Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers returned to action Saturday in Dallas and led the No. 1 ranked Longhorns to a 34-3 win over the Oklahoma Sooners in the annual Red River Rivalry. It was the first time the two teams met as SEC opponents.
The last ten matchups between the two teams…
Fans were excited for the annual duel.
More on yesterday’s big game can be found at the bottom of this post in SPORTS.
Firefighters were on the scene of a fire at a home in South Austin on Saturday afternoon.
It was a busy Saturday for Austin firefighters.
After a grand jury chose not to indict a San Marcos police officer in a deadly shooting, the family of Malachi Williams is sharing new witness footage of that night.
Malachi Williams was shot dead by San Marcos police officer Alcedis Ventura. (Fox7 Austin)
A juror on the trial of APD Officer Christopher Taylor explains why the jury handed down Travis County’s first ever conviction of a law enforcement officer for a deadly shooting while on duty.
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals denied one of death row inmate Robert Roberson’s final appeals on Friday, declining to halt his Oct. 17 execution and again rejecting his long-standing claim of innocence and argument that his conviction was based on a now-debunked shaken baby syndrome diagnosis.
According to the research site Niche, Eanes ISD is ranked in the top seven public school districts in the nation and as number one in Texas. (CBS Austin)
The Del Valle ISD Board of Trustees has named Dr. Matthew Gutierrez its lone finalist for the district’s superintendent role. (KVUE-TV)
A new report from the City of Austin’s auditor’s office showed risks at the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, especially regarding staffing levels. (KXAN-TV)
Tex-Mex restaurant chain Chuy’s is moving its headquarters from Austin to Florida.
Firefighters from Travis County Emergency Services District No. 2 responded to two grass fires Friday afternoon amid a high wildfire risk.
One grass fire was located off of Jakes Hill Road and the other was off of Pflugerville Parkway. (CBS Austin)
More than 5,000 acres have burned in wildfires across Central Texas so far in 2024, according to the Texas A&M Forest Service.
A total of 20 fires have burned 5,038.1 acres in the 15-county region.
Texas A&M considers several factors in determining a fire danger forecast. (KXAN-TV)
Today is the final day of ACL Fest 2024 and it could be one of the festival’s hottest days ever.
Temperatures today and tomorrow could be ones for the record books.
Invasive brown stink bugs are everywhere — but for how much longer? (KXAN-TV)
How did fans at the Cotton Bowl deal with the heat yesterday?
The tropics are quiet.
A Texas woman has filed a potential class-action lawsuit against H-E-B, alleging the grocer “misbranded” and “falsely advertised” its Hill Country Fare Fruit & Grain Cereal Bars. (Lonestar Live)
H-E-B broke ground on a new store in Manor. (H-E-B)
The top 20 safest cities in the U.S. are not in Texas, according to a recent study. (Lonestar Live)
SpaceX is set to launch Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, on its fifth test flight today from SpaceX’s Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas. (CNN)
Thirteen cheerleaders at Evans Middle School in Lubbock, Texas are suffering from first and second-degree burns on their hands after they said their cheer coach made them perform “bear crawls” and “crab walks” on a hot outdoor track as punishment. (WPIX-TV via Yahoo! News)
Three former Harris County Tax Office employees are accused of taking bribes in exchange for processing fake car transactions.
When DEI is gone: A look at the fallout at UT Austin. (ABC News)
The stakes are rising as Colin Allred outpaces Sen. Ted Cruz in fundraising in the race for U.S. Senate.
FACT CHECK: How Donald Trump and Kamala Harris want to change your taxes. (Austin American-Statesman)
Former President Donald Trump and his staff is asking that military aircraft be added to his security detail in the final weeks of the campaign.
Donald Trump visited California on Saturday, a state he is almost certain to lose, in a bid to link Kamala Harris to her home state’s recent struggles with homelessness, water shortages and a lack of affordability.
Vice-president Kamala Harris meanwhile helped pack diapers, bandages and pain relief pills among other items into care packages for victims of Hurricane Helene as she visited the swing state of North Carolina, which narrowly backed Trump in 2020. (The Guardian)
Kamala Harris took questions from the press before leaving for Raleigh, North Carolina, yesterday.
Donald Trump suggested a heckler should “get the hell knocked out of her” after his California rally. (Washington Post)
SPORTS
The Golden Hat is back in Texas.
After a sluggish start and actually trailing in a game for the first time all season, the Texas Longhorns, led by quarterback Quinn Ewers, turned on the jets and handed the No. 18 Oklahoma Sooners a 34-3 loss at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas.
And here comes Georgia…(Online Athens)
ESPN’s College GameDay is coming to Austin next weekend for the Georgia/Texas matchup.
In the NHL, the Dallas Stars stay unbeaten at 2-0 after shutting out the New York Islanders at home last night, 3-0. They host Seattle tonight. (Yahoo! Sports)
Week 6 of the NFL season finds the 3-2 Dallas Cowboys hosting the 3-1 Detroit Lions.
The 4-1 Houston Texans will be in Foxboro today to face the 1-4 New England Patriots.
Sunday day trip…to San Angelo.
