Woman charged in deadly multi-vehicle South Austin crash

39-year-old Amber Thompson has been booked and charged with driving while intoxicated and intoxication manslaughter with a vehicle.

Desmond Herrera’s family opposes bond reduction for suspect in murder

The family held a demonstration in front of Travis County’s Blackwell Thurman Criminal Justice Center, opposing bond reduction for the suspect.

Adult rescued from storm drain in South Austin

Initial reports said an adult was stuck in a storm drain and yelling for help with unknown injuries.

Family of South Austin cold case victim pleading for answers

The friends and family of an Austin cold case victim are once again pleading for those who know anything to come forward.

Search for two after homeless man killed at bus stop in South Austin

Austin police are searching for at least two people involved in what may have been a “coordinated attack” on a sleeping homeless man in South Austin.

Woman found dead inside South Austin home after fire

Firefighters surveyed the damage and found a woman in her 70’s laying unresponsive on her couch.

Police identify man shot and killed in South Austin

Detectives believe that the man shot and killed in South Austin was homeless and was sleeping on the bus stop bench when he was killed.

Victim in South Austin auto-pedestrian crash dies

The incident happened on August 25 at 3:26 a.m. 57-year-old Lisa Vann was standing in the middle of the street in the 300 block of westbound East Ben White Service Road when the driver of a dark-colored, four-door sedan hit her.

Neighbors rally after Pride flag stolen from home in South Austin

The couple had the Pride flag up for about a month and a half before it was stolen right off their porch in the middle of the day.

Suspect taken into custody in South Austin SWAT situation

According to APD, a subject has barricaded himself near the 4500 block of East East St. Elmo Drive in South Austin.

APD looking for suspect in South Austin robbery case

The suspect demanded money from the employee while displaying a baseball bat before he fled the scene with an undiscounted amount of cash. 

Four people killed in two separate overnight crashes

One crash happened in the 1400 block of East Anderson Lane and the other happened on I-35 just south of SH-45.