Around Town
The Prostitute’s Union and Other Great Things About Austin
Thursday, March 6th, 2008Thinking about moving to Austin in the near future? Or maybe you already live here, but you’d like to renew your appreciation for the city? In either case, this article is for you. In this special feature, the editors of The Austin Probe (your premier source for Austin news) have listed their favorite things about […]
Bicycle Gangs Fight for Territory Along Parmer Lane
Tuesday, October 16th, 2007Use the phrase “street gang” and most people think of cities like Los Angeles or Miami. But over the last decade, gang cultures have quietly but consistently crept into otherwise low-crime areas of American suburbia.
Now, it seems, Austin is the latest city on that list.
A non-governmental report released by the Justice League Initiative, or JLI, […]
20 Questions With a Free-Tailed Bat
Friday, August 17th, 2007In this interview, we sat down with one of the nationally famous Mexican free-tailed bats (Tadarida brasiliensis mexicana) that live under the Congress Avenue Bridge in downtown Austin.
Most Austinites are familiar with the nearly 1.5 million free-tailed bats that roost beneath the Congress Avenue Bridge from spring to fall.
But never before has anyone interviewed […]