As of today masks are optional on Austin ISD campuses, Houston and Dallas ISD's have also lifted mask requirements as COVID numbers continue to fall - Austin's official advisory status is dropping fast too, with a reduction to Stage 2 precautions announced on Friday - we were still at Stage 5 just over a week ago.
A wave of drug overdoses downtown over the weekend has killed two people and is thought to have been the result of street drugs laced with the veterinary drug xylazine, in addition to suspicion of fentanyl lacing - drugs bought on the street have never been more dangerous.
The University of Texas has kicked off a six billion dollar fundraising campaign, the biggest ever of its kind, with $1 billion earmarked for student scholarships and support in response to rising living costs in Austin.
A fatal police-involved shooting near a north Austin Motel 6 on Sunday happened in the midst of APD officers investigating a earlier, separate and unrelated shooting in the same area.
Recent City efforts to increase safety in the East Sixth Street bar district come almost a decade after a list of improvements was adopted by the Austin City Council back in 2014, but never acted upon.
Austin FC sets a new MLS scoring record with 10 goals in just two games with a second consecutive convincing win over Inter Miami, 5-1 at Q2 stadium last night.
Cedar Park girls basketball earned their second consecutive 5A state championship in a 45-40 win over Frisco on Saturday.
Number 1-ranked Texas Longhorns Baseball suffers its first loss of the season, to UCLA.
Late night SXSW attendees near Rainey Street should look for Hot Tacos, which is a Veracruz All Natural taco truck normally stationed in Los Angeles.
Bye Bye Birdie - Lucy's Fried Chicken has closed their Burnet road location, due in part to staffing shortages - the original South Congress location and the Lucy's in Cedar Park are still operating.
And cooler weather arrives along with the beginning of Austin's usual severe weather season which begins in early March and wraps up in mid-June.
