travis county

Fearing a murder case from April of last year has gone cold, investigators with the Travis County Sheriff’s Department are asking for the public’s help.

On April 5 of last year, Thomas Michael Baker, 62, was found dead in a field close to the 12500 block of Old Highway 20, just east on Manor.

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Gambling is illegal in Texas but local bars are finding ways to hold poker games without breaking the law. Between 40 and 50 people flock to Texas Bar & Grill in North Travis County each night for a game of Texas Hold’em.

Bar owner Jerry Berman started holding “Free Rolls” about 4 years ago. ...

As the Austin City Council ponders whether to ban all plastic retail bags, one of the largest landfills in Central Texas may have come up with a compromise.

In far southeast Travis County lies the destination for your trash - the Texas Disposal Systems landfill in Creedmoor processes 3,000 tons of garbage a day.

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Property taxpayers in Travis County could learn this spring whether they will be asked to help finance the upgrade or replacement of publicly owned University Medical Center Brackenridge.

   The Austin American Statesman reports that the company that runs the Austin hospital proposed last year that the public entity that owns it provide half of what it would take to replace UMC Brackenridge (http://bit.

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The race times for Austin’s first Formula One race were announced Friday.

The races will be held at the Circuit of the Americas 3.4 mile track still under construction in Southeast Travis County near Elroy.

The first race is scheduled for Sun, Nov 18 at 1 p.

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A toddler near Manor says a man tried to entice him into a car Thursday afternoon.

According to Roger Wade with the Travis County Sheriff’s Office, the three year old was playing in his front yard on FM 1100 just north of Hwy 290.

The man left in a white hatchback.

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Wal-Mart is planning four new stores near Austin, one each in Cedar Park, Manor, Kyle and Elgin.

The Manor and Elgin stores are expected to open in 2013.

Tomorrow is election day and for this election, people in Travis County can vote anywhere there is a "Vote Here" sign.

In tomorrow's election people are being asked to vote on 10 constitutional amendments and two Travis County bond proposals....

Travis County has two bond proposals on the ballot November 8.

They are nicely divided. Proposition 1 is $123 million for road improvement projects, mainly to connect subdivisions to highways.

It includes $3 million for unspecified TBD "bike safety projects," which they have rated last in their list of priorities.

Proposition 2 is $82 million for parks and land conservation projects.

The area of interest covers over 30,000 acres in eastern Travis County.