⚖️ The latest on the Daniel Perry case

🎙️ Breaking Down the Daniel Perry Case

Today on the podcast, City Cast Austin Host Nikki DaVaughn is joined by investigative reporter Tony Plohetski to discuss a criminal case involving Daniel Perry. Gov. Greg Abbott recently pardoned Perry, who had been convicted of murder for killing Garrett Foster, a Black Lives Matter protestor, in July of 2020 in downtown Austin. [City Cast Austin]

🥲 A Texas Dad and Texas Barbecue

This story is such a special treat, especially right around Father’s Day. It’s about a family who has been working at Lockhart’s Kreuz Market, now Smitty’s Market, for generations. I absolutely got choked up at the story’s final sentence: “I tore a small nibble of brisket and passed it to my son’s tiny hands for his first taste of where he comes from.” [The New York Times]

🏠 Austin Rents Keep Dropping

On average, Austin apartments are renting right now for $1,528, down by $100 a month from 2023. That decrease is the longest sustained drop in rental prices Austin has seen in the last decade, according to data from Zillow. [KUT]

🥵 Travis County is Abnormally Dry

The latest map from the U.S. Drought Monitor shows that Travis County is currently experiencing abnormally dry conditions. I know it seems superfluous to include this, because hey, if you’ve been outside anytime lately, you probably already knew that. But now it’s been confirmed by meteorologists and climatologists! [U.S. Drought Monitor]

Congratulations to Hey Austin reader Nicole Russo, who knew exactly where last week’s photo was taken! She guessed: “I think the mural is along Town Lake Trail by the Metz Neighborhood Park!” It absolutely is along the Ann and Roy Butler Hike and Bike Trail near Metz Neighborhood Park – this mural sits next to the now-defunct Holly Street Power Plant, near the intersection of Riverview and Robert T Martinez Jr. streets in East Austin.

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