A road rage incident downtown early this morning left one person injured and Austin police are searching for a suspect. It happened on East Seventh Street and Red River Street.
One person died following a single-vehicle crash in Elgin on Sunday morning, according to the Elgin Police Department. The crash occurred near the intersection of U.S. 290 and Western Sky Boulevard. (KXAN-TV)
Fire crews responded to a structure fire last night in South Austin.
A popular restaurant in Austin is about to reopen after a recent fire.
Austin is behind other growing cities in bringing new fire department ladder trucks online to match population growth. Austin City Council voted last week to prioritize staffing for those trucks. (KXAN-TV)
A nonprofit focused on police accountability is celebrating a ruling late Friday in its lawsuit against the city of Austin.
A suspect in multiple game room robberies in June and July has been charged with aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon and is facing a total of six felony counts. (KXAN-TV)
A statewide AMBER Alert has been discontinued for a missing North Texas teenager last seen in Princeton, Texas. The Princeton Police Department says 13-year-old Madison Carroll was found safe Saturday night in Austin by the Austin Police Department and was not abducted despite the AMBER Alert label. (Fox7 Austin)
Austin-Bergstrom International Airport has seen a busy holiday weekend and reminds passengers to arrive 2 1/2 hours ahead of their domestic flight and three hours before their international one. ABIA says it’s already experienced half of its top 10 busiest days of the year. (KXAN-TV)
The best and worst times to be on the road today?
Nearly $500 million in contracts have been approved for expansion at AIBA. Almost $2 billion more could be approved next month. (Austin Business Journal)
Some portions of a law intended to restrict social media for kids in Texas were blocked by a judge.
A handful of state laws passed in 2023 go into effect today.
- Victims of dating violence will now be able to access family violence centers.
- The Texas Department of Criminal Justice is required to provide, upon request by a judge, the date when a defendant will have served 75 days in its custody.
- Changes to how and when state agencies and public colleges report financial information to the state.
- Companies that make brand-name insulin will now need to explain to Texas if a “generic or biosimilar” version of their product isn’t available.
The last few laws passed in 2023 will become effective in 2025, including a hotly anticipated change to the state’s car registrations and inspections. (KXAN-TV)
The Public Utility Commission of Texas announced its selection of seventeen proposals to move forward with, totaling more than $5 billion, as part of the voter-approved Texas Energy Fund. (KEYE-TV)
Austin residents are looking at a major increase in gas bills. The city wants to fight it. (KUT 90.5)
A new rideshare option for people living in rural areas is heading to Elgin and La Grange this week. (Fox7 Austin)
Four people were injured Saturday night after a bus carrying the Abilene Christian University football team was involved in a crash with another vehicle in Lubbock.
Numerous showers and thunderstorms and cooler-than-normal temperatures will be part of your Labor Day but the best chances for precipitation will be west of I-35 toward Mason County. Mason County is under a Flood Watch until Tuesday evening.
The National Hurricane Center says a broad area of low pressure will bring heavy rain and flooding along the Texas coast over the next 48 hours, with the potential for the system to build and move inland. (Newsweek)
Barton Springs Pool remains closed indefinitely.
Austin Public Health is encouraging local residents who have risk factors for mpox to get vaccinated as world health leaders eye a developing international outbreak of the virus. (KUT 90.5)
Outside Austin, the metro’s wealthiest ZIP codes are up north. (Austin Business Journal)
What did Texans search on Google last month? A list of the most-searched topics in August. (Austin American-Statesman)
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott spoke about the state’s recent purge of more than one million ‘ineligible’ voters.
Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas tells “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” that he thinks the immigration crisis is getting “worse” despite record low numbers of migrant crossings. Amid the Congressional impasses on the bipartisan immigration bill, he says he has written his own three-page bill.
Why are Texas oil billionaires pumping millions into Donald Trump’s campaign? (Houston Chronicle)
The race for the White House continues…
In MLB, Yordan Alvarez homered twice and Jon Singleton added a two-run shot as the Houston Astros completed a four-game sweep of the Kansas City Royals with a 7-2 win Sunday. (Yahoo! Sports)
Another walk-off in Arlington yesterday. The Texas Rangers win in ten innings, 6-4, over the Oakland A’s after Josh Jung‘s three-run home run. (Yahoo! Sports)
Texas Longhorns volleyball started the 2024 season with a 3-1 win over #3 Wisconsin in the opponent’s home state in Milwaukee yesterday. (Daily Texan)
Houston native Erica Enders is the winningest woman in motorsports. She has been nominated for the Texas Sports Hall of Fame. (KDAF-TV)
Five things for Longhorn fans to know about the Michigan Wolverines. (Austin American-Statesman)
ESPN’s Football Power Index (FPI) strongly favors the Longhorns to win Saturday in Ann Arbor. It gives the Longhorns a 73.9% chance to win the matchup. This gives the Wolverines just a 26.1% chance. (Saturday Down South)
The history of Labor Day.
