The general runoff election in Travis County ended Saturday with three races finally being decided after candidates in those races failed to declare a winner back in November.
In District 7 City Council race, Mike Siegel has been declared the winner over Gary Bledsoe.
No candidate got a majority, or 50% plus at least one vote, after the ballots were counted in the November general election. The two candidates with the most votes went on to face each other in the runoff.
For an at-large seat of the Austin Independent School District Board of Trustees, Fernando Lucas de Urioste defeated Lindsey Stringer.
The only other race in Travis County was for mayor of Manor. Voters there chose Christopher Harvey over Tricia Campbell.
20,456 voters took part in the runoff, 3.6% of the county’s 568,338 registered voters. (Travis County Clerk)
The Austin Police Department confirmed Saturday a person died during the early morning hours following an incident near Sixth Street and Congress Avenue.
APD said officers responded to a shoot/stab service call at 2:35 a.m. The incident is being investigated as Austin’s 67th homicide of 2024.
No other information has been provided at this time. (KXAN-TV)
Two people died and two others were injured after a crash in southeast Austin Saturday evening.
With a population increase from 2020 to 2023 of 14.5%, Williamson County is clocking more new residents than all other counties in the region. (Austin Business Journal)
Texas Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-Austin) is concerned about continuing delays and safety issues at Austin Bergstrom International Airport.
General Motors announced they will no longer be funding its Cruise driverless robotaxi program in Austin and across the nation. (Community Impact)
Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services (ATCEMS) has 17 new field medics starting their first day of field training today.
Austin ISD is looking for ways to reduce its $92 million deficit. (KUT 90.5)
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A sign of the weather times: there are more daily high-temperature records being set now versus daily low temperatures. (KXAN-TV)
A white Christmas in Austin? There’s only been one so far. And it barely counted. (Austin American-Statesman)
Earthquakes are continuing to rattle Texas, even in places where such occurrences weren’t commonplace just a decade or two ago.
On December 13, another quake shook an area just south of San Antonio near Falls City, Texas. And that comes just hours after a fairly strong earthquake shook West Texas. (MySanAntonio)
Earthquake Track (Texas) feed.
Groups are responding to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s lawsuit over out-of-state abortion pills.
Three Texans were among the 39 pardons for non-violent crimes, including drug offenses, and 1,499 commutations issued Thursday by President Joe Biden. (MySanAntonio)
New Jersey isn’t the only state noticing mysterious drones hovering overhead.
Dozens of mysterious aircraft were recently spotted flying over Texas’ Gulf Coast. (Houston Chronicle)
The AMBER Alert for a missing San Jacinto County girl has been canceled after the 7-year-old was found safe. (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
A new class of 130 Texas state troopers graduated from the Texas Department of Public Safety academy on Friday, after seven months of training. (KXAN-TV)
SPORTS
In high school football, Class 2A-6A teams vying for spots in the state championship games staged their semifinals over the weekend across Texas. (KXAN-TV)
In college hoops, Zhuric Phelps and Pharrel Payne each scored 16 points Saturday to lead No. 17 Texas A&M past No. 11 Purdue 70-66 in the first of two games at the Indy Classic. (Yahoo! Sports)
On the women’s side, the No. 6 Texas Longhorns (9-1) play at RV Richmond today (9-1) at noon. (Texas Longhorns)
NBA: The Oklahoma City Thunder pulled away late Saturday night to defeat the Houston Rockets 111-96 and advance to the NBA Cup championship. (Yahoo! Sports)
The San Antonio Spurs host Minnesota tonight while the Dallas Mavericks are at Golden State.
NHL: The Dallas Stars got a win Saturday against the St. Louis Blues 2-1. Matt Duchene scored at 2:31 of overtime. (Yahoo! Sports)
Ride along with Harris County Sheriff’s Office Deputy N. Nguyen, who is a member of District 4’s Crime Reduction Unit, during a recent multi-agency initiative to combat gang activity in west Harris County.
