The Texas Longhorns are headed to the SEC Championship Game in Atlanta next Saturday after handing Lone Star Showdown rival Texas A&M a 17-7 loss in College Station yesterday.
Complete coverage of the Longhorns’ win can be found further below in this post in SPORTS.
The Austin Travis Emergency Services and Travis County ESD #1 responded to a fatal collision in Jonestown Saturday evening.
Two people were pronounced deceased on scene, and a third person was transported to the hospital by Travis County STAR flight with potentially serious injuries. (CBS Austin)
Three people were injured in a crash Saturday afternoon.
Austin firefighters responded to a small house fire Saturday in South Austin.
A small blaze at a business was extinguished Saturday.
The Texas A&M Transportation Institute released Texas’ Top 100 Congested Roadways in 2024 and I-35 in Austin was ranked high on the list.
I-610 W Loop Freeway in Houston ranked number one in the top congested roadways in Texas for 2024 with an annual delay per mile of 1,370,786.
Dallas’ Woodall Rodgers Freeway, from U.S. 75 to N Beckley Avenue, came in second with an annual day per mile of 1,342,429, followed by Interstate 35 in Austin, from U.S. 290 N to Ben White Boulevard, with an annual delay per mile of 904,542.
Austin’s I-35 moved up one spot from last year. (MySanAntonio)
Texas Rep. John Bucy, a Democrat who represents parts of North Austin and Williamson County, filed House Bill 483, which would propose an agreement between the Texas Department of Transportation and a private partner to create a high-speed rail line that would connect Dallas to Austin to San Antonio. (KVUE-TV)
Most Texas vehicles won’t require a safety inspection in 2025. But if your registration expires in December, you’ll still need one. (KXAN-TV)
The Zilker Park holiday tree lighting ceremony is back this year for its 58th year this evening. (CBS Austin)
Mozart’s Lake Austin Festival of Lights opened Friday evening but things didn’t exactly go as planned.
Climbing sales and customer traffic is turbocharging 14-year-old Austin burger chain Hopdoddy Burger Bar into expanding. It’s looking into adding 45 new locations in the next five years. (Austin Business Journal)
An AI film festival is coming to Austin in February.
Local nonprofits, community groups and grassroots organizations recently received grants from the City of Austin to continue their missions of helping residents in need of food, shelter and other support. (KUT 90.5)
The top ten cities with the most UFO sightings in Texas. (Lonestar Live)
5-DAY FORECAST / AUSTIN, TEXAS
The Texas A&M Forest Service reports a quiet wildfire period right now.
A new report found that incidents of antisemitism and hatred toward Jewish people in Texas nearly doubled between 2022 and 2023 and have remained at elevated levels for the first several months of this year. (KVUE-TV)
Texas’ uneven population boom is creating ghost towns in many rural counties. (Texas Tribune)
Texas is expanding its offer to President-elect Donald Trump to carry out his mass deportation plan.
The Texas Speaker’s race is intensifying as House Republicans remain divided as they prepare to meet to select their nominee.
This week’s episode of CBS Texas’ “Eye On Politics”…
A retired Texas judge who signed death row inmate Robert Roberson’s execution warrant earlier this year has recused herself from his case. (Texas Tribune)
Cucumbers are being recalled again in 26 states, including Texas, and five Canadian provinces for possible salmonella contamination. (Austin American-Statesman)
A record number of passengers took off for Thanksgiving. More than 232,000 flights took place between Nov. 24 and Nov. 28 this year.
SPORTS
Longhorns running back Quintrevion Wisner carried the ball 33 times for 186 yards. Quinn Ewers totaled 218 passing yards for a touchdown and an interception, but he also accumulated 25 big rushing yards on his bad ankle. Arch Manning, meanwhile, appeared in three plays, totaling 14 rushing yards and the touchdown.
Texas is headed to Atlanta next to face Georgia in the SEC Championship Game. The Longhorns’ only defeat this season came at the hands of the Bulldogs.
With Ohio State’s loss yesterday, does that give Texas the No. 2 spot in the AP Top 25 College Football Poll? (CBS Sports via MSN)
Longhorns head coach Steve Sarkisian didn’t allow his players to plant a flag on the Aggies’ field after their win. (Austin American-Statesman)
The Red Raiders of Texas Tech finished their season by soundly defeating West Virginia at Jones AT&T Stadium, 52-15.
Texas Tech (8-4, 6-3 Big 12) briefly kept alive faint hopes for a bid in the Big 12 championship game before getting eliminated a few hours later by Arizona State’s victory over Arizona. (West Virginia Metro News)
In the NBA Saturday, the Dallas Mavericks scored a victory on the road at Utah, defeating the Jazz 106-94. (Yahoo! Sports)
All three Texas teams are in action this evening.
The Mavericks are in Portland at 8:00 p.m.
The San Antonio Spurs are in Sacramento at 8:00 p.m.
The Houston Rockets hosts Oklahoma City at 6:00 p.m.
This afternoon in hockey, the Dallas Stars (14-8) host Winnipeg at 3:30 p.m. (Yahoo! Sports)
WEEK 13 OF THE NFL
Fresh off their upset loss to Tennessee last week, the Houston Texans look to improve their division record with a win at Jacksonville today.
The Texans and Jags kickoff at 12:00 p.m. (Yahoo! Sports)
How the Dallas Cowboys’ win over the New York Giants affects their playoff chances. (Lonestar Live)
It’s Sunday. A great day for a day trip.
Let’s visit Brownsville.
