Weather forecasters are sounding the alarm again for high risk of fires in the region today due to dry conditions and expected high winds
Day one of the 2025 South By Southwest Conference & Festival is in the books.
The ultimate guide to everything SXSW. (Austin Amrican-Statesman)
The red carpet!
SXSW through the years: 38 years of music, movies and photos. (Austin American-Statesman)
With spring break, SXSW and St. Patrick’s Day upon us, local law enforcement will be enhanced.
Texas now has 202 cases of measles, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services’ latest numbers.
Officials in Hays County are urging awareness.
A Texas doctor describes treating measles in Gaines County.
A Texas pastor is facing outrage after boasting of the low vaccination rate among students of a school tied to the church. (Austin American-Statesman)
A pedestrian is dead after being hit by a car just before midnight.
Earlier in the day, three people, an adult and two children, were hospitalized after a vehicle collision in Central Austin. The incident occurred shortly after 4 p.m. at the intersection of E 45th Street and Speedway.
Austin firefighters responded to a fire on Wheless Lane, the same structure they responded to on February 28 for another blaze.
Austin has a new group of police officers.
The department is still short of 340 officers, but Chief Lisa Davis says they’re on track to get better since the city signed a five-year contract with the police union last October. (Fox7 Austin)
An Austin woman has been charged with murder after allegedly shooting her cousin and attempting to make it look like suicide.
Austin police need help finding a suspect in an assault case.
Police are also looking for someone in an attempted sexual assault case from last summer.
A runaway teen that police had been looking for has been found.
Over 360 grams of fentanyl, valued at more than $75,000, were seized by the Bastrop County Sheriff’s Office during a traffic stop on SH-71. A K9 unit played a key role in detecting the drugs.
What police initially believed to be a fatal stabbing at a southeast Austin homeless encampment has now been reclassified with authorities stating the incident was not deadly. (KVUE-TV)
There’s a homeless encampment in southeast Austin that is drawing concern from people who live nearby.
A facility in Round Rock that provides precision cleaning and coatings for semiconductor wafer manufacturing tools received a $2 million grant Friday. (KXAN-TV)
COTALAND, a new amusement park situated at the Circuit of the Americas will offer over 30 rides and will look to give Six Flags a run for its money. It’s set to open in the fall in time for the next Formula 1 race. (Austin Business Journal)
Austin City Council signed off on a flood insurance assistance pilot program with the goal being to help people in the Del Valle and Southeast Austin areas get and maintain flood insurance. (KVUE-TV)
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We spring forward early Sunday morning to begin Daylight Saving Time which will run through November 2.
A bill in the Texas Legislature aims to end Daylight Saving Time.
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick is claiming the Texas House spent more than $4.4 million during its 2023 impeachment investigation of Attorney General Ken Paxton. (Fox7 Austin)
After more than a decade as Texas Comptroller, Glenn Hegar is leaving to become the next chancellor of the Texas A&M University System. The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents named him the sole finalist for the position on Friday. (KUT 90.5)
Texas Speaker Dustin Burrows discusses his support for school choice, billions of dollars in new public school funding and property tax relief. Burrows also addresses the current Measles outbreak in Texas.
A proposed Texas bill, House Bill 3817, would criminalize transgender Texans who disclose their gender identity to employers or government entities, classifying it as “gender identity fraud.” The bill, filed by Rep. Tom Oliverson, R-Cypress, would make such disclosures a felony. (Lonestar Live)
PODCAST: The latest episode of Tribcast, produced by the Texas Tribune, looks at the looming fight over regulating AI in Texas.
How property taxes and school funding are linked in Texas. (Texas Public Radio)
A report from Truth in Accounting revealed that three of Texas’ biggest cities are in solid financial shape, but five are struggling. (Texas Scorecard)
A 17-year-old has become the first person in Harris County charged with terrorism under a new Texas law.
SPORTS
COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Texas overcame a late fourth period surge from Ole Miss to secure their first win in the 2025 SEC Women’s Basketball Tournament with a 70-63 win on Friday. (Texas Longhorns)
On to the semifinal. The Longhorns face LSU in Greenville this evening at 6:00 p.m. (Austin American-Statesman)
On the men’s side, the Longhorns host Oklahoma at Moody Center this evening at 7:00 p.m. in their final game before the SEC Tournament. (Texas Longhorns)
In the Top 25 today, 3rd-ranked Houston travels to Waco to face Baylor while 9th-ranked Texas Tech is at Arizona State and 22nd-ranked Texas A&M is at LSU. (Yahoo! Sports)
COLLEGE BASEBALL: The 12th-ranked University of Texas baseball team won its eleventh straight game, downing Santa Clara, 4-2, Friday evening at UFCU Disch-Falk Field. Game 2 of the weekend series is today at 2:00 p.m. (Texas Longhorns)
MLS: After picking up a win in its home opener two weeks ago, Austin FC returns to Q2 Stadium tonight when the VERDE & Black will take on Colorado Rapids at 7:30 p.m. (Austin FC)
MLB: The Houston Astros signed left-hander Jalen Beeks Friday. (Yahoo! Sports)
Essay: The Astros dynasty is probably over—and that’s okay. (Houston Chronicle)
NBA: Ja Morant scored 31 points, including the game’s final seven, and Desmond Bane had 27 points and a career-high 16 rebounds as the Memphis Grizzlies rallied in the fourth quarter to beat the Dallas Mavericks 122-111 on Friday night. (Yahoo! Sports)
Zach LaVine scored 36 points and the Kings beat the San Antonio Spurs 127-109 on Friday night in De’Aaron Fox’s first game as a visitor in Sacramento. (Yahoo! Sports)
The Spurs and Mavericks are idle tonight while the Houston Rockets host New Orleans. (Yahoo! Sports)
NHL: The Dallas Stars are in Edmonton tonight. (Yahoo! Sports)
Hell’s Half Acre was a precinct of Fort Worth designated as a red-light district beginning in the early to mid 1870s in the Old Wild West. It came to be called the town’s “Bloody Third ward” because of the violence and lawlessness in the area.
