Two tickets, sold in Missouri and Texas, matched all six numbers in last night’s Powerball® drawing and will split a $1.787 billion jackpot.
Each ticket had 1 in 292.2 million odds of winning.
The winning ticket in Texas was purchased at a convenience store in Fredericksburg in Gillespie County.
Two other tickets sold in Texas are worth $2 million and two others are worth $1 million.
Winners can choose between a lump sum of $410.3 million or $893.5 million in annual payments.
Big changes are underway at the Texas Lottery. A new agency is taking over and how the transition could affect people who play the games.
KXAN-TV did some digging into the numbers in terms of passengers flying into and out of Austin-Bergstrom International Airport so far in 2025.
June and July of this year were among the busiest months ever at ABIA.
Last year, about 21.7 million passengers flew in and out of AUS, about 333,000 fewer than in 2023, but still about 675,000 more than in 2022. (KXAN-TV)
Georgetown police said they located the body of a man who was reported missing on Friday.
Reagan Shane Henry was located off a trail near Chautauqua Park around 9:30 a.m. Saturday. (FOX 7 Austin)
Pflugerville police arrested four people in connection to the 2021 cases of two missing and murdered men. The four year investigation spanned multiple states.
Bexar County authorities busted a large marijuana operation.
Juan Gonzalez (BCSO)
The Texas Crime Victims Compensation Fund, managed by the Texas Office of Attorney General, serves as a last resort for violent crime victims, covering expenses like medical bills, therapy, and lost wages, funded by federal grants and court fees. Victims often face a cumbersome application process and long wait times, with initial payments typically taking six months or longer to process.
New rules are coming to help speed up that process.
Two Austin neighborhoods have received a significant recognition from the state that could help preserve their artistic and cultural identity.
A protest was held in Austin Saturday after the Mexican Consulate claimed ICE was using the J.J. Pickle Federal Building as a detainment center.
Just over three months after catastrophic flooding devastated Central Texas, family members of three victims in the Sandy Creek area held a joint funeral for their loved ones who lost their lives. (KXAN-TV)
A Florida-based company that touts itself as the world’s largest baseball scouting service is moving its headquarters to Cedar Park. The project is slated to open in 2027 and will include office space, 16 turf baseball and softball fields and commercial space that includes retail, restaurants and a hotel.
WEATHER
SATURDAY’S HIGH / LOW TEMPERATURES
AUSTIN-BERGSTROM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
CAMP MABRY
5-DAY FORECAST / AUSTIN, TEXAS
Moisture from the Gulf, former Tropical Rainstorm Lorena and a cool front will converge over parts of Texas, raising the risk of localized but dangerous flash flooding through Monday. (AccuWeather)
Texas emergency rooms have seen a sharp increase in cases of COVID-19 since kids returned to school in early August. ER visits for COVID surged by nearly 30% in the week ending on August 23, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS). (Houston Public Media)
Hundreds of thousands of Texans are part of a data breach impacting 4.4 million Americans by one of the nation’s largest credit reporting agencies. (My San Antonio)
A former teacher’s aide in Hunt County was arrested after surveillance footage allegedly showed her physically abusing a non-verbal special education student.
The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) celebrated the graduation of 104 new Texas Highway Patrol Troopers from recruit Class B-2025 this past week, marking the department’s 179th graduating class. (Texas Department of Safety)
Lawmakers ended the special session after pushing through bills in response to the deadly July floods. With families of the girls who died at Camp Mystic watching, Gov. Abbott signed them into laws. Adam Schwager reports on the changes meant to protect children, and how one family is responding to the new laws.
Scholars postulate that Robert E. Howard was channeling the stories of Texas and the rough men of the boom-bust oil patches into his fiction. From all of his writings, one character has stood out and become a pop culture icon, Conan the Cimmerian, more popularly referred to as Conan the Barbarian.
The fallout from the new congressional maps passed in the Texas legislature.
For the better part of 2025, that industry has grappled with the uncertainty of state legislators seeking to ban or sharply curtail THC sales, but this past week, the industry collectively breathed a sigh of relief. (San Antonio Current)
The city of Austin has a brand new logo — and the internet is not a fan. Many say it misses the mark. Others see a lot of similarities between it and the city of Dallas’.
SPORTS
COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Feels like home.
Quarterback Arch Manning passed for 295 yards and accounted for five touchdowns, as No. 7/6 Texas prevailed 38-7 over San José State in front of 100,841 fans on Saturday at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. It was Texas’ seventh consecutive winning home opener. (Texas Longhorns)
Texas Longhorns/ San Jose State – POSTGAME SHOW
ON THE SCHEDULE
NFL: It’s a new season for the Houston Texans.
MLS: Austin FC hits the road to take on Sporting Kansas City at Children’s Mercy Park tonight as the race towards the Western Conference playoffs continues. Kickoff is set for 6:00 p.m. CT. (Austin FC)
MLB: No exciting extra-inning thrillers last night in Arlington…just a big win for the Houston Astros to even their series against the Texas Rangers.
Hunter Brown threw six shutout innings to outpitch Jacob deGrom while Christian Walker and Yordan Alvarez each had solo home runs and two RBI as the Houston Astros pulled away late to beat the Texas Rangers 11-0 on Saturday night. (Yahoo! Sports)
The Astros (78-65) lead the AL West by 3 1/2 games over Seattle. The Rangers (73-70) are 1 1/2 games behind the Mariners, who hold the league’s final wild card.
ON THE SCHEDULE
AL WEST STANDINGS
WILD CARD RACE
SUNDAY DRIVE
Welcome to Raymondville, Texas, where the rich tapestry of history meets a charming small town. As we venture through Raymondville’s historic downtown district, with quaint shops, bustling cafes, and an old historic theatre, the echoes of generations past mingle with the locals going about their day.
