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• Austin council member wants to squeeze the red tape out of lemonade stands

  14-06-2017 23:53 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – Every young entrepreneur has to get a start somewhere, and for the kids that go above and beyond to begin their own businesses, a lemonade stand is almost a rite of passage.
  Currently, young business moguls in Austin have to find a different way to break into the shark tank, or rather, the lemonade stand business. Children technically need a permit to legally operate a lemonade stand – quite a sour discovery for young aspiring business tycoons.
  Investors, start juicin
  
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• Unknown child found dead in 1976 may have spent time in Texas

  14-06-2017 23:13 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The skeletal remains of a young boy discovered inside a blue metal storage trunk in a basement remain unidentified more than 40 years after they were found.
  Isotope testing on the boy’s remains, found in Greece, New York on March 9, 1976, indicate he may not have been local to the New York area, having likely spent the first years of his life in the American Northwest and the last years of his life in the Southeast, possibly including Texas.
  The National Center for Mi
  
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• Texas set to open gold bullion depository

  14-06-2017 23:08 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas is getting its very own version of Fort Knox–a bullion depository–Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced Wednesday.
  Located in the Austin area, the Texas Bullion Depository will be operated by Lone Star Tangible Assets. Texans, businesses and foreign nationals can deposit their bullion at LSTA’s existing facilities while a purpose-built depository will be completed in 2018.
  Bullion depositories offer those with tangible assets, such as gold bars, an
  
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• Buda man charged with murder after 2016 DWI crash

  14-06-2017 22:50 via kxan.com
  
  BUDA, Texas (KXAN) – A Buda man is now charged with murder months after he was involved in a car crash that killed a woman.
  According to court documents, Rogelio Garduno, 36, is being charged with murder and intoxication manslaughter. According to court documents, on Dec. 7, 2016, Garduno was driving on Farm to Market 2001 just before 10 p.m. when he drove onto the wrong side of the road and hit another car driven by Frances Campbell. Campbell was transported to St. David South Austin
  
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• Security for Congress members, state officials highlighted after shooting

  14-06-2017 21:53 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN/AP) — Following a shooting Wednesday morning targeting Republican members of Congress practicing for the annual Congressional Baseball Game in Alexandria, Virginia, KXAN reached out to Texas political leaders to find out more about security measures at their Texas offices.
  “We can say that DPS is continually monitoring events involving potential public safety impacts across the state and nation,” Texas Department of Public Safety spokesperson Tom Vinger said i
  
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• UT alumnus working for Rep. Roger Williams injured in shooting

  14-06-2017 19:36 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A University of Texas at Austin alumnus who suffered a gunshot wound in the Congressional baseball shooting is expected to fully recover from his injuries.
  Zack Barth graduated in 2015, with a BA in government. Barth works as a legislative correspondent in Rep. Roger Williams, R-Austin, office.
  According to Barth’s LinkedIn, he started working with the Williams’ office in September 2016. Prior to that, he worked as policy assistant with Rep. Randy Neugebauer.
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• UT alum working for Rep. Roger Williams injured in shooting

  14-06-2017 19:36 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A University of Texas at Austin alumnus who suffered a gunshot wound in the Congressional baseball practice shooting Wednesday  is expected to fully recover from his injuries.
  Zack Barth graduated in 2015 with a BA in government. Barth, from the Spring Branch neighborhood in Houston, works as a legislative correspondent in the office of Rep. Roger Williams, R-Austin.
  According to Barth’s LinkedIn, he started working in Williams’ office in September 2016. Pr
  
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• PHOTOS: Congressional baseball practice attack

  14-06-2017 19:25 via kxan.com
  
  ALEXANDRIA, Virginia (KXAN) — A gunman who opened fire at an Alexandria baseball field Wednesday morning as Republican Congress members were practicing for the annual Congressional Baseball Game scheduled for Thursday against the Democrats has died.
  House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, who was at second base at the time of the shooting, is said to have a hip wound and was assisted by other lawmakers who rushed to put a tourniquet on him. His injuries are not expected to be life threaten
  
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• Texas boy, 14, dies after shot by twin aiming for snake

  14-06-2017 19:05 via kxan.com
  
  DAYTON, Texas (AP) — Authorities say a 14-year-old Southeast Texas boy has died after accidentally being shot by his twin brother who was aiming at a snake in a drainage ditch.
  The Liberty County Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday announced the death. According to KBMT in Beaumont, the Nederland teenager who died has been identified as Kollsen Carter.
  Investigators say the twins on Monday afternoon saw a snake in a water-filled ditch and the boys retrieved two .22-caliber rifles from thei
  
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• Multiple dead in shooting at San Francisco UPS Center

  14-06-2017 18:49 via kxan.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) – Multiple people are dead, including the gunman, after a shooting at a UPS Center in San Francisco Wednesday morning.
  A UPS employee opened fire at around 9:00 a.m. inside of the UPS customer service center near 17th and Utah.
  A source tells KRON4 that five people were shot. The gunman was also shot and has died.
  UPS spokesman Steve Gaut told The Associated Press that an employee fired inside the facility before the drivers were sent out to do their normal daily deliv
  
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• At least 2 dead in San Francisco UPS facility shooting

  14-06-2017 18:49 via kxan.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) – NBC is reporting at least five people were shot and two were killed during a shooting in San Francisco Wednesday morning.
  The shooting happened at around 9:00 a.m. in the area of 17th and Utah. This location is near a large UPS center.
  The shooter has been shot and is being taken to a hospital.
  Witnesses say they heard several shots and saw people running out the UPS building.
  A spokesman for Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital said that the hospital has recei
  
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• Conservative lawmaker known for love of baseball

  14-06-2017 18:43 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Steve Scalise, a member of the House Republican leadership, is known for his love of baseball and the late-night meals he often serves his colleagues in his office near the Capitol’s ornate Statuary Hall.
  Scalise, the No. 3 House Republican, was shot Wednesday along with several others during a GOP baseball practice in Alexandria, Virginia.
  Scalise distributed commemorative baseball bats to fellow members when he ran for a leadership post in 2014. The Louisiana
  
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• Congressman shot at baseball practice is avid sports fan

  14-06-2017 18:43 via kxan.com
  
  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Rep. Steve Scalise, a member of the House Republican leadership, is known for his love of baseball and the late-night meals he often serves his colleagues in his office near the Capitol’s ornate Statuary Hall.
  Scalise, the No. 3 House Republican, was shot Wednesday along with several others during a GOP baseball practice in Alexandria, Virginia. He was in critical condition following surgery, the hospital said.
  An avid sports fan, Scalise distributed commemora
  
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• WATCH: New York deli worker attacked with avocados

  14-06-2017 18:42 via kxan.com
  
  NEW YORK CITY (NBC News) — Police are searching for two suspects who attacked a deli clerk and broke his jaw by pummeling him with avocados and bananas.
  The incident happened on Memorial Day in the Bronx.
  You can see the suspects casually pick up avocados, which they then hurl at the worker.
  The New York Police Department is releasing this surveillance video now in hopes of finding the two men, whom police believe are in their 20s.
  The chaos erupted at Stadium Gourmet Deli on east 161st st
  
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• Cardboard box full of cash gets couple money laundering charge

  14-06-2017 18:35 via kxan.com
  
  WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — A Williamson County traffic stop landed a couple in jail Tuesday afternoon due to a large amount of money they had in their vehicle.
  According to a release by the Williamson County Sheriff, around 2 p.m., Jorge David Canales, 26, and Cristina Nunez, 35, were in a 2004 Jeep when they were pulled over while going southbound in the 1500 block of State Highway 130 for not passing in the left lane and having no center brake light.
  8 kilos of cocaine found
  
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• Kids tossed from windows to escape London high-rise blaze

  14-06-2017 18:16 via kxan.com
  
  LONDON (AP) — A fast-moving overnight fire engulfed a 24-story apartment tower in London on Wednesday, killing at least 12 people and injuring 74 others, police said. Desperately trying to avoid the flames, residents threw one baby and other small children from high windows to people down on the sidewalk, witnesses said.
  The inferno lit up the night sky and spewed black smoke from the windows of the Grenfell Tower in North Kensington, where more than 200 firefighters battled the blaze. The
  
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• Death toll rises to 12 in London apartment building inferno

  14-06-2017 18:16 via kxan.com
  
  LONDON (AP) — They banged on windows, screamed for help, dropped children from smoky floors in a desperate attempt to save them. Terrified residents of the Grenfell Tower said there was little warning of the inferno that engulfed their high-rise apartment building and left 12 people dead — a toll that officials said would almost certainly rise.
  The blaze early Wednesday in the 24-story building in west London’s North Kensington district also injured 74 others, 18 of them critic
  
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• WATCH: NBC News LIVE coverage of the Congressional baseball shooting

  14-06-2017 18:13 via kxan.com
  
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• Woman injured in Tow shooting

  14-06-2017 17:55 via kxan.com
  
  TOW, Texas (KXAN) — A woman was flown to the hospital by helicopter following a shooting early Monday morning Llano County sheriff’s deputies confirmed.
  Deputies were called to a home in the Llano County town of Tow, near Buchanan Lake Village with word the woman had been shot during a domestic disturbance. The woman, who suffered a single gunshot wound, has not been identified and is expected to survive.
  The Texas Rangers were called in to investigate and process evidence at the sce
  
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• Austin Flag Day celebration marks 24th year

  14-06-2017 17:24 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin’s Hyde Park neighborhood takes Flag Day seriously.
  For 24 years now, Jim Ellinger has been hosting a Flag Day celebration in Austin. This year, there will be a small parade on Fairfield Lane. More than 100 flags representing cities, states, countries, communities and some simply made up from scratch will be on display Wednesday.
  Anyone who likes celebrating Flag Day is welcomed to parade around the circle park at the corner of Fairfield Lane and Eilers Ave
  
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• What is the congressional baseball game?

  14-06-2017 17:12 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Congressional Baseball Game for Charity has been played off and on since it started in 1909.
  The match up allows Democrats and Republicans to settle the score on the diamond instead of inside the capitol. It puts ideological opponents on a literal playing field – something congressmen say helps forge cross-aisle friendships. It also serves as a charity fundraiser which, CNN reports, has raised upwards of $600,000 in recent years.
  This year’s game was sc
  
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• Former Rep. Gabby Giffords tweets response to baseball shooting

  14-06-2017 17:11 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — As authorities work to understand the suspect’s motive in the shooting at a baseball field in Alexandria, Va. involving Republican Congressional members, the last time a congress member was shot during an attack was former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in Arizona.
  Giffords was the target of an assassination attempt while she was hosting a “Congress On Your Corner” event at a Tucson grocery store in 2011. Giffords was shot in the head by Jared Lee Loughner. She s
  
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• Former Rep. Gabby Giffords responds to baseball shooting

  14-06-2017 17:11 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — As authorities work to understand the suspect’s motive in the shooting at a baseball field in Alexandria, Va. involving Republican Congressional members, the last time a congress member was shot during an attack was former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in Arizona.
  Giffords was the target of an assassination attempt while she was hosting a “Congress On Your Corner” event at a Tucson grocery store in 2011. Giffords was shot in the head by Jared Lee Loughner. She s
  
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• 24 charged with hazing; incident put 5 students in hospital

  14-06-2017 15:43 via kxan.com
  
  STEPHENVILLE, Texas (AP) — Two dozen people have been charged with three hazing counts each in April hazing incidents that put five Tarleton State University students in the hospital with alcohol poisoning.
  The hazing happened at two parties April 20 that Stephenville police said at the time were believed to be “initiation proceedings” held by two intramural softball teams.
  The campus student news website Texan News reports 12 of the 24 people have already been arrested and rel
  
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• Members of Congress shot at Virginia baseball field

  14-06-2017 14:19 via kxan.com
  
  ALEXANDRIA, Virginia (KXAN) —  A gunman opened fire at an Alexandria baseball field Wednesday morning as Congress members were practicing for a game scheduled for Thursday. Austin Representative Roger Williams, the team’s coach since he joined Congress in 2013, has said a member of his congressional staff is among the injured.
  The incident happened in the 6 a.m. hour in the 400 block of East Monroe Street. Authorities said five people were transported from the scene w
  
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• Congressman injured as shots ring out during baseball practice

  14-06-2017 14:19 via kxan.com
  
  ALEXANDRIA, Va. (KXAN) —  A gunman opened fire at an Alexandria baseball field Wednesday morning as Republican Congress members were practicing for the annual Congressional Baseball Game scheduled for Thursday against the Democrats. Austin Republican Congressman Roger Williams, the team’s coach since he joined Congress in 2013, said a member of his congressional staff is among the injured.
  The incident transpired in 5 to 10 minutes during the 6 a.m. hour in the 400 bl
  
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• Congressman in critical condition after baseball practice shooting

  14-06-2017 14:19 via kxan.com
  
  ALEXANDRIA, Va. (KXAN/AP) — The gunman who opened fire at an Alexandria, Virginia baseball field Wednesday morning as Republican members of Congress were practicing for the annual Congressional Baseball Game scheduled for Thursday against the Democrats has died.
  Austin Congressman Roger Williams, the team’s coach since he joined Congress in 2013, said a member of his congressional staff is among the injured. Williams was treated at the hospital for minor injuries he sustained wh
  
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• Suspicious package found in Austin IRS building mail room

  14-06-2017 14:01 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Crews are investigating a suspicious package found in the mail room of Austin’s Internal Revenue Service office.
  According to Austin police, a dog alerted workers to the package around 6 a.m. at the 3651 South Interstate 35 location.
  Officers are en route to the scene and will determine if a bomb squad needs to be dispatched.
  This is a developing story and is expected to be updated.
  
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• Package found by K9 in Austin IRS building mail room “non-harmful”

  14-06-2017 14:01 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin bomb squad members deemed a suspicious package found in the mail room of Austin’s Internal Revenue Service office as “non-harmful” Wednesday morning.
  According to Austin police, an onsite dog used by the company contracted to handle the mail room alerted workers to the “shoe-sized” package around 6 a.m. at the 3651 South Interstate 35 location, near the intersection of 35 and Highway 71.
  Nearly 500 people were evacuated as a precaution.
  
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• VIDEO: Welding supply company in Tyler explodes several times

  14-06-2017 13:42 via kxan.com
  
  TYLER, Texas (KETK) — Several agencies battled a massive fire at Tyler Welders Supply Company on Highway 271 N in Smith County.
  The initial call came in shortly before 2 p.m. Smith County officials are controlling the scene, but they requested the help of the Tyler Fire Marshal’s office. Many explosions have taken place at the business.
  According to Tyler Police, there were no injuries. Nearby buildings and homes were evacuated.
  Smith County Sheriff’s Office Sergeant Darre
  
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• Austin fire crews have plans for high-rise fires

  14-06-2017 12:41 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — As the world watches the high-rise apartment complex in London burn – Austin fire crews have plans in place if one of the city’s apartment buildings were to catch fire.
  By code, all high-rise buildings are required to have fire detection mechanisms in place which tells crews what floor the fire is on. Because hoses and ladders are not long enough to reach some of the top floors – buildings must have interior water sources. When it comes to getting resident
  
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• Combat veteran suffers deep stab wounds at ROT Rally

  14-06-2017 06:21 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A member of the Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association was stabbed during a fight at the Republic of Texas Rally over the weekend.
  Manuel Moreno, 47, has been charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon over the incident, with bail set at $100,000. The association says three women came into their tent asking for help, saying they were being stalked by a suspicious man for the past three hours.
  Rob Lewis, the public relations officer of the #23-7 chapter of the asso
  
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• Hutto votes to implement restrictions on where child sex offenders can live

  14-06-2017 05:35 via kxan.com
  
  HUTTO, Texas (KXAN) — Pools, parks and playgrounds — some of the most popular places for children to hang out. In most cities, it’s places like these that a registered sex offender cannot live near.
  But things in Hutto are different.
  Currently, the city has no rules regulating where a sex offender can live — a big problem for the new police chief, Byron Frankland.
  “We had a couple sexual assaults of children the first few weeks that I was here and I began to look fo
  
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• Hutto to vote on new child sex offender restrictions

  14-06-2017 05:35 via kxan.com
  
  HUTTO, Texas (KXAN) — Pools, parks and playgrounds — some of the most popular places for children to hang out. In most cities, it’s places like these that a registered sex offender cannot live near.
  But things in Hutto are different.
  Currently, the city has no rules regulating where a sex offender can live — a big problem for the new police chief, Byron Frankland.
  “We had a couple sexual assaults of children the first few weeks that I was here and I began to look fo
  
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• VIDEO: Unknown number killed in massive London high-rise blaze

  14-06-2017 04:48 via kxan.com
  
   
  LONDON (AP) — Fire swept through a high-rise apartment building in west London early Wednesday, killing an unknown number of people and sending more than 50 people to area hospitals.
  Flames shot from windows all the way up the 24-story Grenfell Tower in North Kensington as more than 200 firefighters battled the blaze. A plume of smoke stretched for miles (kilometers) over the capital. The scent of acrid smoke hung in the air.
  “This is an unprecedented incident,” Fire Co
  
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• VIDEO: Firefighters battling massive blaze in London high-rise

  14-06-2017 04:48 via kxan.com
  
  LONDON (AP) — Firefighters are battling a massive fire in an apartment high-rise in London.
  One side of the building appeared to be in flames. Forty fire engines and 200 firefighters had been called to the scene early Wednesday morning.
  The building is the Grenfell Tower in west London.
  The Metropolitan Police said two people were being treated at the scene for smoke inhalation and cordons were in place.
  George Clarke, the presenter of “Amazing Spaces,” told Radio 5 Live he wa
  
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• VIDEO: 6 killed, dozens injured in massive London high-rise blaze

  14-06-2017 04:48 via kxan.com
  
  LONDON (AP) — A deadly night-time fire raced through a 24-story apartment tower in London early Wednesday, killing at least six people and injuring dozens more. Some desperate residents threw their children from high windows, hoping someone on the ground would catch them.
  Police commander Stuart Cundy said there were six confirmed fatalities, adding that the figure was likely to rise “during what will be a complex recovery operation over a number of days.”
  People in the apartm
  
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• Four Longhorns drafted on Tuesday

  14-06-2017 04:18 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN — (KXAN)  Four Texas Longhorns were drafted on Tuesday in the Major League Baseball Amateur draft.  Nick Kennedy was taken in the 5th round by the Colorado Rockies.  Kennedy had a breakout sophomore season going 8-2 and would figure big into the Longhorns pitching rotation in 2018 if he opts to stay, but the money may be too good to pass for for the lefty from Tampa,. FL.  Kennedy was just a sophomore, but at 21 years old, he is draft eligible.
  Junior pitcher Kyl
  
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• Woman held in Travis County Jail found with loaded gun in her bra

  14-06-2017 02:46 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A woman being held at the Travis County Jail two weeks ago was found to have a loaded gun hidden in her bra.
  The Travis County Sheriff’s Offices says the gun was discovered during a pat down by a TCSO corrections officer at around 6:30 a.m. on May 29.
  Deputies say the arresting officer was notified immediately. The Austin Police Department says they are aware of the incident, “where an officer allegedly brought a suspect into the Travis County Book Facility who
  
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• Swastikas found painted on cars in south Austin

  14-06-2017 01:30 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — When Skyla Lowrey woke up this morning, she was shocked to see a neighbor driving away with a swastika painted on her car. The neighbor said someone had painted it overnight and she couldn’t get the paint off.
  Austin police say they car was vandalized sometime Monday night into Tuesday morning as the car was parked in the 2900 block of Kinney Avenue in south Austin. The owner said she noticed it around 6:30 a.m.
  Map lists neo-Nazi presence in Austin
  The news of t
  
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• Austin pastor charged with sex assault of child also led youth ministry

  14-06-2017 01:15 via kxan.com
  
  BUDA, Texas (KXAN) — An associate pastor at Betania Baptist Church in east Austin is facing charges of sexual assault with a child. Church members say Garcia has played a big role at the small church for many years, including his role as the youth minister.
  According to court documents, 59-year-old Ruben Garcia, of Buda, has been wanted by authorities for the past two months. Garcia was arrested by the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force on Monday, after investigations in Hays County and Nu
  
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• ESD 4 looks to transfer fire services to Austin Fire Department

  14-06-2017 00:45 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Since bringing up the idea in 2016 of the Austin Fire Department taking over firefighting duties at two Travis County ESD No. 4 fire stations, the city and county are poised to come to an agreement.
  On Thursday, the Austin City Council is expected to vote on a service agreement to compensate the city for providing services for ESD 4. Currently, ESD 4 is made up of five “islands’ in an arc around the northern edges of the city. ESD 4 operates two fire statio
  
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• Travis Co. DA offers policy answer for families waiting too long for justice

  14-06-2017 00:24 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – More than two and a half years after a man was murdered in an East Austin apartment complex, the family of the victim continues waiting for justice for their loved one, LeQuince Tomlin.
  The first full day of the capital murder trial for Allen Keith Townsend began Tuesday in the 299th criminal district court, in connection to Tomlin’s death in November 2014.
  For Tomlin’s family, it’s a day they’ve been waiting for since he died.
  According to an arrest
  
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• More than 2 years later, family of shooting victim gets murder trial

  14-06-2017 00:24 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – More than two and a half years after a man was murdered in an East Austin apartment complex, the family of the victim continues waiting for justice for their loved one, LeQuince Tomlin.
  The first full day of the capital murder trial for Allen Keith Townsend began Tuesday in the 299th criminal district court, in connection to Tomlin’s death in November 2014.
  For Tomlin’s family, it’s a day they’ve been waiting for since he died.
  According to an arrest
  
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