Barton Springs Pool will reopen to the public tomorrow morning, September 19th, following quick action to repair two holes that formed in an abandoned skimmer pipe and created a safety hazard.
“We are thrilled to welcome the community back to Barton Springs Pool in time for the weekend. City leadership and partner departments have been instrumental working efficiently and cooperatively to resolve the issue and ensure that the pool is safe and ready for visitors. We appreciate the patience and understanding of pool goers throughout the repair process.”
— Interim PARD Director Angela Means
The holes in the pool’s skimmer pipe have been filled with gravel, and a segment of the pipe downstream of the dam, in the area known as “Barking Springs,” was filled with concrete.
City staff will continue to monitor the repairs to ensure the safety issues do not recur before reopening the pool.
The City of Austin’s Parks and Recreation (PARD), Austin Water, and Watershed Protection departments collaborated on the repairs. With Barton Springs reopening, Deep Eddy Pool will resume normal operating hours on Thursday, opening at 8 a.m. instead of 6 a.m.
Del Valle school administrators stopped a student with a handgun at the front doors of the high school Tuesday morning before classes started.
Many parents have been left with heightened anxiety after districts across Texas and the country fielded a spate of false threats last week that caused some campuses to go on lockdown. (Austin American-Statesman)
Four middle school students in Bastrop were arrested Tuesday after allegedly posting threats to their school on social media.
A Pflugerville kindergartner is recovering after his parents say his teacher broke his fingers at school. (Fox7 Austin)
Three people have been arrested in an attempted murder that wounded two people in Liberty Hill and a plot to kill a Williamson County judge.
Austin Police are seeking the public’s help to identify a suspected shooter who the agency said broke into an apartment in southeast Austin just over a week ago.
A man convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of his 2-year-old daughter and scheduled to die next month is asking the governor to intervene after new evidence has come to light.
A Williamson County jury on Tuesday reached a guilty verdict in the murder trial of Joshua Gilbreath after seven days of testimony. He was charged in the death of 70-year-old Diana Pier near Florence in August, 2022.
The sentencing will begin today. Gilbreath could face life in prison. (Fox7 Austin)
A former Austin businessman will get a new federal trial.
On Tuesday, a Tennessee judge granted Erik Charles Maund’s motion for a new trial after he was convicted of hiring men to kill a woman he was having an affair with, along with her boyfriend.
The Travis County District Attorney’s Office will not pursue a murder charge against Austin Police Officer Christopher Taylor for his alleged involvement in the 2019 death of Mauris DeSilva. (KXAN-TV)
One person was seriously injured in a collision involving a motorcycle and vehicle in East Austin Tuesday night.
It happened at around 5:55 p.m. at 4824 E. Cesar Chavez Street.
A pedestrian was killed last night in the 10000 block of Doyle Road.
Little, if any, chance for rain in the five-day forecast as temperatures continue to reach near 100 degrees.
The National Hurricane Center is now officially monitoring a system in the Yucatan peninsula for tropical development, giving low odds of development for now within the next seven days.
Further development may loom beyond seven days. (FOX Weather)
Did you catch last night’s Harvest Moon and partial lunar eclipse?
Texas Department of Public Safety will now be open on weekends to help ease the backlog of driver’s license appointments.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers kept cocaine worth $730,000 from hitting U.S. streets in a single seizure Monday at the Roma Port of Entry, officials announced Tuesday. (Lonestar Live)
Hays County commissioners unanimously approved their 2025 budget yesterday. It includes a proposal to increase the tax rate to $0.35 per $100 valuation. (CBS Austin)
The Travis County Commissioners Court voted on Tuesday to approve signing over $27 million in contracts with local nonprofits to add more than 200 affordable supportive housing units to Austin-Travis County’s pipeline of housing for people experiencing homelessness. (CBS Austin)
Travis County is suing the Texas Attorney General and Secretary of State on allegations they are violating the National Voter Registration Act. The lawsuit was filed Tuesday and adds fuel to the fire in the ongoing legal battle over voter registration efforts for the upcoming presidential election. (CBS Austin)
Two defendants in the Texas “Trump Train” trial testified that the convoy of Donald Trump supporters that swarmed and surrounded a Joe Biden-Kamala Harris campaign bus on Interstate 35 nearly four years ago was “cool” while denying that they conspired to block or harass the tour bus. (Austin American-Statesman)
Data compiled by the conservative Heritage Foundation shows that noncitizen voting in Texas isn’t a widespread problem and instead shows other instances of voter fraud committed by U.S. citizens are more prevalent. (KUT 90.5)
One in four Latinos in Texas say they’re voting for the first time in November election. (Texas Public Radio)
Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance continued to promote anti-migrant rhetoric in a rally in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, as he tried to draw attention to Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris’ immigration policies.
Both Kamala Harris and Donald Trump talked about the economy on the campaign trail yesterday.
Former President Donald Trump will hold a rally today at Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New York, amid heightened security measures following the apparent assassination attempt against him Sunday.
Vice President Kamala Harris will speak at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute’s annual leadership conference in Washington, D.C., in the early afternoon, followed by a virtual campaign event. (NBC News)
“One side is simply going to collapse in the next two months.”
Peter Thiel, a conservative tech billionaire who’s known for his contrarian views, is making another unusual prediction: The 2024 election won’t be close. (Business Insider)
There’s no quarterback controversy at Texas. Quinn Ewers is still the one. (Houston Chronicle)
The ULM-Texas game on Saturday will be broadcast on ESPN+ and SEC Network+. Both ESPN+ and SEC Network+ are streaming services. (Austin American-Statesman)
In Major League Baseball, the Astros increased their lead in the AL West after a 4-3 win on the road in San Diego last night. (Yahoo! Sports)
The Texas Rangers outlasted Toronto last night, 13-8. (Yahoo! Sports)
The Texas coastal town of Indianola was almost completely destroyed by a hurricane in 1875. Eleven years later, another storm rendered the town “dead”.
