AUSTIN, Texas — Several roads and parks are closed across Central Texas on Saturday due to flash flooding as rain continues ...

Strayhorn served as Austin's mayor from 1977 to 1983, before serving as a railroad commissioner in the 1990s and as Texas comptroller from 1999 until 2007.

While the extension of the Austin and Northwestern Railroad no longer runs to Llano, the tracks remain and they end at the Llano River, revealing the Dabbs Hotel.

Residents northwest of Austin, Texas, are petitioning a proposal to build a nearly 27-mile railroad for rock materials.

From the Archives column: As part of an Austin history series, we look at how railroads and freedom colonies altered the city's fate.

Incumbent Christi Craddick is touting the health of the Texas energy industry and its impact on the economy. Her top opponent says regulation on the commission is too lax.

Several exhibit items from the Cleburne Railroad Museum were recently transported to Austin to be displayed in the Bullock Texas State History Museum.

AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 22. -- The charter of the Union Central Railroad has been approved by the Attorney General for filing with the Secretary of State. This road is capitalized for $600,000.

A freight train derailed after striking a semi-trailer that was blocking a crossing in Pecos City, Texas, Wednesday evening. City officials say the impact killed two Union Pacific staff onboard ...

Incumbent Christi Craddick is touting the health of the Texas energy industry and its impact on the economy. Her top opponent says regulation on the commission is too lax.