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• Police confirm bank robbery in Round Rock

  15-10-2016 23:16 via kxan.com
  
  ROUND ROCK, Texas (KXAN)- The Round Rock Police Department has confirmed a robbery occurred Saturday afternoon at the IBC Bank located at 1850 Gattis School Road and A.W. Grimes Blvd.
  RRPD responded to the call at around 2:30 p.m. but, no arrests have been made at this time. Police confirmed there were no injuries.
  This is an on-going investigation and this article will be updated as more information comes in.
  
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• Man robs Round Rock bank

  15-10-2016 23:16 via kxan.com
  
  ROUND ROCK, Texas (KXAN)- The Round Rock Police Department has confirmed a robbery occurred Saturday afternoon at the IBC Bank located at 1850 Gattis School Road and A.W. Grimes Blvd.
  RRPD responded to the call at around 2:30 p.m. and no arrests have been made at this time. Police confirmed there were no injuries.
  According to RRPD, the suspect walked into the bank, approached the bank teller, demanded money and left. The suspect is described as a white male, 5’8” to 5’9&r
  
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• Police searching for suspect who robbed South Austin bank

  15-10-2016 22:31 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN)- The Austin Police Department are searching for a man who robbed an undisclosed amount of money from a South Austin bank Saturday morning.
  Police were notified at approximately 11:33 a.m. of the robbery from the Bank of America located at 701 Stassney Lane. APD said a bank teller was handed a note from the suspect letting her know it was a robbery.
  The suspect is described as a white male, 25-30 years old, six feet tall, facial hair and was seen wearing a white thermal shirt and bl
  
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• Official: Mom jailed with daughter after mailing drug to her

  15-10-2016 21:44 via kxan.com
  
  KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a mother who mailed drugs to her incarcerated daughter is now an inmate in the same Florida jail.
  Monroe County Sheriff’s spokeswoman Becky Herrin said in a news release that a deputy at the jail near Key West found the envelope and noticed it had a chemical smell. He opened the envelope and saw a substance inside.
  An incident report says the substance turned out to be Buprenorphine, a synthetic opioid. Deputies arrested 55-year-old Nadine Carrol
  
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• DWI cases at risk as credibility of lab expert questioned

  15-10-2016 20:11 via kxan.com
  
  DALLAS (AP) — Thousands of DWI convictions in North Texas could be jeopardized after the testimony of a state forensic scientist recently came under scrutiny.
  Christopher Youngkin was involved in a 2013 lab error in which two blood samples from separate cases were mixed up. Youngkin erroneously reported to police that a woman had a blood-alcohol level above the legal limit when in fact she hadn’t been drinking.
  Defense attorneys now are questioning whether Youngkin in recent cases ha
  
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• Overnight shooting kills man, injures another in Pflugerville

  15-10-2016 16:40 via kxan.com
  
  PFLUGERVILLE, Texas (KXAN) — Police are investigating a shooting that left one person dead and another injured overnight.
  It happened at the 200 block of East Wells Branch Parkway, just south of Heatherwilde Boulevard at around 4 a.m.
  According to Austin/Travis County EMS, medics found two men at the scene with gunshot wounds. One man later died.
  The other man was sent to Round Rock Medical Center and is expected to be OK.
  No further details have been released at this time.
  
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• Overnight shooting kills man, injures another in Northeast Austin

  15-10-2016 16:40 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Police are investigating a shooting that left one person dead and another injured overnight.
  It happened at the 300 block of East Wells Branch Parkway, just south of Heatherwilde Boulevard at around 4 a.m. Saturday.
  Authorities received a call about a man with injuries along the roadway. The witness told police that a vehicle was seen further down the road.
  According to Austin/Travis County EMS, medics found a Hispanic man in his mid-20’s with gunshot w
  
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• Man dies in South Austin car crash

  15-10-2016 12:14 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A man is dead after crashing his car along MoPac.
  It happened just after 3 a.m. Saturday in the 5700 block of the south MoPac service road.
  Austin-Travis County EMS says a man in his 30s died when his car crashed into a pole.
  Police are investigating what led up to the crash.
  
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• New Round Rock fire chief will start in December

  15-10-2016 06:41 via kxan.com
  
  ROUND ROCK, Texas (KXAN) — Round Rock City Manager Laurie Hadley has selected Robert Isbell, currently fire chief in Midland, Texas, to be Round Rock’s next chief.
  The city says they conducted a nationwide search to find a replacement for David Coatney, who accepted the chief’s job in Dallas in June.
  Isbell has been Chief in Midland since December 2010. He’s also served as fire chief in Euless, Texas, and Southlake, Texas. His firefighting career started in Mansfield, Tex
  
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• Teenager shot in East Austin has serious injuries

  15-10-2016 06:16 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A teenager was taken to the hospital after being shot in East Austin, Friday night. Austin-Travis County EMS say that while his injuries are serious, they are not expected to be life-threatening.
  At 9:37 p.m., police were called to Bedford Street, just south of East 12th Street. EMS took the teenager to University Medical Center Brackenridge.
  At around the same time of the shooting in East Austin, a man in his 20s was critically injured after being stabbed in southwest Aust
  
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• Man critically injured in southwest Austin stabbing

  15-10-2016 05:37 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A man was critically injured after a stabbing in southwest Austin, Friday night.
  Austin-Travis County EMS say a man in his 20s has a life-threatening stab wound. At 9:44 p.m., police were called to Smith Oak Trail, just south of where the U.S. 290 freeway ends. The man was taken to St. David’s South Austin Medical Center.
  A second ambulance at the scene could possibly take a second patient to the hospital.
  Around the same time in East Austin, a teenage male on Be
  
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• Now hiring: Travis County seeking student election day workers

  15-10-2016 04:19 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — This election is unlike any other. There are a record-breaking 15 million registered voters in Texas. Travis County is preparing for more people than ever before to hit the polls. Next week the Travis County Clerk will announce some new initiatives to manage all the people expected to turn out. This includes an awareness campaign to increase early voting numbers as well as getting extra equipment and staff, including local high school students.
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• Photos: High School Football – week 8

  15-10-2016 03:04 via kxan.com
  
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• Officers who wore Trumps hats given reprimands, counseling

  15-10-2016 03:04 via kxan.com
  
  SAN ANTONIO, Texas (KXAN) — The San Antonio police officers seen wearing Donald Trump campaign hats during the candidate’s visit to San Antonio on Tuesday will receive reprimands and counseling.
  Chief William McManus, in a statement Friday, said he personally met with the officers, who were part of the Republican presidential candidate’s escort detail during his visit to San Antonio. Video posted to Twitter showed the officers wearing the red “Make America Great
  
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• Man admits to raping 12-year-old daughter; gets 60 days in jail

  15-10-2016 02:34 via kxan.com
  
  GLASGOW, MT (AP) – An eastern Montana man has been given a 30-year suspended prison sentence after pleading guilty to raping his 12-year-old daughter last year.
  District Judge John McKeon sentenced the man to 60 days in jail for incest, giving him credit for 17 already served, the Glasgow Courier reported. The man also was ordered to complete community-based sex-offender treatment and register as a sex offender.
  The Associated Press is not naming the man to avoid identifying the victi
  
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• Rowling Hall, future home of McCombs School of Business, opening in 2017

  15-10-2016 02:31 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A large, new building is taking shape on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin. It will eventually house the McCombs School of Business.
  Rowling Hall — at the corner of Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard and Guadalupe Street — has been under construction for about a year. Friday, KXAN was invited inside to see the 458,000-square foot facility.
  We saw renderings of what will become a large, cavernous ballroom, classrooms, meeting spaces and eve
  
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• ‘Friday Night Lights’ banned from Texas prisons, but ‘Mein Kampf’ allowed

  15-10-2016 02:17 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (NEXSTAR) — The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has banned more than 15,000 books from the 140,000 inmates that reside in prisons across the state.
  Texas, which has one of the longest banned books list in the nation, has prohibited its inmates from reading Dante’s “Inferno”, Pulitzer prize-winning “The Color Purple”, and the Texas football classic “Friday Night Lights” for its single use of a racial slur. Books like Adolf Hitler&rs
  
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• New eye screening technology preventing blindness in diabetics

  15-10-2016 01:56 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Between long workweeks and raising families, taking care of ‘you’ sometimes takes a backseat. And if you have diabetes that can lead to serious, even life-threatening consequences.
  Here in Central Texas, nearly a quarter-million people have diabetes. Dr. Anas Daghestani, chief executive officer for the Austin Regional Clinic (ARC), says the disease is becoming endemic in the United States.
  “In the course of diabetes, you really just need to
  
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• Breaion King’s lawsuit against the city of Austin dismissed

  15-10-2016 00:50 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A lawsuit filed by a woman slammed to the ground by an Austin police officer, seen in dash camera video, has been dismissed by a U.S. district judge, Thursday.
  Austin police officer Bryan Richter, the officer in the video, and the city of Austin were named as defendants in the lawsuit. While the lawsuit against the city has been dismissed, the suit against the officer is ongoing. The city has hired attorney Charles Frigerio to represent the officer.
  Judge Sam Sparks sa
  
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• Longhorns track coach on leave, accused of misconduct

  15-10-2016 00:38 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (AP/KXAN) — For the second time in four years, a top University of Texas track coach is being investigated by school officials for alleged misconduct.
  Longhorns head track coach Mario Sategna, who took indefinite personal leave last month, is the subject of an ethics and misconduct probe, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press. University of Texas System officials confirmed the investigation in a letter to the state attorney general.
  University officials are se
  
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• State workers rally against plan to cut 4 percent from most agencies

  15-10-2016 00:20 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – Facing the prospect of budget cuts, hundreds of state employees rallied outside the State Capitol on Friday.
  They say they’re fighting back against a plan to cut four percent of the budgets from most state agencies. Debra Sullivent is among the group protesting. She’s a juvenile correctional officer at the Giddings State School and says they’re already hurting. “You don’t have the supplies. The equipment — everything you ne
  
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• Driver slams into State Farm office, accused of DWI

  15-10-2016 00:14 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A scary moment for people who were inside a State Farm office in South Austin Friday afternoon.
  Austin police say a driver drove into the building just after 2 p.m. in the shopping center at 5800 W. Slaughter Ln., just west of South MoPac. Pictures show the vehicle went up a landscaped area and slammed into the front of the business.
  It appears the vehicle went half-way into the office. No one was injured in the crash but the driver was arrested.
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