The Austin music community mourns Daniel Sahad, lead singer of the popular band Nane, who has died at the age of 29.

Austin's EMS union and City officials are at odds over contract renegotiations - 26 medics have quit since the beginning of the year over forced overtime and low pay, especially for EMS workers early in their careers.

The Austin Independent School District is set to grant pay raises to teachers and classified staff, but is also planning to cut hundreds of other jobs, including support staff for special education and libraries, while facing a record setting state recapture payment of almost 800 million dollars - the Austin American-Statesman has an explanation for that great big bill.

Feral hogs, once thought to be a strictly rural problem, have begun encroaching into North Austin. Meanwhile, vampire bats have begun threatening to cross into Texas from Mexico.

A downtown redevelopment that threatened to demolish several bars in the traditionally LGTBQ-friendly district on 4th Street may include plans for some of those establishments to be preserved.

The nightclub space at South Congress and East Riverside, home only to interesting wall murals for several years, is soon to house a new establishment from the management of Hotel Vegas and Rainey Street's Reina.

Robert Plant and Allison Krauss set a date for this fall at the new Moody Amphitheater at Waterloo Park - tickets go on sale this Friday.

A survey of America's most dynamic cities, based on recent employment growth, density of startup activity, average income among other factors has found Austin #7, the only Texas city in the top 25..

And a chance of severe weather on Tuesday is followed by high fire danger on Wednesday.

COVID remains "in retreat" in Austin, but U.S. health experts are sounding the alarm that a fresh wave of BA.2 infections, like those being seen in China and Europe, is likely on the way here.

Austin EMS medics are calling a proposed 14-cent per hour raise a "slap in the face" - many are considering leaving the job or seeking work in another city.

The massive redevelopment of the Austin American-Statesman property at Congress and Lady Bird Lake, the Statesman PUD, has had its zoning approved by the Austin City Council in a unanimous vote.

Several of the people injured Friday night in that t-bone crash on Barton Springs Road near the Holla Mode ice cream truck were in town for the DeafNation Expo - no charges have been filed yet in the incident.

Austin civil rights activist Joan Means Khabele, the first Black person to swim in Barton Springs Pool and part of the small group of students who desegregated Austin High School, was honored in a ceremony at the Pool on Saturday.

A group of Austin's most beloved LGTBQ-friendly 4th Street bars, including Oilcan Harry's, are facing possible demolition, raising protests from that community - the Historic Landmark Commission will consider next steps today.

Austin City Limits has replaced Foo Fighters, who cancelled following the death of drummer Taylor Hawkins, with Robert Earl Keen on its shooting schedule on April 27.

Willie Nelson's 4th of July Picnic is set for Austin FC's Q2 Stadium, it will be the first musical event to be held in the new venue and will feature Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Tyler Childers, Steve Earle and the Dukes and many more.

Austin FC scores a win over Minnesota United 1-nil off a single goal scored by forward Maxi Urriti, just after the news that winger Cecilio Dominguez was indefinitely suspended by MLS for reasons that remain unclear.

#7 ranked Texas Longhorns baseball takes their three game home stand against #23 TCU two games to one, winning yesterday's third game 7-3. They're back at the Disch tomorrow night to face Stephen F. Austin.

Austin has been named the #8 most physically active city in the U.S.

And we have a slight risk of severe weather both today and tomorrow, high fire risk again on Wednesday, and at least one local meteorologist is predicting the possibility of Austin's earliest 100-degree day in recorded history, coming on Easter Sunday.

Talk of water restrictions in the Austin area has begun as drought conditions worsen. Anticipating future wildfires, the construction of an emergency evacuation road for Steiner Ranch is nearing the completion of its design stage.

The big "Cyber Rodeo" grand opening event at the Tesla Gigafactory is today, watch for potential traffic snarls nearby - the event starts at 4 this afternoon.

It's not just you, the rent is ridiculous for just about everybody as the area sees a 34% single-year jump in one bedroom rental rates.

And it's also not just you sneezing as oak pollen saw a huge spike across Central Texas yesterday due to windy conditions - hackberry pollen came in very high on Wednesday as well.

A continuing surge in accidental opioid overdose deaths across Texas is being attributed to the steadily increasing presence of fentanyl in street drugs.

Local business leaders are rallying behind proposed federal legislation that would incentivize domestic microchip manufacturing, which would positively impact Austin's growing chip production base.

Bob Bowlsby, commissioner of the Big 12 Conference, announces an early retirement brought on in part by the chaos that has resulted from the departure of UT and OU.

Weekend entertainment includes the MotoGP Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas motorcycle races at Circuit of the Americas Friday thru Sunday. Live music for the weekend sees Friday shows with Charli XCX at ACL Live, and Mount Westmore with Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, Too Short and E-40 at Round Rock Amp. And Saturday catch the Liberty Lunch Reunion at the Far Out Lounge, Delta Spirit at the Mohawk and Porches at the Scoot Inn.

And, today's your last day to register for two elections to be held in May, including a city ordinance that would ban arrests for marijuana possession and also ban no-knock warrants, and the settling of runoffs that resulted from the March primary election. Make sure you get it right - as many as 25,000 mail-in ballots in that primary a few weeks ago were rejected under new state voting restrictions, almost 13 percent of them.

Records show that the head of Austin Bergstrom International Airport requested additional security agents from the federal Transportation and Safety Administration weeks before what have become regular bottlenecks at the airport began.

Neighboring state Oklahoma passes a total abortion ban to begin this summer, further limiting the options of Texans seeking abortion care.

The University of Texas is set to allow students of different genders to room together in on-campus dorms for the first time.

Facebook parent company Meta is set to build a new data center just north of Austin in Temple, an 800 million dollar investment expected to create about 100 jobs.

Local gas prices are dropping ever so slightly, now down to an average of $3.78 per gallon in the Austin area.

Major traffic jams in Cedar Park are expected to continue this week due to traffic light repairs at Bagdad and Whitestone.

Registration for two elections in May will close tomorrow, Thursday April 7.

Five Austin billionaires are listed on a new Forbes ranking of the world's richest people.

Austin real estate remains hot in spite of rising mortgage rates, which are averaging over 5 percent for the first time in over a decade.

Local cinema hero Richard Linklater says he's never seen any pay from his landmark film "Dazed And Confused".

Austin Community College has voted not to raise its tuition and fees for the ninth straight year.

The Backstreet Boys pandemic-interrupted reunion tour is back on and coming to Austin this June.

And cooler temps are expected for the next couple of days after a record-shattering 96-degree Tuesday - a wind advisory is in effect as well.

Three more protesters have filed suit against the City, claiming brain injuries resulting from police crowd control measures during the George Floyd protests.

Drought conditions in the Austin area are worsening - Central Texas is "starving for rain".

After a second straight overcrowded Monday at Austin Bergstrom International Airport yesterday, ABIA officials and TSA spokespersons are at odds on the causes of the congestion.

Public school advocates are sounding the alarm on the enormous amount of money the chronically-underfunded Austin Independent School District pays into the Texas "Robin Hood" recapture program - an amount now higher than that raised annually via property taxes by the City of Austin.

Del Valle ISD schools will close early on Thursday in anticipation of traffic caused by the Tesla Gigafactory grand opening event. Meanwhile, Elon Musk has bought a 9% stake in Twitter, becoming that platform's largest shareholder.

Former President Donald Trump has announced a for-profit rally in Austin on May 14 - the exact location has yet to be announced.

H-E-B has broken ground on its new store on the property formerly occupied by Nutty Brown Amphitheater.

Round Rock Express baseball celebrates Opening Day tonight at the Dell Diamond with a visit from the El Paso Chihuahuas.

A new study has found Austin to be the second-most-overpriced real estate market in the country, behind only Boise City, Idaho.

San Marcos, home of Texas State University, ranks among the top 30 college towns in America - College Station made the list as well...Austin may have outgrown its college "town" status.

Old-school Austin music fans will feel right at home at Saturday's "I Still Miss Liberty Lunch" reunion show at the Far Out Lounge.

A sizeable crowd rallied at the Texas State Capitol on Saturday to observe Transgender Visibility Day.

Austin Mayor Steve Adler has tested positive for COVID-19 and is isolating - meanwhile an inquiry into Mayor Adler's real estate holdings has been dismissed by the City's Ethics Review Commission.

Texas teachers, in the midst of a staffing and retention crisis, report that they have recently been required to take a long and rigorous training regimen under threat of termination, but without compensation.

Neighboring New Mexico has become the 18th state to legalize recreational marijuana - the primary obstacle towards such progress in Texas lies in the Texas Legislature.

As Circuit of the Americas continues to add to its calendar, meaningful infrastructure improvements to alleviate regular traffic jams in the area are moving very slowly.

UT observes the passing of Tom Staley, the director of the Harry Ransom Center largely credited for its impressive development, at 89.

Austin FC's match at San Jose results in a 2-2 draw, including its first road goal of the season - the team is also investing over $3 million into affordable housing initiatives in the neighborhood around Q2 Stadium.

Texas Baseball wins its first Big 12 series of the season against OU in Arlington, including an amazing comeback from a 7-1 sixth-inning deficit in Sunday's 12-8 win.

And Austin weather includes a slight threat of severe weather tonight, and record-breaking heat on Tuesday - 96 is expected, which will top the existing record high of just under 94.

Austin Public Health is now offering second booster shots to residents over 50, and in other certain cases of immune system compromise, check with your doctor for information on your eligibility.

An Austin woman has sued the city and the Austin Police Department over an alleged sexual assault by a former APD officer who met her on a mental health call for her boyfriend.

A former UT law school facilities director has pled guilty of stealing over $1 million from the school - he got 10 years of probation and must pay restitution.

$700,000 in federal funding for the new Austin PBS Educational Media Center at Austin Community College has been reeled in by Austin U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett.

Iconic Burnet Road burger joint Top Notch Burgers is set to expand for the first time in its long history with a second outlet in Hutto late this summer.

As summer approaches, Austin Parks and Recreation is still struggling to hire enough lifeguards to open all of the city's public pools.

Willie Nelson is set to celebrate his birthday with a tribute show or "hoot night" as we call it, featuring host Bruce Robison, Nathaniel Rateliff, Margo Price, Robert Earl Keen and more (including Willie himself) performing sets of Willie songs.

Austin FC are on the West Coast this weekend to face the thus-far-winless San Jose Earthquakes, underway Saturday night at 9:30.

Texas Baseball meets Oklahoma "football style" for the first time - meaning, on neutral D/FW ground at Arlington's Globe Life Field for a three game series, tonight, Saturday and Sunday.

And the weekend forecast looks great with sunshine and mid-80's throughout, looks like perfect weather for the ABC Kite Festival on Sunday at Zilker Park.

While COVID numbers settle into recent lows in Central Texas, flu cases are now rising.

Conflict of opinion over the investigation into abuse at a Bastrop shelter for trafficked girls has led the judge presiding over the case to ask for a federal inquiry.

Alex Jones has been found in contempt of court and faces thousands of dollars in fines for failing to appear for deposition hearings in the lawsuit filed against him by parents of Sandy Hook shooting victims.

Permits have been issued for the construction of a new Austin skyscraper which will not only be the new tallest building Downtown, but the tallest in all of Texas at well over 1 thousand feet.

An Austin City Council initiative to grant medicinal cannabis use to city first responders faces legal and procedural obstacles.

The Austin Violence Prevention Office has launched a new PR campaign designed to promote the responsible storage of guns.

New real estate data shows that more than half of the Austin homes sold over the last year have gone for over the asking price.

The Michael and Susan Dell Foundation have earmarked $15 million for Ukrainian humanitarian relief, while Kendra Scott has given $13 million to UT to fund a new female entrepreneurial program.

Five graduate programs at the University of Texas have been named #1 in the country by U.S. News and World Report.

A new archive of the works of Texas guitar legend Stevie Ray Vaughan is coming to Texas State University this spring.

AISD celebrates the opening of the new Ann Richards School For Young Women Leaders campus in South Austin - but will also set a new record for money it has to fork over in recapture payments under the Texas Robin Hood system, almost 800 million dollars.

Austin Bergstrom International Airport lifts its jet fuel shortage warning, but warns that more problematically busy days at the airport are likely in the future.

And weekend live music options include Diana Ross, Bon Iver, the Fat Gator Music Festival, Spiritualized, the Districts, 311, Thievery Corporation, and the Woodshock punk rock fest.

Austin Public Health has ditched its 5-stage COVID precaution scale in favor of more streamlined guidelines recommended by the CDC, just as the BA.2 subvariant is becoming more prominent across the state and around 100 confirmed COVID cases have been linked to SXSW events.

If you're feeling stressed out, you're not alone - Texas has been noted for being one of the most stressed states in the U.S.

The Austin City Council is considering medicinal cannabis prescriptions for first responders.

Families of children who died in the Sandy Hook mass shooting in 2012 have rejected a settlement offer from Alex Jones, who has been declared liable for spreading false information about the shooting.

A construction worker at the burned-out Texas French Bread building was injured when part of the structure collapsed on him yesterday.

Texas Longhorns baseball falls short at home against historic arch-rivals Texas A&M, 12-9.

Austin Bergstrom International Airport has been ranked highly in a national survey for its food offerings.

The new Moody Center at UT opens in one month, and they're still searching for staff.

Ranch 616 will open after renovations on Tuesday with an April Fools Day party and celebration of the life of founder Kevin Williamson.

Green Day and Ed Sheeran are announced as musical entertainment for this fall's U.S. Grand Prix Formula One weekend.

And a pass of morning rain does little to alleviate drought and fire danger conditions in Central Texas - another Red Flag warning is in effect today.

A slight uptick in COVID cases lately is thought to be connected to gatherings during SXSW - even Elon Musk is down with COVID right now.

Another Red Flag Warning is issued today as major wildfires burn near both San Antonio and Fort Hood.

Austin's airport fails to keep up with heavy traffic on Monday morning, and is continuing to struggle to catch up.

Gas prices have dropped a bit but are still over 50 cents higher than this time last year.

A study has found that 40 percent of working Texans earn less than $15 per hour.

Meanwhile, real estate data shows the Austin market features more homes priced at $1 million or above than any other Texas city.

Austin has also moved up on an annual survey of the best performing cities in the U.S., we're now ranked number 2.

The University of Texas is considering a self-described "pro-life evangelical" political science professor to lead its controversial new conservative think tank.

A new survey finds Texas State University to be one of the top R2 high-research activity universities in the country, and boasting particular personal success for female graduates.

Texas Football enlisted NFL exes Colt McCoy and Sean Ehlinger to help woo legacy high school phenom QB Arch Manning during last week's visit to UT.

Texas Longhorns Baseball hosts arch-rivals Texas A&M tonight, seeking to beat the Aggies in the regular season for the first time since 2017.

Circuit Of The Americas is set to develop a new amusement park, complete with multiple rides and at least five roller coasters.

The new Zilker Park train, the Zilker Eagle, is undergoing safety tests with an opening date to be announced soon.

The new Moody Center adds Florence And The Machine and Roxy Music to its already impressive inaugural concert lineup.

And there's a chance of another round of severe weather late this evening into Wednesday morning.