A huge milestone in the pandemic: Austin's 7-day average of daily new COVID-related hospitalizations has dropped into Stage 1 range for the first time in almost two years, since the opening weeks of the pandemic - meanwhile the Travis County Sheriff's Office reports no new cases among staff or jail inmates this week, for the first time since last June.
At least four separate tornadoes were part of a very active severe weather event across the Austin area last night - so far, no deaths have been reported though some parts of the metro, including Round Rock, saw significant damage.
Austin city leaders say new Texas laws regarding transgender youth, abortion restrictions and curbs on voting access have cost Austin millions in lost convention business, both via cancellations and future losses.
Austin Code Enforcement have taken down signs asking drivers on West Oltorf Street, placed there by concerned neighbors, to slow down.
Texas women's basketball gets a Sweet 16 opponent: it's Ohio State, and they play Friday night.
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will be in Austin on Wednesday to take part in a Women's History Month discussion at the LBJ Library.
And we salute Anderson High senior Aseel Rawashadeh, who has won an 80 thousand dollar prize in a national science competition with a new, natural formulation designed to control mosquitoes.
