Today’s edition will be an abbreviated one. A full-sized post will return tomorrow.
Texas leaders respond to a second assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump.
Austin’s Parks and Recreation Department said some repairs that have kept Barton Springs Pool closed have been completed but there’s still no estimate as to when the pool might reopen.
Volunteers removed and recycled trash from the waters and shoreline of Lake Travis during the 30th Annual Lake Travis Cleanup Sunday morning. (CBS Austin)
It was a record-breaking day in Austin on Sunday.
Camp Mabry topped out at 100 degrees, which marked the 31st triple-digit day of 2024. It broke the record for September 15 which was 99 degrees set in 1953. (KVUE-TV)
Expect more above average temperatures this week. (Austin American-Statesman)
Democratic Rep. Ana-María Rodríguez Ramos is joining the crowded Texas House speaker race. (Texas Tribune)
The Dallas Cowboys had won their last 16 home games. That streak ended in surprising fashion Sunday after a 44-19 drubbing by the New Orleans Saints. (Yahoo! Sports)
Last night, the Houston Texans moved to 2-0 on the season with a 19-13 win over the struggling Caleb Williams and the Chicago Bears. (Yahoo! Sports)
For the first time since 2008, the Texas Longhorns are the #1-ranked college football team in the country. (Yahoo! Sports)
Texas volleyball traveled to California yesterday to face No. 2 Stanford University. The Longhorns fell to the second ranked team in the country in three sets, losing 0-3. (Daily Texan)
In Major League Baseball, the Houston Astros completed a three-game sweep of the Los Angeles Angels in Anaheim yesterday, 6-4. (Yahoo! Sports)
The Astros remain 4 1/2 games up in the Al West after Seattle blanked the Texas Rangers, 7-0. (Yahoo! Sports)
Robert H. H. Hugman is the Father of San Antonio’s River Walk. Hear his story and the events leading up to the design of the River Walk as we know it today.
