Central Texas top stories for October 20, 2025. Today is the first day of early voting in the November 4th election. This year, ballots in Texas will also have 17 proposed amendments to the Texas constitution. Organizers of Austin’s local “No Kings Day” event estimated that some 20 thousand people came out to protest this weekend. Gov. Greg Abbott confirmed that a UT professor was dismissed from his administrative duties due to “ideological differences.” The U-S Grand Prix will continue in Austin through at least 2034. Today could be one of the busiest days at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. The Longhorns beat Kentucky 16 to 13 on Saturday.
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KUT Morning Newscast for October 17, 2025: Austin-Bergstrom International Airport is preparing for one of its busiest weekends this year
Central Texas top stories for October 17, 2025. With the U.S. Grand Prix happening in Austin this weekend, ABIA officials are expecting one of its busiest weekends in the year. The Texas football team is gearing up to play against Kentucky tomorrow. Art From the Streets, an organization that provides spaces and supplies for people experiencing homelessness to make art, is preparing for their annual sale.
S.G. Goodman: “I’m In Love” [Live In Studio 1A]
Beyond being a musician, S.G. Goodman is an educator. Truly, how many of us knew about the old Appalachian tradition of planting by the moon? Using moon phases and their gravitational pull to determine what crops to plant when (beans, peas, and eggplant during the second quarter, if you were wondering).
But the moon’s power has also been tied to births and “otherwise unexplainable circumstances and actions.” Even more fitting that the Kentucky-born country-flecked indie rocker has tied this all together in her new album Planting By the Signs. An album about love, loss, reconciliation, and all of the inner turmoil that sometimes spills out into the real world in between, S.G. Goodman continues to wax poetic, and with this crop of songs getting praise from NPR, Pitchfork, and the New York Times, it’s clear the soil of her songwriting is nutrient-dense, and we’ve only begun to till it.
Goodman stopped by Studio 1A last week to perform songs from Planting By the Signs.