Manchaca News

Thursday's rain was a welcome sight in Central Texas. "It came down and it was wonderful.

APD is searching for a suspect they said was in custody for a possible burglary and somehow escaped.

A child at Lucy Read Pre-K came down with a "probable" case of swine flu, and the school has been closed until May 11 as a result.

The Austin Police Department released a surveillance video photograph of the man they said committed the seventh bank robbery in Austin this year.

Austin police Friday identified the victim of a homicide in South Austin as Louis B. Perryman, 67, a Texas-born actor with film credits that include The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 and The Blues Brothers .

The death of a man whose body was found in South Austin is being investigated as the city's second homicide of 2009.

Allan a oeButcha and Kim Kubesch of Bryan are pleased to announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Amanda Marie Kubesch, to Nicholas James Maloukis, son of Julie Maloukis of Austin and ...

One good thing about the economic catastrophe we're going through? To save money, Americans are becoming self-sufficient by doing stuff themselves that they used to pay others to do for them.

A two-alarm fire in South Travis County kept several fire departments busy Sunday.

At least a dozen fire trucks from Brodie, Manchaca, Oak Hill, Austin and Travis Co.

A man fell from a South Austin cell phone tower in what police believe may be a suicide.

The entry titled "Obama Inauguration Day 5." Categories Archives Obama Inauguration Day 5 By mbarnes@statesman.com Tuesday, January 20, 2009, 09:55 AM Traffic into town on South First and Manchaca remains ...

Michael Barnes is the Austin American-Statesman's social columnist. He lives in South Austin with his partner, Kip, two dogs and two cats.

Suppose Obama knows how to open a long neck on a truck? He ought to learn because Giddy Ups, a beer joint near my house down toward Manchaca, is having an Obama inaugural party starting around 5 p.m. Jan 20, ...

Gov. Rick Perry appointed Melinda Fredricks to the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission.

Recently, Shelley Cleaver, member of the Cherokee County Historical Commission, recalled memories of his hometown, Lone Star, in an interview.