Georgetown, TX Local - News Break (2024)

08/04/2022

Austin's 16 best new restaurants compete in Tastemakers tournament

Each year, the CultureMap Tastemaker Awards toasts the top talent in Austin's culinary scene — and that includes an exciting look at the newest restaurants to heat up local dining. Our 2022 nominees for Best New Restaurant range from chic counter service cafes and Caribbean hot spots to...

07/04/2022

Shaq’s ‘Big Chicken’ restaurant coming to Austin

Better known as Shaq, his fast-casual chicken restaurant — appropriately named "Big Chicken" — will reportedly be a spot to grab a bite at the new Moody Center when it opens later in April.

07/04/2022

Save on Emergency Preparation Supplies April 23-25

Mark your calendar for April 23-25, as it is this year's Emergency Preparation Supplies Sales Tax Holiday. During that weekend, the purchase of...

07/04/2022

Strong winds bring highest oak pollen count in years

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A cold front that moved through the area Wednesday morning, increasing our wildfire risk and bringing in wind gusts up to 44 mph, also caused a huge spike of oak pollen. Our partners over at Allergy &...

07/04/2022

Paralyzed Teen Makayla Noble Goes to First Cheer Practice Since Accident

Noble's mother said the teen was "so happy to be back with her friends, team and coaches," more than six months since the accident that left her...

07/04/2022

Blink and you'll miss it: Cold, dry spring could cut short Texas' bluebonnet season

Peak bluebonnet season is happening now across Central Texas. But, thanks to the encroaching drought, it may not last long. That was the message from Andrea DeLong-Amaya, director of horticulture at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, during a wildflower update she gave Tuesday. DeLong-Amaya sa...

06/04/2022

At 12 years old, this Texas kid is headed to college

In the first grade, he was reading at a seventh-grade level.

06/04/2022

Rap supergroup Mount Westmore with Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube plays Round Rock Amp

The Grammy-winning Austin singer-songwriter had just started a solo acoustic tour celebrating the 30th anniversary of her debut album “Steady On” when the pandemic hit in early 2020. She played one local show at the now-shuttered Cactus Cafe, but the rest of the dates were postponed. This 04 Cen...

06/04/2022

Baseball sweeps season series with Southwestern, 16-9

GEORGETOWN, Texas – McMurry University Baseball attacked with 13 runs over the first three innings in its midweek road contest against Southwestern, sailing past the Pirates by a 16-9 final Tuesday evening in Georgetown, Texas. The War Hawks (13-15) jumped to a substantial lead in the second innin...

06/04/2022

Texas Lutheran in Fourth Through 36 Holes at West Region Invitational

GEORGETOWN, Texas -- The Texas Lutheran Men's golf team sits in fourth place after 36 holes with a score of 590 at the West Region Invitational at Berry Creek Country Club...

05/04/2022

Catching up with Spike, mascot for the Round Rock Express

The Round Rock Express take on the El...

05/04/2022

The youngest female billionaire in Texas

I have written a lot about billionaires, entrepreneurs, and successful business people. Most of them worked decades to build their fortunes. Many of them inherited their wealth.

05/04/2022

Shipley Do-nuts, Starbucks now open and more business news in Buda, Kyle

Shipley Do-nuts is now open at 4250 FM 1626, Ste. 100, Kyle. (Zara Flores/Community Impact Newspaper) Zara...

05/04/2022

North Texas zoos make preparations amid bird flu breakout

DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) — Both the Fort Worth and Dallas Zoo are making preparations amid a bird flu breakout. Birds at the Dallas Zoo will remain...

05/04/2022

Burnet Bluebonnet Festival April 8-10; carnival starts April 7

The Burnet Bluebonnet Festival will finally get reckless this year after having to cancel the event and a performance by popular country band Reckless Kelly at the height of the COVID-19 lockdown in 2020. The group is the musical headliner Saturday, April 9, on the courthouse square at the peak of.....

04/04/2022

10 businesses now open or coming soon to Round Rock

Several new businesses are making their way to Round Rock. The latest crop includes coffee companies, a bank and learning centers. A second Round Rock Dutch Bros Coffee location at 3589 N. I-35 opened March 4 after several months of construction. The Oregon-based coffee chain opened its first Round....

04/04/2022

Kacey Musgraves Says She Would 'Jump in Front of a Moving Train' for the LGBTQ Community

Kacey Musgraves takes her role as an ally deadly serious. The Star-Crossed artist, 33, told PEOPLE she "would jump in front of a moving train for the LGBTQ community" on the red carpet of Saturday's 33rd GLAAD Media Awards in Beverly Hills. She was presented with the vanguard award before performing...

04/04/2022

Invasive ants hit Texas hard—now a killer fungus is coming for them

When crazy ants roll into new parts of Texas, the invasive species wipe out local insects and lizards, drive away birds, and even blind baby rabbits by spewing acid in their eyes. Scientists at the University of Texas at Austin now have good news: a naturally occurring fungus-like pathogen...

04/04/2022

Round Rock's Tiemann Art Gallery seeks new ownership

The Tiemann Art Gallery and frame shop at 1706 N. Mays St., Round Rock, is seeking a new owner, according to a March 31 announcement. Those interested should contact owner Carrie Tiemann, who said...

03/04/2022

Busy days ahead at Austin airport: Tips before you travel through AUS

More than 30,000 passengers are expected to fly out of the airport Sunday and Monday, Austin-Bergstrom International Airport wrote on Twitter Saturday.

03/04/2022

Austin entrepreneur behind new $4.4 million island in the metaverse

AUSTIN, Texas — After spending $1.2 million of his own money on technology infrastructure, serial entrepreneur Adam Hollander launched White Sands, a tropical island getaway in the metaverse that people can call home. "A metaverse is a virtual landscape, a virtual world where you can play and lear...

03/04/2022

Texas woman says hospital mistakenly claimed her husband was dead

Just a day after Betty Harris left her husband Bryant at a Texas rehabilitation center, she received a call from a nearby hospital informing her — mistakenly — that he was dead. Harris saw her husband on March 7 at Deerbrook Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation center, where...

03/04/2022

Two Years Later: What the Hell Is Wrong With Austin Restaurant Customers?

— Since local restaurants have been allowed to at least partially reopen, all in all it has not been a particularly pleasant sight. Our restaurants are literally busting their asses to keep their stores safe, sanitized and hospitable but many customers, it seems, are not rewarding the effort. I’...

02/04/2022

Texas Fisherman Lands Jumbo 60-Pound Smallmouth Buffalo

It’s almost surreal how big this fish is. But, this catch is as they come as one lucky – and dedicated – angler reels in an impressive jumbo 60-pound smallmouth buffalo during one recent fishing expedition. Austin Anderson has long been known for his talent for catching...

02/04/2022

Two Austin-area school districts approve pay raises to help keep employees

Two Central Texas School Districts are upping the pay of teachers and staff. Pflugerville ISD approved an across-the-board 3% pay raise. In addition, hourly staff will be paid a minimum of $15 dollars an hour. In the Round Rock Independent School District, instructional support staff are getting an....

02/04/2022

4-Time Grammy Winner Snarky Puppy Records New Album As ‘Love Letter’ To North Texas

DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Snarky Puppy and its unique style of jazz, funk, r&b and classical music came back home recently. The 18-member band finished up a run...

02/04/2022

SPAMtastic news: Spamarama returns to Austin this weekend

AUSTIN, Texas — Editor's note: The above video was published in 2019, the last time Spamarama was held. SPAMtastic news: Spamarama will return this weekend!. For the uninitiated, Spamarama is exactly what it sounds like: a festival celebrating SPAM, the canned pork product. The festival was held i...

02/04/2022

Restaurant Report Card for Central Texas: 3.31.22

WACO, Texas (KWTX) - Here is this week’s restaurant report card for Central Texas:. Mexicano Grill at 10207 China Spring Road in Waco received a 78 on a recent inspection. According to the food safety worker, the employees were prepping food without wearing gloves and the beans were not being cool...

01/04/2022

Round Rock IKEA will pay you to return old furniture

If you're tired of looking at old furniture that you bought last year from IKEA, the retailer has announced that it will now pay customers to bring back old furniture.

01/04/2022

Beloved San Antonio personality Hispanic Elvis has died, family says

Hispanic Elvis, the Market Square icon known for his King of Rock and Roll, impersonations and friendly personality, has died, his family confirms. John Esquivel, the beloved San Antonio man known by his moniker, was 76 when he was hospitalized on January 10 with an esophagus infection and COVID-19....

01/04/2022

Dozens of dogs scheduled to be put down get a second chance with help of Austin Pets Alive!

AUSTIN, Texas — Around 50 dogs are getting a second chance at life, thanks to an early-morning transport coordinated by Austin Pets Alive!, Dog is My CoPilot and Cuddly.com. Dogs from nine other Texas-based shelters were being taken care of...

01/04/2022

Iconic Austin burger joint cruises into buzzy suburb's hottest development

Hutto is about to be alright, alright, alright, thanks to a new outpost of Top Notch Burgers. Known for its laid-back, diner-style cuisine and its legendary status as one of the locations in Richard Linklater’s cult-favorite coming-of-age film Dazed and Confused, Top Notch has just revealed plans ...

01/04/2022

WATCH: Scientists Spot ‘Rarest of Rare’ Deer From Helicopter in West Texas Desert

You never know what you are going to see in the great outdoors. Even if you’re high above the ground, in, say, a helicopter, you just might spot something special. That is what a few scientists did as they flew above the fray in a helicopter recently and saw the “rarest of rare” deer in a West...

31/03/2022

Abandoned rental cars and TSA lines out the door. What’s going on at Austin’s airport?

Lee esta historia en español. When Carmen Ortiz arrived at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (ABIA) this morning two hours before departure as recommended, the line to get through security stretched down the Barbara Jordan terminal, outside the building and back down the entire length of the t...

31/03/2022

Texas teen who beat tornado gets a brand new Chevrolet Silverado

ELGIN, Texas (KWTX) - A Chevrolet dealership in North Texas has donated a new truck to Riley Leon, 16, the Texas boy who became a social media sensation by escaping the wrath of a tornado that flipped his truck onto its side and spun it before it landed right side up...

31/03/2022

Inflation will clobber "entitled generation" of consumers, BlackRock president says

It's been at least 40 years since inflation was as high as it is today, and that means an entire generation of "entitled" consumers is about to learn some very rude lessons about life and money, according to BlackRock President Rob Kapito. Kapito, who is also co-founder of BlackRock,...

31/03/2022

Sick of school catalog fundraisers, Texas dad launches hilarious GoFundMe

A Marble Falls dad is hoping to skip the uncomfortable act of trying to sell random kitchen products to his neighbors, but still fundraise the money needed for his young son's school to build a chicken coop. The result is a GoFundMe we think you need to read.

31/03/2022

Exec at Applebee’s franchisee fired over leaked email suggesting lower wages for ‘paycheck to paycheck’ employees

A mid-level executive working for an Applebee’s franchisee has been terminated after sending an email to colleagues which suggested that rising gas prices and inflation would allow the franchisee to hire employees at lower wages.

30/03/2022

Flamingo that escaped Kansas zoo in 2005 spotted on Texas coast

Flamingo No. 492, aka "Pink Floyd," has been spotted several times in Wisconsin, Louisiana and Texas over the 17 years since he escaped.

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