Abigail Velez

1 week ago | cbsaustin.com | Abigail Velez

Four days after a powerful explosion rocked a northwest Austin neighborhood, the family of an elderly woman critically injured in the blast is speaking out. Carol Schacherl, who lived next door to the home that exploded Sunday morning, remains in the intensive care unit. But after multiple surgeries and days on a ventilator, doctors removed her breathing tube Thursday, marking a major step forward in her recovery.

1 week ago | cbsaustin.com | Abigail Velez

In a dramatic day at the Texas Capitol, House lawmakers tabled a high-profile amendment Wednesday that would have asked Texas voters to decide the fate of school vouchers-a move that ignited a fiery debate over executive pressure, democratic process, and the future of public education in the state. The amendment, authored by Rep.

1 week ago | cbsaustin.com | Abigail Velez

A man with a history of arrests on and around the University of Texas at Austin campus is back in jail-again-after police say he launched a spree of violent, unprovoked attacks that have left the campus community shaken. 22-year-old Aymen Labidi has been arrested five times in just over a week, all tied to incidents in or near West Campus, where thousands of UT students live and study.

1 week ago | local12.com | Abigail Velez

A powerful explosion tore through a quiet Northwest Austin neighborhood Sunday morning, flattening one home, damaging more than two dozen others, and sending six people to the hospital—two of them in critical condition. Just before 11:30 a.m., emergency crews responded to reports of a house collapse and possible explosion on Double Spur Loop, near Yaupon Drive. The blast leveled a two-story home, left several others with major structural damage, and sent debris flying throughout the neighborhood.

1 week ago | wset.com | Abigail Velez