Much colder air continues to settle into Central Texas, prompting Cold Weather Advisories, the opening of warming centers around Austin and causing utility companies to keep a close eye on the power grid.
And now we may be looking at some wintry precipitation.
Dangerously cold weather has Austin police and other authorities checking on the city’s homeless.
Shelter is available to those who need it.
The latest on the possibility of a wintry mix of precipitation beginning tomorrow night:
The Texas Department of Transportation is treating heavily traveled roadways in Austin, spraying brine on the pavement.
Austins Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management addressed winter preparedness at the monthly Public Safety Commission Meeting.
When below-freezing temperatures settle in, local plumbers often start to get calls about frozen or burst pipes.
Texans react to the cold and possible frozen precipitation on social media. (MySanAntonio)
More weather information and a look at the forecast can be found further down this post in WEATHER.
An accident early this morning on I-35 kept first responders and Austin police busy.
Homicide detectives continue their investigation into the death of a homeless man in a fire at an encampment over the weekend that authorities now say was Austin’s first murder of 2025.
An early morning fire at an apartment complex in Northeast Austin this morning was safely extinguished.
Another Northeast Austin apartment fire Monday was also safely put out.
Lake Travis Fire Rescue extinguished a mobile home fire Monday.
Twenty-four apartment units were completely destroyed in a Sunday afternoon fire that engulfed a three-story building in a north Austin complex. They will not be reoccupied. (CBS Austin)
CapMetro rail services experienced delays Monday morning after a vehicle hit a train in central Austin. No one was injured. (KXAN-TV)
Photos: CapMetro
Crews will begin work installing mobility and safety improvements this spring along Slaughter Lane, from MoPac to Brodie Lane. (Community Impact)
Just before Thanksgiving weekend, the ceiling of an outdoor patio at the Norman Hackerman Building on the UT Austin campus suddenly collapsed.
An investigation showed the pins used to anchor the structure were “insufficient.” Some of the pins in the southwest corner “failed”. (KUT 90.5)
Austin police are seeking help in identifying and locating a suspect in a robbery on Christmas night.
A BBQ food truck has been reunited with its owner after it was stolen the morning after Christmas. (Fox7 Austin)
The Lakeway Police Department on Monday warned the public about a “virtual kidnapping scam” that exploits a parent’s fear for their child’s safety.
Existing and new Austin City Council members were officially sworn in Monday in a ceremony aired live on the Council’s video channel. (AustinTexas.gov)
Austin Mayor Kirk Watson took to social media to look back at past achievements and to look at what’s ahead.
Texas grocer H-E-B has purchased land in Buda that was once a landfill that could become a future store. (Austin Business Journal)
A Southeast Austin development that will include apartments, restaurants, shopping, hotel rooms and more is set to begin construction.
Last year saw a little more than 22 million passengers fly in and out of Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, more than one million more than the previous record, set in 2022. (KXAN-TV)
5-DAY FORECAST / AUSTIN, TEXAS
A large part of the southern United States will take a turn at a major winter storm from late this week to this weekend with the major cities of Dallas, Nashville and Atlanta in the zone for substantial travel problems. (AccuWeather)
As many as nine deaths have been blamed on Winter Storm Blair which has dumped snow and plummeted temperatures from the Ohio Valley to the Mid-Atlantic region.
That same storm is impacting air travel across the country.
Justice Jimmy Blacklock, a conservative ally of Gov. Greg Abbott, has been named the new chief justice of the Texas Supreme Court. (CBS Austin)
The Texas Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments in a major case from the deadly 2021 winter storm. (Fox7 Austin)
Harris County is getting a new area code: 621. (Chron)
A former San Antonio police officer who was accused of giving a homeless man a “feces sandwich” is back in uniform at another South Texas police department. (Lonestar Live)
The seventh test flight of Starship is expected to include several upgrades and the spacecraft’s first payload deployment test, according to SpaceX.
The company is aiming to launch the next iteration of the world’s largest rocket Friday.
Just after the fourth anniversary of the January 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, over 100 Texans may soon receive a pardon from President-elect Donald Trump. (Lonestar Live)
Attorney General Ken Paxton kicked off a two-day tour across the state to pressure Republican House lawmakers to vote for Mansfield Rep. David Cook for House speaker, continuing his attacks against foes who voted to impeach him two years ago while trying to sweep his allies into power.
San Antonio’s homeless population has surpassed Houston and Austin and now ranks second in the state. (KSAT-TV)
SPORTS
COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Emanuel Sharp scored 14 points, J’Wan Roberts added 12 and No. 12 Houston beat TCU 65-46 on Monday night for its seventh straight win. (Yahoo! Sports)
The Texas A&M Aggies move up to No. 10 in this week’s AP Top 25 College Basketball Poll. (Associated Press)
After their loss to the Aggies earlier this week, things don’t get any easier for the 11-3 Texas Longhorns as they host No. 2 Auburn (13-1) today at 5:00 p.m. (Texas Longhorns)
COTTON BOWL: Do the Texas Longhorns have a chance of beating the Buckeyes?
NBA: The Dallas Mavericks dropped their record to 20-16 Monday after losing to Memphis on the road 119-104. (Yahoo! Sports)
A road loss as well for the San Antonio Spurs (18-18) last night as they lost in Chicago 114-110. (Yahoo! Sports)
The Spurs are off tonight while the Rockets are in Washington while the Mavericks host the Los Angeles Lakers. (Yahoo! Sports)
NHL: In hockey, the Dallas Stars are in New York tonight to face the Rangers. (Yahoo! Sports)
MLB: Some news from the Texas Rangers yesterday.
MLS: Austin FC announced they reached a Club-record transfer agreement to sign 26-year-old forward Brandon Vazquez from CF Monterrey in Liga MX. (Austin FC)
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