Marathon Kids partners with Austin ISD for 24th year

This school year marks the 24th season that Marathon Kids has partnered up with Austin ISD, showing kids they can achieve more than they thought possible.

Habitat for Humanity begins unity build in East Austin

City leaders and civic organizations rolled up their sleeves and raised a wall on a new home in East Austin Saturday morning.

East Austin woman starts petition to "save Metz Elementary School"

An East Austin woman has started a petition to “Save Metz Elementary School.” Metz, is one of a dozen Austin ISD schools, recommended to close in the next few years. 

HBO produces documentary to help kids understand 9/11

For students from elementary to high school, the Sept. 11 terrorist attack isn't a memory. It's history. A new HBO documentary that debuts on the event's 18th anniversary treats it that way.

FOX 7 Discussion: "Do not hire" list

Texas Private Schools Association executive director Laura Colangelo talks with Marcel Clarke about the "Do Not Hire" list law that went into effect earlier this month.

Fan stampede at UT/LSU game highlights need for crowd control

Crowd control on a typical day at UT Austin is managed with traffic lights. Saturday at DKR, it was a free-for-all which was caught on camera by UT Senior Miranda Larralde.

Lamar High School closes early because of AC problems

Students at Arlington’s Lamar High School were dismissed early Monday because of problems with the building’s air conditioner.

UTPD patrol car catches on fire on UT campus

Firefighters responded to the University of Texas at Austin campus after a patrol vehicle for the campus police caught fire on Monday. 

College admissions scandal: Internal review finds no other UT student athletes improperly admitted

The University of Texas says an internal review of athletics admissions found no additional cases of students fraudulently awarded entry after the school was snared in a national bribery scandal.

Game day in Austin

It's game day in Austin again as the Texas Longhorns take on the LSU Tigers.

University of Tennessee turns elementary school student's T-shirt design into official apparel

The young University of Tennessee fan that was bullied last week for a homemade shirt he wore to his school’s collegiate day was shown an outpouring of support that has since inspired the university to make his design into an official piece of apparel.

Education Department rejected 99 percent of applicants for student loan forgiveness program

The U.S. Department of Education accepted just 1 percent of applicants in the first year of a revamped student loan forgiveness program, according to a government watchdog report.