Austin Mayor Kirk Watson and four others looking to unseat him held a public forum yesterday. Topics discussed included affordability, community policing and the future of the Austin Police Department.
The complete forum in its entirety…
Austin City Council will convene for its regular meeting today and among the topics to be discussed include a new ordinance that requires pets to be microchipped, the Texas Gas Service rate case and the extension for the Marshalling Yard Emergency Shelter. (Austin Monitor)
An Austin councilmember filed an ethics complaint against an opponent.
Council Member Mackenzie Kelly claimed Krista Laine failed to submit necessary financial records required by city and state law. (KVUE-TV)
Breaking news: APD responds to a shooting this morning.
A stay-in-place order at Austin High School was lifted Wednesday morning after the campus received a threat from out of state. (Austin American-Statesman)
On Tuesday, Lake Travis High School had deemed a threat to students not credible and did not place the school on lockdown. Multiple threats and arrests have been made in neighboring Hays, Del Valle, Eanes and Austin school districts in the past month, a trend that began after a fatal shooting Sept. 4 at Apalachee High School in Georgia.
— Austin American-Statesman
San Marcos police and San Marcos CISD provided an update following a threat at San Marcos High School on Tuesday. (Fox7 Austin)
911 audio reveals the tense moments of the threat which turned out to be a hoax…
One person has died after being fatally struck by a vehicle in East Austin Wednesday night.
Two people were injured, one seriously, after a small plane crashed near the Lakeway Airport Wednesday.
Authorities responded to the 100 block of Triton Court shortly after 6:30 p.m. for a report of a small plane that had crashed in a backyard. (KXAN-TV)
An elderly woman was rescued from a house fire in Pflugerville Wednesday night. (CBS Austin)
Round Rock police responded to reports of a person who was shot and injured Wednesday. (CBS Austin)
The Caldwell County Sheriff’s Office is currently investigating a possible homicide after a man was found dead at a home in Dale. (CBS Austin)
A 21-year-old man faces multiple charges following an altercation with police outside a bar on 6th Street in downtown Austin this past weekend. (CBS Austin)
A 41-year-old man faces manslaughter charges for a 2020 assault that authorities say led to the victim’s death more than two years later. (CBS Austin)
After confusion among law enforcement and the court system, 22-year-old Mithovar Antoine Jr. bonded out of jail, but is now back in custody on a capital murder charge. He’s accused of stabbing 23-year-old Nikolas Martinez to death in July, 2021. Martinez’s body was found outside a convenience store along I-35 in South Austin. (Fox7 Austin)
Opening statements began Wednesday morning for the deadly conduct trial of Austin Police Officer Christopher Taylor. He is charged in the 2019 death of Mauris DeSilva. (KXAN–TV)
Hundreds of dead fish have popped up after treated water from the burst pipe flowed into Bull Creek in northwest Austin on Monday. (KVUE-TV)
BillionToOne, a molecular diagnostics company in California, is expanding into Austin and will bring 1,000 jobs. (My San Antonio)
A San Antonio-based developer showed off plans for a proposed 66-story residential tower on 6th Street downtown. (Austin Business Journal)
Austin Energy customers will soon see some relief on their monthly bill after several previous increases. The department announced a 5% decrease to the Power Supply Adjustment (PSA) rate, beginning Oct. 1. (KXAN-TV)
The rest of the week will bring warm afternoons and cooler mornings with virtually no chance for rain.
Florida is bracing for Hurricane Helene…
Why Helene avoided Texas. (Lonestar Live)
In a petition filed Wednesday, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton challenged the Texas State Fair firearms ban…again. (KXAN-TV)
A new study shows that the Republican Party is gaining a significant advantage in the U.S. House of Representatives through partisan gerrymandering, giving Republicans a 16-seat advantage in Congress. Five of those extra seats are out of Texas. (Texas Public Radio)
VP Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump have different plans for the economy…and other updates from the campaign trail.
Although the former president has not announced an appearance date, the town of Springfield, Ohio, is bracing for a possible visit from Donald Trump. (Politico)
A Secret Service agent is under investigation for an alleged sexual misconduct incident with an aide to Vice President Kamala Harris. (ABC News)
Donald Trump says he will ‘protect’ women. Many don’t see it that way. (Washington Post)
SPORTS
A UT Austin Student Government assembly member has proposed a bill to expand the football student section at DKR Stadium. (Daily Texan)
Four reasons Texas will beat Mississippi State this weekend. (Hook ‘Em Headlines)
FOX Sports/The Athletic’s College Football Insider Bruce Feldman tells Rich Eisen if the Texas Longhorns deserve their #1 ranking and if Arch Manning will start again for injured Longhorns QB Quinn Ewers again.
The Dallas Cowboys and New York Giants meet tonight in a game in which both teams likely feel some level of desperation, each sitting at 1-2. (NFL.com)
Dallas’ trip to New York marks the first time it’ll play a road game on three days of rest in team history. (Lonestar Live)
What would a 1-3 start mean for the Cowboys?
In the MLB, having already secured a division title, the Houston Astros appeared to be in “relax mode” last night in an 8-1 loss to Seattle. (Yahoo! Sports)
The state flower of Texas is the bluebonnet.
One of the largest fields of bluebonnets is in La Grange.
