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🌱 Homicide At Auditorium Shores + Bull Riding At Moody Center 🤠

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Howdy, Austin! Happy Thursday! It's me, Jessica Collins, your host of the Austin Daily.

Settle in with your morning coffee while we cover:

  • A morning jogger at Auditorium Shores stumbled across a homicide scene.
  • Bull riding is coming to Moody Center!
  • City officials want community input on its water protection plan.
  • Lyle Lovett concert details, new restaurant announcements, and more. ➡️

First, today's weather and allergy report:

⛅ High: 94 Low: 75. Humid with some sun.
🍃 Grass Pollen: low. Ragweed: moderate. Mold: moderate. Dust & Dander: extremely high.

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Here are the top stories in Austin today:

1) A morning jogger at Auditorium Shores stumbled across a homicide scene. APD is currently investigating a homicide near downtown at Auditorium Shores at Town Lake Metropolitan Park. KVUE reports that a jogger phoned authorities around 6:54 a.m. after discovering an unresponsive individual at the park. When police officials and EMS medics arrived at the scene, the man was unresponsive and showed signs of head trauma.

APD is asking anyone with any information about this incident to call the APD Homicide tip line at 512-477-3588 or Crime Stoppers at 512-472-TIPS.

KVUE has more on this story here.

3) Good news: bull riding is coming to Moody Center! PBR (Professional Bull Riders) are bringing the Austin Gamblers to our brand-new Moody Center on Aug. 26, 27, 28 to represent Texas' capital city in the PBR Team Series powered by Dell Technologies. Head to CBS Austin to learn more about the events and how you can attend!

https://cbsaustin.com/news/loc...

4) An opportunity to make your voice heard in our community: City officials want your input on its water protection plan. The City of Austin plans to spend the next three years studying the floodplain, updating maps, and improving regulations. KVUE reports that Travis County's insurance flood maps were last updated in 2008 and that Austin approved the latest map in 2019. It's up to the communities to manage floodplain locations.

Learn more about the city's plans and how to make your voice heard here at KVUE.

Jimmy, with Emilio who will turn 5 later this month. (Photo courtesy of Jimmy Amisial)

5) Trash to Treasure: A Texas State student is in the process of adopting a baby he rescued from a dumpster. In 2017, Texas State student Jimmy Amisial was visiting his home country of Haiti when he found a baby, abandoned, covered in ants, and lying on top of a pile of garbage. Amisial, 22 at the time, picked up the baby and reported him missing to the police. The police made a report about the abandoned baby and told Amisial he could become the child's guardian.

As of 2019, Amisial has decided to move forward with the adoption process and is now trying to raise the $150,000 needed to make this dream a reality.

Learn more about our local hero, Jimmy Amisial, and how you can contribute to his GoFundMe, here at Patch.

Today in Austin:

  • Virtual Cardio & Strength Class hosted by Stronger Austin. (8:30 a.m.)
  • Live Music with Lindsey Daniel at Wanderlust Wine Co. Downtown. (5:30 p.m.)
  • Virtual Zumba hosted by Stronger Austin. (6 p.m.)
  • Lyle Lovett And His Large Band at ACL Live at The Moody Theater. (6:30 p.m.)
  • Hello Seahorse at Parish. (7 p.m.)
  • Virtual Yoga hosted by Stronger Austin. (7 p.m.)
  • "The Inheritance," Pt 1 at ZACH Theatre. (7:30 p.m.)
  • Live Music with Sara and Scott at Wanderlust Wine Co. Downtown. (8 p.m.)
  • Swedish House Mafia: Paradise Again Tour with Grimes at Moody Center. (8 p.m.)
  • Corbin Cary at My Oh My. (8 p.m.)
  • Garage: "Ladies Doing Comedy and Not Apologizing for It" at Fallout Theater. (8 p.m.)
  • Boris with Nothing at Empire Garage. (8 p.m.)
  • Anuhea at Empire Control Room. (8 p.m.)

Community Chatter 💬 :

  • 📌 New restaurant alert: Local hospitality group, McGuire Moorman Lambert, is bringing three new restaurants to Clarksville! (Eater Austin via Facebook)
  • 🥘 Worried about upcoming dinner plans? Don't fret! Black Food Week officially kicked off its sixth annual event. The annual celebration runs through Sept. 18 and showcases more than 70 local, Black-owned eateries and bars — like Mr. Catfish, Anything Baked Potato, Gossip Shack, and Whip My Soul – YUM! (Austin 360 via Facebook)
  • 📜 New exhibit at the George Washington Carver Museum. The new exhibit, To Emancipate, details the history of African Americans in Austin before and after emancipation and highlights their accomplishments through biographies, photographs, oral histories, and family recipes. You'll definitely want to check this out! (Austin Parks & Rec via Facebook)
  • ⛈️ In spite of the rain, water levels are still low. KVUE reports that as of Tuesday morning, Lake Buchanan and Lake Travis were both actually lower than a week ago. Lake Austin was just barely above where it was a week ago. (KVUE via Facebook)

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Now you're in the loop and ready to head out the door on this Thursday. See you all tomorrow morning for another update!

— Jessica Collins

About me: Jessica is happy to call Austin her home for the past 10+ years. She loves the outdoors, arts & cinema, dining, and all of the natural beauty that Central Texas has to offer.

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