The Horse Boy documents the amazing journey of a little boy with autism. www.horseboyfoundation.org The Magnolia at the Modern is an ongoing series featuring critically acclaimed films.

Southside Market in Elgin, Texas has long been known for its "hot guts." [Editor's Note: This is the first in a series of weekend installments on Texas' greatest barbecues.] Elgin is a town of nearly 14,000, situated 20 miles due east of Austin.

Richmond Gunn, age 87 of Gonzales, formerly of Elgin passed away Saturday, January 23, 2010.

A journey on horseback through Mongolia. A breakthrough release from the symptoms of autism.

Austin Community College is poised for a dramatic expansion with more campuses, more students and a wider taxing district.

Betty Iris Halladay Elgin, Texas Betty Iris Halladay , formerly Betty Iris Boothe, of Sweetwater, Texas, passed away Sunday, December 27, 2009, at her home in Elgin, Texas.

Soon Amy Hembree won't have to rely on others to take her baby to doctor visits.

Amy Hembree and her daughter are inseparable. Since Willow's birth in March, Hembree has devoted herself full time to her daughter and has an overriding goal: to create a loving, stable home for her like Hembree never had.

Martha Sue Miller, 74, of Elgin, Texas and formerly of Stamford, passed away on Saturday, November 28, 2009 in Elgin, Texas.

The Austin-Travis County EMS has recently started a new program where they go to an office or school and spend 10 minutes teaching basic CPR or first aid.

Central Texas teens become Eagle Scouts The following students have earned the Eagle Scout ranking, the highest level of recognition in the Boy Scouts: James N. Churchill Jr.

Austin Police Department internal affairs officer Chris Dunn was fired for an email he sent during the APD internal investigation into the Sanders shooting.

Before telling you about the sunny, cooler days ahead, I'd like to thank the I Know What's Funny and It's Not This Weather Blog Club, Bill Engvall Chapter, for allowing me to do today's forecast from their nicely appointed meeting hall in the president's mom's basement.

A former police officer in central Texas will spend time behind bars for possessing child pornography.

A Bastrop County jury sentenced former Elgin police officer Orval Roger Miller, 48, on three third-degree felony counts of child pornography possession.

A Travis County jury has sentenced an Elgin man to 20 years in prison for robbing at gunpoint a Ben White Boulevard convenience store in February.

Enrollment at Austin Community College, already at a record high, needs to increase even more to meet local work force needs and to help position the region for a bright economic future, according to a report by the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce.

To farmers, this week's rain is like liquid gold falling from the sky. "We love it, we love it," said Roger Mogonye, a Bastrop County farmer.

My yoga teacher likes to say, as she eyeballs my unlimber limbs, straining to contort in comical ways, that "it's the journey, not the destination," and those wise words might also serve as the message of this moving documentary film about one family's experience with autism.

Each week Joshua Bousel of The Meatwave drops by with a recipe for you to grill over the weekend.