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• Buda Trail of Lights cancelled Sunday night

  18-12-2016 22:37 via kxan.com
  
  BUDA, Texas (KXAN) – The city of Buda has announced they will cancel the Trail of Lights Sunday night.
  Due to the drop in temperatures and several displays blown down by Saturday night’s winds, it will be rescheduled for Monday night from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.
  Parking for the event Monday night will be available at Cabela’s and visitors can still take the shuttle to Stagecoach Park.
   
   
  
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• State of Texas: In-Depth – Texans nominated for Trump’s cabinet

  18-12-2016 18:50 via kxan.com
  
   
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — This past week, two Texans earned nominations to President-elect Trump’s Cabinet. This Sunday’s KXAN State of Texas program looks closer at the choices and the impact they could have on Texas.
  The President-elect selected CEO of Exxon Mobil and University of Texas grad, Rex Tillerson as his secretary of state on Tuesday.  Former Governor of Texas, Rick Perry, was nominated on Wednesday to head up the U.S. Department of Energy.
  Much speculation l
  
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• Mayor: Corpus Christi, Texas water ban lifted

  18-12-2016 18:10 via kxan.com
  
  CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — A nearly four-day ban on drinking the water in Corpus Christi, Texas, was lifted on Sunday after test results showed no contamination due to a chemical leak, the city’s mayor announced.
  Mayor Dan McQueen said residents could resume using the city’s water supply for drinking, bathing and cooking.
  “It is all full use but we are going to continue to monitor as we go on,” McQueen said.
  None of the 28 drinking water samples the Environmental
  
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• Corpus Christi water ban lifted

  18-12-2016 18:10 via kxan.com
  
  CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — A nearly four-day ban on drinking the water in Corpus Christi, Texas, was lifted on Sunday after test results showed no contamination due to a chemical leak, the city’s mayor announced.
  Mayor Dan McQueen said residents could resume using the city’s water supply for drinking, bathing and cooking.
  “It is all full use but we are going to continue to monitor as we go on,” McQueen said.
  None of the 28 drinking water samples the Environmental
  
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• Corpus Christi lifts water ban after tests find no corrosive

  18-12-2016 18:10 via kxan.com
  
  CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — A nearly four-day ban on drinking the water in Corpus Christi, Texas, was lifted on Sunday after test results showed no contamination due to a chemical leak, the city’s mayor announced.
  Mayor Dan McQueen said residents could resume using the city’s water supply for drinking, bathing and cooking.
  “It is all full use but we are going to continue to monitor as we go on,” McQueen said.
  None of the 28 drinking water samples the Environmental
  
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• Surveillance video shows shooting at Yellow Rose Nightclub

  18-12-2016 14:01 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Police are investigating a shooting at a Central Austin strip club late Saturday night.
  The shooting happened at 11:28 p.m. at the Yellow Rose Nightclub off North Lamar Boulevard.
  Austin-Travis County EMS says a man in his 30’s was taken to UMC Brackenridge in critical condition.
  The owner of the club tells KXAN News that a Yellow Rose security guard shot a man who tried to rob another man in the nightclub parking lot.
  Police haven’t said what prompted the shoot
  
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• Man injured in shooting at Yellow Rose Nightclub, suspect in custody

  18-12-2016 14:01 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Police are investigating a shooting at a Central Austin strip club late Saturday night.
  It happened just before midnight at the Yellow Rose Nightclub off North Lamar Boulevard.
  Austin-Travis County EMS says a man in his 30’s was taken to UMC Brackenridge in critical condition.
  Police haven’t said what prompted the shooting but one person is in custody.
  
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• Man critically injured in shooting at Yellow Rose Nightclub

  18-12-2016 14:01 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Police are investigating a shooting at a Central Austin strip club late Saturday night.
  The shooting happened at 11:28 p.m. at the Yellow Rose Nightclub off North Lamar Boulevard.
  Austin-Travis County EMS says a man in his 30’s was taken to UMC Brackenridge in critical condition.
  Police haven’t said what prompted the shooting but one person is in custody.
  
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• Woman killed in South Austin shooting

  18-12-2016 13:44 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin police are investigating a deadly shooting early Sunday morning in South Austin.
  Austin-Travis County EMS says medics they were called to reports of a shooting around 2:22 a.m. in the 4500 block of Walton Heath Circle near Onion Creek.
  Paramedics arriving on scene found a woman with a gunshot wound. She was taken to South Austin Medical Center in critical condition.
  No other information is being released at this time.
   
   
  
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• Husband shot, killed wife during argument at SE Austin home, police say

  18-12-2016 13:44 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin police say a woman was shot and killed by her husband in southeast Austin, early Sunday morning.
  Police were dispatched to Walton Heath Circle near Onion Creek Parkway at 12:23 a.m. Officers found Nicole Volmer, 40, with a gunshot wound and began first aid until Austin-Travis County EMS medics arrived and took over rescue efforts.
  Volmer was taken to South Austin Medical Center where she was later pronounced dead.
  An autopsy performed Sunday by th
  
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• Lake Travis wins sixth state title, first in class 6A

  18-12-2016 06:36 via kxan.com
  
  ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Charlie Brewer passed for 361 yards and four touchdowns, leading Lake Travis to a 41-13 victory over The Woodlands for the Class 6A Division I championship on Saturday night.
  The Texas Associated Press Sports Editors player of the year joined his older brother, Michael Brewer, and his grandfather, Charlie Brewer, as Texas high school champions. Michael Brewer won two titles at Lake Travis, and Charlie’s Brewer’s granddad led Lubbock High School
  
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• Texas loses to Stanford, 3-1 in national championship match

  18-12-2016 05:52 via kxan.com
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Inky Ajanaku had 18 kills, Kathryn Plummer added 16 and Stanford beat Texas 25-21, 25-19, 18-25, 25-21 on Saturday night in the NCAA women’s volleyball final.
  The Cardinal (27-7) won 16 of their last 17 matches to complete an unlikely championship run with four freshman starters.
  After losing the third set, Stanford jumped out to a 6-0 lead and continued to dominate the net. Plummer received a bump set from Kelsey Humphries and registered the winning kill off of
  
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• Wreaths across America honors veterans’ graves

  18-12-2016 05:39 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN)- Volunteers laid nearly three-thousand wreaths at the Texas State Cemetery on Saturday. They were honoring all service members buried there.Governor Greg Abbott (R-Texas) was in attendance at the ceremony.It’s just one of the more than 1,200 locations taking part across the country. Wreaths Across America says donors paid for each of the wreaths. The program was founded 25 years ago in 1992.
  
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• Central Texas Santa tradition ends due to population growth

  18-12-2016 05:36 via kxan.com
  
  BUDA, Texas (KXAN) – An annual Christmas tradition in Buda is being canceled after the fire department says the city has simply grown too large. In past years, Santa would ride from neighborhood to neighborhood on a fire truck and visit the children. But this year Santa will only be visiting at the city’s Trail of Lights.
  “It was always something you look forward to this time of year when the fire truck would come around to your house,” said Buda resident Brandy Fontenot.
  
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• Sail of Lights puts an Austin twist on a holiday tradition

  18-12-2016 04:29 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN)- In true city form, some Austinites found a different twist to classic holiday lights.The 5th annual Sail of Lights kicked off Saturday night on Lady Bird Lake.A group of paddleboarders lit up their boards and dressed in costumes. Some even put trees on their boards.They say it’s their version of the Trail of Lights but on the water and the whole idea behind it is to get everyone in the holiday spirit. Organizer Linda McCoy says, “it’s such a different perspective
  
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• Nearly $90K worth of jewelry stolen from north Austin store

  18-12-2016 03:14 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin police are looking for a man and a woman who they say robbed $86,000 worth of jewelry from a North Austin store.
  Police say the couple came into the Spence Diamonds in the Domain on Friday and asked to try on a two ring set. Once the clerk put the rings on the woman’s finger, the couple ran out the door.
  WATCH: High-end jewelry store smash-and-grab
  The man is in his mid-30s, 6 feet 2 inches tall and heavy set. He is clean shaven with a buzz cut. The woman
  
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• APD looking for jewelry store robbery suspects

  18-12-2016 03:14 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN)- Austin Police are looking for a man and a woman who they say robbed $86,000 dollars worth of jewelry from a North Austin store. Police say the couple came into the Spence Diamonds in the Domain and asked to try on a two ring set. Once the clerk put the rings on the woman’s finger, the couple ran out the door.Police say the man is in his mid-30’s, 6 feet 2 inches tall, heavy set. He is clean shaven with a buzz cut. The woman is also in her mid-30s, 5 feet 2 inches tall
  
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• Candidates for DNC chair attend Austin meeting

  18-12-2016 02:26 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN)- After losing the race for President, Democrats are looking to rebuild. On Saturday, the five candidates to run the Democratic National Committee spoke to the Texas Democrats Executive Committee in Austin.The race has been dominated by Minnesota congressman Keith Ellison. The leadership race was shaken up this week when Secretary of Labor Tom Perez threw his hat into the ring. Perez says “Demography is not necessarily destiny. You know Texas can become blue. The fundamentals
  
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• Corpus Christi officials knew of water problem 2 weeks ago

  18-12-2016 02:07 via kxan.com
  
  CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (KXAN)- Corpus Christi officials say they knew of a water problem nearly two weeks before the 320,000 people who live there not to use tap water. On Wednesday, people were told to not use tap water to drink, wash hands or even bathing. The restrictions have been lifted in some areas, but not all.Corpus Christi’s assistant city manager said Saturday the city received three reports of dirty water from a chemical plant before issuing a public alert. The first report
  
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• Motorcyclist loses control, crashes into house

  18-12-2016 01:06 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN)- A man was seriously hurt Saturday afternoon after crashing his motorcycle into a house in southeast Austin.
  The Austin Police Department says the man veered off of Windoak Drive just after 3 p.m. Police say he crashed through palm trees before hitting the house.
  He was wearing his helmet. Police say he injured his leg. Paramedics took him to UMC Brackenridge with serious injuries.
  
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• Motorcyclist hurt in crash with SE Austin house

  18-12-2016 01:06 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN)- A man was seriously hurt Saturday afternoon after crashing his motorcycle into a house in southeast Austin. According to the Austin Police Department, the man veered off of Windoak Drive just after 3 p.m. The area Police say he crashed through palm trees before hitting the house. He was wearing his helmet. Police say he injured his leg. Paramedics took him to UMC Brackenridge with serious injuries.
  
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