A story about politics and the Lower Colorado River Authority on Page D1 Sunday contained several errors. It misstated how long Tom Mason has been general manager at the LCRA; he has held that job for 31/2 years. It gave an incorrect first name for Donna Nelson, currently on the Public Utility Commission, who was [...]
The obituary for Jammie Duggan that ran in Friday, November 19th's edition of the Austin American-Statesman ran in error. Jammie Duggan is alive and well. We apologize for this error. Link Report an error
A headline on Page B3 Wednesday on a story about a police officer who left a child in the custody of a man accused of sexual assault incorrectly said the ex-officer is in jail awaiting trial. Kyle police officer Karl Cranek was fired, but he is not accused of a crime, nor was he jailed. [...]
A story on Page B1 Saturday about a court appeal by Hyde Park Baptist Church incorrectly reported the marital status of the plaintiffs. The story identified Terry Curtis as the ex-husband of Tara Turner. Curtis and Turner are married. Link Report an error
In a story about coffee bars in high schools that appeared on Page One on Feb. 19, a Lake Travis High School student who claimed to drink as many as five coffee-flavored shakes a day falsely identified herself as Erica Bonin . School officials said they could not confirm the identity of the student who [...]
A story on Page G4 of Saturday’s Sports Extra section misquoted Rice University football coach David Bailiff when he was talking about the similarities between coaching at Rice and at Texas State University-San Marcos. He did not use the word “fools” in reference to his players; he said “fulls.” The quote should have read: “The [...]
The list of birthdays on Page A2 Sunday should not have included Robert Solomon. The University of Texas philosophy professor died in 2007. Link Report an error
A story on Thursday’s Page One about the possible sale of the American-Statesman misstated the parent company of Valpak. It is Cox Enterprises. The story incorrectly reported the name of the company that sold the Statesman to Cox in 1976. It was Newspapers Inc. Also, while the sale of the Statesman and other properties will [...]
A story on Thursday’s Page B1 transposed the name of an Austin police officer with that of a man facing sexual assault charges. The story should have made clear that former motel manager Douglas Wayne Ward is the suspect in the case, and that police say they found photos of children on a computer seized [...]
A story on Page A8 Saturday quoted from an anonymous e-mailed news release that was issued in September to draw attention to the newly established AustinPoliticalReport, an anonymous blog. The story should have made clear that Austin political consultant Kelly Fero, who created the blog, says he did not produce the news release. The release [...]
An Editor’s Note: In the Statesman’s Schools column on Wednesday’s Page B2 , the first three paragraphs of an item about school breakfasts were taken nearly verbatim from a news release by the Center for Public Policy Priorities. It is not the American-Statesman’s practice to print items from outside sources verbatim and without proper credit. [...]
On page E7 of Wednesday’s Food & Life section, a recipe for Hummingbird Carrot Cake reprinted from the cookbook “A Passion for Baking” left out an ingredient. There should be 3/4 cup grated carrots, to be stirred in along with the pecans and banana. Thanks, Daniel! Report an error
A Sunday Page One story about Travis County District Attorney Ronnie Earle’s career incorrectly referred to Mace Thurman as “the late” district judge. He is still living. Report an error
Our obsessive cataloging of corrections occasionally enables us to spot a pattern. Whether it’s the failure of newspapers to identify someone they initially misidentified in a photo, or the inability of newspapers to accurately report on, well, newspapers, we sometimes feel as though we’re listening to a broken record. Such was the case when we [...]
