Southwest Austin

The family said in a Facebook post that in "light" of the global situation, they've decided to join others across the nation in participating in "Lights for Life." 

The man said he came out of his tent and saw Richard standing by his tent and saying "he wouldn't leave, so I shot him!" He looked down and saw Shawn on the ground bleeding from his mouth with a small patch of blood on his chest.

A person walked into the Sunset Valley Police Department and reported about a deceased body in a wooded area.

The manager said he had fired the man because he had repeatedly not been following directions, but the man had shown up for work numerous times since then.

AFD said the fire started in the chimney of one of the apartments and quickly spread to the attic of some units.

Avery Reynolds was last seen at Clint Small Middle School on Friday, Jan. 10 shortly after 4 p.m. AISD police say she may be with her mother, who is in violation of a court order.

EMS, fire, and police responded to the incident in the 7800 block of Wynne Lane just before 7:30 p.m.

Police say they are actively looking for a car and suspect in an attempted abduction.

Celina Jeanna Harp, 38, has been charged with third-degree felony evading arrest in a vehicle.

The Travis County Sheriff's Office has issued a regional AMBER alert for a West Austin four-year-old.

Unattended cooking led to an apartment fire that displaced five and killed a cat in Southwest Austin.

The Maywald family spends about a year decorating for their annual Christmas lights display which is open to the public and attracts people from all over the country to feel the love of the holidays, and laughter too. 

A Travis Country homeowner describes the terrifying moment a man with a machete was pounding on her door.

Claudia Cuchia says Wednesday morning she was on the way to Sam’s Club when she noticed a woman swaying back and forth in the street in front of a bus stop.

Officials are saying that was was believed to be a possible sink hole in Southwest Austin causing traffic delays and road closures is in fact a water main break.

Contractors accompanied by Austin police spent hours cleaning up a homeless encampment near US 290 and South Lamar. Austin Public Works says the cleanup was a routine "under bridge cleanup."

Flight officers counted two dozen damage marks to Air One. Flight officers say the markings look like bullet fragmentation as well as debris from trees as the gunman was shooting up from the trees.

There's new information about the man who was shot and killed Sunday during an armed standoff with police in Oak Hill.

An Austin police sniper shot and killed a southwest Austin man after her shot at a police helicopter Saturday night.