By TRISTAN HALLMAN

Austin Bureau

AUSTIN — Tourists no longer will be able to make a pilgrimage to the backyard structure known as the Cathedral of Junk without an appointment.

Vince Hannemann, who began the 33-foot tall Cathedral of Junk more than 20 years ago with a few bicycle parts and hubcaps on a fence in his backyard, now is….Continue Reading in The Houston Chronicle.

AUSTIN — The Cathedral of Junk has withstood 21 years of Texas weather, thousands of visitors and some unhappy neighbors, but now the backyard tourist attraction could be headed for the scrapyard.

After a complaint from a Cathedral of Junk visitor, the Austin Code Compliance Department has notified the three-story structure’s owner, Vincent Hannemann, that he needs to bring the structure up to code by March 31…Continue Reading at The Houston Chronicle

The wife of the man thought to have flown an airplane into an Austin building housing IRS offices today offered her sympathy to the people killed and injured by her husband on Thursday…Continue reading at the Houston Chronicle.

AUSTIN — A new pilot project from German automaker Daimler aims to put Austin residents in the driver’s seat when it comes to public transportation.

The city of Austin and car2go have embarked on a car-sharing project….Continue reading at The Houston Chronicle…