The Austin Police Department is investigating the city’s 56th homicide of the year early this morning in northeast Austin.
Prosecutors wrapped their case on Thursday in the punishment phase of an Austin Police Officer’s deadly conduct trial. Officer Christopher Taylor was convicted earlier this month in the shooting death of Mauris DeSilva. He could get a sentence of probation or up to 10 years in prison.
New disciplinary memos published by the Austin Police Department and the Office of Police Oversight show that an Austin police corporal resigned while under investigation for showing up for a shift with a blood alcohol content three times the legal limit in Texas. (Austin Chronicle)
A Williamson County judge ruled a 15-year-old suspect will not be tried as an adult for his involvement in the deadly mass shooting at a Juneteenth event in Round Rock. (Fox7 Austin)
Newly released court records show that the fatal stabbing at Manor High School earlier this week occurred in the boys’ bathroom following an altercation between two students.
Mac Brown Mbah Mbanwei, 18, is charged with first-degree murder in the death of Darrin Loving, another 18-year-old student. (CBS Austin)
Community members and prayer leaders gathered to mourn and pray on Thursday night after the stabbing of Manor Senior High School student Darrin Loving. (Austin American-Statesman)
All classes and school activities at Manor High School have been cancelled today.
A Travis County man was sentenced to serve 40 years in prison following a plea deal related to a July 2023 crash that killed four people. (KXAN-TV)
During a joint event Thursday with the Austin Police Department, AT&T announced a $10,000 reward related to copper cable thefts or the attempted sale or purchase of stolen AT&T copper cable in Austin.
An Austin man is facing a felony charge after police say he crashed into a taco truck last week and fled the scene. An employee working inside was injured in the crash. (Fox7 Austin)
A New Braunfels man has pleaded guilty in a San Antonio federal court to a charge of attempting to receive firearms to use to commit a felony. Authorities believe he was planning on carrying out multiple attacks. (KVUE-TV)
A 19-year-old Austin man was sentenced after pleading guilty to murder in connection with an August 2022 fatal shooting in the 2100 block of E. Oltorf Street. (KXAN-TV)
A 59-year-old Kyle man was convicted by a jury and sentenced by a judge to life in prison without the possibility of parole related to the continuous sexual abuse of a child in Hays County. (KXAN-TV)
Austin police need the public’s help locating a suspect who robbed a convenience store two weeks ago.
Austin firefighters responded just after 6:00 a.m. this morning to an apartment fire in south Austin.
Earlier, officials responded to a house fire in the 9000 block of Glen Lane.
Two people are dead after a crash involving a dump truck in Taylor on Thursday morning. (Fox7 Austin)
The Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority is reviving a plan to add two new toll lanes in each direction on south MoPac. (Community Impact)
The expansion of Interstate 35 through Austin is set to displace not only more than 100 homes and businesses but also thousands of the city’s famous bats. (KUT 90.5)
The Harris County Toll Road Authority will soon take over toll collection and customer service operations for TxTag. (KVUE-TV)
Austin’s Barton Springs Road Bridge is receiving $32 million from the federal government for rehabilitative work on the nearly 100-year-old structure. (KXAN-TV)
A nearly 100-year-old building that features a mural of Willie Nelson and Janis Joplin could be demolished. (Austin Business Journal)
The Austin Parks and Recreation Board unanimously voted to recommend that City Council conduct a comprehensive audit of all contracts related to dozens of city-owned baseball and soccer fields. (Austin Monitor)
South by Southwest’s impact on the local economy decreased slightly this year from 2023, according to a new study. It found that the festival generated $377.3 million for local businesses and residents, compared to the $380.9 million figure notched in 2023. (Austin Monitor)
Día de los Muertos festivities begin in Austin.
Daylight Saving Time ends this weekend. We set clocks BACK one hour early Sunday morning.
5-DAY FORECAST / AUSTIN, TEXAS
There are 184 counties in Texas with burn bans in place.
A Texas woman faces felony charges after allegedly giving her child drugs while at a detention facility near Waco. (KVUE-TV)
Two men who robbed mail carriers in Dallas, Fort Worth, Frisco and Arlington to get their keys now will spend years in federal prison. (Lonestar Live)
The body found at Big Bend National Park by a search and rescue team Monday was that of a solo male hiker visiting from Maryland. (Lonestar Live)
The Garza County Sheriff’s Office and the City of Post have agreed to pay $80,000 to settle a lawsuit after authorities raided a smoke shop and seized legal hemp products. Hemp products are legal under Texas law. (KXAN-TV)
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has some company in his fight with the State Fair of Texas over allowing guns on site.
The head of a San Antonio-based human smuggling organization was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison Wednesday. (Lonestar Live)
More than a week after four were killed, including a child, in a helicopter crash in Houston’s Second Ward, the NTSB is releasing its initial report.
Today is the final day to vote early ahead of Election Day next week. (Austin American-Statesman)
In early voting, rural counties in Texas are seeing higher turnout percentages than bigger counties like Travis and Harris. (CBS Austin)
With only days to go, Sen. Ted Cruz and Rep. Colin Allred make a final push in Texas’ U.S. Senate race. (KUT 90.5)
When will Texas election results come in? (Texas Tribune)
4 DAYS TO GO UNTIL ELECTION DAY
Both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are focusing on women voters in the final days of the race.
Donald Trump suggested Liz Cheney should have guns “trained on her face”. (Axios)
The FBI briefed dozens of police chiefs and sheriffs at a conference in Boston on the wide array of threats to government officials, poll workers, candidates and voters that the agency has been seeing in the days before next week’s presidential election. (ABC News)
How Harris or Trump could win 270 electoral votes.
SPORTS
Thursday night high school football scores from around the region. (KXAN-TV)
In the NFL last night, the Houston Texans (6-3) were stunned by the New York Jets (3-6) in the Big Apple, 21-13. (Yahoo! Sports)
In the NBA, the Houston Rockets were in Dallas to face the Mavericks and came away with a 108-102 win.
The San Antonio Spurs also got a road win last night, defeating the Utah Jazz, 106-88. (Yahoo! Sports)
In preseason women’s college basketball, the No. 4 Longhorns defeated UT-Tyler yesterday, 98-25. (Texas Longhorns)
Longhorns quarterback Quinn Ewers has been selected as a Top 10 Finalist for the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award. (Texas Longhorns)
In hockey, the NHL is looking to expand its market in Europe.
Today the Dallas Stars are in Tampere, Finland, to face the Florida Panthers. Due the seven-hour time difference, the puck will drop at 1:00 p.m. (Yahoo! Sports)
After serving as First Lady of Texas from 1915 to 1917, Miriam “Ma” Ferguson decided to run for the governorship herself in 1924. With the win, she became the first woman Governor of Texas as well as the first woman elected state governor in the United States.
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