A South Austin man whose vehicle ran over and killed a 13-year-old boy with whom the man was engaged in conflict over alleged vandalism to the man's house over the weekend has been released on a surety bond.
The Texas Business Hall of Fame is set to induct its youngest new member ever, and she's from Austin - Whitney Wolfe Herd is the founder and CEO of feminist dating app Bumble, Inc. whose namesake company now also operates Badoo and Fruitz - Herd joins the Hall at only 32.
New Food options coming as The Perry's steakhouse chain is set to open a new location of its Carve American Grill concept in The Grove, a new mixed-use development in Central Austin later this year - meanwhile TacoDeli is expanding as well, with a new outlet opening in Circle C in late April.
Also in food news, Easy Tiger suffered a mass walkout of 26 employees late last month, claiming frustration with new members of the restaurant's upper management.
A long-awaited new monument to Austin's Richard Overton, until his death three years ago the oldest surviving veteran of World War II, has been unveiled at his gravesite at the Texas State Cemetery.
Austin 360 has published what they call the ultimate guide to live music in Austin this spring and summer, it features approaching shows by H.E.R., Billy Strings, Bon Jovi, Robert Finley, Justin Bieber and more.
Meanwhile the new home of the live music operation formerly situated at Nutty Brown Amphitheater, Round Rock Amp, has begun drawing complaints about noise and bass vibrations from nearby neighbors.
Texas Longhorns Baseball made short work of Stephen F. Austin last night at home, 13-2 - they travel to Manhattan tomorrow to kick off a three-game series at Kansas State.
And it's gonna be hot today with a high of 94, more reasonable Thursday and Friday with lower to mid-80's, and back into the 90's for Easter Weekend - an earlier prediction of a 100-degree Easter Sunday, which would have been the earliest triple digit day in Austin's recorded weather history, has thankfully cooled considerably, Sunday's high is now expected to be right about 90.
