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All Hogs: ‘Petrino must be licking his chops’ over facing Texas
The Southwest Conference’s longtime rivalry between the Texas Longhorns and Arkansas Razorbacks resumes in the Southeastern Conference in 2024. One Arkansas writer is confident in the Razorbacks exploiting the Longhorns’ secondary. All Hogs’ Kent Smith shared the following thoughts on new Arkansas offensive coordinator Bobby Petrino attacking the Texas secondary he saw in the Orange-White game. “Despite the vanilla nature of what the starters are being asked to do, (Bobby) Petrino must be licking his chops because there are weaknesses all over the secondary that can be exploited no matter what Texas does to try to cover it up.” It’s worth noting how...
In Montopolis, a constant battle to preserve Austin's historic Mexican cemeteries
For more than two decades, Juan Rodriguez, 80, has regularly stopped at Montopolis’ San Jose I Cemetery by himself. He's replaced the lettering at the historic Mexican cemetery’s gate and trimmed his grandparents' and siblings' gravesites. Most recently, in October, he repaired the gateway's wooden Jesus figure after it tumbled off and split into pieces. He glued the chest and the arms together, repainting them. He carved Jesus a new hand that resembled a dog’s paw and...
Austin, Texas, is looking to ban building windowless bedrooms
Have you ever lived in a bedroom without a window? They're not rare, especially in student housing, including in Austin, Texas, where developers have built thousands of them. But as Audrey McGlinchy with member station KUT reports, Austin is now taking aim at bedrooms without windows. AUDREY MCGLINCHY, BYLINE: Juan...
Ernest Cline Discusses New Novel, “Bridge To Bat City”
Ernest Cline, the author of popular novels such as “Ready Player One” has recently released “Bridge To Bat City,” a mostly-true tale based in Austin for children and young adults. He joined us today to tell us more!. “Bridge To Bat City” is available wherever you...
Neighbor calls for stronger regulations after 18-wheeler batters cars, charged with DWI
AUSTIN, Texas — A downtown Austin resident caught the moment a semi-truck driver barreled into parked cars on her street during an alleged DWI incident. Alexis Whitfield says what started as a quiet Sunday night quickly took a turn. “It sounded like the trash truck was coming through," Whitfield...
Foxtrot announces closures of all locations
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin is losing all four of its Foxtrot cafes as the Chicago-based company announced Tuesday it’s shutting down operations. Foxtrot is a cafe/marketplace plus coffee shop concept that had 33 locations in the Austin, Dallas, Chicago and Washington D.C. areas. It recently merged with Dom’s Kitchen & Market, also Chicago-based, which will be closing its two locations as well.
A Fun Tongue-in-Cheek Restaurant Explores What American Chinese Cuisine Really Means in Austin
Nadia Chaudhury is the editor of Eater Austin covering food and pop culture, as well as a photographer, writer, and frequent panel moderator and podcast guest. A new casual American Chinese restaurant is opening in an also-new neighborhood bar from the team behind beloved dives like Barfly, Bender Bar, and Violet Crown. Restaurant Yellow Ranger and bar the Golden Horn can be found underneath Barfly’s at 5420 Airport Boulevard in North Loop starting on Thursday, April 25.
Pedestrian dead after being hit by vehicle in SW Austin
AUSTIN, Texas — A pedestrian was pronounced deceased after being hit by a vehicle in southwest Austin Wednesday morning. Austin-Travis County EMS responded to the scene near the intersection of Westlake Drive and Trailview Mesa Drive at 11:44 a.m. The incident reportedly involved “heavy equipment.” CBS Austin has reached...
Rosie Does Improv With Hideout Theatre
The Hideout Theatre is a local spot that hosts improv shows, classes and much more. They have a great show running right now, and Andy Crouch & Courtney Hopkin joined to tell us more. The Big Bash is the Hideout Theatre’s comedy show which happens every Friday at 8pm and...
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