According to a new report released by the Ending Community Homeless Coalition, Austin’s homeless services helped over 3,000 people exit homelessness in 2023, a 50% increase from the previous year.
Rapid rehousing move-ins increased by 50%, and the average time for someone to move into housing decreased from 428 days in 2022 to 308 days in 2023. (CBS Austin)
Just four days after being booked into jail, a murder suspect in a 2021 cold case has bonded out of jail.
The Austin Police Department released Thursday new video footage related to the murder investigation of 24-year-old Cristian Rangel.
Convicted killer Kaitlin Armstrong has filed another appeal of her murder conviction.
The Travis County District Clerk’s Office issued a warrant for a convicted arsonist who failed to appear at his sentencing hearing.
60-year-old Richard Dale Price pled guilty to felony arson causing reckless damage to a building. Price was arrested after police investigated a number of dumpster fires in north Austin. (KXAN-TV)
Attorneys for alleged serial killer Raul Meza are trying to work out a plea deal.
Travis County commissioners approved $7.5 million to fund a permanent program to provide defendants with a defense counsel at bail hearings. The money will largely pay for 43 new full-time employees to operate the program. (Austin American-Statesman)
In a surprise move, Dallas Police Chief Edgardo “Eddie” García has been hired as Austin’s new Assistant City Manager.
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Hays Consolidated Independent School District said it sent a letter to parents Thursday regarding a new threats to Chapa Middle School and Simon Middle School that are being investigated. (KXAN-TV)
A man is facing arson and aggravated assault charges after being accused of starting a fire at a north Austin apartment complex two weeks ago, leaving two people with serious injuries. (KXAN-TV)
A 37-year-old man was arrested in connection with a bank robbery that occurred in Kyle earlier this month. (CBS Austin)
A Nevada man faces federal cyberstalking charges for allegedly sending a barrage of threatening messages and tormenting two unnamed “high level” University of Texas at Austin employees, causing one to move from her home in fear. (KXAN-TV)
Three people were injured Thursday after a multi-vehicle collision.
Forecasters are watching a system which has potential to become further organized in the Caribbean into next week. Chances for development are now up to 40%.
We’re likely to hit 100 degrees today in the ATX. Will it be the last triple-digit temperature day of the year? We will see daily highs begin to fall into the 90s as we close out the last ten days of September and the extended forecast shows highs in the 80s by the first week of October.
Austin’s iconic Barton Springs Pool reopened Thursday much to the delight of residents and visitors.
Texas prisons and jails are recruiting more teenagers to help alleviate a shortage of correctional officers. Two Texas counties house training programs in local high schools. (Texas Tribune)
LGBTQ activists spammed the Texas Department of Public Safety over its driver’s license policy affecting transgender Texans. (KUT 90.5)
Elon Musk is moving the headquarters of his social media company, X, out of California to Texas. (San Antonio News-Express)
TxDOT emailed customers Wednesday and Thursday to notify them that the agency is “working toward transitioning” customer-facing operations for TxTag, which collects tolls for TxDOT-owned roads, to the Harris County Toll Road Authority (HCTRA). (Lonestar Live)
On Thursday, a Dallas County District Court struck down Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton‘s request to temporarily block the State Fair of Texas’ new policy banning all firearms from its fairgrounds.
A jury will soon decide whether a convoy of Trump supporters intimidated people on a Biden-Harris bus along I-35 in San Marcos back in 2020. (Fox7 Austin)
The latest from the campaign trail.
Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, warned in an ad that Project 2025, a conservative guidebook of presidential policy recommendations, would harm Black Americans, including at the voting booth. Is it accurate? (Austin American-Statesman)
U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, dragged Donald Trump, calling him ‘simple-minded’ and ‘under-qualified’. (Lonestar Live)
Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are essentially tied in Pennsylvania. (Washington Post)
Arch Manning will get his first career start as Longhorns quarterback tomorrow.
Longhorns head coach Steve Sarkisian spoke to the media Thursday on the team’s work this past week as they prepared for Louisiana-Monroe. (Hooked On Horns)
In the NFL last night, Aaron Rodgers led the New York Jets to a 24-3 win over the New England Patriots. (NFL.com)
In baseball, the Houston Astros maintained their five-game lead in the American League West with a 3-1 win over the visiting Los Angeles Angels. (Yahoo! Sports)
The Texas Rangers were held to only two hits last night in a 4-0 loss to Toronto in Arlington. (Yahoo! Sports)
Week 4 of high school football in Central Texas got underway last night. Here are all the scores. (KXAN-TV)
Fifty-three years ago today in 1971, the owner of the Washington Senators baseball team received approval from MLB owners to move his franchise from DC to Texas.
A history of baseball’s Texas Rangers…
