Austin, TX
How to celebrate National Pet Month in Texas
It’s National Pet Month, and there are events going on all over the state to celebrate. Whether you have a pet or you’ve been wanting to adopt, be sure to check out these pet-friendly events in your area, from adoption events to social “yappy” hours. You might even meet your future “furever” best friend!
Austin
Adopt Late Night
Thinking of adopting a pet? Austin Animal Center (AAC) has you covered. From 1 p.m. to 9 p.m., they’re hosting a late night adoption on their lawn at 7201 Levander Loop, Austin, TX 78702 on Friday, May 12. Bonus: it’s free! All adoption fees will be waived and volunteers will be on site to help match you and your ideal pet.
Kitten Yoga
This yoga with baby kittens event is the “purrfect” way to destress after a busy workweek while helping stray animals in Austin. The event will benefit Austin Pets Alive and is scheduled for Saturday, May 13 at 10 a.m. at Inner Diva Studios, 10401 Anderson Mill Rd, Austin, TX, 78750.
Yappy Hour
Hotel Vegas Kennel Club knows how to pawty. They’re bringing back their Yappy Hour at East Austin’s largest dog-friendly patio on Friday, May 12 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. There will be a DJ set, a chance to win prizes and a pop-up with local dog vendors. Proceeds from the event will benefit Austin Pets Alive.
San Antonio
Mother Knows Best Adoption Event
Spay Neuter Inject Protect San Antonio (SNIPSA) is a non-profit animal rescue that offers low-cost spay and neutering services to underserved communities in San Antonio. They’re celebrating dog moms with their Mother Knows Best adoption event on Saturday May 13 in honor of Mother’s Day weekend and National Dog Mom Day. The event will be held at at Ten Thousand Villages, 302 Pearl Pkwy #114, San Antonio, TX 78215 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Puppy Yoga
SNIPSA is keeping the pet events going with their Puppy Noses & Yoga Poses puppy yoga event Thursday, May 18 at 6:30 p.m. at Confluence Park. Find your zen while helping out a dog-friendly organization.
Free Nail Trims
It’s Toenail Tuesday at Bulverde’s Bird Dog & Cat Fish Pet Shop next Tuesday, May 16. If you’re located outside of San Antonio or you can make the drive out of the city, treat your pet to a fresh nail trim free of charge from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. — they will thank you for it!
Dallas-Fort Worth
Pet Vaccine Clinic
Give your pet the best gift of all: a long and healthy life, with the Humane Society of North Texas’ (HSNT) low-cost vaccination clinic, going on every Thursday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Vaccines can be quite expensive, luckily HSNT is offering low prices at their Spay and Neuter Clinic. Rabies vaccines are $5, microchips are $15, and there are countless other services offered. Check out the event site for more information. Email clinic@hsnt.org or call 817-332-4768 x 112 to make an appointment.
Cocktails for a Cause
Have a drink while helping the pugs of DFW next week. The Twilite Lounge in Fort Worth is hosting a Cocktails for a Cause benefiting DFW Pug Rescue. The event is located at 212 Lipscomb St, Fort Worth, TX 76104 on Wednesday May 17 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. and features live music from Glenn Williams.
Adoption Event
If you’ve been thinking of adopting a pet, look no further. Dallas Dog is partnering with Hollywood Feed to put on a pet adoption event this Saturday, May 13 from 3:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. The event will take place at Hollywood Feed Cedar Springs, 3425 Knight St, Dallas, TX, 75219. Check out their website for more information.
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Austin, TX
Ewers throws 3 TD passes to help No. 4 Texas roll over Colorado State 52-0 in opener
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Quinn Ewers passed for 260 yards and three touchdowns and No. 4 Texas rolled past Colorado State 52-0 on Saturday in the opener for both teams.
Ewers connected with Matthew Golden for a pair of touchdowns in the second quarter, and had another strike to Isaiah Bond as the Longhorns built a 31-0 lead by halftime.
A big question for Texas heading into this season was just how quickly Ewers and Texas would find their rhythm in a passing attack that lost the top five receivers from the 2023 Big 12 championship team. Texas joined the Southeastern Conference this year.
Golden transferred from Houston and Bond from Alabama, and Ewers and his rebuilt receiving corps easily carved up the Rams. After a slow start that included a stalled drive and an interception on Texas’ first three possessions, Texas scored 24 points in the second quarter.
Ewers spread passes around 10 different receiving and had 248 yards passing by halftime. He completed 20 of 27 passes before leaving the game for Arch Manning midway through the third quarter.
Manning’s first drive started with a 40-yard pass to Johntay Cook II. It ended with Manning’s first career TD pass, a scrambling 5-yard toss to Silas Bolden, another transfer from Oregon State, that made it 45-0.
The takeaway
Colorado State: The Rams have an elite receiver in Tory Horton, but he shut down by a smothering Texas defense. Horton had five catches for 31 yards and the only deep ball thrown his way was intercepted. Colorado State did not cross the Texas 49 until the final two minutes.
Texas: Coming off last season’s appearance in the College Football Playoff, Texas has its highest season-opening ranking since 2010 and Saturday was a breeze against the overmatched Rams. The lofty ranking and expectations will be put to the test next week at No. 9 Michigan, and later when the Longhorns eventually start their first Southeastern Conference schedule against Mississippi State on Sept. 28.
Up next
Colorado State: Hosts Northern Colorado on Sept. 7
Texas: At No. 9 Michigan on Sept. 7 in the first matchup between the two historic powerhouse programs since the 2004 Rose Bowl.
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Austin, TX
Residents in Austin neighborhood concerned about crime as police department struggles with understaffing
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Understaffing in the Austin Police Department in Texas has left residents concerned about crime in the city.
Residents in the Montopolis neighborhood in Austin’s southeast told KVUE-TV crime in their area is getting worse.
Delwin Goss told the station he woke up to gunshots in the neighborhood overnight Thursday, which he said has become shockingly common.
“It’s making the hair on my arms stand up. To hear eight, nine, 10 shots. Just bam, bam, bam. Where are those bullets going?” he said.
ALL CRIMINAL TRESPASSING CHARGES DROPPED AGAINST ANTI-ISRAEL UT AUSTIN PROTESTERS
Residents in the Montopolis neighborhood in Austin’s southeast are concerned crime in their area is getting worse. (Jordan Vonderhaar/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
He said his neighbor told him she hears gunshots from her home between two to three times a week.
“I don’t want to be shot sleeping in my bed,” he added.
And although Austin Police told him when he called they were already investigating, he blames the department’s understaffing problem.
Austin Police Association President Mike Bullock addressed the officer shortage Thursday, writing on X, “500 officers short has a real impact on businesses and Austinites who expect to be able to safely run a business and live in Austin. We’re so close to having a contract that can make significant progress towards ending the staffing crisis. Question now is if the city will actually prioritize making it happen.”
AUSTIN POLICE ARREST 6 PEOPLE AFTER ‘UNUSUALLY DEADLY’ SURGE OF OPIOID OVERDOSES
Austin City Council Member Mackenzie Kelly addressed the police understaffing problem this week while speaking on the Austin Police Association’s podcast, attributing it to funding cuts in 2020.
“Our staffing currently at the police department is a direct result of the failed policy that was passed in 2020 to remove funding for the police department,” she told Bullock.
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The Austin Police Department has faced a shortage of officers since being defunded in 2020. (Dave Creaney/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
“We want a fully staffed department that takes care of our city employees that are loving the work that they do cause then they’re going to do a better job of taking care of the community.”
Kelly told KVUE that council members are working to get more officers on the job so residents can feel safe in their neighborhoods.
“He feels as if his part of the district, part of town, is neglected, and I firmly believe that everyone, despite what district they are in, deserves the opportunity to feel safe in their own homes,” Kelly told the station.
While the city has brought down the homicide rate since a record of 89 in 2021, it still remains high.
“I think the bottom line is that, over the last three years, we’ve seen the highest homicide rates we have seen ever in the city,” Bullock told FOX 7 earlier this year. “So, either way, no matter which way we look at it, we’re not on a good trend. We’re headed in the wrong direction.”
The city reported 71 homicides in 2022, 73 in 2023 and 42 this year as of Monday, according to KXAN-TV.
In February, the department said the city was experiencing roughly one murder a week, FOX 7 reported.
Austin’s 89 murders in 2021 came after the Austin City Council defunded the police in 2020, which caused massive staffing shortages that prevented police from responding to non-emergency calls. The previous record was 59 in 1984, long before Austin standardized its ambulance services and had the two level one trauma centers it has now.
“I’ve watched it for the last five, six, seven years, and it just gets a little worse,” Goss said. “I see more open drug use in this neighborhood, more drug dealing.
“They’re not out here protecting me or my 85-year-old heart transplant neighbor or the widow that’s in her 70s next door,” he added.
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Austin, TX
Texas high school football scores: Austin-area UIL live updates from Week 1
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Finally, it’s Week 1 of the Texas high school football season. Things kicked off around Central Texas with a pair of thrillers in the Austin area — Anderson’s 57-40 win over McCallum in the Taco Shack Bowl and Weiss’ 42-41 double-overtime win over McNeil. But tonight is the first Friday night of the season and there’s a full slate of games.
Follow this thread tonight for updates across Central Texas:
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Thrall 29, Thorndale 22
Lake Travis 17, Arlington Martin 10
Georgetown 47, Victoria East 0
Cedar Park 17, Harker Heights 7
Vandegrift 31, Dripping Springs 7
Glenn 7, Medina Valley 0
Rouse 36, Connally 3
Pflugerville 33, Leander 14
Hondo 29, Blanco 14
Lago Vista 14, Burnet 12
Victoria West 14, Lockhart 0
Johnson City 14, Granger 14
Round Rock Concordia 24, Leander Founders Classical 22
… and some 2nd quarter scores:
Cibolo Steele 35, Liberty Hill 14
Giddings 14, Jarrell 0
Marble Falls 29 Crockett 0
Travis 7, Akins 0
∙ Georgetown’s Jett Walker scored from 47 yards out to increase the Eagles’ lead over Victoria East to 47-0. Georgetown has scored on all seven possessions. Walker has rushed for 102 yards in the opening half on just seven carries.
∙ New Braunfels Canyon and Austin High are level at 14-14.
∙ They have reached the half at Vandegrift, as the Vipers hold a 24-point edge over Dripping Springs 31-7.
∙ Cedar Park leads Harker Heights 14-7 in the first.
From Jay Plotkin, who’s covering the Lake Travis-Arlington Martin game tonight. First-half update:
Walker Moore’s interception late in the second quarter kept the Cavs leading Martin at the half. Moore’s interception of Brooks Brigance and 80-yard return set up a short Braydon Doane field goal to give the Cavaliers a 17-10 lead. Martin’s Brigance kept the Lake Travis defense on its heels early, but the Cavaliers’ secondary found its footing in the second quarter. After starting out 4-of-5 for 61 yards and a touchdown, Brigance finished the half completing just one of his final six throws for no yards and and interception.
Vann Hopping has rushed for both Lake Travis touchdowns.
∙ Marble Falls has raced out to a 14-0 lead over Crockett in the first.
∙ Regents leads Lorena 9-0 in the second stanza.
∙ Austin High has taken a 14-7 lead over New Braunfels Canyon in the second quarter.
∙ Travis is up 7-0 over Akins in the second.
∙ Lake Travis answers an Arlington Martin touchdown with a touchdown of its own as Vann Hopping ran 19 yards up the middle for his second score of the night as the Cavs lead Martin 14-10.
∙ LBJ now leads San Antonio Houston 27-0 with 2:16 in the first.
∙ Hays leads Elgin 10-0 in the first.
∙ At Vandegrift, the Vipers have expanded their lead over Dripping Springs to 28-7 in the second quarter.
∙ Lago Vista is up 14-6 over Burnet in the first.
More Austin-area updates:
∙ Playing its first game as a Class 4A squad after two years in Class 5A, LBJ leads San Antonio Houston 14-0.
∙ The opening quarter up in Georgetown can’t end soon enough for Victoria East. There’s still 55 seconds to play and the Eagles have expanded their lead to 37 points after Max Muniz’s improbable touchdown catch off teammate Xavier Warren’s back at the goal line. (The Eagles had been called for an illegal formation penalty on their 41-yard field goal try on the previous snap, which forced them to go for it on fourth down.)
∙ Austin High and New Braunfels Canyon are tied 7-7 in the first.
∙ Rouse leads Connally 29-0 in the second quarter, while Glenn is leading Medina Valley 7-0 also in the second.
∙ Rouse has jumped out to a 15-0 second quarter lead over Connally.
∙ Victoria West leads Lockhart 7-0 in the second quarter.
∙ Johnson City leads Granger 7-0 in the first.
∙ In a rivalry game, Thorndale has jumped out to a 15-8 lead over Thrall.
∙ Lago Vista strikes first as the Vikings lead Burnet 7-0 in the first.
∙ Cameron Yoe is up 7-0 over La Grange.
∙ Vandegrift has taken a 14-0 lead over Dripping Springs. That game’s at Vandegrift.
∙ In Arlington, Tristan Naifeh’s 38-yard field goal has pulled Arlington Martin to within 7-3 of Lake Travis toward the end of the opening quarter.
∙ Georgetown is rolling Victoria East 30-10, having forced three turnovers in the first three minutes.
∙ In private schools, New Braunfels Christian leads Austin achieve 7-0 in the opening stanza.
Remember when Georgetown was up 8-0. We’re still not even through the first quarter and the Eagles are up 22-0 over Victoria East. Georgetown has scored three touchdowns, and after the first two touchdowns the Eagles then recovered fumbles on the kickoffs.
How bad of a start is this for Victoria East? There’s 2:12 left in the opening quarter and the Titans have yet to run an offensive play.
Lake Travis punched in its opening possession, a 1-yard TD run by Vann Hopping. Chaston Ditta was 4 of 5 on the drive, completing short passes on the 47-yard drive. With 8:34 left in the 1st quarter, it’s Lake Travis 7, Arlington Martin 0.
Facing a third-and-21 on Georgetown’s own 29-yard line, Xavier Warren electrified the home crowd as he took a pass from Caleb McDougall 71 yards for a touchdown against Victoria East. With 10:56 left in the first quarter, Georgetown is up 8-0.
For the third consecutive season, Lake Travis will be opening the season with Arlington Martin. The Cavaliers will be looking to get their passing attack back on track after struggling throwing the ball last season (or at least struggled by Lake Travis standards).
The Cavs are coming off an 11-3 season in 2023 that included an upset over an undefeated Vandegrift squad in the area round of the Class 6A playoffs before bowing out of the postseason with a 21-14 loss to Westlake in the state quarterfinals. Here’s our preseason team glance, including three big questions the Cavs are facing this season.
Staff-wise, we all picked the Cavs this week.
Where Austin-area/Central Texas teams are ranked in Dave Campbell’s Texas Football Magazine preseason state rankings:
Class 6A: No. 5 Westlake, No. 8 Lake Travis, No. 24 Vandegrift
Class 5A DI: No. 11 Weiss, No. 18 Cedar Park
Class 5A DII: No. 8 Liberty Hill
Class 4A DI: No. 8 LBJ, No. 17 Lampasas
Class 4A DII: No. 5 Wimberley, No. 25 Lago Vista
Class 3A DII: No. 12 Blanco
Class 2A DII: No. 18 Granger
Anderson tops McCallum again: In a game that saw Anderson QB Max Gerlich throw for 7 TDs and run for another, Anderson outlasted McCallum 57-50 in the annual Taco Shack Bowl at House Park. Gerlich threw for 308 yards and added 138 on the ground, including the TD as the Trojans took their third straight Taco Shack win. We were there; here’s Rick Cantu’s game story.
Weiss survives McNeil without Brown: Playing without New Mexico State QB commit Jax Brown, Weiss edged McNeil 42-41 in overtime. Brown was lost for the season after suffering a season-ending injury in last week’s scrimmage against Waco University.
A shutout for the Hawks: Hendrickson posted its first shutout since 2019, as the Hawks clipped Belton 14-0.
Eight in a row: Stony Point opened its season with its eighth consecutive season opening win as the Tigers edged East View 28-22.
Westlake’s opening statement: Westlake, our No. 1-ranked preseason area team, trailed Prosper 14-13 at halftime before reeling off 22 unanswered points in the second half as the Chaps notched their 43rd consecutive regular-season win, 35-14. Here’s our takeaways from the game.
Tonight’s Austin-area high school football schedule
These are all nondistrict matchups tonight.
The best game around tonight: Dripping Springs at Vandegrift, 7 p.m. These are both top-10 area preseason teams heading into the season, and both have hopes and expectations of a district title and playoff run. The Vipers probably have the edge, but this should be a good one.
The second-best matchup: Liberty Hill at Cibolo Steele, 7:30 p.m. Too bad this one’s not at Liberty Hill. Both programs are traditional playoff powers, so this is a great first-week pairing. It’ll give us the first look at the Panthers’ rebuilt running game.
Other games on the schedule. We’ll publish finals as we get them later:
Lake Travis at Arlington Martin, 7
Victoria East at Georgetown, 7
Leander at Pflugerville, 7
Bowie at Manor, 7:30
San Marcos at Hutto, 7
New Braunfels Canyon at Austin High, 7:30
Killeen Shoemaker at Round Rock, 7:30
Waco Midway at Westwood, 7
Hays at Elgin, 7:30
Killeen Chaparral at Lehman, 7:30
Lockhart at Victoria West, 7
Vista Ridge at Killeen, 7
Johnson at Cedar Ridge, 7:30
Travis at Akins, 7:30
LBJ at San Antonio Houston, 7
Bastrop at Alvin, 7
Connally at Rouse, 7
Crockett at Marble Falls, 7:30
Navarro at Eastside, 7:30
Northeast at St. Andrew’s, 7:30
LASA at Manor New Tech, 7:30
Cedar Creek at Del Valle, 7:30
Cedar Park at Harker Heights, 7:30
Glenn at Medina Valley, 7
Gatesville at Taylor, 7:30
Canyon Lake at Wimberley, 7:30
Giddings at Jarrell, 7:30
Smithville at Rockdale, 7:30
Llano at Lytle, 7
Fredericksburg at Lampasas, 7:30
Troy at Salado, 7:30
Thorndale at Thrall, 7
Nixon-Smiley at Luling, 7:30
Florence at Rosebud-Lott, 7:30
Central Texas scores from Thursday night
Westlake 35, Prosper 14
Anderson 57, McCallum 40
Weiss 42, McNeil 41 (2 OT)
Stony Point 28, East View 22
Hendrickson 14, Belton 0
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