Central Texas top stories for December 20, 2024. Hearing goes on at Texas Capitol without Death Row inmate called to testify. Austin opening cold weather shelters tonight. Busy but cheery day at Austin airport. Preventing the spread of bird flu. Austin home prices plateau. Texas football in playoff game Saturday. Austin-area high school football team in state championship games Saturday.
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KUT Afternoon Newscast for November 22, 2024
Central Texas top stories for November 22, 2024. UT Austin estimates 3000 more students eligible for free tuition under increased max family income. Another Austin-area school district looking at opening enrollment to outsiders. Austin adopts new historic preservation plan. Time running out to weigh in on plan to convert Congress Ave to pedestrian mall. Texas football team heading into last home game of regular season.
KUT Afternoon Newscast for November 15, 2024
Central Texas top stories for November 15, 2024. Austin mayoral contender not ready to concede. Reported child measles case in Pflugerville was false alarm. CapMetro faces another setback in effort to go all-electric. Texas football on the road to face the Razorbacks.
KUT Afternoon Newscast for October 11, 2024
Central Texas top stories for October 11, 2024. Austin looks to buy building for new HQ for Police, Fire, EMS. Standing only option at most CapMetro stops. Hot and dusty for ACL weekend two. Dealing with ACL traffic. Festival as classroom for some ACC students. Texas vs Oklahoma in Dallas Saturday.
KUT Morning Newscast for September 3, 2024
Central Texas top stories for September 3, 2024. A new court handling lawsuits against the state is officially open. In 2016, Austin voters approved a bond package aimed at improving safety at busy intersections, hear about those projects. Dockless e-scooters have been around Austin since 2018, but a new audit finds the city is flying blind when it comes to crash data. The Capital Area Rural Transportation System, or CARTS, is expanding its on-demand ride-share service to Elgin and La Grange starting today. The Black Men’s Health Clinic in Austin will host a program for men to learn about breast cancer.
KUT Afternoon Newscast for November 20, 2023
Central Texas top stories for November 20, 2023. Travis Co property tax bills online tomorrow. State Board of Education votes to approve new science textbooks. UT System Regents implement new laws restricting DEI initiatives. Texas football heads to last road game of regular season.
KUT Afternoon Newscast for November 17, 2023
Central Texas top stories for November 17, 2023. Travis Co property tax bills online tomorrow. NOAA tracking increasingly severe and increasingly frequent severe weather. State Board of Education votes to approve new science textbooks. UT System Regents implement new laws restricting DEI initiatives. Texas football heads to last road game of regular season.
KUT Afternoon Newscast for November 3, 2023
Central Texas top stories for November 3, 2023. Austin Public Health creating volunteer service corps for emergencies. San Marcos city council decide between competing downtown master plans. Lyft invites women and nonbinary riders to request women and nonbinary drivers. Texas and Kansas State to fight for better shot and Big 12 championship game. Goalball tournament at Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired. Trail of Lights vs star gazing. Sunrises and sunsets get earlier starting this weekend.
KUT Afternoon Newscast for October 6, 2023
Central Texas top stories for October 6, 2023. The weekend weather we’ve been waiting for. Building drainage tunnels for I-35 overhaul will be a noisy process. Lake levels remain low after recent rains. Gas prices dropping faster. New details about AISD special ed monitors. Texas OU showdown.
KUT Afternoon Newscast for October 2, 2023
Central Texas top stories for October 2, 2023. Rain, cooler-than-normal weather expected later this week. Century-old diseased tree at Barton Springs Pool to be removed this week. Special session focused on “education” expected this month. Austin looking to close gaps in Shoal Creek Trail. Gas prices getting lower. Texas faces OU this weekend in Dallas.
KUT Afternoon Newscast for September 29, 2023
Central Texas top stories for September 29, 2023. Travis Co resident dies from West Nile virus. Austin subsidized housing renters face increases. Austin Energy behind its own schedule for tree trimming, risking power outages. Drought closes Lake Walter E. Long to boating. Childcare facilities lose additional funding starting this weekend. Many Austin pools closing for season. Austin Parks Foundation increases funding for shade structures. 3rd-ranked Texas faces 24th-ranked Kansas.
KUT Afternoon Newscast for September 25, 2023
Central Texas top stories for September 25, 2023. Severe weather possible again tonight in Central Texas. One man’s account of getting caught in the storm. How last night’s hail stones got that big. Filing an insurance claim for hail or wind damage. Austin Energy itself got hit. Austin council member takes 60-day medical leave. Aqua Texas protest. Zilker area closures ahead of ACL Fest. Texas football to face tougher opponent.
KUT Afternoon Newscast for September 22, 2023
Central Texas top stories for September 22, 2023. Summery start to fall this weekend in Central Texas. Another hot night under Friday night lights. AISD off Monday for Yom Kippur. City looking again at ways to develop affordable housing downtown. Indicted APD officers get trial dates. Problems persist with Medicaid disenrollments. Texas starts last round of Big 12 play tomorrow in Waco.
KUT Afternoon Newscast for September 18, 2023
Central Texas top stories for September 18, 2023. After summer bump, Austin COVID numbers trending down. Paid parking coming to SoCo. Bluff Springs Road to get safety improvements. UT Austin moves up in US News rankings. Musicians, venues gearing up for HAAM Day tomorrow. Austin FC striving to stay in playoff picture. Longhorns ranked 3rd heading into conference play against Baylor.
KUT Afternoon Newscast for September 15, 2023
Central Texas top stories for September 15, 2023. Texas state senators deliberating in Paxton impeachment trial. Rain lifts spirits and brings out the bugs. Austinites rally to save Peter Pan Mini Golf. Flying out of Austin getting more pricey. Austin looking for warehouse for reusable furniture. Texas to face Wyoming at DKR.
KUT Afternoon Newscast for September 12, 2023
Central Texas top stories for September 12, 2023. Texas Education Agency delays new campus accountability ratings. Austin-Travis Co EMS new contract could help retain employees. Arborist stands by recommendation to remove diseased tree at Barton Springs Pool. Local blood donors needed. Texas–Alabama game among most watched on ESPN in years.
KUT Afternoon Newscast for September 11, 2023
Central Texas top stories for September 11, 2023. Triple-digit highs may be at an end. Flo the tree gets a reprieve. Heat and drought have led to fish kills in Central Texas. After upset win over Alabama, Texas turns attention to Wyoming Cowboys. Remembering Charlie Robison.
KUT Afternoon Newscast for September 8, 2023
Central Texas top stories for September 8, 2023. Another Heat Warning ahead of a change in the weather. Area school districts looking to build housing for teachers, staff. Iconic tree at Barton Springs Pool cannot be saved. Oak Hill freeway not yet halfway done. Central Texans mark 22 years since September 11th attacks. Texas faces Alabama one year after one-point loss.
KUT Afternoon Newscast for August 28, 2023
Central Texas top stories for August 28, 2023. Court weighs Texas school library law ahead of implementation this week. Judge considers suit against Austin affordable housing program. CapMetro eliminating routes suspended during pandemic. Protected crossing coming to I-35 and 4th St. Longhorns start football season at home this week. Austin FC hope for tie between Dallas and Houston.
KUT Afternoon Newscast for November 28, 2022
Central Texas top stories for November 28, 2022. Austin Energy rates. I-35 among most congested. Bars getting anti-overdose drug. Excess November rain needed. Winter prep supplies. Longhorns post-season.