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Police are investigating after a husband and wife were found dead inside a Southeast Austin home Tuesday night.
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#UPDATE: Police are investigating after a husband and wife were found dead inside a Southeast Austin home Tuesday night.
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BREAKING: Austin police are investigating the deaths of a husband and wife found inside a southeast Austin home.
Investigators say a welfare check was requested and officers found the two with severe injuries.
Police say there is no danger to the public.
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#BREAKING: Austin police are investigating a homicide Tuesday night in Southeast Austin.
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New restrictions on what Texans can buy with SNAP benefits are creating confusion at grocery stores and could end up costing some Central Texas families more money, advocates and researchers say.
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Austin police are investigating the fatal shooting of Jose Salgado-Amador, who was working as a mechanic in the parking lot of the AutoZone on East Riverside when he was shot and killed Monday night.
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A fourth-grader in Round Rock ISD's Talented and Gifted program earned a perfect score on the STAAR math exam this spring, the district confirmed.
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#BREAKING: Police are investigating a homicide Tuesday night in Southeast Austin.
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Newly released campus-level data show that most students at three Austin ISD middle schools fighting to avoid a state takeover did not meet grade-level expectations in math, reading, or social studies.
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Where has the money gone?
Travis County leaders say nearly $52 million has been distributed through Raising Travis County since voters approved the initiative in 2024.
The funding is expected to serve more than 9,400 children and youth.
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Two men have been charged late Saturday after England’s national team discovered that some of its equipment had been stolen while The Three Lions were moving from their pre-training base in Florida to their World Cup base camp in Kansas City.
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Austin police will step up DWI enforcement each night through the Fourth of July holiday period as part of the department's annual "Drive Sober, No Regrets" initiative, the Austin Police Department said.
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Five people were arrested for suspected operation of an organized crime scheme targeting diesel fuel pumps across North Texas.
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Franklin Estuardo Gonzalez Flores, 34, from Guatemala, has been wanted by the New Braunfels Police Department since Nov. 5, 2025, for three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, according to the Texas Department for Public Safety (DPS).
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A person was rescued from a burning home in South Austin Tuesday morning and taken to a hospital, the Austin Fire Department said.
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Here's a look at how the numbers look at a district level and statewide.
7th grade math has the lowest scores across the board, with under 30% of students in the state meeting grade level standards.
STAAR test results for grades 3-8 are out now.
Dobie, Webb and Burnet Middle Schools are on the verge of a 5th consecutive failing accountability grade from the TEA.
Here's the latest % of students that meet grade level standards, per state data.
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AISD shared a response to the STAAR data. It declined to comment on Dobie, Webb and Burnet.
“We are still waiting to receive additional variables, including individual student growth, rescoring tests and science cut scores, which are used to calculate final ratings.” @cbsaustin
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Austin's homicide numbers remain below recent highs, but police are now investigating the city's 27th homicide of the year. Jose Salgado-Amador was shot and killed while working as a mechanic on East Riverside.
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#UPDATE: Austin-Travis County EMS said the person who was rescued from the house suffered critical, life-threatening injuries.
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A section of County Road 426 remains closed after heavy rains washed out part of the roadway Monday , Lee County emergency management officials said.
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