Community members can enjoy a traditional Thanksgiving meal or order food from some local spots' regular menus.

Tens of thousands of Thanksgiving-related searches originate from Austin, a study found. Another Texas city also produces a fair share of searches around the holiday.

Mikala is a staff photojournalist at The Austin American-Statesman in Austin, Texas. She previously served as the chief of photography at the New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung, where Headliners Foundation of Texas named her Star Photojournalist of the Year three years in a row. She previously worked at the Jefferson City News Tribune and the Columbia Missourian. In her time with the American-Statesman, she contributed to reporting that won an Edward R Murrow Award for breaking news, as well as a contributor to reporting that named the newsroom a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize in 2023. Her work has been published in USA Today, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Reuters and The Associated Press. Born and raised in Kansas City, Mikala earned a Bachelor's Degree in Journalism from The University of Missouri. Mikala grew up taking annual family trips to Austin to visit her grandmother, an Austinite since 1975, and has fully adopted the Texas lifestyle since moving to the Lone Star State in 2018. She lives in East Austin with her two cats, Tom Tom and Blanche.

There are five ATX Free Fridges across Austin, including one in West Campus on Pearl Street, in South Austin at the corner of Dittmar and South 1st Street, as well as in North Austin on Koenig Lane behind Brentwood Social House.

Following the longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history, the Federal Aviation Administration expects this Thanksgiving travel period to be the busiest in 15 years.

Showers could return Friday evening, potentially affecting the Longhorn-Aggie football game, but rain chances increase Saturday

Mid‑50s and sunny now; gusty NNE winds this afternoon. Thanksgiving looks mostly sunny; storms may return Saturday.

For those who don't plan to cook, there's plenty of restaurants that will be open on Thanksgiving Day, and will even offer a special holiday menu.

Austin has many things to be thankful for this year, including being named one of the best places to go for Thanksgiving, according to a new WalletHub study. Austin ranked as the No. 16 best Thanksgiving destination,