Headlines: Bonus Round

Friends and local officials turned out Sept. 22 to officially change the name of Fourth Street to Bettie Naylor Street, in honor of the iconic Austin gay rights and feminist leader who died earlier this year. The new street name runs between Congress Avenue and Rio Grande Street, a commercial hot spot for the LGBT crowd. (Photo by Jana Birchum)

There's always something happening in Austin. We try to keep you up to date in our weekly roundup of Headlines, but here's a couple noteworthy items that we didn't want you to miss.

• Austin Police team up with Drug Enforcement Administration agents and city officials this weekend for the annual drug take-back event. The event promotes the safe, anonymous disposal of unwanted or expired prescription medications. Reminder: No illicit narcotics are accepted. Dispose of unwanted drugs this Saturday, Sept. 29, from 10am to 2pm at one of four locations: Cornerstone Church (1101 Reinli), city of Austin Household Hazardous Waste Facility (254 Business Center Dr.), UT Student Services Center (100 W. Dean Keeton), or at Barton Square Mall (2901 S. Capital of Texas Hwy.).

• On Saturday (10am-noon, Nature's Treasures, 4103 N. I-35), the Austin Poetry Society will announce the winning poems in the Poetry With Wheels contest. Judges have selected 20 poems to display in Capital Metro buses. The announcement coincides with the Austin International Poetry Festival (Sept. 27-30, various locations).

• In a Sept. 24 letter, Mickey Osterreicher, general counsel for the National Press Photographers Association, told Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo that his organization is concerned that a department training bulletin covering officer response to being photographed or videotaped while in action may violate the First Amendment. The bulletin, titled “Interfering with Public Duties,” was released after the second arrest of Peaceful Streets Project founder Antonio Buehler, who claims that he has been retaliated against for documenting police activities.

• On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court denied an emergency appeal by Project Vote that would have blocked the state of Texas from "enforcing election integrity laws that were enacted to prevent voter-registration fraud," according to the office of Attorney General Greg Abbott.

• After successfully using the service in a missing persons case last week, the Austin Police Department reminds Austinites of Central Texas public safety organizations' Emergency Notification System, which operates as a sort of "reverse 911" in case "property or human life is in jeopardy." Citizens can register their cell phone numbers at wireless.capcog.org.

• In news that will surprise precisely no one, last week East Austin made Forbes’ list of the 10 best hipster neighborhoods, coming in at No. 7. Our food trucks and farmers’ markets were praised alongside old favorites such as Williamsburg, N.Y.; Portland, Ore.’s Pearl District; and San Francisco’s Mission District.