{"id":198204,"date":"2026-03-10T13:02:45","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T13:02:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/198204\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T13:02:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T13:02:45","slug":"morning-briefing-texas-march-10-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/198204\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Briefing Texas March 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good morning, Texas. Here&#8217;s what you need to know today.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Your Weather Planner<\/p>\n<p>Cloudy skies and isolated showers and storms will be possible statewide this afternoon. Most of this activity will stay below severe criteria; however, one or two could be strong with heavy rain and gusty winds. Our main threat for severe weather ramps up this evening and tonight. Widespread showers and storms are expected after sunset this evening through Wednesday, with all modes of severe weather possible. Large hail and even a few tornadoes cannot be ruled out. North Texas, the Texas Hill Country and South-Central Texas will have the greatest risk. Heavy rain will also be a threat, leading to localized flash flooding in some areas into early Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1773147022_689_WEB_Morning_Briefing.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"hashed-image\" img-data-alignment=\"center\" img-data-width=\"percent-hundred\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Get your 7-day forecast:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/spectrumlocalnews.com\/tx\/austin\/weather\/interactive-radar.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Austin<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/spectrumlocalnews.com\/tx\/san-antonio\/weather\/interactive-radar.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">San Antonio<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/spectrumlocalnews.com\/tx\/dallas-fort-worth\/weather.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dallas<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spectrumnews1.com\/snpluslive\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Spectrum_News_Plus_PromoCard_4-11-2023.jpeg\" width=\"100%\" class=\"hashed-image\" img-data-alignment=\"center\" img-data-width=\"percent-hundred\"\/><\/a><br \/>\nIntroducing Spectrum News+<br \/>Watch the latest news and more local stories from across the country.<\/p>\n<p>Around Texas\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>1.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/spectrumlocalnews.com\/tx\/austin\/news\/2026\/03\/09\/ice-detention-of-south-texas-mariachi-teens-sparks-criticism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Two teen brothers in Texas mariachi band are released from ICE custody amid bipartisan criticism<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A family whose two teen boys are in a nationally recognized mariachi band in South Texas was reunited Monday afternoon after bipartisan criticism that the Trump administration&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/immigration-budget-congress-trump-bill-e37bb0a5c5ca883438db349239a6c251\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">campaign for mass deportation<\/a>\u00a0overreached by detaining the family.<\/p>\n<p>Brothers Antonio G\u00e1mez-Cu\u00e9llar, 18, and Joshua, 14, were detained along with their 12-year-old brother and their parents Feb. 25. The teenage boys were prominent members of the McAllen High School Mariachi Oro band, which has visited the White House, performed at Carnegie Hall and won eight state championships.<\/p>\n<p>2.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/spectrumlocalnews.com\/tx\/austin\/news\/2026\/03\/09\/augie-meyers--tex-mex-music-legend--dies-at-85\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Augie Meyers, Tex-Mex music legend, dies at 85<\/a><\/p>\n<p>August \u201cAugie\u201d Meyers, a San Antonio native and famous Tex-Mex artist, died on March 7 at the age of 85, according to a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/augie.meyers.3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0post from his family.<\/p>\n<p>Meyers was a founding member of the Sir Douglas Quintet and the Texas Tornados, the latter of which won a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.grammy.com\/awards\/33rd-annual-grammy-awards\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Grammy<\/a>\u00a0for best Mexican-American performance in 1991 for the song \u201cSoy De San Luis.\u201d Meyers\u2019 family said that this wife was by his side when he passed away and thankful for his friends and fan support.<\/p>\n<p>3.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/spectrumlocalnews.com\/tx\/austin\/news\/2026\/03\/09\/city-of-austin-audit-consultant-services-\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Internal audit reveals oversight gaps in City of Austin consultant services<\/a><\/p>\n<p>An internal audit reveals consultant services for the City of Austin in the last several years may have had oversight gaps.<\/p>\n<p>Auditors reviewed 28 consultant contracts with the city, finding that the city might not be able to show that consultant services were justified or that they helped the city meet objectives or resident needs.<\/p>\n<p>Around The Nation<\/p>\n<p>1.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/spectrumlocalnews.com\/tx\/austin\/news\/2026\/03\/09\/kentucky-soldier-death-iran\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Kentucky soldier dies from wounds suffered in Iranian attack on Saudi base<\/a><\/p>\n<p>2.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/spectrumlocalnews.com\/tx\/austin\/news\/2026\/03\/09\/trump-declares-he-won-t-sign-anything-until-proof-of-citizenship--voter-id-bill-reaches-desk--mentions-additions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Trump declares he won&#8217;t sign other legislation until proof of citizenship, voter ID bill reaches his desk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>3.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/spectrumlocalnews.com\/tx\/austin\/international\/2026\/03\/08\/iran-names-mojtaba-khamenei-to-succeed-his-slain-father-as-supreme-leader\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Oil prices jump and markets slide as Iran names new supreme leader and digs in<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Deep in the Heart of Texas<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Athena_with_owlets_cropped.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"hashed-image\" img-data-alignment=\"center\" img-data-width=\"percent-hundred\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Athena the owl with her owlets in their nest at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin, Texas, on Monday, April 14, 2025. (Credit: Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/spectrumlocalnews.com\/tx\/austin\/news\/2026\/03\/09\/athena-the-owl-returns-to-lady-bird-johnson-wildflower-center\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Athena the owl returns to Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A beloved Austin celebrity is back in town, and it\u2019s not Matthew McConaughey.<\/p>\n<p>Athena the great horned owl returned to the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center last week for another egg-laying season. The mother-of-many has hatched owlets above the center\u2019s courtyard entrance since 2012, earning the title of Official Owl Ambassador from the City of Austin last year and a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wildflower.org\/athena\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">webpage<\/a>\u00a0on the botanic garden\u2019s website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Good morning, Texas. Here&#8217;s what you need to know today.\u00a0 Your Weather Planner Cloudy skies and isolated showers&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":197615,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[2160,132,134,133,36427,27,835],"class_list":["post-198204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-app-top-stories","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-rhett-brady","tag-texas","tag-vod"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198204"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198204\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/197615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}