Area firefighters continue to attempt to contain three separate wildfires in Central Texas.
The “North Art Complex” blaze in Mason began Thursday with a lightning strike. It began as three smaller fires that eventually merged into one and has burned more than 4,300 acres. It is currently about 70% contained. So far, no structures have been lost.
Some local residents chose to evacuate the area as a precaution. (KEYE-TV)
Ashley Airheart Duarte is the wife of a volunteer firefighter and shot this video of the Mason fire…
Raw video of the area around the Mason fire…
A lightning strike is thought to be the cause of a second wildfire, this one in San Saba County, and is called the “Mesquite” fire. More than 110 acres have been affected there with containment said to be at around 65%.
And in Bastrop County, the “Pine Dump Fire” is nearly contained at 80% after burning about a dozen acres.
Authorities arrested a 17-year-old girl this week and accused her of making online threats against a northeast Austin elementary school.
The Round Rock Police Department announced Friday night it secured additional warrants for one of the suspects involved in the deadly Juneteenth celebration mass shooting this summer. (KEYE-TV)
On Friday morning, a man accused of a multi-county shooting rampage in December appeared in Travis County court for the first time. Shane James, Jr., asked the judge if he could represent himself after a disagreement with his attorneys.
The Austin Police Department is offering a reward of up to $1,000 in the search for a suspect involved in a hit-and-run incident last month. (KVUE-TV)
More than 120 pounds of marijuana and thousands of dollars were seized during a Georgetown traffic stop this week. (Fox7 Austin)
Two former City of Austin employees are on administrative leave after being indicted by a grand jury on charges stemming from their time working for Austin ISD. (KEYE-TV)
A Round Rock Independent School teacher has been arrested and accused of indecency with a child and child pornography. (KXAN-TV)
A man accused of shooting and injuring a Texas high school cheerleader in Elgin last spring has been indicted by a Bastrop County grand jury. (Fox7 Austin)
The Austin area saw some relief from the heat Friday as thunderstorms rolled through in the late afternoon and early evening bringing much needed rain and dropping temperatures as much as 15 to 20 degrees.
After a week of intense, dangerous heat and 100-dregree temperatures, we’ll see a trend of ‘cooler’ weather this weekend into next week.
Austin has reached 100° a total of 1,999 times since weather records began in 1898. (KXAN-TV)
Lake Travis and Lake Buchanan reached their lowest combined storage since 2013 in 2023. Their combined storage dropped below 900,000 acre-feet in mid-August, prompting Stage 2 drought restrictions for the City of Austin.
It’s been a year of weird and record-breaking weather. Here are five things to know. (The Hill via KXAN-TV)
After multiple power outages in the ATX the past few days, Austin Energy General Manager Bob Kahn said the utility is working on two solutions to prevent more outages. (Austin American-Statesman)
More than a decade after beginning its operations in Austin, Megabus has ended all of its Texas services. (KVUE-TV)
A multiyear partnership between Cruise and Uber will bring driverless Uber vehicles to Austin next year. (KVUE-TV)
An investigation revealed how wealthy investors were gaming the Texas Lottery, buying up millions of tickets to ensure a winning number. Now lawmakers are looking to close that loophole. (KUT 90.5)
Some Austin City Council members are frustrated by recent vandalism and theft of campaign signs. (KXAN-TV)
Col. Steve McCraw announced Friday he is retiring as director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, ending a 15-year tenure leading the state’s top law enforcement division.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ended his presidential campaign yesterday and endorsed Donald Trump. He withdrew from Texas ballot. (Texas Tribune)
Several Secret Service agents are being put on leave following the attempted assassination of Donald Trump in July.
Texas took center stage at the Democratic National Convention, but don’t call it a battleground state. (Texas Tribune)
A Texas delegate in Chicago for the Democratic National Convention was robbed at gunpoint early Wednesday by men in ski masks. (FOX News via MSN)
According to a statewide poll, Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris has narrowed the gap in Texas in the presidential race against former President Donald Trump. (USA Today)
Texas will send inspectors to monitor 2024 elections in Harris County. (Texas Tribune)
More than 400 people joined Senator Ted Cruz for an early morning rally in Williamson County yesterday as the two-term senator kicked off a six-stop tour in his bid for re-election to the U.S. Senate.
Austin FC returns to action tonight in Nashville. (Austin FC)
The Houston Astros blew a three-run lead in the eighth inning in Baltimore last night, losing to the Orioles, 7-5. The crushing blow was a grand slam by Anthony Santander. (Yahoo! Sports)
The Texas Rangers got a win in Cleveland last night, 5-3. (Yahoo! Sports)
At the Little League World Series today, the Boerne Little Leaguers will face Lake Mary out of Florida for a spot in the championship game Sunday.
A game preview. (Hoodline)
The winner will play either Taoyuan City, Chinese Taipei or Barquisimeto, Venezuela.
This weekend marks the final week of preseason games in the NFL.
Today, the Dallas Cowboys are in Los Angeles to face the Chargers while the Houston Texans host the other team from Los Angeles, the Rams. (Yahoo! Sports)
The understanding the coach and quarterback share with one another is one of the reasons Texas is projected to be one of the nation’s top teams in 2024.
In 1886, Indianola, Texas, was devastated by a hurricane so strong that it became a ghost town virtually overnight.
