A suspect is in custody this morning and is being treated for a gunshot wound after fleeing and firing upon officers during a routine traffic stop in North Austin.
Austin Energy crews, with assistance from neighboring utility companies, is now in Phase 3 of their efforts to restore power to the remaining customers left without electricity after Wednesday night’s powerful microburst storm.
As of 6:00 a.m. this morning, less than 1,000 customers were still in the dark.
Meanwhile, Austin Energy officials are hosting a public event today to answer questions and provide updates about their efforts to restore power.
Authorities in Texas are searching for McArthur Deashy Mathis, a registered sex offender with multiple violent charges, who escaped a psychiatric hospital in Austin this week. Mathis fled the Cross Creek Psychiatric and Addiction Hospital around 8 p.m. Wednesday by kicking open a back door and jumping a six-foot fence.
Austin firefighters responded to an apartment fire Saturday
Texas lawmakers have sent Senate Bill 3 to Governor Greg Abbott for approval, aiming to ban non-medical THC products. The bill’s passage has triggered strong backlash, with critics from across the political spectrum urging the governor to veto it.
A crowd at the State Capitol yesterday urged the governor to veto the legislation.
A coalition of Texans concerned about the looming ban on THC products is set for a press conference in Austin on Monday. (Fox7 Austin)
Texas State Rep. Brian Harrison:
Dan Patrick’s theatrics: How the lieutenant governor uses showmanship to drive his agenda. (Austin American-Statesman)
A potential THC ban is already having ripple effects in Texas. (Austin Business Journal)
Round Rock ISD is projected to reach a district wide enrollment of between 45,893 and 48,690 students in the next decade, a new demographics report shows. (Community Impact)
Leander ISD is considering consolidating several schools in order to help solve the district’s budget deficit.
Earlier this year, Southern Methodist University announced that its board of trustees had voted unanimously to hire Dr. Jay Hartzell as its next president, ending his tenure as president of the University of Texas at Austin.
Saturday, Dr. Hartzell said his goodbyes to Austin.
Firefly Aerospace announced this week that Northrop Grumman Corporation has invested $50 million into the Cedar Park-based company to further advance production of their medium launch vehicle, Eclipse. (KVUE-TV)
New signs honoring Bethany Cemetery in East Austin as the city’s first Black cemetery were unveiled Saturday during a Juneteenth event.
Blair Woods Sanctuary in East Austin is now closed “for the foreseeable future” due to damage from Wednesday night’s severe weather.
WEATHER
A look at the extended monthly forecast for June:
Today begins the official start of the summer hurricane season.
A window for homegrown tropical development will open during the second week of the month. (AccuWeather)
Texas lawmakers debate several controversial bills as the end of the legislative session approaches.
The final weekend of the 89th Legislative session. (Austin American-Statesman)
What’s inside the $338 billion state budget? (KXAN-TV)
Senate Bill 3 is sitting on Governor Abbott’s desk. If he doesn’t veto it, all hemp THC products in Texas will be banned on September 1, 2025.
Thomas Winstanley is the executive vice president of Edibles.com. He says the arguments to ban all THC for all Texans, including adults, is hypocritical and will result in a backlash at the ballot box for Republicans.
Killeen police are searching for a 16-year-old girl last seen more than a week ago. (Fox7 Austin)
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents made an unknown amount of arrests at the University of Texas at San Antonio’s main campus on Friday afternoon.
A Houston woman has confessed to participating in a large-scale bank fraud scheme involving millions of dollars in fraudulent loans. (My Texas Daily)
A prestigious boys’ school in San Antonio is at the center of both criminal and civil investigations spanning county lines over claims of hazing, sexual assault and wrongful imprisonment. (My San Antonio)
An investigation is now underway after a special education teacher at a San Antonio school “inadvertently brought several cans of Hard Mountain Dew Blast,” from which five students consumed a portion.
SPORTS
COLLEGE BASEBALL: The top-seeded University of Texas baseball team fell to second-seeded UTSA, 9-7, in front of 7,953 fans on Saturday evening at UFCU Disch-Falk Field. With the loss, Texas will meet No. 3 seed Kansas State in an elimination game Sunday. First pitch is set for 2 p.m. (Texas Longhorns)
MLB: Losses yesterday for both the Texas Rangers and Houston Astros.
The two teams try to rebound today.
MLS: Austin FC fell 2-0 against San Diego FC Saturday night at Snapdragon Stadium, ending a stretch of nine (9) matches in the month of May. (Austin FC)
Next on the schedule:
The pictographs at Seminole Canyon are around 4,000 years and are very well preserved.
