Think you know Austin? Austin360 isn't so sure: "There should be more to being a true Austinite than just moving here because you had a great time at South by Southwest and thought it was like that here year round. You should have to know a few basic things about Austin before you can officially refer to it as your hometown." Take their "AQ" test and find out. Another mortgage company with employees in......

Authorities in New York arrested 43-year-old Paul Devoe III, the man believed responsible for a grisly quadruple homicide that happened in Jonestown, Texas, this weekend. Devoe is also allegedly linked to the murder of a bartender in Marble Falls last Friday, as well as another slaying in Pennsylvania. Details remain scarce, but a spokesman for the Travis County sheriff's department described Sunday's crime scene as "fairly bloody, fairly gruesome." The Capital Area Metro Planning......

After an intensive manhunt to find the perpetrators of the Juneteenth murder of David Rivas Morales, Austin Police announced on Tuesday that they've arrested the man believed to have delivered the fatal blow that left Morales unconscious. Kurtiss Colvin, a 20-year-old former high school athlete, has been charged with manslaughter—a second-degree felony—as well as several lesser charges. His bail has been set at $215,000. Morales was leaving a Juneteenth celebration when the Ford Taurus he......

A father and son were walking home from church last night in the Capital Plaza area (around Cameron Rd. and Reinli) when they were robbed. After taking everything the immigrant family had on them, the robbers shot and killed the teenage boy, in front of his father. If you were in the area behind Popeye's Chicken and the Austin Cornerstone Church last night around 10pm and witnessed anything, please call 477-3588 (the homicide tip......

APD needs your help in solving a homicide case that happened in downtown Austin over a week ago: at approximately 3:22am on Saturday, March 10th, 28-year-old Jeremy Anderson and another guy were leaving 6th Street when they became involved in an "altercation" with three black males. Anderson was struck in the process, falling to the ground. Last Saturday, March 17th, at Brackenridge Hospital, he was pronounced dead. The indicident took place at East 7th and......

An 18-wheeler struck a pedestrian at the intersection of East Ben White and the south I-35 northbound service road just over an hour ago. Understandably, traffic at that intersection is extremely congested. From the Statesman's Blotter: A news release by the Austin Police Department: At approximately 2:50 p.m., APD patrol officers responded to a collision at East Ben White Boulevard and the south I-35 northbound service road. It is believed that an 18-wheeler was......

As we were watching the Emmy nominations live on CNN this morning, we held just the slightest sliver of hope that with the new nomination system, our favorite would make the cut. Her show's been on for over five seasons, and although Lauren Graham continues to be one of the greatest comic actresses currently on TV, an Emmy nomination has passed her by yet again. What kind of world are we living in where......

Austin media was abuzz yesterday over the alleged kidnapping of 26-year old Lilian Gomez near the busy downtown intersection of Third and Red River, at around 1 A.M. on Sunday morning. Gomez and an unnamed female friend were reportedly ambushed by a group of men, who beat up the two ladies and then stuffed Gomez into their jalopy. What was so utterly astounding about this incident was the sheer bravado displayed by these loathsome individuals,......

A series of gunshot sounds prompted several 911 calls early this morning. Austin police responded to the scene, where they found one man dead in the North Austin home. Another was taken to Brackenridge hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Details are scarce as this story is just now breaking, but the police department has declared that they're investigating this as a double homicide. Several witnesses were detained from the scene of the crime,......

This is a post from our new contributor, Elizabeth...(We swear, we're getting her an account soon) Tonight after our regular viewing of Gilmore Girls (WB, 7pm), we will be torn (and wish we had TiVo). Both Commander in Chief and The Amazing Race have their premieres at 8pm. Gack! We have heard good things about Commander in Chief (ABC, KVUE24). While we may not be big fans of Geena Davis, we do remember Kyle......

Our buddies at The Statesman have written an article about the increase in gas prices, complete with a FAQ list of sorts. If you want to know why gas prices are so high, etc., check it out. If you just want to bitch about it, you know what to do. We hate when people say "you know what to do" on answering machines. Sorry, we digress. Police are investigating a possible homicide at an......