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Crunch Fitness to open on West Parmer Lane

Crunch Fitness will open a new location on West Parmer Lane in Austin this month.

The gist: The facility will offer a range of cardio equipment, weights and exercise machines. Other features and amenities include personal training, group classes, locker rooms with showers, HydroMassage and tanning.

The gym offers three different membership options.

The new location on West Parmer Lane will open in the former Hana World Market, which closed in late 2025. It also joins a host of other Crunch Fitness locations in the area, including sites opening in Lakeway and Leander.

  • Opening July 22
 
now open
VeraBank opens new branch in Northwest Austin

VeraBank expanded its presence in Texas this June by launching its 42nd branch, which serves as its second full-service site in Austin.

The overview: VeraBank offers personal and business banking, as well as wealth management services. The new location on Avery Ranch Boulevard also provides 24/7 access through online and mobile banking.

Established in 1930, the institution operates across 20 Texas counties and has other locations in Georgetown, Round Rock and Leander.

Quote of note: “As we open this new branch, we are reinforcing our deep commitment to the communities we serve,” CEO Brad Tidwell said in a press release. “We believe in making banking more convenient, personal, and accessible across our footprint—and this new location reflects our mission to be a genuine partner to the people and businesses of Austin and beyond.”

  • Opened in late June
 

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Disney's The Little Mermaid

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July 10-25, 7:30 p.m.
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July 11, noon-6 p.m.
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Austin public safety departments report overtime spending overruns

New reporting from Austin's public safety departments shows their overtime costs are far exceeding departments' current allocations.

The details: Austin Fire, the Austin Police Department and Austin/Travis County Emergency Medical Services make up the majority of the city general fund, the portion of Austin's overall $6.3 billion budget covering most public facing services. Almost two-thirds of the $1.49 billion general fund is reserved for public safety in the current fiscal year 2025-26.

Last year, City Council voted to require public reporting of the three departments' overtime costs to help inform future budgeting decisions. That information is now available through monthly reporting accessible online.

What else: Spending activity reported through this spring shows APD and Austin Fire are well beyond their overtime budgets this year, while the EMS department several million dollars below its limit. As of the spring, the police department had nearly reached its fiscal year overtime allocation and the fire department already used over a third more than it has available.

 
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Case against former WilCo sheriff, assistant county attorney dismissed

A case against a former Williamson County elected official and assistant county attorney was dismissed by prosecutors in July.

In a nutshell: A criminal case alleging former Williamson County Sheriff Robert Chody and former Assistant Williamson County Attorney Jason Nassour tampered with evidence related to the death of Javier Ambler was dismissed by prosecutors July 1, a news release from the office of Travis County District Attorney Jose Garza states.

The case was dismissed due to a previous judgment preventing evidence against Chody and Nassour from being presented. Per the release, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals declined to review a lower court's decision that the evidence was inadmissible, leaving the state unable to present evidence of guilt.

 

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