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• No. 11 West Virginia gets huge Big 12 win at Texas 24-20

  12-11-2016 23:04 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Kennedy McCoy ran for two touchdowns and No. 11 West Virginia’s defense withstood a final pass attempt into the end zone to earn a tough 24-20 win over Texas on Saturday that kept alive the Mountaineers’ Big 12 championship hopes.
  Skyler Howard passed for 269 yards and a touchdown for West Virginia (8-1, 5-1, No. 16 CFP), which allowed Texas running back D’Onta Foreman 167 yards rushing but kept him out of the end zone.
  Texas’ last shot to win c
  
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• 1st annual Vet Fest brings together Austin area Veterans

  12-11-2016 16:20 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN)– The 1st annual Vet Fest invites the Austin area Veteran community for a day of BBQ, education and togetherness Saturday afternoon.
  Vet Fest is bringing together 50 Veteran non-profits, service organizations and Veteran-owned businesses for area Veterans. The fest will serve to educate area Veterans on the services that are readily available to them in the Austin area.
  The fest also hopes to help engagement within the veteran community and facilitate networking and colla
  
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• Texas State compost program offers alternative to landfill deposits

  12-11-2016 15:43 via kxan.com
  
  SAN MARCOS, Texas (KXAN)– The City of San Marcos is hosting their monthly brush drop-off Saturday but, a Texas State University organization and the San Marcos Resource Recovery program is offering an alternative to the landfill.
  According to their website, Bobcat Blend is a faculty managed, student-run and grant-supported research and teaching-oriented waste management campus composting program at Texas State.
  Bobcat Blend’s drop-off is located at the Grant Harris Building at 4
  
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• New Hampshire lawmaker is re-elected, arrested on same day

  12-11-2016 15:08 via kxan.com
  
  HOOKSETT, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire lawmaker wanted by police for failing to show up for a court hearing was re-elected and arrested on the same day.
  New Hampshire Public Radio reports (http://bit.ly/2fjXd44) that Republican state Rep. Dick Marple was sitting outside a polling place with his campaign signs on Election Day when an officer recognized him. Marple was charged with driving without a valid license in December 2014.
  Authorities had issued a bench warrant for his arrest after he
  
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• 11 Texas World War II veterans receive France’s highest honor

  12-11-2016 07:29 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Friday at the Capitol, 11 World War II veterans received the Medal of Knight in the French Order of the Legion of Honor.
  It was quite a ceremony and it’s quite an honor. The medal is the highest, most prestigious decoration in France awarded to recognize merit or bravery.
  Friday’s ceremony also recognized all the veterans who are no longer among the living.
  “May our children know who they are, what they did for us and why they did it. To do anyth
  
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• Houston Westbury Christian vs. Regents | HSFB Playoffs

  12-11-2016 07:07 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Regents beat Houston Westbury, 49-7.
  Regents will face Sugar Land Fort Bend Christian next week will Houston Westbury is eliminated from the TAPPS playoffs.
  
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• Kerrville Tivy vs. McCallum | HSFB Playoffs

  12-11-2016 07:04 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — McCallum beat Kerrville Tivy, 17-14.
  McCallum advances to play Rosenberg Terry next week while Kerrville Tivy is eliminated from the playoffs.
  
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• Hendrickson vs. Bowie | HSFB Playoffs

  12-11-2016 07:02 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Bowie beat Hendrickson, 41-28.
  Bowie plays the winner of Klein/Spring game while Hendrickson is eliminated from the playoffs.
  
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• Burnet vs. Taylor | HSFB Playoffs

  12-11-2016 06:59 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Taylor beat Burnet 42-6.
  Taylor advances to play Somerset next week while Burnet is eliminated from the playoffs.
  
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• Georgetown vs. Brenham | HSFB Playoffs

  12-11-2016 06:50 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Brenham beat Georgetown, 31-28.
  Brenham will play A&M Consolidated next week while Georgetown is eliminated from the playoffs.
  
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• Anderson vs. Cedar Ridge | HSFB Playoffs

  12-11-2016 06:47 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Cedar Ridge rolls to an easy victory over Anderson, 70-14.
  Cedar Ridge will take on Klein Collins next week at Merrill Green Stadium in Bryan.
  
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• SA Madison vs Lake Travis | HSFB Playoffs

  12-11-2016 06:44 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Lake Travis defeats San Antonio Madison, 56-7.
  Lake Travis will play Smithson Valley in the second round.
  
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• Austin ISD hosting town hall to talk about inclusion post-election

  12-11-2016 06:35 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Picture this: a room full of fifth graders on the morning after the presidential election.
  “I remember walking into the classroom with the whole class at 7:30 in the morning and there was complete silence,” said Beatriz Hernandez. “There was a lot of anxiety and fear in the air.”
  It was a rare sound for the teacher at Pickle Elementary School, and that silence was followed by a stream of questions, and some young tears.
  “What does thi
  
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• Advocates for medicinal marijuana look to Texas next for legalization

  12-11-2016 06:30 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — After four states voted in favor Tuesday of legalizing marijuana for medicinal use and with only two months remaining until Texas lawmakers return to the capitol for the next legislative session, advocates for the drug tell KXAN they medical marijuana could soon be legalized.
  “The election results on Tuesday were monumental for this country. Prohibition policies have failed and we’re seeing the people of America wanting more sensible policies enacted and th
  
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• Friday Night Game Night: Playoff Scores

  12-11-2016 05:57 via kxan.com
  
  CLASS 6A Division I
  Region I
  Bi-District
  Allen 34, Euless Trinity 25
  Belton 38, South Grand Prairie 30
  Duncanville 24, Killeen Harker Heights 7
  Keller Timber Creek 54, Arlington Martin 51
  Lewisville Hebron 40, Plano East 35
  San Angelo Central 72, EP Franklin 7
  Region II
  Bi-District
  Austin Bowie 41, Pflugerville Hendrickson 28
  Garland Sachse 34, Dallas Skyline 13
  The Woodlands 41, Mesquite Horn 21
  Region III
  Bi-District
  Cypress Ranch 63, Houston Bellaire 42
  Galena Park North Shore 55, Pasadena Me
  
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• Serial armed robbery suspect arrested

  12-11-2016 05:01 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin Police Department’s Robbery Unit is investigating a series of seven aggravated robberies of businesses in Austin over the past few days. Police released surveillance photos of the suspect Friday evening and he was later arrested.
  According to APD, the individual was recognized by someone which led to the suspect being pulled over on a traffic stop and arrested. APD said additional information will be released either this weekend or on Monday.
  
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• PHOTOS: Serial armed robbery suspect hits 7 businesses this week

  12-11-2016 05:01 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin Police Department’s Robbery Unit is investigating a series of seven aggravated robberies of businesses in Austin over the past few days. Police have released surveillance photos of the suspect.
  The suspect, described by police as a Hispanic male, 5-foot-3 to 5-foot-7 inches tall, in his mid to late 20s, of medium build, with short hair and a scruffy beard. He robbed each of the seven businesses at gunpoint.
  At 7:37 p.m. Friday, the suspect robbed
  
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• Woman injured in possible drive-by shooting in East Austin

  12-11-2016 04:24 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A woman was shot in the hand or the arm Friday night in East Austin.
  Officers say it was possibly a drive-by shooting on Stone Gate Drive, near Webberville Road, at around 8:31 p.m.
  Austin-Travis County EMS took the woman to University Medical Center Brackenridge. Police do not have any suspects at this time.
  KXAN has a crew on the way to the scene. We’ll update this story as we get additional information. 
  
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• The Saxon Pub will stay at its home on South Lamar

  12-11-2016 03:42 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A popular South Austin live music bar is staying put after initial plans to move to the St. Elmo development on South Congress Avenue.
  “The Saxon Pub is a venue that is near and dear to my heart, to many Austinites and to the city’s music DNA,” said Garry Keller, co-founder of Keller Williams Realty. “I’m very excited to be a part of something that allows such a historic venue to stay in its current location.”
  The Saxon’s owner
  
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• Pflugerville High choir honors servicemen, women on Veterans Day

  12-11-2016 03:38 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Students across local districts also took a moment to honor America’s veterans.
  KXAN photojournalist Todd Bynum stopped by choir rehearsals for the annual Veterans Day performance at Pflugerville High School to hear what the music, and the message, means to them.
  For an extended video on the students, watch here:
  
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• UT pipe mix-up dumps sewage in Waller Creek for 2 years

  12-11-2016 03:30 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- With every flush of the toilets in two University of Texas engineering school bathrooms, raw sewage poured into Waller Creek, and the dumping extended for more than two years, a KXAN investigation has found.
  UT officials say a subcontractor, Hidalgo Industrial Services Inc., accidentally tied the sewage line of two ground-level bathrooms and a janitor’s closet in UT’s Cockrell School of Engineering to a storm drain. The crew misidentified the storm drain as a wastewa
  
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• Texas veterans push for medical marijuana at State Capitol

  12-11-2016 02:33 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – Texas veterans says it’s time the state legalized medical marijuana.  A group spent Friday afternoon sharing personal stories at the Vietnam Veterans Monument at the Texas Capitol.
  Amanda Berard is among the group hoping to be heard. “I have PTSD from military sexual trauma,” said Berard.  She was stationed in the United States when she says she was attacked.
  Berard, 29, has been waiting eight months to see her doctor at the VA for continued trea
  
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• Army Secretary announces hacking initiative in Austin

  12-11-2016 02:18 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – The secretary of the Army, Eric Fanning, says the Army wants to work with hackers to find bugs and weaknesses.
  He announced a program Friday at Capital Factory called Hack the Army. The concept is to let the hackers legally try specific techniques against the Department of the Army’s websites. They can then get paid for vulnerability reports, with the goal of improving the Army’s security.
  “I often said that we need to break down barriers between the Army
  
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• UT police ask students to report any racial bias incidents

  12-11-2016 02:12 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Just hours after Donald Trump was elected president, there have been reports of racists incidents across the country. Here in Central Texas, insensitive flyers popped up on the Texas State campus. While none have been reported at the University of Texas, police and the diversity office are coming together to make sure if they do happen, they’re dealt with immediately.
  A tweet from police urges students to be on the lookout for any incidents, things like:
  A studen
  
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• Community rallies to give paralyzed football player life-changing gift

  12-11-2016 01:42 via kxan.com
  
  ROUND ROCK, Texas (KXAN) – While Jasiel Favors lost his ability to walk in September 2015, he didn’t lose the support of his family, friends and teammates. A helmet-to-helmet collision left him paralyzed from the neck down.
  “It makes me feel good knowing I have support to lean on, knowing I’m not alone,” said Favors. “I’ve got my family, my friends, the football team. We’re all a family.”
  Despite the love and support, the road has been challe
  
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• $25 million disaster relief plan approved for San Marcos

  12-11-2016 01:11 via kxan.com
  
  SAN MARCOS, Texas (KXAN) – Many are still making repairs after last year’s devastating floods in Central Texas. For those in San Marcos, they will soon start to see some major improvements around town that will help prevent flooding in the future.
  On Thursday, a $25.08 million federal disaster recovery grant was finally approved by the government to make those changes.
  The city has created a plan that will allocate the funds into four categories. In an almost 300 page plan, the city
  
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• Lawyer: Cosby expects to be cleared and resume his career

  12-11-2016 01:02 via kxan.com
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Bill Cosby expects to be cleared of a criminal sexual assault charge and restart his entertainment career, his lawyer argues in a defamation lawsuit filed against him by seven women.
  Attorney Angela Agrusa is urging a judge to seal documents that contain information about Cosby’s negotiated compensation for his performances and other personal financial information.
  The women suing Cosby in federal court in Massachusetts argue that he has no future in show business and w
  
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• PETA offers $5,000 for info about abandoned North Austin dog

  12-11-2016 00:39 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is stepping up with $5,000 for information that leads to the arrest of a person who abandoned a dog on a North Austin street corner.
  On November 2, a 1-year-old Boxer or Boston Terrier mix was left in a wire crate in the 600 block of W. Croslin St. She is recovering, but remains in serious condition. The dog was found wearing a brown collar with rhinestone studs.
  According to PETA, when authorities arrived, the
  
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