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Williamson County detectives say they arrested three men in connection with a kidnapping that happened Thursday, Feb.

Conceived during a period of rapid regional growth, the Central Texas Turnpike System was built to accomplish three primary goals: relieve traffic on existing roadways, generate transportation funding and provide a way for drivers to bypass local traffic altogether.

The Williamson County sheriff's department was searching for the gun-wielding assailants who kidnapped and beat two men and a woman Thursday morning near Leander.

A couple of men managed to escape their kidnappers Thursday morning and alert officials of another woman still inside a home just north of Leander.

A new ethanol and diesel plant will be developed in Central Texas. Cambridge, Mass.-based Joule Biotechnologies Inc.

Anti-Washington anger is sparking a grass-roots political backlash that is rippling through political races across Texas.

The City of Austin, with $12 million of transportation projects under way and another $30 million teed up, is at odds with Capital Metro over the transit agency's decision to temporarily stop making payments due for that work under a 2003 agreement.

Williamson County Commissioners voted to lift the Freeport tax Jan. 19 in an effort to bring tax relief to companies in the county and make the area more competitive when attracting new businesses.

Leander Mayor John Cowman said during his State of the City Address on Tuesday that Leander is doing well, with sales tax revenue increasing steadily and the development of several big projects in the city.

Leander ISD, in conjunction with the Williamson County and City Health District, will offer a free H1N1 flu clinic Wednesday.

Austin Health Technology Examiner rates this: Mark your calendars for the Cedar Park Regional Medical Center's second annual red wine and dark chocolate tasting.

Joule Biotechnologies announced today that they have signed a lease agreement to build its first pilot plant to be located in Leander, Texas.

Williamson County commissioners unanimously agreed Tuesday to eliminate a tax on products in transit.

Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo spoke out Wednesday after two officers were arrested within hours of each other in Williamson County.

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There are about 300,000 people in need of help from Capital Area Food Bank in Austin, and the food bank is in need of more donations than ever.

There was a bit of a development this week related to the menorah situation at the Leander Public Library.

Austin Police Officer Leonardo Quintana, the officer who shot 18-year-old Nathaniel Sanders to death in 2009, was arrested in Williamson County on a charge of DWI.

Updated : A Texas lawyer has been charged with assaulting a public servant - a courthouse deputy who says he told her she couldn't bring a tool that included a knife past the security checkpoint.

Austin police said a woman was struck and killed by a vehicle about 6 p.m. Monday while crossing North Lamar Boulevard at Parmer Lane in North Austin.