This one's for Jorge, I know he is reading.

"PLAINVIEW - The Austin Big Band will play dance music from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday in the Plainvew?Elgin?Millville High School gymnasium. The band will play music from the 1920s through the 1940s."

NEWS8AUSTIN.COM writes: "Flooding and lightning have affected two Austin Water lift stations, potentially causing two separate wastewater spills."

My cousin, Charlotte,told me about this.

"Austin firefighters rescued several people who were stranded inside a gazebo on the south side of Auditorium Shores in Downtown Austin.? Seven people were stranded by the rising waters of Lady Bird Lake. The group was stuck inside a gazebo near the Hyatt Hotel. Firefighters were able to rescue the people by boat."

I read this in the Riverside paper and wanted to share it with you.

"More Austin Public School teachers will keep their jobs next year thanks to an estimated $1 million dollars in federal aid from the Education Jobs Fund."

A comprehensive plan that will ultimately bring the Austin Police Department back to full strength moved ahead on Monday night. The Austin city council approved tentative job offers to two new patrol officers, depending on the outcomes of psychological testing, among other things.

AUSTIN ? Officials at Austin Water Utility are urging members of the public to avoid certain waterways after overnight rains overwhelmed lift stations causing sewage to spill. As of 10:30 a.m., utility crews were working at the intersection of Spicewood Springs Road and Scotland Well Drive to stop the flow of sewage into Bull Creek. Waters from the creek flow to Lake Austin, according to utility ...

Here is an intersting one:

"Hartlepool defender Neil Austin could make his return from injury in Saturday`s home clash against Exeter."