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Disaster Relief
A massive tornado ripped through neighborhoods in Moore, Oklahoma, near Oklahoma City, this week. Houses have been destroyed, as well as two elementary schools. At least 24 people were killed ...
You're Invited
What better way to kick off summer than with refreshing drinks, tasty bites and world class rides? Before the heat completely takes over, CultureMap and Cadillac are teaming up to ...
The Eyes of Texas
KVUE -- Thousands of longhorns wrapped up their time at UT Saturday night. At the ceremony thousands of grads heard from Olympian and former longhorn Sonya Richards Ross. President Bill Powers ...
Travel Light
It seems that someone still finds value in traveling to Austin (no matter what that Huffington Post article said). Travel + Leisure recently ranked Austin the No. 9 spot on its ...
Traffic Woes
KVUE — Beginning Sunday and continuing through the end of July, lanes along MoPac will be closed from Lady Bird Lake to Parmer Lane for 15-minute intervals between 9 p.m ...
Links we love
Here are just a few of the stories, lists and videos we loved this week: Spin is streaming Japanther's new album, Eat Like Lisa Act Like Bart (which wins ...
Weekend Roundup
We all hoped it could be delayed a bit longer, but the heat of summer has finally crept over our town. Sorry to break it to you folks, but summer ...
Law & Order
Country music star Randy Travis is no stranger to the spotlight, but the singer is suing two state agencies to prevent a video from his August drunk driving arrest from ...
Legislative Cocktail Hour
You know that little clause at the bottom of pretty much anything that says something like, “we don’t discriminate based on gender, race, sexual orientation, religion, hair color, etc ...
Big Dog, Soft Heart
  This week we are introduced to a dog that is incredibly close to the APA! staff members' hearts. The beginning of his life was spent in rough situation, but staff ...
Texans Have Manners
With all our yes ma'ams and no sirs, we Texans are a well-mannered bunch . . . and now there's statistical data to prove it. According to a new study, the ...
Drunk Driving?
KVUE — Exactly 25 years ago, a drunk driver hit a bus in Carrollton, Kentucky killing 27 people; most of them children. “It was the largest of fatalities in an alcohol-related ...
Austin's Landscape
KVUE – About 100 people showed up to the Regency Hotel on Barton Springs Monday night to hear a nationally known urban developer talk about what could become of the South ...
Education News
KVUE -- The Austin Independent School District asked voters for $892 million, the largest bond proposal in its history. Only two of the four propositions passed, and Superintendent Dr. Meria Carstarphen ...
Should She Stay or Should She Go?
Dear Emotional Hardbody, My ex-husband Bruce and I were married for seven years (no kids) and have been divorced for four years. We’re not best friends or anything, but ...
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