Police arrested a man late Monday night who they say shot and killed a man and a woman in the Riverside area of Southeast Austin, while two children who were originally part of an Amber Alert, have been found safe.
Police are investigating after a burglary suspect was found dead inside a downtown Austin building after apparently bleeding to death. (Fox7 Austin)
A Hutto man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison after shooting at a Georgetown police vehicle.
Bastrop County investigators say a 13-year-old killed a 41-year-old man at his home last month and the NAACP is calling for answers.
The City of Austin officially swore in its new Police Chief Lisa Davis during a ceremony at City Hall yesterday, making Davis the 11th police chief in department history.
U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Austin, on Monday backed a tax rate increase that, if passed, would infuse $41 million annually into the Austin Independent School District. (KXAN-TV)
Austin City Council has agreed to more than double its contribution toward a water infrastructure project that will service a project that was recently unannexed from the western city limits. (Austin Monitor)
Austin City Council has approved a $5 million contract to start and manage an academy that will train the “workforce of the future” for both Austin Water and Austin Energy, specifically for mobility and infrastructure related positions. Both will provide funding for the contract from their 2024-2025 operating budgets,
Austin city leaders want to take stock of all the trees in the city, but it could cost up to $10 million. (KVUE-TV)
United States District Judge Robert Pitman dismissed a lawsuit filed by Austin mayoral candidate Doug Greco over a 1997 rule that limits the amount of money local candidates can take from people outside of city limits. The dismissal means the rule stands. (KXAN-TV)
A study indicated that roughly 40% of all incarcerated people in the Travis County Jail suffer from mental illness. City leaders have launched a Crisis Care Diversion program aimed at keeping people with mental illness out of jail. (Community Impact)
City leaders are working to acquire a building off of South MoPac Expressway and Barton Skyway to house headquarters for Austin’s police, fire and EMS departments.
Members of the public got to weigh in on the proposed move for the first time Monday. (KXAN-TV)
More than a year after crews began work on the Barton Springs Road Safety Pilot in Austin, new data reveals the reconfiguration led to a 17% reduction in total crashes along the corridor. (KXAN-TV)
Which Texas roads have the most traffic fatalities? (KXAN-TV)
After being wooed by an attractive tax break offer by San Marcos officials, grocer H-E-B is planning a 100,000-square-foot store at the southeast corner of I-35 and East McCarty Lane. (Austin Business Journal)
The Texas Department of Insurance has rejected a rate increase proposed by the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association that would have raised premiums on about a quarter-million residential and commercial properties along the coast. (Houston Chronicle)
One more day of blazing heat before a huge drop in temperatures begins tomorrow after a major cold front sweeps through. (Lonestar Live)
Summer’s last gasp?
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued disaster declarations Monday as the wildfire threat continues.
Florida remains watchful amid brewing tropical activity. (AccuWeather)
A comet is visible from Texas for the first time in thousands of years.
AccuWeather’s 2024-2025 Winter Forecast for the United States is out. (AccuWeather)
Texas plans to execute Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson this Thursday. He is convicted of capital murder for the death of his 2-year-old daughter in 2003.
For more than two decades he has maintained his innocence.
How a national dispute over library books is fracturing a small Texas town. (Austin American-Statesman)
The U.S. Supreme Court began its new term last week with Texas playing a central role in several high-profile cases. (Daily Texan)
A theology professor in Fort Worth has been federally charged in a child pornography case. (Lonestar Live)
The San Antonio Police Department has unveiled a new public safety dashboard that displays police response by area. (Texas Public Radio)
A Mexican woman living illegally in Houston and her son will spend years in federal prison for sex trafficking women in cantina backrooms. (Lonestar Live)
U.S. Reps. Vicente Gonzalez and Mayra Flores are once again battling to represent Texas’ 34th congressional district. (Texas Tribune)
Republican Sen. Ted Cruz and Democratic Rep. Colin Allred will meet tonight in the only debate of their Texas Senate race that could help determine which party controls the U.S. Senate.
Gov. Greg Abbott boasted that Texas removed 6,500 noncitizens from its voter rolls. That number was likely inflated. (Texas Tribune)
Vice President Kamala Harris zeroed in on former President Donald Trump ‘s comments suggesting the U.S. military could be used to deal with “the enemy from within” as the two presidential nominees took the fight for battleground Pennsylvania to opposite ends of the state on Monday.
“Let’s not do any more questions. Let’s just listen to music. Let’s make it into our music. Who the hell wants to hear questions? Right?” — Former President Donald Trump in Pennsylvania yesterday
Donald Trump turned a political event into a surreal listening/dance party. (NBC News)
Kamala Harris has agreed to an interview with Fox News. (The Guardian)
SPORTS
How much are tickets to the Texas Longhorns vs. Georgia game?
The Texas men’s basketball team landed at No. 19 in the preseason Associated Press poll released Monday. (KXAN-TV)
Tonight in hockey, the Dallas Stars (3-0) are hosting the San Jose Sharks (0-1-1) at 7:00 p.m. (Yahoo! Sports)
Dallas Cowboys fans are still reeling from Sunday’s crushing defeat at the hands of the Detroit Lions.
Austin FC plays its final game of the 2024 season Saturday night at Q2 Stadium.
Elvis Presley and baseball’s Texas Rangers both have connections to the town of Gladewater, Texas.
Let’s visit with “Expedition Texas”…
