Texas high school football scores for Thursday, August 31
Weiss, ranked No. 21 in the Dave Campbell's Texas Football/Associated Press Class 6A rankings, built a 44-7 halftime lead to cruise past LBJ 44-19 and Westwood topped Austin High 49-14.
Weiss, ranked No. 21 in the Dave Campbell's Texas Football/Associated Press Class 6A rankings, built a 44-7 halftime lead to cruise past LBJ 44-19 and Westwood topped Austin High 49-14.
Austin Independent School District officials project they will need more than 100 officers to comply with a new state law requiring armed officers on every campus.
On Thursday, Texas Congressman Greg Casar (D-Texas), announced he was actively drafting federal legislation to require Texas's electrical grid, which is operated by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), to connect to the national grids, according to a news release from Casar's office.
Two people died and one person was injured after a shooting Thursday at a business in The Arboretum in northwest Austin.
Weiss went from unranked to No. 21 in the Dave Campbell's Texas Football/Associated Press rankings with its 37-7 win over Round Rock to open the season. Junior wide receiver Adrian Wilson, who has verbally committed to the Oregon Ducks, hauled in six passes for 132 yards and two touchdowns to help lead the Wolves to the win. Quarterback Jax Brown tossed four touchdowns, completing 17 of 22 passes for 262 yards. Running back Nick Johnson had 112 rushing yards on 13 carries in the dominant victory.
According to state law, the district was supposed to complete the evaluation no more than 45 school days later. Instead, Aaliah’s student records show, that the district did not evaluate the student until more than a year later.
City Council Member Mackenzie Kelly is asking the City of Austin to do a full audit of its homelessness response, according to a memo. The request comes one day after the announcement that Austin's homeless strategy officer is resigning.
A multi-million-dollar expansion project is coming to H-E-B’s Bastrop store, according to the Bastrop Economic Development Corporation.
For years, hot summers in Central Texas have been judged by comparison to 2011, Austin's hottest summer on record. But as meteorological summer ends at 11:59 p.m. Aug. 31, it turns out this summer was even hotter in some parts of town.
For years, hot summers in Central Texas have been judged by comparison to 2011, Austin's hottest summer on record. But as meteorological summer ends at 11:59 p.m. Aug. 31, it turns out this summer was even hotter in some parts of town.
The Texas A&M Forest Service will be offering grants to aid Texas landowners looking to offset any costs related to prescribed fires, per a Thursday release.