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• PHOTOS: Wavy ‘asperitus’ clouds over Central Texas

  21-05-2017 22:51 via kxan.com
  
  After two full weekends of wall-to-wall sunshine this month, this weekend has been a tad more cloudy and stormy than we probably would have liked. With that increasing low cloudiness across the KXAN viewing area brought “wavy” cloud formations on Sunday. Which had many folks reaching out to our meteorologists and asking what was causing the clouds to take on such a “wavy” shape?
  The cloud formation is called “asperitus” or “undulatus asperatus,” wh
  
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• Police safe zone unsafe for 2 busted for selling stolen item

  21-05-2017 21:58 via kxan.com
  
  COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — An area of the College Station police department parking lot set up to provide a safe location for people selling and trading online items has become not safe for two would-be entrepreneurs accused of dealing stolen merchandise.
  Police say Jahilil Ryan Brown and Deanthony Marquece Williams, both 19, tried to sell a stolen Xbox console Saturday afternoon to the person who originally had it taken from him.
  Bryan-College Station TV station KBTX reports (http://bi
  
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• Starting this weekend, plan for long-term ramp closures along US 183

  21-05-2017 19:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — It’s already a narrow stretch of highway and starting this weekend, the drive will get a whole lot tighter on US 183 near Airport Boulevard. The US 183 southbound exit to Montopolis Drive will be closed as well as the entrance ramp to US 183 from the frontage road near Bolm Road.
  Callahan’s General Store is situated right on US 183 and in the middle of all the construction. Owner Charley Wilson says he has seen southeast Austin change over the years but he&
  
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• Long-term ramp closures along US 183 have begun

  21-05-2017 19:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — It’s already a narrow stretch of highway and starting this weekend, the drive will get a whole lot tighter on US 183 near Airport Boulevard. The US 183 southbound exit to Montopolis Drive will be closed as well as the entrance ramp to US 183 from the frontage road near Bolm Road.
  Callahan’s General Store is situated right on US 183 and in the middle of all the construction. Owner Charley Wilson says he has seen southeast Austin change over the years but he&
  
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• Dell Seton Medical Center Opens, more than 100 patients transported

  21-05-2017 18:27 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — After roughly two years of preparation and planning, the Dell Seton Medical Center at the University of Texas opened Sunday morning, and the historic University Medical Center Brackenridge hospital closed. Ambulances transported more than 100 patients from UMCB to Dell Seton taking between six and twelve minutes to transport each patient with the help of a personal transport team.
  Dell Seton is Seton’s newest teaching hospital and the region’s only Level I Traum
  
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• Dell Seton Medical Center opens, more than 100 patients being moved

  21-05-2017 18:27 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — After roughly two years of preparation and planning, the Dell Seton Medical Center at the University of Texas opened Sunday morning, and the historic University Medical Center Brackenridge hospital closed. Ambulances are transporting more than 100 patients from UMCB to Dell Seton — taking between six and 12 minutes to move each patient to the new hospital with the help of a personal transport team. Seton says that the transfers will be completed by the end of the day.
  
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• Central Texas first responders hit the gridiron for charity

  21-05-2017 18:11 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Central Texas first responders put on a different kind of uniform Saturday all in the name of charity.
  The Central Texas Wolf Pack played the Los Angeles Centurions at Gupton Stadium in Cedar Park. The teams are both public safety football organizations with the National Public Safety Football League. The teams were made up of first responders from each community.
  The Centurions won the game 41 to 14. This is the Wolf Pack’s final game of the season.
  The fundraiser wa
  
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• AISD forum gives voters chance to meet District 6 candidates

  21-05-2017 18:11 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A candidate forum on Saturday gave Austinites a chance to question the three men running to represent District 6 on the A.I.S.D. school board. Alejandro Delgado, Geronimo Rodriguez and Glen Shield are looking to replace Paul Saldaña who resigned in April 2017.
  Another forum will be held on May 23 in the library of Akins High School from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. The school board hopes to fill the vacancy on June 12. District 6 covers much of South and Sou
  
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• State of Texas: The threat of a special session

  21-05-2017 17:57 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – There’s just over a week to go in the legislative session. But state lawmakers learned that they may have to spend a little more time in Austin than they expected. On Wednesday, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick promised to push lawmakers toward a special session unless House members approve two controversial bills. One sets new limits on how much cities and counties can raise property taxes without voter approval. The other is the Senate bill requiring Texans to use the
  
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• UT Student Government calls for crisis communication changes

  21-05-2017 01:58 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Students at the University of Texas called for better communication policies Friday in response to the deadly stabbing that happened on campus May 1, 2017.
  The UT Student Government said it would like to see changes to the text message alert policy by having dispatchers notify first responders and then immediately issue a text alert before taking new calls.
  “Our hope is really just that students, one, are understanding that the university and law enforcement are
  
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• Texas GOP Chair Tom Mechler resigns, cites personal reasons

  21-05-2017 01:02 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas Republican Party Chairman Tom Mechler resigned his post Saturday, the state party said in a statement.
  The statement said he resigned for personal reasons, which it did not disclose.
  The state Republican executive committee will hold an election at its upcoming quarterly meeting in Austin on June 3 to name an interim chairperson to serve the remainder of Mechler’s term.
  Mechler served as the treasurer of the state party before he became the chairm
  
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• Retired Dallas police chief’s message for UT grads: Public service is worth it

  21-05-2017 00:58 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The anticipation has been rising since September of 2016 when David Brown accepted the invitation to speak at the University of Texas at Austin spring commencement.
  On Saturday morning, the former Dallas police chief said he was ready to share a message with graduates Saturday night about service.
  “Public service is worth it, it’s worth the controversies, it’s worth many of the challenges and contradictions, it’s worth not being appreciated for
  
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• 8 riders rescued after coaster stops at Six Flags Over Texas

  21-05-2017 00:44 via kxan.com
  
  ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Emergency personnel rescued eight people from a new roller coaster at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington after it stopped on an upper area of track.
  Officials say nobody was hurt. The last rider on the 120-foot-tall coaster was safely removed before dawn Saturday.
  Six Flags spokeswoman Sharon Parker says officials will try to determine what triggered a safety feature that stopped coaster, called The Joker. The coaster had opened for the first time overnight.
  The Arli
  
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