Austin American-Statesman

Good morning. It's Friday, March 29th. I'm Joseph Delaney, and here's your local news from the Austin American-Statesman. Today will be partly sunny with a high near 80. Tonight will be partly cloudy with a low around 62. South wind, blowing 10 to 15 miles per hour, will last all day and could have gusts as high as 20 miles per hour. Our top story is: A U.S.

It’s Thursday, March 28th. I'm Elise Randall, and here's your local news from the Austin American-Statesman. Our top story is: Adding to its already significant Austin presence, retail giant Amazon.com will add 800 tech-focused jobs at its hub in North Austin. This is news published by the American-Statesman exclusively this morning.

Good morning. It's Thursday, March 28th. I'm Kyle Sauerhoefer, and here's your local news from the Austin American-Statesman. Today will have a 20 percent chance of showers with a high near 77. Tonight will be partly cloudy with a low around 60. South winds of 10 to 15 miles per hour could include gusts as high as 20 miles per hour. Our top story is: Yellow gunk is starting to pile up on car windshields across Central Texas. That’s right, it’s oak pollen season.

It’s Wednesday, March 27th. I'm Kyle Sauerhoefer, and here's your local news from the Austin American-Statesman. Our top story is: Police say a man cut a hole into the roof of a Target store in Kyle, and entered the building in a “Mission Impossible”-style robbery attempt. Officers say surveillance video footage shows 37-year-old Dustin Ammons breaking in through a hole in the roof using a rope, harness, and grappling hook.

Good morning. It's Wednesday, March 27th. I'm Kyle Sauerhoefer, and here's your local news from the Austin American-Statesman. Today will be mostly sunny with a high near 76. It’ll be partly cloudy tonight with a low around 54. Our top story is: An annual “point in time” count found more than 2,200 unsheltered homeless people in Austin this year, up 5 percent from 2018, city officials said at a news conference yesterday.

It’s Tuesday, March 26th. I'm Kyle Sauerhoefer, and here's your local news from the Austin American-Statesman. Our top story is: The Austin school board voted late yesterday to rename Sidney Lanier High School, for U.S. Army Sgt. Juan P. Navarro, a 2007 graduate of the school, who was killed by an explosive device in Afghanistan in 2012.

Good morning. It's Tuesday, March 26th. I'm Joseph Delaney, and here's your local news from the Austin American-Statesman. Today will be sunny with a high near 75. It’ll be mostly clear tonight with a low around 53. Our top story is: An Austin gun-rights activist is suing the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives in response to the Trump administration's ban on devices that allow semi-automatic weapons to shoot more rapidly.

It’s Monday, March 25th. I'm Elise Randall, and here's your local news from the Austin American-Statesman. Our top story is: Beginning tomorrow, electric stand-up scooters from Bird, Jump, Lime, and Lyft will be reduced to an 8 mph speed limit in some areas on the University of Texas campus, said officials in an email to staff and students.

Good morning. It's Monday, March 25th. I'm Joseph Delaney, and here's your local news from the Austin American-Statesman. Today will have a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, but otherwise it will be mostly sunny with a high near 82. Tonight will be mostly clear with a low around 54. Our top story is: Concerns are mounting about slowing U.S. economic growth overall, but Austin’s latest unemployment figures signal the local boom is continuing unabated.

It’s Friday, March 22nd. I'm Kyle Sauerhoefer, and here's your local news from the Austin American-Statesman. Our top story is: The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce met today to discuss how to help scores of businesses, hurt by a month-long evacuation order of one of the city’s main business corridors. A total of 73 homes and 67 businesses were evacuated, after Atmos Energy said a leak fixed in February had left some natural gas trapped in the soil. Crews have been working to ventilate it.