News 8 Austin | 24 Hour Local News

An Exclusive Service of Time Warner Cable



	TOP STORIES


	HEADLINES


	LOCAL NEWS


	Central Texas


	Hays County


	• San Marcos


	Bastrop County


	Caldwell County


	Willliamson County


	YOUR NEWS


	LEGISLATURE 2005


	WEATHER


	SPORTS


	LIVING


	NEWS 8 EXPLORES


	SPECIAL COVERAGE


	SXSW


	COMMUNITY


	COMMENTARY


	ABOUT US


	SEARCH


	NEWS8CAST VIDEO

Come fly your kite down at Zilker Park at the 77th annual festival.

Travis County, Williamson County, Hays County, Bastrop County, Caldwell County, Austin, Pflugerville, Lake Travis, Round Rock, Georgetown, Cedar Park, Leander, Taylor, San Marcos, Central Texas News, Central Texas, Bastrop, Elgin, Smithville, Lockhart, Luling, Martindale, Buda, Dripping Springs, Kyle, Wimberley, Bee Cave, Del Valle, Lago Vista, Lakeway, Manor, Hutto, Liberty Hill, Thrall

AUSTIN
Planning for smoother SXSW
Austin Music Commission meets with Austin Police Department to finalize South by Southwest plans.
FULL STORY >> 3/7/2005 10:54 PM

CENTRAL TEXAS
Storm Ready: In the home
The wrath of nature can easily turn your home back into a pile bricks or scrap wood. Here are ways to make your home storm ready both inside and out.
FULL STORY >> 3/7/2005 6:15 PM

AUSTIN
Billion-dollar mistake prolongs property tax relief
The House Ways and Means committee signed off on the property tax relief bill before lawmakers discovered the numbers don’t add up.
FULL STORY >> 3/7/2005 6:58 PM

AUSTIN
Debates heating up over HB 2
Lawmakers are tackling school finance, one of the most important issues of this session.
FULL STORY >> 3/7/2005 5:45 PM

ROUND ROCK
Last-minute candidates file for RRISD school board
Nine people are now running for three open seats on the Round Rock ISD school board. They want a chance to draft a workable bond to meet the growing district's needs.
FULL STORY >> 3/7/2005 7:41 PM

AUSTIN
14 candidates vie for 3 Austin City Council seats
Monday was the deadline to file for three at-large postitions on the Austin City Council.
FULL STORY >> 3/7/2005 8:23 PM

AUSTIN
Texans urge lawmakers to require roll-call votes on bills
Two House members offered proposals to put before Texas voters a proposed state constitutional amendment requiring recorded votes.
FULL STORY >> 3/7/2005 7:52 PM

SAN MARCOS
Students reminded to drink responsibly during spring break
University police staged a mock fatal DWI accident to remind students of the dangers of alcohol and drunk driving.
FULL STORY >> 3/7/2005 12:17 PM

CENTRAL TEXAS
Storm Ready: Preparing for a storm
(Part 1) What to do when storms approach.
FULL STORY >> 3/6/2005 7:42 PM

SAN MARCOS
Jazz professor has fond memories of 'Brother Ray'
James Polk, professor of Jazz at Texas State University-San Marcos, played for the late Ray Charles.
FULL STORY >> 3/7/2005 5:00 AM

Texas, Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas Roundup, Dallas County, Harris County, El Paso County, El Paso, Webb County, Laredo

Sweet! Texas man's 1980s shirt worn by Napoleon Dynamite

Four bills put stem cell debate in Legislature's hands

Toll road closing in on Leander neighbors

Do kids really need milk?

More proposals to overhaul Social Security

Consumer Reports revises auto ratings

AUSTIN
2 brothers charged with murder
Joe and Juan Astran are facing capital murder charges in connection with a murder in East Austin.
FULL STORY >> 3/6/2005 6:57 PM

AUSTIN
City offers incentives for people to drive hybrids
A program called Drive Clean, Park Free would use parking-fee waivers as an incentive to purchase and drive clean vehicles.
FULL STORY >> 3/6/2005 8:14 PM

ROUND ROCK
RRISD must fine tune bond proposal
Voters rejected the $349 million school bond. Now school board members are forced to go back to drawing board.
FULL STORY >> 3/6/2005 6:19 PM

CENTRAL TEXAS
Dripping Springs, Hutto pass school bonds
Dripping Springs voters passed a $29 million bond and Hutto passed a $53 million bond.
FULL STORY >> 3/6/2005 11:16 AM

AUSTIN
Elementary students race towards a promising future
Pickle Elementary students ran in the BagelFest 5K after motivational training by their school principal’s 5K Club.
FULL STORY >> 3/6/2005 5:14 PM

AUSTIN
Fire damages home but dog is okay
A man found his dog safe amidst all the firefighting chaos.
FULL STORY >> 3/6/2005 9:49 PM

AUSTIN
Nonprofit funds other nonprofits
Members of Impact Austin each put up $1,000 of their own money to give a substantial grant to a nonprofit that needs funding.
FULL STORY >> 3/6/2005 1:28 PM

AUSTIN
Ladies, listen up: Stop kissing frogs
Relationship expert and author Marilyn Anderson is in town to promote her book, Never Kiss A Frog: A Girl's Guide to Creatures from the Dating Swamp.
FULL STORY >> 3/6/2005 5:00 AM

WILLIAMSON COUNTY
Some push to make refusing blood alcohol test a crime
Williamson County deputies will begin issuing more search warrants to obtain blood samples of suspected drunken drivers when they refuse the breath test.
FULL STORY >> 3/6/2005 12:35 PM

AUSTIN
Celebrating Texas history
The Texas Independence Day Parade made its way down Congress Avenue.
FULL STORY >> 3/5/2005 5:06 PM

Wimberley adjusting to growing pains

Search LOCAL NEWS

Near 70

Low 60s

Mid 50s

			We're two weeks away from the official start of spring, a time when Central Texas enters a period of warmer weather. The transition also marks a time when severe weather events become more frequent. This week the News 8 Austin Weather Team presents a five-part series on how to plan for storms. Part 1: Storm preparation Part 2: In the home Part 3: Work and school Part 4: Sports and outdoors Part 5: On the road and aftermath