A 20 year-old man is dead and his body was found off Burton Drive and East Oltorf Street in southeast Austin late Wednesday night.
No suspect is in custody at this time.
This is being investigated as Austin’s 53rd homicide of the year. This homicide comes after a double homicide occurred around the same area on Monday. APD does not believe the homicides are connected.
On Wednesday, the Austin Police Department released surveillance video related to an October 1 homicide investigation.
Austin police are looking for a suspect connected to a robbery at a Home Depot and assaulting an employee in south Austin last week. (CBS Austin)
Police are searching for a driver who fled after hitting a cyclist in North Austin Monday night.
The first batch of once-confidential police disciplinary files, known as “g-files”, have been released under the Police Oversight Act, a big sticking point in negotiations for a new Austin Police contract until recently. (CBS Austin)
Williamson County officials have agreed to pay $2.5 million to settle a lawsuit with a man whose arrest appeared to have been staged for the former TV reality show “Live PD.” (Austin American-Statesman)
Crime in Austin: How bad is it? And what’s being done about it? (Austin Business Journal)
Intel is planning to lay off 251 employees in Travis County in November.
The 46-acre San Marcos Industrial Park is fully entitled and ready to start vertical construction with a target opening in the third quarter of next year. (Austin Business Journal)
Leander ISD is facing a nearly $30 million budget deficit next school year. (Fox7 Austin)
Employees with Manor ISD were left frustrated after their paychecks were delayed this week. (CBS Austin)
Fire officials in Pflugerville are pushing for the passage of a proposition on the November 5 ballot that would determine if a half-cent sales tax will be taken away from Travis County ESD 2, otherwise known as the Pflugerville Fire Department.
They say the loss of revenue would force the layoffs of over 130 emergency service personnel and the closure of three fire stations. (CBS Austin)
A political action committee supporting Mayor Kirk Watson has raised more than $238,000 but spent less than $2,900 so far, according to a report filed with Austin’s Office of the City Clerk. (Austin Monitor)
The Texas Science and Natural History Museum on the UT Austin campus reports that attendance has almost doubled since the museum reopened its doors last fall after renovations and the addition of new exhibits. (Daily Texan)
Despite efforts from preservation advocates to stop it, the Steve Hicks School of Social Work, the first integrated middle school in Austin, is being demolished to make way for a $70 million football training facility. (KUT 90.5)
Central Texans rejoiced in the autumn feel of October yesterday as a strong cold front moved through and brought high temperatures down by at least twenty degrees. That trend will continue.
A hunter’s moon – the first full moon of fall – rose overnight Wednesday into Thursday in the eastern sky. The harvest moon, which rose in September, is the full moon closest to the autumnal equinox. The hunter’s moon is the first full moon after the harvest moon. (Austin American-Statesman)
Cooler, drier air means the wildfire risk is higher now.
A Blue Alert issued for Seth Altman, which prompted an early morning alert that woke up millions of Texans, was discontinued Wednesday. (KVUE-TV)
Death row inmate Robert Robeson has been summoned to appear before the Texas House of Representative’s committee on criminal jurisprudence on Oct. 21, in order to testify to the committee. Roberson is currently scheduled for execution today. It is unclear if that will proceed in spite of the summons. (KXAN-TV)
Texas is about to execute a man for a crime that never happened, medical experts say. (Texas Public Radio)
A timeline of Texas’ execution procedures…
With Robert Roberson’s options dwindling, a House panel used its bully pulpit to prove his case and excoriate the failures of the state’s junk science law. (Texas Tribune)
A new addition to the LBJ Presidential Library offers a profound reflection on the Vietnam War: Panel 44 from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. (CBS Austin)
A former police chief from Texas could face up to 20 years in prison after being convicted of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. (Lonestar Live)
A woman who owned a Freeport, Texas, tax preparation business will serve two years in prison after being convicted of aiding and assisting in the preparation and filing of false income tax returns. (Lonestar Live)
More than 200 undocumented immigrants were apprehended in Maverick County by Texas Department of Public Safety troopers, a DPS spokesperson said Wednesday.
Maverick County is in South Texas along the border with Mexico across from Piedras Negras. (Lonestar Live)
Vice President Kamala Harris sat down for an interview with FOX News Wednesday.
Former President Donald Trump spoke about in vitro fertilization during a Fox News town hall with an all-female audience that aired Wednesday.
The 2024 presidential race will likely come down to seven key battleground states: Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Georgia, Michigan, Arizona and Nevada. (BBC)
SPORTS
The Houston Texans traded running back Cam Akers to the Minnesota Vikings. The deal is getting mixed reviews. (Sports Illustrated)
The Dallas Cowboys have announced a pair of moves to their practice squad. (Sports Illustrated)
A preview of the Longhorns/Bulldogs game Saturday.
In hockey, the 4-0 Dallas Stars play in the nation’s capital tonight as they face the 1-1 Washington Capitals. (Yahoo! Sports)
Howl-O-Scream, SeaWorld San Antonio’s Halloween event, has returned in 2024.
