Quintana News

A group of coastal towns are leaving the rakes at home and embracing the smelly stuff floating ashore with the Gulf waves.

Sometimes, spitting isn't bad manners. It's a sport. Watermelon seed spitting is a staple at July Fourth festivals.

An increase in trash left on the beach means more work for cleanup crews, but also an economic boost for the coastal region's businesses.

Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo apologized to the family of Nathaniel Sanders II on Monday night, accepting blame for "the time your son spent on the scene" outside the Walnut Creek apartments, where he was killed May 11.

Austin police say a phone call from the suspect's girlfriend led them to the arrest of a 30-year-old man in the murder of 17-year-old Bianca Maldonado.

A Friendswood developer's attempt to bring water and sewer services to some homes in the town's extraterritorial jurisdiction has island leaders and residents preparing for a legal tussle.

An innocuous-seeming City Council item reorganizing the top ranks of the Austin Fire Department instead stoked controversy, as new... Naked City May 22, 2009 News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond Res Publica May 22, 2009 Good times for good citizens, May 21-28 Headlines May 15, 2009 Outrage erupted in East Austin Monday, when Austin ...

Austin's National Association for the Advancement of Colored People held its first meeting Tuesday since the May 11 shooting of Nathaniel Sanders by Austin Senior Patrol Officer Leonardo Quintana in East Austin.

I support city Rep. Rachel Quintana's ordinance to ban the use of cell phones, calls and texting in school zones.

Rachel Quintana hit a nerve and caused just what El Paso needs -- a widespread gut reaction to something we can rant about.

Man dies of injuries from wreck A 65-year-old man died Thursday of injuries that he suffered in a one-vehicle crash May 8 on South Lamar Boulevard, police said in a statement.

While parts of area beaches were changed by Hurricane Ike, police presence on the sands this Memorial Day weekend will be much the same.

Many in the community continue to question the officer-involved shooting death of Nathaniel Sanders as those who knew him remember him.

Police Chief Art Acevedo, at the site of a fatal police shooting Monday, spent time with the slain man's family, including his father, Nathaniel Sanders, above right.

Making a phone call or sending a text message while driving in a school zone could mean a $25 fine under a bill the Texas House tentatively approved Thursday.

Drivers caught making calls or texting on cell phones in a school zone could be fined $200 under a proposed city ordinance.

The officer who shot two men in East Austin early this morning, killing one and injuring another, was suspended from the Police Department in 2006 and was an employee of the year finalist, officials said.

Voters deserve to know if a candidate they elect can actually be sworn into office.

In reference to a bill by state Rep. Norma Chavez, D-El Paso, to require a motorcycle course for "high-performance" motorcycles, I have some concerns.

"This is the kind of law you'd expect to see in Russia or Venezuela. This is un-American and it doesn't merit any further discussion." Southwest city Rep.