Read more https://www.kxan.com/news/texas/photos-dps-troopers-compete-in-top-trooper-competition/ Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) troopers are gathered in Florence, Texas this week to battle for the title of Top Trooper.

Long lines form in Zilker Park after ACL payphone pops up

Marble Falls HS students compete for esports title

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Local fire leaders gathered Saturday to discuss the best ways to protect property this wildfire season.

The 2024 Summer Olympics are fast approaching with the opening ceremony on July 26. KXAN reporter Jala Washington is headed to Paris to cover the 2024 Olympic games. On Saturday mornings, Jala and Meteorologist Rich Segal will chat about the upcoming summer games live on KXAN.com. They will talk about athletes, Texas ties to the games and more behind-the-scenes Olympics coverage.

One man is dead after a homicide in north Austin early Saturday morning.

The Austin Police Department said it happened near Colony Creek Drive and Northgate Boulevard. Officers were in the area when they heard a disturbance at about 3:27 a.m.

Read more https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/austin-police-honoring-fallen-officers-at-memorial-event/ The Austin Police Department honored all 29 police officers who died in the line of duty at its Biannual Austin Police Memorial Event on Friday, the agency said in a news release.

Read more https://www.kxan.com/news/texas/texas-appetite-for-goat-meat-growing/ Demand for goat meat is rising in Texas, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service expert.

Read more https://www.kxan.com/texas-water/illegal-dam-reporting-on-the-rise-in-central-tx-state-agencies-say/ After the demolition of a dam state agencies deemed illegal along the James River, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) and the Texas Commission on Environmental Equality (TCEQ) both say that the number of reports of illegal dams and impoundments is on the rise.

Read more https://www.kxan.com/news/texas/despite-protests-ut-divestment-from-weapons-unlikely/ Recent demands by college protestors ask college administrations to “divest from death” by ending contracts with companies supplying the Israel Defense Force’s (IDF) war in Gaza.

UT alumni, faculty and students react to how UT president handled protests

Read more https://www.kxan.com/news/simplehealth/stretchable-electronic-skin-for-robots-developed-by-ut-researchers/ A first-ever stretchable electronic skin was developed by researchers at the University of Texas at Austin.

Read more https://www.kxan.com/news/texas/biden-to-award-opal-lee-grandmother-of-juneteenth-with-highest-civilian-honor/ President Joe Biden is set to award a Texas woman known by many as the “Grandmother of Juneteenth” with the highest civilian honor in the country.