Articles in the Daily News this morning shed some light on both of yesterday’s big rumors. As for the freeway closure mentioned yesterday, it’s off for now. The shutdown is related to work up in the Webster area around NASA Road 1. My impression is that many of us (including me) working or living on the island thought the closure was related to the work on the causeway, not 20 miles up the road. While any total freeway closure has a big impact, closing the causeway—and Galveston’s primary link to the world—would be disastrous. Read the article.
A second item in the Police Briefs shed some light on the gunshot victim that sparked one of the fastest-traveling campus rumors I’ve seen in 10 years. Police got a call about 2 p.m. that a man had been shot in the 3800 block of Avenue R and 1/2. Officers reached the area within minutes but found shell casings on the ground but no sign of a victim. He was here. Read the brief…