Austin Police Department homicide detectives are investigating an apparent double homicide Saturday in south Austin.
Authorities responded to a 911 call just before 2:00 p.m. in the 2300 block of Brookhill Drive, south of West Stassney Lane and west of Menchaca Road.
This is being investigated as Austin’s 44th and 45th homicide of the year.
One person is dead after an auto-pedestrian collision on the 700 block of SH 71 in Bastrop Saturday morning. (CBS Austin)
Louisiana rapper Boosie is wanted on a theft of services charge filed in Travis County last month. (KXAN-TV)
The Hays County Sheriff’s Office is warning residents of a phone scammer claiming to be one of their lieutenants. (Fox7 Austin)
There’s a new leader at the helm at Del Valle ISD at the conclusion of a months-long search with over 40 candidates.
A sixth student was charged Friday in Hays County with making threats of a school shooting on social media. (Fox7 Austin)
School districts across Texas are responding to numerous threats of violence from students and outsiders alike. Some are considering bans on smartphones in classrooms.
An Austin attorney talks about the recent rise in school threats.
Over 30 museums will offer free admission for Austin Museum Day today. (Community Impact)
A downward trend in temperatures begins this week.
Forecasters are continuing to monitor the likelihood of a tropical storm forming in either the northwestern Caribbean Sea or southern Gulf of Mexico this week.
After that, the storm is expected to track toward the U.S. Gulf Coast later in the week, potentially as a significant hurricane. (AccuWeather)
Confirmed cases of the West Nile virus continue to mount in Texas.
In Austin’s contest for City Council in District 4, it’s a rematch between Monica Guzmán and the incumbent Chito Vela and the two are split on housing policy. (Austin Chronicle)
A popular Austin restaurant is facing either relocation or closure after nearly six decades in business due to the planned expansion of I-35. (Austin Business Journal)
The Federal Reserve has cut interest rates this week by half a percentage point. How will that impact Austin’s real estate market? (Fox7 Austin)
On a list of the 74 largest U.S. airports by passenger volume, Austin-Bergstrom International Airport ranked No. 10 for the highest change in domestic airfare costs as ticket prices went up an average of 6.2% in 2024’s second quarter. (KXAN-TV)
Millions of Texans on Medicaid and SNAP benefits may not be renewed.
A new investigation of federal public health data finds the number of women in Texas who died while pregnant, during labor or soon after childbirth, skyrocketed following the state’s 2021 ban on abortion care. (NBC News)
Could Ted Cruz actually lose in Texas? (Newsweek)
The Dallas County Republican Party is organizing a vehicle convoy (“Trump Train”) in support of former president and current candidate Donald Trump today. However, the group doesn’t seem to want the general public to know. (Lonestar Live)
Republicans feature a 9/11 conspiracy theorist in South Texas ads. (Texas Tribune)
Former president Donald Trump says another debate is unlikely.
Donald Trump held 72 rallies between June and September of 2016. He’s held 24 in that same period this year, with another on the calendar for Monday. (Axios)
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine said that as a supporter of former President Donald Trump he was “saddened” by the campaign’s “verbal attacks” on the city of Springfield’s Haitian community and denounced the “rhetoric” he said “hurts the city and its people.” (NBC News via MSN)
Harris campaign adviser Keisha Lance Bottoms on Friday brushed off vice president Kamala Harris’s viral comments about how she would shoot anyone who breaks into her home, calling the remarks a “joke.” (National Review)
VP Kamala Harris told rallygoers in Wisconsin: ‘Let’s not pay too much attention to the polls’. (The Hill via MSN)
SPORTS
Arch Manning and the Texas Longhorns went against script and its tenacious defense completely overwhelmed a Louisiana-Monroe offense last night at DKR.
Five takeaways from the Longhorns victory. (Sports Illustrated via MSN)
The Longhorns are set to play their first-ever SEC game next Saturday against the Mississippi State Bulldogs. Kickoff time has been announced as 3:15 p.m. (CDT) despite the original start time having a range between 3:30 and 4:30 p.m. (Sports Illustrated via MSN)
In Major League Soccer, Austin FC fell in a 1-0 defeat against Houston Dynamo FC on Saturday night at Q2 Stadium. It’s their third loss in four matches. (Austin FC)
Austin FC will host Real Salt Lake FC next Saturday.
Austin is one of the largest markets in the U.S. without a professional team in one of the Big Four sports leagues. One group is out to change that.
The Houston Astros remain five games up in the AL West with only one week to go in MLB’s regular season. They defeated the Los Angeles Angels last night, 10-4, for their sixth win in a row. (Yahoo! Sports)
Week 3 of the NFL today finds the Dallas Cowboys one-point underdogs as they host the surprisingly 0-2 Baltimore Ravens at 3:15 p.m. (Yahoo! Sports)
A game of two unbeatens up in Minnesota today as the Vikings (2-0) host the Houston Texans (2-0) at noon. (Yahoo! Sports)
The Galveston Seawall is vital and a technical and architectural marvel.
