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Three Austin parks seeing 'extremely high use' will require day passes starting May 14

Beginning May 14, the city of Austin will limit visitors at three parks during peak times by requiring visitors to receive a day pass ahead of time.

As economy begins to reopen, Austin leaders plan for second lockdown, surge in cases

Austin barbershops, hair salons and gyms began welcoming clients for the first time since March 25.



This comes exactly one week after restaurants, movie theaters and malls reopened their doors as part of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s phased approach at awakening the state’s economy from a prolonged shutdown meant to mitigate the spread of the highly contagious coronavirus.

Five Guys permanently closes Cedar Park location

The Five Guys restaurant at 1500 E. Whitestone Blvd., Cedar Park, has permanently closed, according to the location's Facebook page. The restaurant opened in May 2015.

LIST: See which 24 Leander ISD neighborhoods will lose bus service due to new hazardous routes formula


Seven months after the approval of a new hazardous route scoring matrix, Leander ISD trustees over their next two meetings plan to discuss and vote on discontinuing bus service to 24 neighborhoods less than 2 miles of their schools.

Little Caesars reopens in Round Rock under new ownership with remodeled storefront

Little Caesars reopened in Round Rock with new ownership and remodeling the week of May 10, the company confirmed in a May 12 news release.

Jack Flagler, Christopher Neely, Taylor Girtman, Brian Perdue and Kelsey Thompson contributed to this report.