Around 8:40 p.m., April 29, the Austin Police Department responded to a shooting at the Villas Del Sol apartment complex on Rutland Drive. That's near Metric Boulevard and West Rundberg Lane.

Officers arrived on the scene and found 39-year-old Lowen Alberto Ordonez Lobo outside with "obvious signs of trauma." He later died at the hospital, according to police.

Jairo Velasquez-Lopez, 22, was identified as the getaway driver in the shooting, the task force said in a news release Tuesday. He was arrested on May 9.

The second person, Giovany Perdomo, 20, was identified as the accused shooter. He was arrested on May 13.

The third person, Nixon Marquez-Martinez, 32, was accused of ordering the murder, according to the task force. He was arrested on May 14.

All three people were booked into the Travis County Jail where they remained as of Tuesday.

Levi Fox, a freshman at the University of Texas at Austin, got invited to testify at the Senate subcommittee on higher education about some examples of antisemitism he witnessed on campus recently. He shared a troubling claim about a professor and explained this happened during a protest last month about the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.

"He walked up to me and a group of Jewish students, and he said, 'You'll be the next ones they throw into the ovens,'" Fox said. "When I heard that, I was like, OK, that's — wait, did that really just happen? Then when I learned that he was a professor, that was shocking — a history professor, nonetheless. He tried to justify it, and I wasn't — I was also doing another conversation, so I didn't get to hear his full justification. In my opinion, there's really no justification for saying something like that, but to hear that there's a UT Austin professor that holds that belief that teaches young students is terrifying. I hope there's an investigation launched into that."

Fox told KXAN he did not make a formal complaint to anyone at the university about what he said he heard, but he made a promise to two state senators on the subcommittee Tuesday that he would share the professor's name with them in private.

"I didn't want to share it in such a public forum," Fox said. "I don't want to dox him, per se, but I do want to make sure that the correct officials have his information so that they can launch an investigation."

Pauline Strong, an anthropology professor at UT who also serves as president of the local chapter of the American Association of University Professors, heard Fox's claims and expressed skepticism, especially because the alleged remarks he mentioned contained no additional context. She said it's the first time she ever heard about this and reiterated the university has a system for people to report these types of incidents.

"I am concerned that this professor could be targeted for something that the student said that he said," Strong said. "The university has processes in place if a student felt that a professor said something inappropriate, something antisemitic. The student did not say that he had gone through those processes, I believe, so I would ask him to go through the university processes if indeed a professor made an antisemitic remark to him or in his presence."

Texas Sen. Brandon Creighton, R-Conroe, kicked off Tuesday's hearing, which also included an update on how public colleges and universities are implementing the state's DEI ban, by defending how UT leadership and law enforcement handled the protests.

"Overall, Texas colleges and universities have handled these protests well and maintain their campuses for the overwhelming majority of students, faculty and staff that simply wanted to finish their semester, take exams, enjoy their graduation and walk across campus safely —campuses that are funded by Texas taxpayers," Creighton said. "What we witnessed on college campuses was more than a series of peaceful grassroots protests. It was more than a peaceful demonstration. It was an organized effort to rally comrades from across the state to emulate what was happening at Columbia University and to occupy our campuses and make demands of the taxpayer-funded universities. It was an effort to intimidate Jewish students and faculty."

During protests on April 24, law enforcement arrested 57 people on the UT campus, though the Travis County attorney announced her office would dismiss these cases because they did not have “sufficient probable cause.” However, another 79 arrests happened on April 29, and those cases have been allowed to proceed.

Lt. Col. Freeman Martin with the Texas Department of Public Safety faced questions Tuesday about the agency's response. He explained DPS placed more troopers at UT compared to other universities that experienced protests throughout the state because it had "intelligence" that things could get more unruly there and necessitated the additional officers.

Sam Law is among those still facing a criminal trespass charge from that second round of arrests. He's a Jewish graduate student at UT who came to the Capitol Tuesday to speak against the law enforcement response on campus and refute claims the protests are antisemitic.

"There are people who've been straight up lying, claiming that protesters have said antisemitic things," Law said. "I've been at these protests. I went to a Shabbat service organized on the South Lawn."

He also pushed back against criticism of protesters at times using the phrase, "From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free."

"I'm talking about that this sort of peaceful coexistence [and] pluralism, and I think that these are Jewish values," Law said.

However, Courtney Toretto, a policy director with the central division of the Anti-Defamation League, told senators Tuesday that this particular chant could be interpreted as hateful. She said she wanted to provide some history so that students and protesters could understand why some find its use offensive.

"It's a cry for Israel not to exist," Toretto said. "It's calling for a Palestinian state that extends from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea, effectively erasing the entire Jewish state."

Texas Sen. José Menéndez, D-San Antonio, attended the meeting Tuesday and mentioned it may be worth making more lessons about the history of Judaism and the Holocaust available in schools when the legislature reconvenes for another regular session next year.

Among the proposed LDC changes: An Equitable Transit-Oriented Development (ETOD) overlay on and near the proposed Project Connect light rail line and implementing HOME part two, which could drop minimum lot size requirements from 5,750 square feet to a recently amended 1,800 square feet.

"We have other amendments like an annual impact report, amending compatibility, creating sub districts, civic uses for ground floor activation," said Mayor Pro Tem Leslie Pool of the work city council did on the proposed changes Tuesday. "These amendments have benefited from the amount of time that we've had since we first introduced HOME a year ago, and then of course we split it into two pieces."

Some Austin groups, like Go Austin Vamos Austin (GAVA) and Community Powered ATX, are against the changes -- even with amendments made this week. They organized outside of City Hall Tuesday.

"We don't feel that Mayor [Kirk] Watson and city council are truly listening, especially not to the most vulnerable residents throughout Austin," said Sol Praxis, an organizer with Community Powered ATX.

As with HOME part one, which allowed more units to be built on a single-family lot, some against the proposals say they're worried developers will take advantage of the less restrictive rules, displacing long-time Austinites.

But Pool said that's not happening.

"Looking at how things have rolled out since HOME opened the doors on Feb 5, we've taken in about 65 applications and that's just a really good pace. And these are individual homeowners, property owners wanting to make some changes on their property which is exactly what I was hoping would happen," she said.

The council will also look at making Austin's compatibility rules less restrictive and making it easier to build electric vehicle charging stations in non-residential areas.

"Thursday we'll have a really robust conversation and hear from folks. I think we've heard a lot of the concerns already and are poised to address them," Pool said.

Just days after the business missed a self-imposed reopening date that had been set by husband-wife owners Miguel and Modesty Vidal, a red "For Lease" sign has appeared in the front window of the business at Buda Mill & Grain Co. at 308 S. Main Street.

On May 14, two notes remained taped to the door that informed passersby of default on the restaurant's lease agreement, which were originally posted in late April.

Read the full article on Austin Business Journal.

The SEC announced opponents and sites for their women's basketball teams, and the Longhorns will play a home-and-home series with the defending national champions South Carolina Gamecocks and one away game against Vic Schaefer's former team, the Mississippi State Bulldogs.

South Carolina is the only team Texas will play twice in their inaugural SEC season. The schedule is 16 games long with a single round-robin to make 15 games. Each team in the conference will play one other team twice to complete the 16-game slate.

Texas will host Louisiana State, Tennessee, Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Missouri and Vanderbilt along with the Gamecocks. The Longhorns will travel to Auburn, Georgia, Kentucky, Ole Miss, Mississippi State, Texas A&M and Oklahoma.

Game times and dates will be announced as the season approaches.

When Myers coached baseball at Yavapai Junior College, Scott Woodard was on the team. A few years later at Central Arizona Junior College softball, Ricci Woodard was a member of the Vaqueras.

For years, Scott and Ricci have been in coaching themselves. Ricci helped lead softball programs with Scott in both baseball and softball. They've long had the idea of coaching together.

"The opportunity finally happened three years ago," said Scott Woodard about coaching with his sister Ricci. "She was like if we're going to do it, we better do it. And I said, 'You're right.'"

Ricci is in her 24th season coaching softball at Texas State. There's been a lot of success over her time in San Marcos.

Now she does so with her older brother Scott, who is in his third season with the Bobcats. The adjustment to working with your sibling on staff is real, but a manageable one.

"I think it took us a little bit to figure out each other and how we were going to do this together," said Ricci. "But it's been a great addition to my staff because of his knowledge."

When Texas State is at the plate, Ricci coaches third base with Scott over at first. To say there is a good connection between the two seems to be an understatement.

"Our personalities and how we go about business are identical," said Scott.

"Well we're so much alike that we both probably know what the other one is thinking," said Ricci. "So we could just look at each other and both know we're thinking the same thing."

The Bobcats are having a fantastic season and claimed the Sun Belt Conference tournament championship, beating Louisiana 9-5. Texas State earned the No. 2 seed in the College Station regional in the NCAA tournament.

"The opportunity to work with her has been awesome," said Scott. "I think it's been a great situation and I love having all the family from here to Austin."

Organizers of the Maui Invitational announced the Longhorns will be part of the 2025 field that will compete Nov. 24-26 at Lahaina Civic Center. The last time Texas played in the Maui Invitational in 2020, head coach Shaka Smart led the Longhorns to the title with a 69-67 win over North Carolina when the tournament was played in Asheville, N.C., due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Texas will be the lone representative of the Southeastern Conference at the tournament, joining former Big 12 rival Baylor along with the Oregon Ducks, UNLV Runnin' Rebels, Southern California Trojans, 2024 Final Four team North Carolina State Wolfpack, 2024 NIT champion Seton Hall Pirates and the hosts Chaminade Silverswords.

Texas has played in the tournament five times — 1993, 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2020 — with a 10-5 record.

The 2024 tournament makes the return to the Lahaina Civic Center after wildfires ravaged Maui in 2023, destroying more than 2,200 structures and causing more than $5 billion in damage. The tournament was played in Honolulu in 2023 with Purdue claiming the championship 78-75 over Marquette.

Project planning started over a decade ago, according to Travis County. The Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority shared updates on the project with county commissioners Tuesday. 

The environmental assessment process started in 2015 but was paused for a legal review, according to the county. The 8-mile project could add up to two express lanes in each direction between Cesar Chavez Street and Slaughter Lane.

Earlier this year, a CTRMA traffic forecast estimated peak travel times could increase between 30% and 42% by 2045.

According to CTRMA, drivers could spend up to 35 more minutes driving through the corridor by 2035 if the traffic congestion is not addressed.

James Bass, the CTRMA executive director, said it takes 17 minutes to drive the corridor during the evening rush hour. If express lanes are added, it would take general lane drivers the same time to drive it, and express lane drivers would only spend 8 minutes driving the corridor.

What's next?

Bass said there are technical work group meetings planned in May and June to discuss parts of the project like utilities, schematic, air quality, water quality/quantity, cultural/historic resources, bike/pedestrian and parkland. Input would come from groups like Austin ISD, the city of Austin, Travis County, Austin Parks Foundation, Preservation Austin, Save Our Springs, the Wildflower Center and other organizations.

Bass said they plan to host another open house for public input in the fall. In 2025, a draft environmental assessment would be ready with another public hearing scheduled that year.

Austin Water said the overflow has not affected the city's drinking water supply, and officials with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality were notified.

The overflow was discovered at 9:26 a.m. Monday, May 13 and was stopped at 9:40 a.m., according to Austin Water. It happened at a lift station located at 11303 Rock Harbour Drive 1/2.

Austin Water officials urge residents to do the following:

• Persons using private drinking water supply wells located within 1/2 mile of the overflow site or within the potentially affected area should use only water that has been distilled or boiled at a rolling boil for at least one minute for all personal uses including drinking, cooking, bathing and tooth brushing. Individuals with private water wells should have their well water tested and disinfected, if necessary, prior to discontinuing distillation or boiling.
• Persons who purchase water from another public water supply may contact their water supply distributor to determine if the water is safe for personal use.
• The public should avoid contact with waste material, soil, or water in the area potentially affected by the overflow.
• If the public comes into contact with waste material, soil, or water potentially affected by the spill, they should bathe and wash clothes thoroughly as soon as possible‎.

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Organizers behind the 2024 Austin City Limits Music Festival gave festivalgoers a closer look at which artists are playing each day of the two-weekend event this fall. The festival returns Oct. 4-6 and Oct. 11-13.

Headliners Chris Stapleton, Blink-182 and Leon Bridges will kick things off Friday evening. Other artists slated to play Friday include Norah Jones, Carin León, Foster the People, Fletcher, Jeezy and Dasha.

On Saturday, Dua Lipa, Pretty Lights and Khruangbin headline the evening, supported by artists like Reneé Rapp, Teddy Swims, Jungle, Chappell Roan and Vince Staples.

Wrapping things up on Sunday include headliners Tyler, The Creator and Sturgill Simpson. Other artists slated for the Sunday lineup include Kehlani during Weekend 1, Dominic Fike, Caamp, Orville Peck and Cannons.

One-day tickets for the festival go on sale Wednesday at 12 p.m. CT, beginning at $165. A closer look at the daily lineup breakdown and more details on tickets are available online.

A study from Austin-based travel company Upgraded Points calculated the most and least expensive cities for a weekend trip to see a concert. The study, released Tuesday, measured concert costs in the 50 largest US cities.

Concert ticket prices ranked highest in Austin at $279.03 on average, according to the study. Average tickets in Las Vegas, San Francisco and New York followed at $260.52, $244.33 and $231.06, respectively.

But the cost of concert tickets was just one part of the study. Austin also ranked among the most expensive cities to travel to for a concert when flight, meal, rideshare and other costs were totaled.

On average, it costs $1,331.73 per person for a weekend trip to Austin for a concert.

The study calculated the total costs based on eight cost factors: concert ticket cost, airfare cost, Airbnb nightly price for two nights, rideshare costs for two rides, cost of beers inside the venue, cost of alcohol outside the venue, meal costs for five meals and the close of a tour t-shirt.

Austin also ranked as the city with the third most expensive parking costs behind San Francisco and Los Angeles. Parking passes were about $66 on average.

Here are the top 10 most expensive cities for a weekend concert trip, according to the study:

• New York, New York: $1,792.94
• San Francisco, California: $1,691.80
• Los Angeles, California: $1,516.37
• Boston, Massachusetts: $1,453.77
• Seattle, Washington: $1,406.86
• San Diego, California: $1,364.86
• Washington, DC: $1,351.38
• Virginia Beach, Virginia: $1,348.94
• Chicago, Illinois: $1,334.06
• Austin, Texas: $1,331.73

These are the least expensive cities on the list:

• Lexington, Kentucky: $1,037.05
• Cleveland, Ohio: $1,073.19
• Cincinnati, Ohio: $1,096.84
• Memphis, Tennessee: $1,123.31
• Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: $1,127.82
• Baltimore, Maryland: $1,129
• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: $1,139.66
• St. Louis, Missouri: $1,140.02
• Louisville, Kentucky: $1,140.79
• Orlando, Florida: $1,141.11

The full study with a cost breakdown is available online.

Earlier this month, the council set the hearing for Monday to discuss and decide if Sullivan should be dismissed.

The vote stemmed from a complaint that said Sullivan failed to carry out his duties because he did not sign off on a resolution dealing with Federal Aviation Administration funding for the Rusty Allen Airport.

James Peck, the current President of the Rusty Allen Airport Property Owners Association, Inc. (RAAPOA), filed the complaint back in April.

"It's a lack of leadership to not go along with what council has approved when the charter explains that you should," Peck said.

While the vote represents the council's disapproval of the mayor, the city attorney said the language of the censure is still being worked on. Council members presented a couple options Monday night of what it could say; one of them including language that Sullivan acknowledges he broke away from the city's charter and in the future will sign all resolutions the council passes.

Sullivan brought a prepared statement to the meeting, beginning by admitting he violated the charter.

"In the hopes of saving time, I'm going to admit, I violated the charter," he said. "That's a serious problem, and I want to use the balance of my time to why I did it... and why I believe no punishment is necessary tonight."

Sullivan also provided background on the resolution, noting that resolutions are typically written by city staff, but the resolution in question was written by "airport POA people." He also said that he provided a lot of input and concern when the resolution was first introduced April 4, saying he believed there significant errors and inaccuracies.

"Not a single question was asked about my concerns, and we didn't walk through the document line by line," Sullivan said. "Instead a motion was offered to limit debate and end discussion on the item entirely."

The final version of the censure will be read and approved at the next city council meeting. It's unclear at this time if the council is taking action to remove Sullivan from his position.

The Longhorns will kick off the season at 2:30 p.m. CT, Aug. 31, against the Colorado State Rams, the school announced Tuesday. The game will be broadcast on ESPN.

The Rams finished 5-7 and 3-5 in the Mountain West Conference in 2023.

It's the second game on the Longhorns' schedule with an assigned start time. When Texas travels to Ann Arbor to take on the defending national champions Michigan Wolverines, that'll be at 11 a.m. CT, Sept. 7, and air as part of FOX Sports' Big Noon Kickoff broadcast.

Texas will play UTSA and Louisiana-Monroe in nonconference play before making their debut in the Southeastern Conference at home Sept. 28 against Mississippi State.

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The Austin Police Department is working to help locate a missing 35-year-old woman who was separated from her twin sister after a night out downtown earlier this month.

APD said it received a request from the Downtown Austin Alliance to help locate Elizabeth Spalding, 35. She's described as 5'5" and 120 pounds with blond hair and blue eyes.

The DAA sent a press release saying that according to family sources, Elizabeth and her twin sister were last known to be in downtown Austin the night of Saturday, May 4, and may have been in local bars or nightclubs. 

According to the release, at some point they were at St David’s Hospital emergency room but were released around 4 a.m. Sunday, May 5.  

Elizabeth’s sister arrived home later that morning but has no recollection of Elizabeth’s whereabouts or how or when she and Elizabeth were separated.

Elizabeth is still missing, with no leads on her whereabouts, according to the DAA.

If anyone sees Elizabeth, they should call 911 and reference APD case number 24-5011533. People with information on her whereabouts can contact the APD Missing Person Unit at 512-974-5250.

Now, people who live outside of Round Rock's city limits have to pay $120 annually to receive all the resources the library offers, but nonresidents are still allowed to check out books, access TexShare databases, and be apart of the youth and adult programming.

Sara Bustilloz, a spokesperson for the city, said the city wants to maintain a focus on providing services to its residents who pay taxes. Currently, 48% of the cardholders at the library are nonresident, and the new library is growing in popularity since it opened in 2023.

According to city data, in 2019 the library saw 6,792 new card members, but last year alone, it saw 14,992 new card members. The increase in card holders is putting a strain on resources, especially the books placed on hold, Bustilloz explained.

"The concern is that if you can't place a hold, that potentially you can't access those resources," Bustilloz explained. Bustilloz said if more people want to pay the annual fee, it can buy more books to respond to the demand.

People took to the library's Facebook page to express their frustration with the new fees. Some people commenting have a Round Rock address, but do not live within city limits. They say they don't have access to any other library, and are disappointed by the new required fees.

Bustilloz said the new tier structure the library is working with now still allows nonresidents to check out books, and gives them the option to pay for full access.

"They can still come to the library. There are still a lot of things that this library has to offer for non-city residents that wouldn't come with a fee," Bustilloz said.

Round Rock residents will have to renew their membership every two years, while every nonresident will have to renew their membership every year.

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Austin Fire Department crews rescued three cats and one person from a house fire in east Austin late Monday night.

AFD posted on X at 11 p.m. that it was responding to a residential fire in the 3100 block of Garwood Street. The post said one person was injured and being treated by Austin-Travis County EMS.

AFD said in an update that three cats had been rescued, and one of them was revived by fire crews.

Investigators responded to the scene to determine the cause and damages.

The research scientists at the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC), located in north Austin, have the unique responsibility of bringing boring, unattractive data to life.

"I use color, shape, form size, to help direct attention where the scientist needs it, but also maintain the complexity that they want to see," said Francesca Samsel. "I'm probably the only research scientist that has a master's in fine arts as opposed to a PhD in computer science."

Francesca got her start in traditional art. Painting "on the sides of buildings" and working "printshops", before she found her home at the TACC's Visualization Lab.

Alongside her husband, Greg Abram, Francesca has created visualizations, artistic interpretations of data, for the University of Texas (a second lab is located on campus while the primary is based out of the J.J. Pickle Research Center), Los Alamos Research Labs, and the National Science Foundation.

That last bit is important. This week, TACC unveiled its latest supercomputer, sponsored by the NSF. This supercomputer will allow the team to interpret even more data, generate larger animations and dabble in augmented reality.

Supercomputers and data

The amount of data we're talking about is staggering. The team frequently creates visualizations for climate models, for instance. These models can contain a data point for every spot on the surface over the ocean, across a 5km square mile area, all the way to the seafloor. A lot of data.

"That is a breakup of the Earth into billions of individual cells," Greg said while pointing towards one of the visualizations. "And generating the picture of it means you have to accumulate all those billions of cells into a single image."

This is where the team's new supercomputer, named the Stampede3, comes in.

"You use a supercomputer because you have such a vast model that you need to have enormous amounts of memory and enormous amounts of processing power," Greg said.

Symphonic data displays

Interpreting this data is just as important as putting it into an animation. Francesca said the first thing she does is ask scientists what is most important with their work. Are they trying to focus on algae data? Wind speed? Warm water? Those points will get greater emphasis.

"I often say it's like a symphony, you know, and you've got a lot of instruments, you've got a lot of variables, but you can't hear them all, if they're all playing at full volume. So I listen to what the scientists needs to hear, needs to see. And I adjust the volumes of the encodings to suit their needs," Francesca said.

One animation on display showed plant and animal life living underseas in the Gulf of Mexico. Currents rippled through the map, filled with little shapes. Each of those shapes was actually made by hand and then scanned into the system.

Francesca said this handmade quality provides scientists and the general public an easier pathway to connecting with the information on display.

Through a window

Visualizations are not limited to animations in a computer. "When you're looking at these things on computer screens, you're looking at data that's sort of beyond a window," Greg said.

3D-printed models on one wall help show the undersea floor. Glass on one table is shaped like a glacier in Antarctica, giving a person an idea of not only the shape of a field of study but its very texture.

"It's like, if you go into a doctor's office, and they have a model of the heart, it's like all of a sudden, no, that makes more sense. It's an entry point," Francesca said.

One of the latest projects they're working on is augmented reality. The team showed a 3D-printed model of the land beneath Antarctica. Made of a blue rubber, this model could be laid atop a touchpad.

While a scientist wears special glasses, they can press on different points of the model with their fingers. Suddenly, little animations representing real data of the site would hover over the model.

"Instead of flipping through, like hundreds of images, it enables (the scientists) to come up here and say, 'Okay, this ridge, I wonder how this ridge is contributing to the ice shelf melt'," Francesca said.

How visuals help scientists make discoveries

These advances are helping bring science to the masses in unique ways, but also helping provide revelations for scientists.

One example the team showed was of an asteroid impacting the ocean. Researchers wanted to know how big an asteroid needed to be to generate a tsunami. Once all the data was put into the system, they discovered that tsunamis weren't really a threat.

"What we found when we visualize the pressure in the water was that it canceled each other out, and they didn't have to worry about tsunamis at all," Francesca said.

However, the visualization showed water vapor exploding into the atmosphere. A greenhouse gas, water vapor could lead to devastating global warming. This moment became an "oh wow" moment for the scientists.

"It was like, oh, wait a minute, that is water vapor going up into the stratosphere," Francesca said.

These moments are common. By seeing data, scientists not only get to better understand their discoveries but may make new discoveries themselves.

Police said the crash happened in the 13700 block of Immanuel Road. Tarl Sears, 53, was pronounced dead at the scene.

APD said this crash is considered Austin's 26th fatal crash of 2024, resulting in 26 fatalities this year. On the date of this crash in 2023, 34 people had died in 34 fatal crashes.

Police said the investigation is still pending. Anyone with information should call APD's Vehicular Homicide unit at 512-974-8111. You can submit a tip anonymously through the Capital Area Crime Stoppers Program by visiting austincrimestoppers.org or calling 512-472-8477.

The festival's commitment to Austin parks is nearly $1 million more than last year's contribution to the foundation.

Festival organizers and city leaders said the 2023 festival had a $500 million impact on the city — a more than 10% increase from 2022.

The 2022 ACL Music Festival brought in nearly $448 million for the Austin economy. More than $3 billion has been generated since ACL began tracking the festival’s economic impact in 2006, organizers previously said.

Kendrick Lamar, Foo Fighters, Mumford & Sons, Odesza, The Lumineers, Shania Twain, Alanis Morissette and Hozier headlined in 2023.

The 2024 festival lineup was released on May 9 with Dua Lipa, Tyler, The Creator, Chris Stapleton, Blink-182, Sturgill Simpson, Pretty Lights, Khruangbin and Leon Bridges among the artists scheduled to perform.

After reappearing in the Baseball America rankings last week at No. 25, the Longhorns moved up a slot to No. 24 after claiming the Central Florida series 2-1 in Orlando.

D1Baseball.com voters were convinced to put Texas back in this week after a long absence. Texas is now No. 25 and was the only team in this week's rankings that wasn't included in the previous week's. Troy dropped out of the rankings to make room for the Longhorns.

Oklahoma and Oklahoma State, both teams Texas has won a series over, are ranked above the Longhorns. The Sooners have already claimed the Big 12 regular season championship and are No. 12 in the D1Baseball poll while the Cowboys are No. 19.

Four of the top five teams in the D1Baseball poll are from the Southeastern Conference. Tennessee remains at the top, followed by Kentucky, Arkansas, Clemson and Texas A&M. Oregon State, North Carolina, Wake Forest, Georgia and Florida State round out the top 10.

Texas is still on the outside looking in at the USA Today Coaches Poll, but not by much. They earned the most votes out of the "others receiving votes" category with 66.

Texas (32-20, 17-10 Big 12) is tied for third in the Big 12 with West Virginia and finishes conference play with a 3-game series at home against Kansas starting Thursday.

According to that report, 70% of people in city limits now live within walking distance of a park, nearly 20,000 more people than the year before.

It also said the City of Austin alone added nearly 130 acres of parkland last year.

"That included Jamestown Neighborhood Park, Little Walnut Creek Greenbelt, Country Club Neighborhood Park…the list goes on," said Scott Grantham, a principal planner with Austin's Park Planning Division.

Much of the 130 additional acres came from parkland dedication -- the process in which the City of Austin gets outdoor space from some developers -- and 2018 Parkland Acquisition Bond funding.

"The Parks and Recreation Department appropriated $17.4 million in Parkland Dedication fees in Fiscal Year 2023," the report said.

A state law could change that

But staff also pointed to a new state law, HB 1526, as a challenge moving forward. Passed in 2023, the new law caps how much parkland can be taken from certain types of development in the five largest cities in the state, according to the report.

"There's another cap that exists which is that if the value of the land is greater than the fee that would be a parkland dedication fee, then PARD would need to pay the developer for that land," Grantham said.

The City of Austin passed an ordinance last year that brought the city into compliance with that law. You can read more about that state law here.

The majority of the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization's transportation policy board opposed the recommendation made during Monday's board meeting. Board members and council delegates Alison Alter, Paige Ellis, Vanessa Fuentes and Natasha Harper-Madison supported the measure, with an additional vote in favor of the proposal from Travis County board representative Amy Pattillo.

The Texas Department of Transportation's I-35 Capital Express Central project is a $4.5 billion, eight-mile long project corridor set to begin construction later this year. Council delegates' resolution requested the delay with the hopes of completing additional air quality studies prior to construction's start.

Along with those studies, the resolution proposed TxDOT's acceleration of other regional projects across the region that had funding deferred to prioritize the I-35 expansion project. With that request, council delegates had asked TxDOT to aid in those funding efforts as well as "funding to cover the remaining costs of the associated planning, design, and construction costs of I-35 caps," an ongoing city-funded initiative running concurrent with TxDOT's project.

Monday's meeting included dozens of public comments from community members, with the majority of those speaking opposed to the project on the grounds of pollution concerns. Austin City Council Member Paige Ellis, a delegate to the CAMPO board, urged fellow board members to take those same concerns seriously.

"I'm just trying to do my part to make sure that, at the end of the day, I can say I did everything I could to make sure that we're taking proper data and taking the time to make sure that if there's anything else that can be added to this project to make it better for the people who interact and live and work near this particular expansion, that we ask for everything that we possibly can," she said.

TxDOT's Austin District Engineer Tucker Ferguson, also a member of the CAMPO board, said his agency will continue advancing these studies and add any findings or recommendations to the expansion project where possible.

Board Member Jeff Travillion noted the significance of those air quality studies and analyses, but also said the highway is in desperate need of an upgrade to alleviate the safety concerns affiliated with it.

"Significant improvements are necessary, just for safety's sake," he said. "You can't drive through the City of Austin on 35 and think that's safe. It's not. It was built for a time that's no longer here."

Following the failure of the Austin delegation's proposal, the majority of CAMPO's transportation policy board approved the draft 2025-28 Transportation Improvement Program and a related amendment to the 2045 Regional Transportation Plan. Those plans, non-amended, outline regional funding allocations to the I-35 central expansion plan.

The SEC schedule makers were overall fairly kind to the Longhorns, not sending them into Rupp Arena to take on Kentucky, Knoxville to play Rick Barnes' Tennessee squad, or to Tuscaloosa to play the Alabama Crimson Tide — a Final Four team last season.

They'll take on the aforementioned three teams at Moody Center during the regular season, along with Arkansas, Auburn, Georgia, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas A&M.

To preserve historic and natural rivalries, Texas will have a home-and-home series with Arkansas, Texas A&M and Oklahoma. The Longhorns will also travel to Florida, Louisiana State, Ole Miss, Mississippi, South Carolina and Vanderbilt.

Dates and times will be announced later as broadcasting partners figure out their schedules.

Each SEC team will play each other at least once during the regular season, creating 15 games, then teams will play three other teams a second time to get to 18 conference games. Two of those opponents will be permanent and one will rotate each season.

The SEC tournament is scheduled for March 12-16 at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee.

Severe drought that has troubled the entire region has led to a shrinking water supply in Kyle. The city remains under Stage 3 drought restrictions and earlier this month the city council approved a contract to buy water from neighboring San Marcos.

Staff said Monday that the city will likely not come out of Stage 3 before fall 2024.

Kyle City Council Member Daniela Parsley said some are frustrated the city has had to remain under such severe restrictions and worry about the future of the city's water supply as developers build.

"We have been growing so fast. A lot of the concerns I hear are, 'Why do we keep approving developments if we don't have enough water?' And that is a valid question," Parlsey told KXAN.

Parsley hosted a meeting Monday night with the water utilities department to help residents understand the city's plans to ensure there is enough water for everyone in the future.

"Our current city manager does have a plan he wants to set for the future to make sure that there is the availability of water [with] new developments," she said. "I would love for the residents to have access to that explanation. And to be able to ask all the questions, they have regarding infrastructure."

At the meeting, city staff said it started taking water planning more seriously in 2023. Since then, the city has developed a short-term plan to preserve water until 2028, which takes into account a city growth rate of 10% annually.

Further, a firm is developing a 50-year Water Master Plan so that the city can be prepared for future generations. Staff said that the plan should be released by the end of the year.

"Sadly, there was just not a plan before, [but] we have one now," Parsley said. "We know that there is a pathway forward. We are not going to run out of water.”

The selection committee made the announcement Sunday during a live broadcast on ESPN2, giving the Longhorns the top spot over No. 2 Oklahoma despite the Sooners winning the Big 12 Conference tournament championship game over Texas the day prior. In the end, Texas was still at the top of the RPI table and beat Oklahoma two out of three games during the regular season, so the committee felt Texas deserved the top spot.

The Longhorns will open the regional round at home against Siena, the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference tournament champions and first-time tournament qualifier. They'll begin the four-team double-elimination tournament at 3 p.m. Friday while St. Francis (Penn.) and Northwestern will play the other game Friday. If the Longhorns make it through the regional, it's possible they could play either Texas A&M or Texas State in the super regionals. The Aggies are seeded No. 16 overall in the tournament while the Bobcats qualified by winning the Sun Belt Conference tournament championship. They'll play in College Station this weekend.

The athletic department as a whole made some serious hay in their last year as a member of the Big 12 Conference, winning a school-record 14 championships across all sports. Both men's and women's track and field teams were the latest to capture the top trophies, and the baseball and rowing teams still have a chance to make it 16 if things go their way later in May.

The Southeastern Conference also announced opponents and sites for Texas men's basketball's first season, and the schedule is favorable all things considered. Texas won't have to play Kentucky or Tennessee on the road in their inaugural season, only taking them on at Moody Center.

Watch the entire Horns Report live stream with Roger Wallace and Billy Gates at 3:15 p.m. or wait for the replay to be posted in this story shortly after the live stream ends.

The department posted on X at 12:21 p.m. that the incident followed a domestic dispute. In an update, police said the person was taken into custody and charged with assault by strangulation, a third-degree felony.

The incident happened in the 2400 block of Meadow Brook Drive, a neighborhood between Old Settlers Boulevard and East Bowman Road.

The layoffs affect many groups and regions, but they are not across the board, the letter noted. They are mostly concentrated in the U.S. and are more focused on "R&D and some Go-to-Market teams," Hyams said in the letter.

Around this time last year, Indeed laid off about 15% of its staff, citing a decrease of job openings following a recent post-COVID boom.

Hyams said unlike last year, when cost savings drove the cuts, the reasoning behind the current sweep of layoffs is "because we need to simplify our organization to make it easier and faster for us to make decisions, and help us to more effectively grow revenue and hires," according to the letter.

Hyams noted in the letter that Indeed "worked closely with the HR, Legal, and DEIB+ teams to ensure objectivity and equity in the decision-making process. The final selections have had no measurably disproportionate impact on women and under-represented genders or the under-represented minority population in the US."

I am responsible for how we got here, and the entire SLT is responsible for making the difficult decisions necessary to help set us up for the future. We know these decisions will have a significant impact on people’s lives. I’d like to share some context for why I believe it’s necessary.

Last year we were facing a global slowdown in hiring, which led to multiple consecutive quarters of revenue loss. We reduced our headcount, instituted multiple cost-saving measures, and instilled investment discipline across the company. These measures worked, and we are now operating with stable profitability.

However, while the global economy has improved in several areas over the past year, we are not yet set up for sustainable growth. Despite our efforts so far, our organization is still too complex, we still have significant duplication of effort and too many organizational layers that slow down decision-making. We have been working to simplify every aspect of our business, but without meaningful change, we can’t get where we need to go.

Indeed CEO Chris Hyams

The letter also said that those impacted should receive notice on Monday, including information about separation packages, which the letter noted have been increased for "most employees" over the past year.

The full letter can be read online on Indeed's press room page on its website.

"Dairy Queen workers make more than child care workers," Cherlita Robertson, a childcare center director said.

On the day of a national movement called, "A Day Without Childcare," the group is asking for better funding in order to make child care more affordable, and to improve employee wages.

"It's $1,500 alone a month just for [my son,] Patricia Tobar, a mother said. "I can't pay that that's half of more than half of my check."

This movement comes as Travis County is set to discuss the proposed tax rate election for the 2025 Tax Year. Commissioners will look at how the county can give more people access to early childhood care and afterschool/summer services, according to the May 14 agenda. It's a 2-and-a-half cent tax raise to help fund a new $75 million program.

The goal is to expand the number of slots for childcare and increase pay for childcare workers to a minimum of $20 an hour.

"We're going to help aid that over 8,000 families get assistance in some way of either child care after school assistance," Brown said.

The idea is expensive, as it could cost nearly $77 million a year. The county is considering asking tax payers to foot the bill with a tax increase.

Travis County Judge Andy Brown and Precinct One Commissioner Jeff Travillion are leading this conversation.

"Kids who are in programs are not my kids who are in trouble," Travillion said. "They have guidance, they have structure."

County commissioners will have to vote on ordering a tax election for the Nov. 5 election, and the deadline to do that is in August.

If approved by voters, it would cost the average household about $10 more a month.
Brown and Travillion hope it would assist child care providers pay staff more too.

If the program is ultimately approved, it could begin between Summer 2025 and early 2026, according to the county.

The announcement came May 8.

“At this time we continue to investigate the situation,” Ascension said. “We responded immediately, initiated our investigation and activated our remediation efforts. Access to some systems have been interrupted as this process continues.”

The company said its teams are trained for these kinds of disruptions. Ascension said its hospital and facilities are open.

However, several hospitals are currently on diversion for emergency medical services. Ascension said it doesn't have a timeline for when things will be resolved.

Who is investigating?

The company said it's investigating what information, if any, may have been affected by the situation.

Over the weekend, Ascension updated that it's working with cybersecurity experts to investigate the ransomware incident.

The company said it notified law enforcement, as well as government partners like:

• The Federal Bureau of Investigation
• The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
• The Department of Health and Human Services
• The American Hospital Association

"While our restoration work continues in earnest, our focus is on restoring systems as safely as possible. While we expect this process will take time to complete, we are making progress and systems are being restored in a coordinated manner at each of our care sites. We will continue to share updates on our recovery process."

Ascension

What services are impacted?

Ascension said the systems currently unavailable are:

• Electronic health records systems
• Various systems used to order certain tests, procedures and medications

The company said some non-emergent elective procedures, tests and appointments have been temporarily paused while it tries to bring systems back online.

'Hours to do a ten-minute job'

Helen Becker found herself caught in the middle of the chaos.

"It takes hours and hours and hours to do a 10-minute job," Becker said.

Becker was admitted to Ascension Seton in Williamson County on Wednesday. It was the same day the company announced an investigation into cybersecurity concerns.

"I had an order sent in for an echocardiogram," Becker said. "It sat inside my folder for three days and never was processed."

The problems made electronic health records and systems to order certain tests, procedures and medications, unavailable.

Becker said even though she was discharged, she is still unsettled about the situation.

"I'm afraid something really bad is gonna happen," Becker said.

'Opportunities for human error'

A nurse, who asked us to conceal her identity, said it caused major delays.

"Days behind on results," she said. "Essentially like that game telephone when you're a kid, and you talk to the person to your right or left, and then it goes to the next person. That's how patient care is getting done."

The nurse told KXAN that the reception phones at the nurse's station are working, however, that's not the case for the work phones staff members have with them.

"That system is shut down. So all calls are going through the reception desk at the nurse's station but the receptionist has nowhere to actually forward the call to the individual," she said.

So instead, people are having to use notepads or their private cell phones.

Ultimately, the nurse is worried about potential mistakes.

EMS adjustments

Austin-Travis County EMS also made adjustments during this time.

ATCEMS Chief of Operations Kevin Parker said they're taking patients who need a CT scan or MRI to specific facilities to streamline.

"Dell Seton, Dell Children's, and Seton main," Parker said. "Seton can have those radiologists in-house and available to read those imaging studies."

Less serious patients who wouldn't need the advanced imaging studies are taken a little bit further out.

"So that way, even though we are moving patients between different facilities, the overall load within that network is about the same," Parker said.

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A tractor-trailer truck reportedly rolled over in south Austin Monday morning, trapping the people inside of it, the Austin Fire Department said on social media.

Just after 11 a.m., AFD said it responded to a vehicle rescue call at East Ben White Boulevard and South Congress Avenue turnaround.

In an update, AFD said everyone is out of the truck and the alarm will be downgraded.

Austin-Travis County EMS also responded, AFD said. Officials said to expect traffic delays in the area Monday morning as crews respond to the incident.

Alexandria Krause is a teacher for sixth grade leadership and success at Jarrell Middle School. She's also currently in seventh place within the quarterfinals of the America's Favorite Teacher competition.

Krause said she saw an advertisement for the competition while scrolling on Facebook and applied on a whim. A few months later, she heard back that she had been admitted into the competition.

"I was like, 'alright, let's give this a shot,'" Krause told KXAN. "And so here we are now. I did not think that I would be as far as I am."

Competing teachers are vying for a $25,000 prize, a trip to Hawaii and an appearance in Reader's Digest. For Krause, she said she's motivated to help put Jarrell on the map nationally.

"I love the community. We're very small, we're very close-knit," she said. "We're growing. We have a lot of construction going on in the area, we are in the middle of building a ton of new schools, and we're just on the rise. And I hope that this kind of helps us rise above even more."

Krause said she's fueled by her work helping middle schoolers mold themselves into the kinds of people they want to be, pursuing their passions and planning for the future. Some of her class work centers around teaching students planning and organizational skills, entrepreneurship and options for their future career paths — be that college, trade school professions, the military or other routes.

For her, she said she's striving to be the kind of teacher she wanted most as a kid.

"I always grew up wanting somebody who was as close knit to me like I am with these students. I pride myself on the personal relationships — you would be surprised what these kids are going through," she said. "And they're not looking for advice. They're not looking for your opinion. Sometimes they're not even looking for help. They're just looking for somebody to actually listen to them."

Should Krause come in first place and receive the $25,000 prize, she wants to allocate a portion of those winnings to Jarrell Middle School's junior high Bible study for seventh and eight graders. Many of those participating students don't have their own Bibles; Krause has been paying out-of-pocket to buy snacks for students so they don't get hungry.

"It's become very daunting and financially, that would help a lot of I were to win the contest. And who doesn't like a trip to the beach as well?" she said.

Since advancing in the competition, she joked that she's become a bit of a "rock star" in students' eyes, with some who aren't even in her classes coming up and saying hello. But mainly, she sees this competition as a way to bring some levity to the district — particularly after Jarrell ISD student Brooklynn Miller passed away from bone cancer in the fall.

"My Bible study girls, they were all best friends with her. She was a great athlete, and it was just such a sudden loss," Krause said. "We've been dealing with a lot of emotional distress surrounding that. And so, honestly... I'm doing this for Brooklynn Miller and Brooklynn Miller's foundation."

Voting for America's Favorite Teacher semi-finals ends on Thursday at 9 p.m. CT. More details on Krause and how to vote for her is available online.

The crash happened Sunday, April 7 on Interstate 35 near Howard and Parmer Lane. Austin police said the call for the crash came in at 4:41 a.m.

Burrell, 19, faces a charge of collision involving injury (failure to stop and render aid), which is a third-degree felony, according to an affidavit obtained by KXAN. As of Monday morning, court records show Burrell has not been arrested.

The affidavit said Sweat, 22, was driving the victim's vehicle -- identified in a separate affidavit as a 2023 orange Ford Bronco -- when another car crashed into the back of the Bronco. The crash caused the Bronco to roll over and land on its side.

The suspect vehicle was identified as a blue 2020 Dodge Charger. According to the affidavit, police identified Burrell as the driver of the Dodge through witness statements and a previous oil change receipt for the car with his name listed as the customer.

According to the affidavit, a witness who was in the Dodge's front passenger seat at the time of the wreck told police Burrell was in the middle lane following Sweat's vehicle when Sweat began braking, and Burrell tried to change lanes but hit Sweat's vehicle. The witness said the airbags in the Dodge "exploded," blocking visibility, and that the witness believed Burrell fled the scene because he was drunk, the affidavit said.

According to the affidavit, Sweat suffered from minor injuries for several days.

Burrell announced on X April 11 that he had entered the transfer portal. Texas Longhorns head coach Steve Sarkisian said on April 10 Burrell was indefinitely suspended from the program.

According to his 247Sports profile, he has not yet officially transferred to another team.

Officials from both Austin and Travis County held a news conference to talk about making the overdose reversal drug more widely available in the community. They also showed how to administer it in the event someone needs it.

Speakers at Monday's event included Travis County Judge Andy Brown, U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett, Austin City Council Member Leslie Pool and others.

Austin-Travis County EMS shared how it's launching a new education campaign called Breathe Now, which aims to train people on how to help someone experiencing an overdose before first responders can arrive.

Part of that training includes showing how simply someone can administer Narcan. It's done by placing the nozzle in someone's nostril and then deploying the red button, which releases the overdose-reversing medicine into their system.

Paramedics said once Narcan is administered, it's best to roll that person onto their side. All of this should be done while also calling 911. First responders reminded people Monday that 911 call takers can also walk someone through how to use Narcan.

Donald Glover -- whose stage name is Childish Gambino -- surprise released "ATAVISTA" early Monday, and tour dates for "The New World Tour" were announced on venue websites and ticketmaster shortly thereafter.

The rapper will play the Moody Center in Austin on Sept. 10 with special guest Willow Smith, who uses the stage name Willow. Presale for tickets starts Thursday at 10 a.m.

Both artists released new albums this month, with Glover's being a re-release of an album demo previously called 3.15.20.

Glover said on X late Sunday night the new release is a "finished version" of 3.15.20, which he originally released in March 2020. It has features from various artists, including Ariana Grande and 21 Savage. Glover also teased an "all new Childish Gambino" album to be released in the summer.

Willow, who is famously the child of actors Will and Jada Smith, and known for her 2011 hit "Whip My Hair," recently released her sixth studio album "empathogen" on May 3. She was also recently featured on NPR's Tiny Desk.

Austin is one of two Texas stops on the tour. The other is a Dallas show at the American Airlines Center on Sept. 11.

MANOR, Texas (KXAN) -- The Manor Police Department said it and Travis County Emergency Services District 12 are working on an arson investigation after a fire at the Manor Walmart gas station.

Manor PD said on its Facebook page shortly before 9 p.m. the gas station was closed Sunday night after a person went into the bathroom and allegedly started a fire then left.

Police asked that anyone with information regarding the incident contact the Manor Police Department at police@manortx.gov.

The tournament selection committee announced the bracket Sunday with the Longhorns at the top, and they'll open play against Siena at 3 p.m. Friday at McCombs Field. It's the Longhorns' 19th consecutive appearance in the NCAA tournament and 24th overall.

"I definitely thought we'd be in the top four," Longhorns head coach Mike White said. "Just the way the RPI laid out, we were a strong No. 1. I felt that we had a good weekend at the Big 12 championships and I think it was decided before the last game, anyway."

St. Francis (Penn.) and Northwestern are the other teams coming to Austin for the regional round. They'll play after the Longhorns take on the Saints in the double-elimination tournament. The winner will advance to the super regional round, a best-of-three series to determine who makes the Women's College World Series field.

Siena (33-20) won its first-ever Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference championship, entering the tournament as the No. 6 seed and rattling off four wins in as many days to get it done. The Saints, from Loudonville, N.Y., beat Canisius 7-6 in the MAAC title game Saturday after beating them the day before 8-4. The Saints topped third-seeded Rider and second-seeded Niagara in the conference tournament. This is the Siena's first-ever NCAA tournament berth.

• View the full NCAA softball tournament field

The Longhorns lead Division I teams with a .383 batting average and are second to Oklahoma with a .461 on-base percentage. They score 8.26 runs per game, second to Miami (OH). Siena hits .270 as a team and scores 4.48 runs per game.

Sophomore catcher Reese Atwood leads Division I with 86 RBIs and is No. 5 with 22 home runs to earn Big 12 player of the year honors. Both are program records. Ashton Maloney is No. 12 with a .437 batting average.

"Now the season really starts," White said. "We have to be prepared for these three teams coming in here, and everyone has a good pitcher up their sleeve."

If the Longhorns win the regional, they'll stay at home for the super regional round and play the winner of the College Station regional. That's right, the committee gave Texas A&M (40-13) the No. 16 seed and they'll take on Albany in their first game. Texas State, winners of the Sun Belt Conference tournament, was the last team announced on ESPN's selection show, and they'll head to College Station to take on Penn State. The Bobcats beat Louisiana, the No. 13 overall seed in the national tournament, 9-5 to claim the conference tournament title.

NCAA softball tournament seeds

• 1. Texas, 47-7
• 2. Oklahoma, 49-6
• 3. Tennessee, 40-10
• 4. Florida, 46-12
• 5. Oklahoma State, 44-10
• 6. UCLA, 37-10
• 7. Missouri, 43-15
• 8. Stanford, 43-13
  • Top 8 seeds will host super regional round if they win regional tournament
• 9. LSU, 40-15
• 10. Duke, 47-6
• 11. Georgia, 39-16
• 12. Arkansas, 36-16
• 13. Louisiana, 42-17
• 14. Alabama, 33-17
• 15. Florida State, 43-14
• 16. Texas A&M, 40-13
  • Top 16 seeds host regional tournaments

It's the fifth consecutive series win for the Longhorns who won the opening game Friday 6-3 then dropped Saturday's game 5-4. Sunday's win keeps Texas tied with West Virginia for third in the conference with a 17-10 record. The Longhorns are 32-20 overall heading into the final Big 12 series of the season against Kansas.

"Our kids showed that resiliency again," Longhorns head coach David Pierce said. "We didn't play well enough to win Saturday, but we found a way to win a series on the road."

Jared Thomas smacked four hits and drove in two runs to lead the way offensively for Texas, who outhit the Knights 12-9. Rylan Galvan went 2 for 5 with a home run and a double while Thomas, Jalin Flores and Will Gasparino hit doubles for Texas.

Texas led 5-0 going into the bottom of the fifth until the Knights tied the game with five runs in the frame. The Longhorns answered in the sixth, however, scoring three runs to regain the lead. Flores hit a sacrifice fly to deep center field and Peyton Powell hit a 2-run single.

Pierce said his team's ability to respond like that after squandering a big lead was the key to the game.

"You know it's not going to be a cakewalk, easy on a Sunday on the road," he said. "(UCF) is a really good team and they've played well against good teams. This was a good weekend for us."

Galvan's homer came in the 3-run second inning for Texas. He drilled the first pitch he saw over the left-center field wall after Porter Brown reached on a single.

The Longhorns could have done more damage but left nine runners on base and hit .263 (5 for 19) with runners in scoring position.

Charlie Hurley picked up the pitching win with two innings of relief while Gage Boehm picked up his seventh save of the season. Boehm allowed one hit in 2 2/3 innings to close the game. He's tied for second in the Big 12 with three others with seven saves.

Starting pitcher Lebarron Johnson Jr. allowed four earned runs on three hits with seven strikeouts and four walks in four innings. Texas relievers combined to issue one walk for the rest of the game.

The Longhorns and Jayhawks begin their series at 6:30 p.m. Thursday from UFCU Disch-Falk Field.

The Manor Police Department said the assaults and alleged firearm discharge happened Saturday at the Manor New Tech High School football stadium.

Police said a dispute happened during the last moments of a game between two adult teams from Killeen and Round Rock.

Manor police said there were minor injuries from the assaults, and no one was taken to a hospital.

The Manor ISD Police Department is investigating with help from the Manor Police Department. Police asked people with information to contact daniel.sanchez@manorisd.net or police@manortx.gov.

“Despite recent social media posts warning tubers about a shark being caught in ‘the Guadalupe River,’ there have been no reports of sharks in the relatively shallow freshwater of the Guadalupe River in New Braunfels,” the city said.

According to a social media post from the city, the Guadalupe River is roughly 230 miles long, stretching from Kerr County to the Gulf of Mexico, with six hydroelectric dams along the river between New Braunfels and the coast.

“Although it is ‘technically’ possible for bull sharks to swim in freshwater, there are very likely no sharks in the rivers in New Braunfels…probably…” the city joked.

“The newest arrivals to the Wildflower Center family are growing up fast! These cute owlets hatched in early April and are now - quite literally - spreading their wings,” the center said in a social media post.

According to the Wildflower Center, owlets typically spend six to seven weeks in their nest before taking their first flight.

“Once they're out, it's time for some serious owl training - hunting lessons and flying practice under the watchful eyes of their wise parents (who are usually stationed nearby),” the center said. “By July or August, these fledglings will be ready to soar into the world on their own, thanks to the guidance of Athena and her teachings.”

The center also has a livestream available at the nesting site, but a disclaimer was included.

“We don’t want to ruffle any feathers! Please be aware that the live feed may occasionally display natural behaviors that some viewers may find unsettling,” the center said. "Viewer discretion is advised."

Clouds will slowly return to the area tomorrow leading to the area's next chance of showers and thunderstorms Thursday. As has been the case for the past few thunderstorm forecasts, there will be a Slight Risk for severe storm. The main threats will come from hail 2+" in diameter, wind gusts exceeding 60 to 70 mph, and an isolated tornado.

A Level 2 of 4 flood threat will be in effect for much of the area (yellow shaded counties) due to brief heavy downpours. However, rain totals at this time are not looking all that impressive.

Some rain and storms may linger into Friday (30%). The weekend is forecast to be bright and hot as highs in many areas reach the low to mid 90s.

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Local group Here for the Dogs organized the protest as a way to advocate for policy changes at the animal shelter, according to the Here for the Dogs website.

Those people said they take offense with Don Bland, the current chief animal services officer at the Austin Animal Center, who they said isn't committed to Austin's no-kill mandate.

David Loignon, who works a number of volunteer groups around Austin, said the city was making good on its commitment before Bland.

"We made a commitment 10 years ago -- more than 10 years ago -- to be no kill, and we've done a very good job up until the point Don Bland got here. And then you can see it fall apart," Loignon said.

Two years ago, Bland received a vote of no confidence from the Austin Animal Commission over concerns about alienating partner organizations and volunteers, compounding the center's overcrowding.

“We know the emotional toll that being involved in animal welfare takes even in the best of times, and we’re so appreciative of our staff, volunteers, and community members for helping us save 97% of the lives that come into our care month after month,” Bland told KXAN in a statement. “Our goal is always to find appropriate placement for as many dogs as possible while balancing intake requests and humane care, and we welcome any assistance in getting these dogs placed.”

Back in January, a resolution discussed by Austin City Council called for changes to the city's requirement that the shelter hold dogs for at least 72 hours in the shelter before releasing them to foster.

The resolution also asked the shelter to define the language "animals" from the city code, which governs the city's "no kill" rate, and change it to "cats and dogs" so the city's reports more accurately reflect pets.

At the time, Bland told KXAN the changes were a start and there's more to come.

The concern follows the April 24 protest hosted by the school's Palestine Solidarity Committee when waves of law enforcement descended on the campus-- resulting in a violent confrontation between officers and demonstrators-- which ended in dozens of arrests.

Ceremonies began Thursday and continued through Saturday evening. Students who graduated Saturday morning could be seen snapping photos with family and friends near the iconic UT tower, the same site where the troubling conflict happened just two weeks ago, sparking debates over free speech and the right to protest on college campuses.

Jessica Joy was among the 10,800 graduates the university honored this week. She said the graduation itself was a memory she'll cherish forever; but she was cautious going into her ceremony.

"I definitely expected there to be some kind of commotion knowing how passionate our student body is and how passionate our class is," Joy said.

Reminders of the April 24 protest were around on the day of UT's main commencement ceremony at Darrell K. Royal Memorial Stadium.

A mobile billboard from UT Alumns for Fairness toted support for UT President Jay Hartzell's response to the protest by calling in DPS troopers, writing "President Hartzell kept our campus safe and open for commencement. Thank you President Hartzell, Congrats to the Class of 2024."

Arturo Flores also graduated Saturday morning and said he was more nervous about walking the stage than about his ceremony being disrupted.

He said his freshman year started during the pandemic, making for an atypical start to his studies. However, the new grad said his college experience ended just as he always hoped it would.

"I've worked so hard for this and now I'm here. So it's just a fun time for me and my family," Flores said.

We asked the university if any special security measures were in place for Saturday's main commencement ceremony.

"While we cannot comment on police tactics, the University routinely has extensive safety and security protocols in place for all large-scale events, including our main graduation ceremony inside Royal-Memorial Stadium. Security protocols for the DKR commencement are unchanged from previous years. We have always had disruption protocol, even if it has not been posted on a commencement webpage," a university spokesperson said in a statement.

During the process, which began in 2022, APD gathered input from "various parts of the City" and from "all levels" of the agency to better establish the core focus of the plan, the release said.

“All the input and feedback we have received has been helpful in fostering continuous improvements, shaping our future accomplishments, celebrate our collective successes and continue to engage our workforce and community to make Austin the safest city in America," said APD Interim Chief Robin Henderson in the release.

The strategic plan includes five "focus areas":

1. Protect Austin
2. Engage our Community
3. Develop our Workforce
4. Foster Leadership Excellence
5. Enhance Organizational Capacity

Henderson said this plan is a way to help shape a brighter future where APD is "more innovative, transparent, community-focused, and highly trained," according to the city.

The full strategic plan can be read below:

A G4 geomagnetic storm watch was issued Thursday ahead of the arrival, which the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration called "very rare."

Many areas were hit with hail and strong winds.

Over in Wimberley, downed tree limbs and branches could be seen throughout the city.

'It's scary'

The Senior Citizens Craft Shop in downtown Wimberley lost power because of the storm.

The shop is a co-op of senior citizens that create a range of hand-crafted goods like clothing, accessories and home decorations.

The shop is typically open seven days a week but had to close because of this.

"It took me 18 phone calls, 18 different electricians between San Marcos and Dripping Springs to find one to be able to come out today," Kimball said. "They're so busy. They've got stuff going on all over."

Jan Stark, a member of the shop, said in her more than 20 years of living in Wimberley, this is the worst storm she's seen.

"First time my husband and I realized that we don't really have a tornado plan," Stark said. "It was an eye opener, for sure."

'Thought he was in a possible tornado'

From downed trees to broken glass, cars were hit hard by hail. One of those cars was a Hays County Sheriff's Office truck.

Hipolito said a deputy got caught in the storm while driving from San Marcos to Wimberley.

"He had to pull over. Essentially like a bomb going off every time it would hit his roof or his hood," Hipolito said. "Glass essentially getting sprayed all over him. He truly thought he was in a possible tornado."

The deputy covered himself with his backpack for protection, according to Hipolito.

Luckily, Hipolito said the deputy was not hurt but he was left shaken up.

"Trucks can be fixed. Our property can be fixed," Hipolito said. "We all have insurance for that particular reason. We're just grateful that he was okay."

Hipolito said the sheriff's office doesn't have an exact count for the number of squad vehicles damaged by the storm.

He said a few were towed to their maintenance yard to be looked at.

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A University of Texas at Austin lecturer was fired days after he was arrested in connection with a pro-Palestine protest on campus. An attorney representing the lecturer told KXAN that a specific reason for his firing was not given.

Richard Douglas Heyman, a liberal arts lecturer, was charged with interference of public duties-- a Class B misdemeanor-- following an incident with law enforcement on April 29 on the UT south lawn. Heyman was arrested on Wednesday, May 8, online court records say.

We have removed the audio to the original video due to the amount of swearing from Heyman (Courtesy DPS)

When KXAN asked about Heyman's termination, UT said it doesn't comment on personnel matters. Heyman's attorney said the lecturer was fired on Thursday.

On April 29, a group of pro-Palestine protesters gathered on the campus' South Mall and set up several tents in the area. The protest was one of several on campus that resulted in a standoff between law enforcement and demonstrators.

According to the affidavit, Heyman went up to Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) troopers who were making a barrier around the encamped protesters on the lawn and yelled "F**k you, you don't belong here." Law enforcement told Heyman to leave the area and he chose to stay, the affidavit states.

Later, the affidavit states Heyman tried to go through a "temporary fence" of bicycles set up by law enforcement to prevent people from getting to the protester encampment. The officer pushed Heyman back.

Heyman then yelled at the officer and raised his water cannister above his head "primed to swing the bottle," the affidavit states.

"Heyman then grabbed my [the officer's] bike by the handle with his left hand and maintained the swinging position with his right hand," the affidavit states.

When Heyman grabbed the bike, he broke the bike bell and "became aggressive toward UT PD officers," the affidavit states.

During a city council meeting Thursday, the project's architect, Randall Scott, provided a 3-D conceptual layout of the new building, which will hold council chambers, a community room, the municipal court, utility billing, the police department and city hall services.

The city said this was an initial concept for the building, and there could be further changes as the project continues.

“The circular plaza seen in the presentation as well as East Second Street improvements will be for a future phase in the project. The 3-D flyover rendering presented illustrated vertical elevations including grounds surrounding the building, giving a bird’s eye view of what the project may look like once it is completed,” the city said in a statement.

Around 3:58 p.m., medics responded to the crash in the 7300 block of U.S. 183 Toll southbound. That's near U.S. Highway 290. The Austin Police Department also responded to the crash.

Police said the unidentified bicyclist was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the vehicle stayed at the scene, wasn't impaired and is cooperating with the investigation.

Police said this incident is being investigated as Austin's 25th fatal crash of 2024, resulting in 25 fatalities. On the date of this crash in 2023, 34 fatal crashes resulted in 34 fatalities.

Anyone with information should call APD's Vehicular Homicide unit at 512-974-8111. You can submit a tip anonymously through the Capital Area Crime Stoppers Program by visiting austincrimestoppers.org or calling 512-472-8477.

Below are photos of the damage the hail caused to her car.

When the hail started getting worse, Walling said she pulled over so the car was partially covered by a tree.

"I thought, I really need to cover myself," she said. "I wrapped up in my yoga mat, put my sunglasses on and rode out the storm."

Hays County Judge Ruben Becerra told KXAN he requested local disaster declaration approval from Gov. Greg Abbott and the Texas Division of Emergency Management.

Johnson City and Blanco County are also considering disaster declarations.