING SPRINGS — The Dripping Springs Tigers 5-1 (2-0) football team is averaging more than 40 points per game and they topped that with a 49-7 Homecoming win on Friday, Oct. 4, in a 6A District 26 game over the Austin High School Maroons 3-3 (1-1). The Tigers got on the board first when quarterback Maddox Maher connected on a 30-yard pass play to Nick Tyndall. An interception by Jackson Mills, who at halftime was named the Homecoming king, resulted in a touchdown when Merrik Bloomgren caught Maher’s 25-yard pass in the end zone for a touchdown and a 14-0 first quarter lead. Jack Tyndall scored the first of two rushing touchdowns on a 33-yard run and Cooper Reid stepped into the end zone after catching Maher’s 30-yard pass to make it 28-7. Maher scored on a 2-yard run for a 35-7 lead, with just under two minutes remaining in the half, and left the game after a 37-yard run set up a 1-yard run for a touchdown by Jack Tyndall for 42-7 halftime lead. The Tigers scored early in the third quarter when quarterback Mateo Perez, who came in for Maher, threw a 15-yard touchdown pass to Nick Tyndall in the back of the end zone. The Maroons missed its best scoring opportunity in the fourth quarter when Dripping Springs’ Gage De Los Santos picked off John Latham’s pass in the endzone. Austin’s lone score was early in the second quarter after the Tigers missed a field goal. The Maroons took possession of the ball and Bryson Batts ran 80 yards for a touchdown. “It’s a great Homecoming win. You worked hard for this and I’m proud of you,” head coach Galen Zimmerman told the team after the game, “Celebrate it, but don’t take it for granted. It’s hard to win a football game on Friday night in Texas.” Maher, who has passed for 1259 yards and 20 touchdowns, completed 11 of 20 passes for 155 yards and three touchdowns and had 72 yards rushing. Perez completed five of eight passes for 75 yards and one touchdown. Logan Keim was also worked in at quarterback for the Tigers and completed four of six passes for 41 yards. Reid led receivers with six receptions for 84 yards, followed by Nick Tyndall with five catches for 78 yards. Jack Tyndall, averaging more than 100 yards per game, led in rushing with 15 carries for 131 yards. Lawson Attaway had seven carries for 31 yards. With Lake Travis High School (Oct. 18) and Westlake High School (Nov. 8) games remaining and Del Valle High School in-between, Reid said the team is not looking ahead: “Being 2-0 in this district is huge and it’s a great start to our season, but our focus is watching film tomorrow morning, correcting the mistakes we made tonight and getting ready for Bowie [High School].” Dripping Springs will face the Bowie Bulldogs 5-1 (1-1) at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 11 at Burger Stadium in Austin.

Chappell Roan is not one to forget! She proved this over the weekend when she slammed a former theater teacher, who kicked her out years ago during one of her performances at the Austin City Limits Music Festival. The 26-year-old singer-songwriter has been making headlines this week after gracing the...

Three Austin, Texas sisters known as The Tiarras are blending traditional Tejano rhythm and early rock' n roll to create their own unique sound.

TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION Top state lawmakers plan to address soaring homeowners insurance premiums when they return to Austin in January for the next legislative session, according to the Houston Chronicle.The state’s insurance commissioner, Cassie Brown, told a Senate committee that home insurance rates increased last year by more than 21% statewide, twice the average increase in 2022.More severe and frequent disasters are blamed for the spike in rates. In addition to more severe and more frequent storms, higher home values and higher costs for construction and labor are also factors. The median home price in Texas has risen 40% in ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Speaking before the Austin City Council, the head of the Austin Police Union confirmed what other city officials had said: the city and the police department will no longer maintain private police personnel records, known as G-files, after a court order. "We've not been shy about...

We are totally melting for this annual event that is all about shredding expectations of what Queso can do!. Iconic Austin event "Quesoff" is back and co-founder Adi Anand is here with Joel Fried from another Austin staple, El Dorado Cafe, to share how this delicious event is all for a *gouda* cause.

Two dominant signal callers in Lincoln Hossfeld and Cody Stoever are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Salado Eagles will venture away from home to challenge the Wimberley Texans at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Salado is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 31.2 points per game this season.

More than 34,000 acres of land on over 1,000 parcels in Central Texas have been annexed out of the extraterritorial jurisdictions of area cities, according to an analysis by the Austin Business Journal. The annexations are the result of state Senate Bill 2038, which lets property owners on the boundaries of cities free themselves from local regulations that may inhibit their development prospects. The 2,100-acre Tesla factory in East Austin is one of the most high-profile examples of annexations made possible by the law, freeing the company from the city’s air quality and water use laws. Cities can formally approve the annexations or let them cycle through the 45-day waiting period before the land is automatically removed, though there are legal challenges to the law. In July, the city released a memo concerning properties in South Austin that were seeking to annex out of the ETJ. City staffers are also working to determine what consequences the state law will have on local water quality efforts.

Abbott's Frozen Custard will open across the street from Chick-fil-a in Kyle. (Sarah Hernandez/Community Impact) A new custard and dessert shop is opening soon in Kyle. East Coast-based Abbott's Frozen Custard is slated to open on Oct. 9, according to the Kyle location's general manager. The business has a dining...

Texas' favorite grocery store has some good news for shoppers who have a habit of forgetting their wallets. H-E-B is starting a phased rollout for digital tap-to-pay services in all stores across Texas — but Austin shoppers may have to wait for it to arrive in their favorite stores.

Michael Taaffe has become a leader of the secondary for the Texas Longhorns because of statements like that, and his teammates know he isn’t mincing his words when he says that. His role as a leader has been earned through his hard work.  The post There’s more to the Michael Taaffe story than just going from walk-on to scholarship player appeared first on On3.

The landscape for small, culturally-tinged businesses in Austin is rapidly changing, with a number of the city's piñata shops struggling to withstand the pressures of a dynamic real estate market. Ana Cano of Mr. Brincolin, a business once rooted in East Austin, relocated to West Rundberg Lane and North Lamar Boulevard 12 years ago due to soaring rent, a fate that has recently befallen other establishments in the area. "We moved because the rent was too high, and so we couldn't afford it," Cano told KVUE.

When the dust settled on Week 6 of the 2024 college football season, Texas picked a good weekend to be on a bye. With the team enjoying the first of two open dates on the schedule, the Longhorns avoided the carnage left in the wake of a wild weekend in which five of the top 11 teams in the Associated Press Top 25 lost, including No. 1 Alabama's stunning 40-35 road loss to Vanderbilt.

It was homecoming and a game expected to be won by the Tigers. However, the Maroons started off as though they were capable of giving the Tigers a good game. Before the night was over it was back to a one-sided 49-7 win and reserves getting to play the second half.