AUSTIN, Texas — A suspect is in custody after a shooting at the Austin Central Library downtown on Saturday afternoon that left one person injured. The Austin Police Department (APD) said around 12:06 ...

President Joe Biden visited Austin for an appearance at the LBJ Presidential Library to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act. Mikala is a staff photojournalist at The Austin ...

An Austin institution preserving old library materials has officially moved into its new space. The Austin History Center, ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Recycled Reads, the Austin Public Library’s secondhand bookstore, could shut its doors by spring as city leaders work to close a multimillion-dollar budget shortfall. As part of the ...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Someone was shot inside a downtown library in Texas’ state capital city on Saturday, police said, prompting emergency vehicles and personnel to converge on the building and a ...

AUSTIN, Texas — After a successful pilot at the Southeast Branch location, the Austin Public Library (APL) is expanding its "Wi-Fi HotSpot Lending" program to include 10 branch locations. The program, ...

When Trey Lauren, a senior at Lake Travis High School, stepped into the library at their school Wednesday, the librarian knew their name. Lauren made their way to their favorite part of the library — ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — On Wednesday, the Austin Public Library spoke out against the storm of book banning and censorship that’s swept across the state of Texas this year. Several Texas school districts have ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — On a sweltering Saturday afternoon in August, a group of parents escaped the heat with their children to go to an indoor story time led by someone who looked like she might have ...

At the Austin Public Library in Texas, banned books are hot for the summer. In partnership with BookPeople, Texas’ largest independent bookstore, the library has been hosting a “Banned Camp” to ...