MORE: https://www.kxan.com/news/afd-respond-to-fire-with-multiple-explosions/ The Austin Fire Department said it was responding to reports of a structure fire with “multiple explosions” Friday morning near east Austin.

THORNDALE, Texas (KXAN) — Thorndale ISD's superintendent says the district has asked voters to consider a $34.5 million bond to help it keep up with a growing student population.

Begun, the emergence, has. The great cicada emergence of 2024 is underway. Trillions of the insects are expected to crawl from below the surface to breed before dying off. The last time these specific broods of insects were above ground was in 1803.

On Thursday, the Hutto ISD school board accepted Dr. Raul Pena's resignation as superintendent.

Did you know that bats live under the Walnut Creek Bridge on Interstate 35 near Tech Ridge in north Austin? This part of the interstate is being reconstructed. But TxDOT says it's making a new home for the colony.

Read more https://www.kxan.com/investigations/texas-failed-to-fully-fund-system-flagging-those-who-shouldnt-work-with-kids/ On Megan Tabor’s wedding day to Kasey Calvery, there was no way to anticipate the pain her husband-to-be would cause. Nearly two decades later, they’re divorced — and he is at a state prison in Huntsville, Texas, convicted of sexually abusing a member of Tabor’s family.

Read more https://www.kxan.com/news/leaked-memo-reveals-inside-details-of-uts-protest-response/ University of Texas Austin leaders have given an “interim suspension” to the Palestine Solidarity Committee after making numerous attempts to meet with student organizers and quell the protest that led to at least 55 arrests and national controversy, an internal memo obtained by KXAN shows.

UT students discuss antisemitism on campus following protest

"Read more: https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/austin-airport/aus-loses-another-route-as-southwest-announces-closure-of-operations-at-mexican-airport/ A Southwest spokesperson tells KXAN the airline would end service at Cozumel International Airport on Aug. 5. Southwest will also end service at Houston Bush Intercontinental Airport and at airports in Syracuse, New York, and Bellingham, Washington.

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"Read more: https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/local-businessman-accused-of-intentionally-setting-fires-charged-with-multiple-counts-of-arson/ An Austin businessman who was arrested after he was accused of setting multiple fires was charged with multiple counts of first degree arson, the Austin Fire Department said in a news release Wednesday."

AUSTIN (KXAN) --- University of Texas faculty and staff led the charge during Thursday's pro-Palestine protest on campus. Organizers called themselves the UT Austin Faculty and Staff for Justice in Palestine.

Crowds gathered for a second day on the University of Texas campus.