Local authorities dealt with two different scenarios Tuesday that involved the discovery of a dead body.
Around 2:00 p.m. Austin Police responded to the intersection of 12th Street and New York Drive where they found a body in the Boggy Creek Greenbelt. Police do not believe the death was from drowning but perhaps natural causes although there’s been no confirmation. (KVUE-TV)
Later, close to 8:00 p.m., authorities were called the Walsh Boat Landing on Scenic Drive for an unknown person floating in the water. Police say was an isolated incident, and there was no known threat to the public. Police are investigating the incident as a deceased person investigation. (KXAN-TV)
No arrests have been made in connection with the “suspicious death” of a juvenile male in a subdivision southeast of Buda.
Austin Police are asking for help identifying a serial commercial burglar in East Austin. (Fox7 Austin)
An 18-year-old man was arrested and charged with murder after police say he sold fentanyl to a 17-year-old woman which led to her death in April. (KEYE-TV)
Back on April 29, a spate of fentanyl overdoses occurred in downtown Austin. When officials declared that overdose “outbreak” over on May 3, 79 people had overdosed in multiple locations across the city. Nine people had died. Months later there have been no arrests made. (Austin American-Statesman)
The Austin City Council officially confirmed the city manager’s appointment of Lisa Davis as the next chief of police during a special-called meeting Tuesday. Davis will begin her tenure next month. (KXAN-TV)
Austin City Council member Mackenzie Kelly had to be rushed to the hospital on Tuesday morning. Kelly was at City Hall at the start of the city’s budget meeting when she had a “medical event” and had to taken to a nearby hospital. (Fox7 Austin)
Austin City Council ended a nearly two-hour session Tuesday without allocating the funding that would be needed to house all of the city’s unsheltered people and those on the verge of becoming homeless. (Austin Monitor)
A tropical wave that began east of the Windward Islands over the weekend continues to produce showers and thunderstorms with little change in development as it headed toward Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, the last place that Hurricane Beryl hit before striking Texas early last month. (Austin American-Statesman)
Barton Springs Pool reopened after temporarily closing Monday due to storms and heavy rainfall in the area. Another local pool, Martin Pool, has closed for repairs. No word on when it will reopen. (KVUE-TV)
Gators have been spotted in Lake Marble Falls in Burnet County. (KXAN-TV)
A new study blames fracking for abandoned oil wells that are reportedly spewing wastewater. (Texas Tribune)
Round Rock-based Dell on Wednesday announced a plan to redistribute its sales staff and emphasize artificial intelligence innovations, laying off an undetermined amount of employees. (Austin American-Statesman)
Texas Children’s Hospital announced layoffs that affected 5% of its staff systemwide. It would not comment on how many of those staff members were in the Austin area or what kinds of positions were affected. (Austin American-Statesman)
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has a new $6.5 million helicopter.
The mayor of Bastrop is fighting a petition to have him removed from office. (KVUE-TV)
A Bastrop County grand jury has formally charged the man accused of causing a deadly school bus crash in March. (KVUE-TV)
A class-action lawsuit has been filed against Austin-based CyberStrike in the wake of a massive technical glitch last month that had global implications. (Austin-American Statesman)
Voters in Lockhart will vote in November on marijuana decriminalization.
Texas has too few lawyers to serve the diverse legal needs of a rapidly-growing population, according to the state’s highest civil court. (KXAN-TV)
The Alzheimer’s Association, an organization that supports Alzheimer’s research globally, is funding $1.2 million in research projects across Central Texas, including research grant funding for UT. (Daily Texan)
Almost two-thirds of Texas teachers seriously considered leaving education for good at the end of the 2023-24 school year. (WFAA-TV)
A Texas federal judge on Tuesday dismissed most of the claims in a lawsuit filed by a Black high school student who alleged that school officials committed racial and gender discrimination when they punished him for refusing to change his hairstyle. (Yahoo! News)
A Texas man will spend the next three years in prison for taking part in the January 6 Capitol riot in 2021.
A Texas family is feared dead after their boat capsized off the coast of Homer, Alaska, over the weekend while they were on a family vacation. (FOX News)
Ninth-inning drama in Arlington last night. Houston’s Framber Valdez was one strike away from completing a no-hitter when he gave up a two-run home run to Corey Seager in a 4-2 win. (Yahoo! Sports)
Austin FC is on the road tonight for their first ever 2024 Leagues Cup Round of 32 match at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles. The Verde & Black will face LAFC with kickoff 7:30 p.m. PT/9:30 p.m. CT. (Austin FC)
Texas Longhorns running back, CJ Baxter, suffered a knee injury in practice on Tuesday. (247Sports.com)
The Texas Longhorns have added a new opponent to their 2027 non-conference schedule. On September 4, 2027, the Longhorns will welcome the New Mexico State Aggies to Darrel K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. (Longhorns Wire)
Texans continue to rack up medals in Paris…
The Sixth and Guadalupe Tower, soaring 875 feet above Austin, is reshaping the city skyline, boasting as the tallest building in Austin and among Texas’ tallest. However, its journey from the site of the historic Alamo Hotel to its current status as a mega skyscraper has been fraught with challenges and changes over the years.
