Austin American-Statesman

Good morning, it's Wednesday, August 15. I’m Valikia Newsome, and here's your local news from the Austin American-Statesman. Today will be mostly sunny and hot, with a high near 97, and a heat index as high as 103. The evening will be partly cloudy, with a low around 76. In San Marcos news: Police are investigating the city’s first homicide of the year after a 27-year-old man was found dead at an apartment complex early yesterday. Medics and police responded about 2 a.m.

Good afternoon, it's Wednesday, August 15. I’m Kyle Sauerhoefer, and here's your local news from the Austin American-Statesman. Our top story is: Multiple campuses in a handful of Austin-area school districts failed to meet Texas academic standards under the state’s new letter grade accountability system.

Good morning, it's Tuesday, August 14. I'm Joseph Delaney, and here's your local news from the Austin American-Statesman. Today will be partly sunny, with a high near 96, and a heat index as high as 102. The evening will be mostly cloudy, with a low around 76. Our top story is: Showers and thunderstorms that swept through Austin over the weekend added nearly an inch of rainfall to the summer’s below-average totals.

Good afternoon, it's Tuesday, August 14. I’m Kyle Sauerhoefer, and here's your local news from the Austin American-Statesman. Our top story is: A Republican leader in the Texas House is questioning the wisdom of a new policy that requires state regulatory agencies to send all proposed rules and regulations to Gov. Greg Abbott’s office to be reviewed, before they’re disclosed to the public. In a letter to Abbott, Rep.

Good morning, it's Monday, August 13. I'm Joseph Delaney, and here's your local news from the Austin American-Statesman. Today will be partly sunny with a high near 93, and a 20 percent chance of rain. The evening will be partly cloudy, with a low around 75. Our top story is: Texas is on pace to see the highest number of wildfires in the state in 7 years, according to data from the Texas A&M Forest Service. As of August 9, the Forest Service tallied 893 wildfires in Texas in 2018.

Good afternoon, it's Monday, August 13. I’m Elise Randall, and here's your local news from the Austin American-Statesman. Our top story is: University of Texas System regents have signed off on plans to allocate space — at no charge until December 2019 — in the system’s downtown Austin building to the U.S.

Good morning. It's Friday, August 10th. I'm Valikia Newsome, and here's your local news from the Austin American-Statesman. Today’s forecast calls for a lingering 30 percent chance of rain and temperatures topping out only around 96. Heat index values could be as high as 102, but any precipitation will help cool things down. Forecasters say rain chances could bump up to 40 percent tonight as the evening low bottoms out around 76.

Good afternoon, it's Friday, August 10. I'm Kyle Sauerhoefer, and here's your local news from the Austin American-Statesman. Our top story is: A state proposal to divvy up millions of dollars related to a Volkswagen emissions cheating scandal almost completely shuts out Austin — even though Austinites purchased more of the compromised Volkswagens, as a percentage of population, than other parts of Texas.

Good morning. It's Thursday, August 9th. I'm Valikia Newsome, and here's your local news from the Austin American-Statesman. More hot weather and small chances of rain are coming up in Austin. Today will be mostly sunny and hot with a high near 98 and a heat index as high as 104. The evening will be partly cloudy with a low around 76 and a 20 percent chance of rain.

Good afternoon, it's Thursday, August 9. I'm Elise Randall, and here's your local news from the Austin American-Statesman. Our top story is: The Austin City Council is back today from summer vacation, and has 113 items to address. They’ll call a November election for 5 council seats and the mayor, plus probably add a bond election, and maybe a charter election to the ballot. They’ll set policies for future agreements to grant economic incentives to developers.