Good morning. Don鈥檛 be scared by that bright stuff outside 鈥� it鈥檚 called sunshine, and you鈥檙e forgiven for forgetting it after this week鈥檚 . The Austin鈥檚 in for a mild day, with a high in the mid-60s.
Lead story: There are conflicting reports this morning on whether charges will be brought against two UT football players accused of last month.
In a statement yesterday, UT linebacker Jordan Hicks鈥� lawyer says the investigation is now closed and no charges will be filed in the matter. But a San Antonio Police spokesperson told KUT News yesterday that the investigation is still open.
Hicks and backup quarterback Case McCoy were when the police report was filed two days ahead of the Alamo Bowl.
Planetarium collides with Capitol plans: A group planning to as part of a mixed use development on state land near the Capitol has vowed to keep trying, after a powerful state commission voted yesterday to in the .
鈥淭he Austin Planetarium is not going to fold, let鈥檚 put it that way,鈥� says planetarium principal Torvald Hessel. 鈥淲e still have high hopes that we will build at this location 鈥� it鈥檚 the location that makes most sense.鈥�
Hessel says his group went to the state two years ago with the planetarium idea, and that the state suggested combining the planetarium project with condos. But now the state Sunset Commission says condos in the Capitol Complex 鈥� portions of which turn into a veritable ghost town after 5 p.m. 鈥� are a bad idea. State Senator John Whitmire tells KUT News that legislators made a mistake in asking developers to propose projects on what Whitmire calls the 鈥渟acred ground鈥� of the Texas Capitol.
Cleared for departure: had the busiest November ever, according to statistics released yesterday.
Passengers flying in or out of ABIA on scheduled flights totaled 807,000 in November. That鈥檚 an increase of 6.5 percent from the previous year. One ? November鈥檚 Formula 1 U.S. Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas.
