A woman was sexually assaulted on Saturday after leaving a Hyde Park Walgreens; police searching for the suspect. Multi-vehicle wreck this morning on Bee Caves at Barton Creek results in one death. Cesar Chavez St. set to turn two-way on Monday, August 11. Fickle Edouard floods areas of Southeast Texas, only sends some light showers our way. Girl, you know it's true: Jammin' 105.9 is now up for sale....

Edouard wimps out after hitting the coast, but should still help our rain chances. Rep. Michael McCaul is facing a closer re-election race than he would like. Sen. "Big Bad" John Cornyn wants soldiers' votes counted. Bank of America at Anderson Lane and Shoal Creek robbed this afternoon. One of the founders of Austin Community Gardens has died....

Electric Reliability Council of Texas and PUC ask you to reduce your energy usage tomorrow between the peak hours of 3pm and 7pm. Rep. Michael McCaul making campaign stops at local gas stations today. Gov. Perry issued a disaster declaration this afternoon before Edouard hits tomorrow. Kingsland resident will be charged with aggravated assault after firing his gun at suspected burglars. Multiple businesses in North Lamar strip mall affected by overnight fire....

Bush declares area of Texas hit by Dolly to be a major disaster. University Towers evacuated last night after someone burned popcorn. US Army Chief of Staff Gen. George Casey makes a stop at Fort Hood. 51st District Judge Barbara Walther splits up the FLDS child-custody cases 119 ways, grouped by mother. Work on Cesar Chavez is two months behind schedule because of pipe installation....

Bears eat workers at remote Russian mine. Moon-walker claims alien contact cover-up. Enquiring minds want to catch John Edwards and his secret love child. Judge champions Max Mosley's right to hold S&M orgies. Amy Winehouse is doing great. Rep. Kucinich gets his day to air impeachment article. Here is your weather for the weekend.......

KEYE's team becomes the news when they are injured in their coverage of Dolly at South Padre. Tornado hits the south side of San Antonio. George P. Bush, presidential nephew, is moving his business to Austin. Whoop? Oakwood Cemetary vandalized; at least 20 headstones (some as old as 150 years) broken. Baylor's Board of Regents fires current university President Lilley....

City Manager Ott presented his proposed 2009 budget to the city today. Expect higher garbage and water rates, as well as rotating library branch closures. Public library usage up this summer. O ho, the Wells Fargo Tower has been sold. It looks like the Rio Grande levees will hold up after South Texas received a battering from Dolly....

Satellite Image/The Weather Channel Hurricane Dolly, classified as Category 2 this morning, is hitting the lower Texas coast, with the eye seemingly headed for Harlingen. Earlier this afternoon, Gov. Perry asked for a presidential disaster declaration which would aid recovery efforts after the storm is done slamming the border area. The latest news has Dolly weakening back to category 1 status.......

Satellite Image/The Weather ChannelWith maximum sustained winds around 70 mph and growing, Tropical Storm Dolly is on a direct path towards the southern tip of the Texas Gulf Coast, and expected to make landfall by tomorrow. The hardest hit region will likely be Brownsville, near South Padre Island. Cities along the coast now have tropical storm warnings in effect, and the Texas National Guard has been mobilized to assist with emergency efforts. Evacuation orders most......

Image from The Weather Channel All eyes are on Dolly as the feisty tropical storm makes its way past the Gulf of Mexico this week. The Weather Channel suggests that atmospheric conditions are optimal for this storm to intensify to hurricane status by tomorrow, and while she's expected to make landfall by mid-week, it's still anyone's guess where she'll eventually end up. A hurricane watch is now in effect from Brownsville up to Port O'Connor.......

Holy $155 million, Batman! Obama kicks it with Karzai. Speaking of Obama, Maliki likes how he thinks. Treasury Secretary: "Hold on bitches, it's gonna get worse!" US and Iran: The new Paris and Nicole? Probably not. But they are talking. Dolly. Now more than just a cloned sheep or kick-ass country idol. It's hot. Surprise. ...

A fire this morning at the San Marcos Municipal Airport leaves one person with minor burns. June 2008: the hottest June on record for Austin. Shady Hollow Homeowner's Association might allow T-Mobile to build a 12-story tower in their neighborhood. Pastor from Houston's Windsor Village United Methodist Church - the same one who officiated Jenna's wedding and who introduced Dubya at the 2000 Republican convention - launches the James Dobson Does Not Speak For Me site in response to anti-Obama statements by Mr. Dobson. Kay Bailey Hutchison comes in first as Texas' favorite politician in a recent poll, beating out Gov. Perry....

The U.S. Drought Monitor's map for the past week shows Travis County split between severe and extreme drought. Only about 18 counties in the northeastern part of the state seem unaffected by any form of drought. And the summer's just getting started! [U.S. Drought Monitor]......

The Colbert Report it ain't. FOX News jokes about assassinating Obama. Hill still all, "Oops my bad." Tornadoes seriously screwing up holiday weekend in central states. The Phoenix has landed. Anti-gay website decides gay marriage and Nazi sympathizing not totally the same thing. Shoe found near Lake Travis with "possible human remains inside." Hungry famous people Lance Armstrong and Kate Hudson spotted together at the Hula Hut with kids in tow.......

Texas Insurance Council estimates Wednesday night's storms caused $25 million worth of damage. During the storm, someone broke into a South Austin public storage facility. Job growth for our area lower than it was last year. Texas Border Coalition suing to stop construction of Bush's border fence....

The storm hit the Capitol last night, breaking windows and throwing down trees on the grounds. Was your property damaged by the storms last night? Kerouac's scroll manuscript of On the Road on display the the Ransom Center until June 1. Another Austin-area teacher in trouble for having improper relations with a student. California's supreme court says a state gay marriage ban is unconstitutional; Sen. Cornyn now set to work on a national ban. ...

A ferocious thunderstorm ripped through Central Texas last night, dropping large chunks of hail, smashing up trees, and leaving thousands of Austinites without power. Near Zilker Park, the power seemed to go out even before the storm hit. Golf ball-sized hail left many of the cars on Kinney Avenue dented, though the damage wasn't as bad as in parts of town further north. A family in Clarksville found a tree resting on top of their car, but seemed to take it in good spirits. ...

Earthquake in China is thought to have killed thousands of people in a county of the Sichuan province. Scientists say that atmospheric CO2 levels are at record highs. After a weekend of tornadoes through the midwest, this year could have the highest number of twisters since the '50s. ...

Tornadoes hit Virginia. Will Ashley Dupre be the one to finally bring "Girls Gone Wild" down? Only click on this link if you can stand really sick-o crime stories. A dolphin died after a collision with another dolphin at Sea World over the weekend. Supposedly, the new Grand Theft Auto is really, really good. Sex tape of Jimi Hendrix now for sale.......

McCallum High School student arrested after bringing gun and knives on campus. 18-wheeler drove into San Marcos River from IH35 this morning. Another reason not to live in Dallas: Dubya and Laura are moving back there. Schleicher County Sheriff tells why he didn't raid the FLDS compound earlier than last week. Storms (including some tornadoes) tear through West Texas, Arkansas and Oklahoma....

Shawn Shillington/FlickrA so-called "supercell" thunderstorm raged across North Texas this morning, dropping softball-sized hail in areas as close as Denton. Parts of North and Central Austin were ravaged by slightly smaller, but nevertheless damaging, balls of ice, leaving some cars badly dented. Austin360's Matthew Odam has posted a bunch of photos: And now for something completely different. Around 8 a.m. I was awakened by the sound of objects pelting my house. I figured it was......

145 pounds of marijuana found in truck bed after driver was pulled over on 183 near Lake Creek Parkway. Williamson County woman sentenced to 35 years in jail for her "serial" drug dealing. Austin couple donates $55 million to the music school at UT. Almost all flights cancelled at Dallas Love and DFW today because of the weather. And it wasn't much better for travelers at the Houston airport....

The amount of rainfall recorded today (at ABIA) is more than we received all last month. Pilot missing on his way home to Lockhart; he was last heard from yesterday afternoon in Giddings. Only about 71% of Texans who voted for Obama filled out the rest of the primary ballot. UT's Rick Barnes named Coach of the Year in the Big 12. Spammers may annoy you, but they won't kill you. Galveston-area district attorney's office says man had sex with his wife in an interrogation room days after he was accused of putting their baby in a microwave. ...

It's supposed to freeze tonight . . . but isn't it March? Villa Muse may not set shop in the outskirts of Austin after all. Huston-Tillotson is growing. Police have released a sketch of the woman abducted at a Bastrop Whataburger yesterday morning. "I'm so sorry. I left a lot of girls pregnant. Can you tell me more about you?": Texas man had at least 4 illegitimate children by various teenage girls during his 28 years as a priest....

The high winds aren't helping the firefighters working on the grass fires in Burnet, Williamson and Hays counties. People involved in ACL fire are suing the makers of the RV and the manufacturers of the parts on the propane tank. Complaint filed with Texas Ethics Commission against Dawnna Dukes for her incomplete reporting of $90,000 worth of campaign credit card charges....

Upon arriving around 2:50pm, we found quite a bit of chaos. An unfortunate propane tank explosion had injured four ACL staffers, so fire trucks, EMS vehicles, and golf carts were buzzing everywhere. Our tickets were stuck with a friend inside, so we found a shady tree and hung out until the dust settled around 3:15. We entered to the wafting notes of Peter, Bjorn, and John, who had attracted such a huge crowd we......

The first tropical storm of the summer is heading straight towards us, and expected to make landfall in South Texas tomorrow morning. "Erin" was upgraded from "Depression Five" to "Tropical Storm" status at 10am today, meaning its maximum sustained winds are somewhere between 39-73 mph. Meteorologists at The Weather Channel believe that she'll affect much of the Texas coast, with cities from Brownsville and Corpus Christi up to Louisiana seeing anywhere from 2 to 5......

Tonight at Emo's, mc chris, the Yuppie Pricks and nerdcore rapper Terp2it (aka tireless local performer Chris Trew) will take the stage to rock your tighty whities. We recently snagged a copy of Terp2it's new album, The Freshest Dude, and sat down for a quick chat with him about his new release. How would you describe nerdcore to the uninitiated? I think it started as "rapping about something that's popular with nerds" like Star Wars.......

Here comes the story of the hurricane that wasn't really a hurricane and didn't even affect the fireworks last night ... but you should still be skeert. Golden gloves indeed: 20-year-old man charged with manslaughter for his part in the murder of a man on June 19. Giving new meaning to booze in the blender. We are totally awesome at throwing block parties. When it's not raining, at least. Wonder if you could afford......

Dems debate in New Hampshire; nothing much ensues. Louisiana congressman to be indicted for bribery; his district includes New Orleans. Why can't the Crescent City catch a damn break? The Weather Channel gets climate change-y. Riddle: Why did the German ostrich lose his mojo? Answer: Whatever it was, it wasn't firecrackers. P-Hilton reports to the slammer, set to pioneer new technologies in eyebrow threading.......