Austin American-Statesman

Good morning, it's Thursday, July 25th. I'm Kyle Sauerhoefer and here's your local news from the Austin American-Statesman. Today will be sunny with a high near 94. It will be clear at night, with a low around 68. Our top story is: Nearly 85 percent of Texas beaches were found to be unsafe for swimming on at least one day in 2018 because of high levels of fecal bacteria, according to a study released earlier this week by the Environment Texas Research and Policy Center.

Good morning, it's Wednesday, July 24th. I'm Kyle Sauerhoefer and here's your local news from the Austin American-Statesman. Today will be sunny with a high near 90. It will be clear at night with a low around 65. Our top story is: Three-quarters of Austin’s short-term rentals appear to be operating illegally, according to a contractor the city hired to study the issue. Over 10,000 properties in Austin advertise as short-term rentals, but only about 2,500 of them are licensed, the memo said.

Good morning, it's Tuesday, July 23rd. I'm Joseph Delaney and here's your local news from the Austin American-Statesman. Today will be partly sunny with a 40 percent chance of rain, mostly before 1 p.m., and a high near 92. It will be partly cloudy at night, with a low around 71. Our top story is: Drug overdose deaths are on track to fall in the United States for the first time since the opioid crisis began in 1990, preliminary government data finds.

Good morning, it's Monday, July 22nd. I'm Joseph Delaney and here's your local news from the Austin American-Statesman. Today will be mostly sunny with a high near 98. It will be mostly cloudy at night, with a 30 percent chance of rain after 8 p.m. and a low around 75. Our top story is: A year after the Iconic Village Apartments fire in San Marcos, a 21-year-old who barely survived the blaze is still working to heal.

Good morning, it's Friday, July 19th. I'm Joseph Delaney and here's your local news from the Austin American-Statesman. Today will be mostly sunny and hot, with a high near 99 and a heat index of 108. It will be partly cloudy at night, with a low around 76. South-southeast winds will be blowing 10 to 15 miles per hour. Our top story is: A staffer for U.S.

Good morning, it's Thursday, July 18th. I'm Kyle Sauerhoefer and here's your local news from the Austin American-Statesman. Today will be mostly sunny, with a high near 97 and a heat index as high as 105. It will be mostly clear at night, with a low around 76. There will be south-southeast winds blowing 10 to 15 miles per hour, and we could see 20 mile per hour gusts.

Good morning, it's Wednesday, July 17th. I'm Kyle Sauerhoefer and here's your local news from the Austin American-Statesman. Today will be partly sunny, with a high near 98 and a heat index as high as 106. The weather will be increasingly cloudy at night, with a low around 76.

Good morning, it's Tuesday, July 16th. I'm Joseph Delaney and here's your local news from the Austin American-Statesman. Temperatures will start flirting near the 100-degree mark today, as the daily high approaches 98 degrees. Humidity will drive up the heat index values, which could climb as high as 108. Tonight night will likely see more clouds, forecasters say, with an overnight low of 76.

Good morning, it's Monday, July 15th. I'm Joseph Delaney and here's your local news from the Austin American-Statesman. Forecasters are calling for a whole week of sunny skies and highs in the upper 90s. Today, we should see a high around 96 degrees, and a south wind blowing at around 5 miles per hour. Overnight lows will fall to the upper 70s.

Good morning, it's Friday, July 12th. I'm Joseph Delaney and here's your local news from the Austin American-Statesman. Today will be sunny, with a high near 95 and a heat index as high as 100. It will be mostly clear at night with a low around 75. Our top story is: In a first taste of that perhaps bumpy path, the Washington publication Roll Call downgraded its rating of U.S. John Cornyn’s seat from “solid Republican” to “likely Republican” on Tuesday.