No injuries were reported after 50 firefighters responded to a fire at an abandoned building in downtown Austin Monday night.
No injuries were reported Monday after ‘multiple explosions’ involving a dump truck fire in southeast Austin.
A structure fire spread to nearby wooded areas Monday before crews extinguished the flames.
Two people were injured last night in a crash on SH 71.
Crews at UT Austin are rebuilding after a car crashed into a parking lot kiosk window over the weekend. (KXAN-TV)
Investigators said convicted serial killer Raul Meza, Jr., may be connected to more cold cases in Austin.
Months after being arrested in connection with the death of her infant daughter, an Austin mother now faces a capital murder charge. The Travis County Medical Examiner’s Office determined the baby’s cause of death as “homicide” due to “blunt head trauma.”. (KVUE-TV)
A group of men belonging to a vigilante group known as Dads Against Predators are being charged with organized criminal activity after they allegedly assaulted a man they suspected of being a pedophile inside a Lakeway H-E-B store. (KXAN-TV)
A Rockdale High School teacher is accused of making a threat against the school last week.
An IDEA Kyle employee was recently arrested on campus and charged with resisting arrest.
Ernesto Torres became uncooperative and combative while detained and was charged with resisting arrest. Kyle police found a “suspicious substance” on campus near the teacher’s parking lot. (KXAN-TV)
The Georgetown Independent School District said no students were injured in a crash involving a GISD school bus Monday afternoon. (KXAN-TV)
In Travis County, eight voting locations will have extended hours on the last two days of early voting. They’ll be open from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Thursday and Friday. (KVUE-TV)
Due to a significant increase in voter turnout and a problem with their vendor, Williamson County has requested additional ballot boxes. (Fox7 Austin)
Austin’s bulk trash, brush and hazardous waste curbside collection service is switching the way it handles collections for residential customers starting in the new year. (City of Austin)
TxDOT is expected to break ground this week on a massive I-35 expansion. The years-long construction will impact drivers through much of north, downtown and south Austin.
CapMetro is planning to build a second set of train tracks along the Red Line in East Austin along with new sidewalks, pedestrian crossings and another platform at Plaza Saltillo Station. (KUT 90.5)
Toy retailer Toys “R” Us is opening a brick-and-mortar store in an outlet mall in San Marcos eight years after declaring bankruptcy and closing most of its locations. (Austin Business Journal)
Tesla appears to be on the verge of a major expansion of its huge factory in eastern Travis County, with recent filings indicating the Elon Musk-led company intends to add 5 million square feet to it — a 50% increase from its current size of 10 million square feet.
5-DAY FORECAST / AUSTIN, TEXAS
There are chances for rain every day in the forecast, but no single day will be a washout nor will this be a “drought-buster”. (KXAN-TV)
Experts say Texas’ power grid is more reliable than during the deadly winter storm of 2021. (Texas Public Radio)
There are currently 177 counties in Texas with burn bans in place. (Texas A&M Forest Service)
A North Texas home exploded and burst into flames, drawing first responders from at least eight agencies to a neighborhood in rural Grayson County.
A Fort Worth security guard was the person who originally identified one of the most wanted fugitives in Texas, leading to his arrest last week. (Fox7 Austin)
One of the state lawmakers instrumental in delaying Robert Roberson’s execution, Jeff Leach, allegedly texted a Texas Court of Criminal Appeals judge last week asking for a new trial. (CBS Austin)
An investigation is ongoing after 32 adults and two children came down with food poisoning at a city-run migrant shelter in Juarez, Mexico, near El Paso early Monday. (KXAN-TV)
A South Texas woman faces up to 20 years imprisonment and a possible $250,000 maximum fine for smuggling rare chicken eggs into the United States. (Lonestar Live)
A candidate running against a Central Texas district judge is accusing her opponent of using his adjunct teaching position at Texas State University to encourage students to campaign and vote for him, violating state law. (Texas Tribune)
Updated fundraising figures show that the Senate candidates Ted Cruz and Collin Allred have fundraised a combined $160 million. (Texas Tribune)
The key issues Texans say are important in this election…
7 DAYS UNTIL ELECTION DAY
Vice president Kamala Harris will return to the site of Donald Trump’s January 6th rally today to make her closing argument just one week to go before Election Day.
Former president Donald Trump, responding in some of the most direct terms yet to accusations that he is a fascist, declared: “I am the opposite of a Nazi.”. (Washington Post)
Puerto Ricans in must-win Pennsylvania say that Trump rally joke won’t be forgotten. (BBC)
The state of the race with seven days to go…
SPORTS
Texas football’s home game against Florida will kick off at 11 a.m. and air on ABC on Nov. 9, the SEC announced on Monday. It will be the Longhorns’ first morning home game of the season. (Yahoo! Sports)
Who will start at quarterback for Texas A&M this weekend at South Carolina? (On3)
In the NBA last night, Jalen Green led with 36 points as the Houston Rockets won in San Antonio over the Spurs, 106-101, to split their two-game set.
Kyrie Irving netted 23 points for Dallas last night as the Mavericks won at home against the Utah Jazz, 110-102. (Yahoo! Sports)
Tonight, the Rockets and Spurs have the night off while the Mavericks will be in Minnesota. (Yahoo! Sports)
A live stream of the Union Pacific Railroad tracks in La Grange in Fayette County.
