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• Williamson County Regional Animal Shelter celebrates 10 years

  19-03-2017 18:35 via kxan.com
  
  GEORGETOWN, Texas (KXAN) — This month, the Williamson County Regional Animal Shelter is celebrating a decade of saving lives.
  Since the shelter opened its doors in 2007, WCRAS has put more than 34,000 animals in forever homes through adoption. In addition to the growing number of adoptions, the shelter has reunited almost 10,000 missing pets with their families.
  Within the last decade, the shelter has found homes for even the most unexpected animals. From a small herd of rabbits,
  
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• State of Texas: In Depth – One-on-one with Chuck Todd

  19-03-2017 16:38 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — This week on State of Texas: In Depth, Josh Hinkle spoke with Meet the Press host Chuck Todd during his visit in Austin during the South by Southwest Festival.
  The political director and moderator of the longest running show in television history talks about his time with Meet the Press and his latest podcast series.
  NBC’s Meet the Press airs on KXAN every Sunday at 9 a.m.
  
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• Man who drove suspicious car near White House is detained

  19-03-2017 14:44 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A man who drove to a security checkpoint near the White House in a car that was deemed suspicious has been detained by the U.S. Secret Service.
  The car was stopped Saturday night about a quarter-mile from the White House.
  The Secret Service says it’s investigating. It hasn’t said what caused the car to be considered suspicious.
  Republican President Donald Trump wasn’t at the White House because he and his family are spending the weekend at his resort in
  
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• Man struck by car in north Austin

  19-03-2017 12:29 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A man is in the hospital after being struck by a car early Sunday morning.
  It happened in the 11400 block of Burnet Road at around 2:30 a.m.
  Austin-Travis EMS says they performed CPR on the man in his 20’s and was transported to St. David’s Round Rock Medical Center for his injuries.
  Austin Police are investigating the crash.
  
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• TxDOT game at Rodeo Austin simulates dangerous driving

  19-03-2017 04:18 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — With more drivers on the road for spring break, the Texas Department of Transportation is showing drivers a lot of ways to prevent crashes.
  The agency brought its “Be Safe, Drive Smart” Road Watchers tour to Rodeo Austin Saturday. Visitors were encouraged to be back-seat drivers — and correct the driver.
  “They’re watching the driver in the front seat drive and they’re kind of keeping an eye on the decisions that the driver is ma
  
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• Tournament field is set for Dell Technologies Match Play

  19-03-2017 03:20 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The field is set for the 2017 WGC Dell Technologies Match Play tournament with seven of the top 10 golfers in the world making their way to Austin next week.
  Jason Day, the defending tournament champion, will face the usual suspects of elite golfers at Austin Country Club when the tournament starts Wednesday morning. Former Texas Longhorn Jordan Spieth will again serve as the unofficial tournament host. Last year, Spieth was eliminated from tournament play in the Round of 1
  
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• Travis County deputy involved in motorcycle crash

  19-03-2017 02:05 via kxan.com
  
  MANOR, Texas (KXAN) — Saturday night an on-duty deputy with the Travis County Sheriff’s Office was involved in a crash on his patrol motorcycle.
  TCSO Spokesperson Kristen Dark says the deputy was sitting at a stoplight at the busy intersection of U.S. 290 and F.M. 973 in Manor around 6:45 p.m.
  A driver rear-ended the car behind the deputy’s motorcycle, according to Dark.
  The impact pushed the motorcycle into the ditch. The deputy did not want to be taken to the hospital.
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• ‘The Thunder Rolls’ at Auditorium Shores tonight — starring Garth Brooks

  19-03-2017 01:03 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The biggest show in Austin so far this year is happening soon. Garth Brooks takes the stage at 8 p.m. tonight for a free concert at Auditorium Shores.
  Tens of thousands of fans will be there — South by Southwest badge holders and those lucky enough to snag a ticket in a matter of minutes yesterday before they were gone.
  People gathering early said they could feel the excitement hanging in the air.
  The gates opened at 11 a.m. and it’s been a pretty steady stream
  
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• SXSW-avoidant Austinites turn out in droves for free Garth Brooks concert

  19-03-2017 01:03 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Country music legend Garth Brooks performed in front of tens of thousands of people in a free concert at Auditorium Shores in downtown Austin Saturday night.
  In addition to those with tickets inside the fence, many fans set up their chairs right outside, hanging on parking garages and nearby streets eager to catch just a glimpse of Brooks.
  It’s a common refrain to hear most Austinites claim that they generally avoid South by Southwest as it clogs up the city. But toni
  
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