It’s hard now to remember a time when weather alerts didn’t come directly to our inboxes and sound alert tones on our cell phones. But on Memorial Day 1981, when 11 inches of rain fell in three hours ...

Central Texas is often in the bulls-eye when it comes to severe weather. One of the worst severe weather outbreaks happened in Austin 30 years ago this Tuesday, when flash floods killed 13 people on ...

May 25, 2026, marks 45 years since a devastating flood made its way through Austin. In 1981, more than a dozen people were ...

Nebraskans gathered at Prospect Hill Cemetery in 1981 to honor the dead and the veterans on Memorial Day.

A thought to consider. Here’s what President Reagan advised in a Proclamation for Memorial Day, May 25, 1981. “Over 100 years ago, Memorial Day was established to commemorate those who died in the ...

Nebraskans honor those who have given their lives for our country on Memorial Day in 1981 Nebraskans gathered at Prospect Hill Cemetery in 1981 to honor the dead and the veterans on Memorial Day.

AUSTIN (KXAN) — This week marks the sixth anniversary of the 2015 Hays County flood that devastated parts of Wimberley and San Marcos. But Central Texas’ history with flood events around Memorial Day ...

Correction June 10, 2011 - The story below about a memorial to a fallen firefighter contained incorrect information about the type of gas that killed three people in a 1981 accident in an abandoned ...