Local COVID hospitalizations continue dropping as news emerges on vaccines for kids under 12, expected by early November. Austin City Council Member Greg Casar and Austin State Rep. Eddie Rodriguez are both mulling a run for U.S. House District 35, soon to be vacated by Rep. Lloyd Doggett who will run for the new District 37. Authorities suspect a double murder and suicide in the deaths of three people in far south Austin. Slate presents a view of the conflict between state and city authorities over the proposed expansion of IH-35. ABIA officials plan to open a fourth security checkpoint, adding three lanes, by next January. Barton Springs Pool has reopened following flood cleanup. Austin makes a new ranking of the 50 most physically-active metros in the nation. Formula One Racing and the Austin Film Festival provide ample opportunities for fun this weekend. The Hot Luck Festival will return next May, making their pandemic interruption a three-year stretch. And as Halloween approaches - who knew downtown Austin, especially the Driskill Hotel, was quite this haunted?
