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Artist Raymond Mendoza paints the Queen of Tejano, Selena Quintanilla-Perez, on the wall of Cycleast Sunday, July 19. Headed by the East Town Lake Citizens Neighborhood Association, the project aims to restore the beloved Lotería mural, which was painted over in the lead-up to South by Southwest 2015 as part of the Impossible Wall Project. (Photo by Jana Birchum)

Eric Lee Ray died while in custody of the Travis County Jail on Monday morning at approximately 2:26am. Ray, 53, was arrested for trespassing onto an estranged family member's property. The sheriff's office said that no evidence of foul play currently exists in the case, though a final determination won't be made until the Medical Examiner's Office is able to complete testing.

APD Officer Keith Allison was suspended for three days last Wednesday, July 15, for failing to immediately report his involvement in a single-vehicle crash while on duty. This was the fifth such time in which Allison did not immediately report to a supervisor from the scene of a crash or collision. He'd been instructed on three separate occasions over the last four months to contact a supervisor from the scene of any potential accident or crash.

COTA for sale? Leading racing journal Motorsport.com reports that a deal to sell the Circuit of the Americas has fallen through. Owner Circuit of the Americas LLC reportedly could not come to terms with Florida-based track management company IRG Sports + Entertainment for the Formula One circuit.

Donal Trump (Photo by Gage Skidmore/CC by SA 3.0)

Summer heat sears Austin, but the Highland Lakes still look healthy. Even after several rain-free weeks, Lakes Travis and Buchanan stand at 78% full, with forecasts of a heavy El Niño season meaning they could be full before year's end.

Jade Helm 15, the multistate U.S. Special Forces operation, enters its second week. Conspiracy theorist predictions that this is a federal invasion and that all Texans would be rounded up and detained in Walmart have, so far, proved to be bunk.

Gov. Greg Abbott instructed Texas National Guard Adjutant General John Nichols to allow military personnel to carry firearms in military facilities, including recruiting offices in public places. This counters U.S. military procedures, which generally only allow guards and military police to be armed on base.

The Texas AFL-CIO has a new president. At last weekend's annual convention in Austin, current secretary-treasurer John Patrick was selected to lead the statewide federation of unions. He replaces retiring president Becky Moeller, the group's first-ever female executive.

Donald Trump Swiftboated Sen. John McCain by claiming he couldn't be a Vietnam War hero because he was a POW. Fellow Republicans have condemned the smear (which echoes similar assaults on then-Sen. John Kerry's war record in 2004), but Trump still leads in GOP presidential primary polling.