Austin News

Click through this slideshow for the top five M&A deals last year, and click here to take a look back at the 12 most-read M&A stories in 2012.

The average price per gallon for gasoline in Austin on Sunday was $3.38, just 0.4 cents less than the week before.

Austin is known almost as much for allergies as it is live music. However, at the moment, most allergens are taking a break, so what's still causing the respiratory difficulty and itchy, watery eyes? Doctors say it's giant agricultural fires south of the border.

Sure, the nonprofit has been working since 1985 to help Austinites "make, watch, and love film and creative media," but now they're working on something a little more concrete - literally.

West Springfield High School student Elizabeth Bowban, 18, interviews 107-year-old World War II veteran Richard Overton of Austin, Texas, May 18 at the National World War II Memorial for the Friends of World War II Memorial's Capturing the Voices of World War II: A Student Interview Project.

But, really, the local woman is a total knockout artist on several levels, and so this Seattle International Film Festival news is just kind of an excuse to sing her praises and run a short transcript from a recent interview we conducted over coffee and burgers at Cherrywood Coffeehouse .

Sure, the Oasis , a large conglomeration of decks and eateries hovering over the oh-so-desperate -looking Lake Travis is a great place to go when you want to take in the lake.

Take it away , Westlake High School student Christopher Bybee: " Sno Boat is a mobile marine snow cone stand on Lake Austin, serving high quality snow cones, launching in the summer of 2013 ." Bybee and two friends have launched a Kickstarter campaign to start Sno Boat , and they've already reached their funding goal.

It seems like we've been waiting for years for the first footage from Zombex , the undead horror from local rockabilly transplant Jesse Dayton .

Peach farmers around Fredericksburg and Stonewall, Texas have been hit by the drought, freezes and hail.

We all hoped it could be delayed a bit longer, but the heat of summer has finally crept over our town.

U.S. President Barack Obama delivers remarks on jobs during a visit to Manor New Technology High School in Austin, Texas May 9, 2013.

I've you've been shocked into a sweaty stooper like us and are housebound beneath the A/C, let us catch you up on the top five stories of the week.

It seems that someone still finds value in traveling to Austin . Travel + Leisure recently ranked Austin the No.

The spring festival season draws to a close as summer temps make "celebrating outside" a contradiction in terms.

Austin rocks, President Barack Obama indicated during his May 9 swing through the area, thanks in great part to its technology-related businesses.

Julian Reyes, an Austin street artist who goes by the name of the Lizard King, is grieving over the loss of his dog, Shiner Bock.

That there's a Velveeta Eclair. Yup. Get tix for High Comfort at Feast PDX and taste for yourself what the Joe Beef guys can do.

"This is something most brain cancer survivors are not able to do on their own, complete a marathon, so this is a big step," said Kelly Bolinger, Founder of the Brain Power 5K.

When photojournalist Erin Trieb traveled to Afghanistan to embed with U.S. troops, she wasn't expecting to find her calling.