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• Woman waiting for a kidney moving into tiny house built by teens

  07-07-2017 23:30 via kxan.com
  
  ROUND ROCK, Texas (KXAN) — It has taken longer than expected for students at Connally High School to sell a tiny home they built nearly two years ago, but the right buyer has come along.
  Shortly after KXAN covered the construction in September of 2015, the school tried to auction off the home but had no luck. They also listed it on Craiglist. That’s when the Wilmot family in Round Rock first spotted the ad, but didn’t have a need for 500 square foot home at the time.
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• Woman waiting for a kidney moves into tiny house built by teens

  07-07-2017 23:30 via kxan.com
  
  ROUND ROCK, Texas (KXAN) — It has taken longer than expected for students at Connally High School to sell a tiny home they built nearly two years ago, but the right buyer has come along.
  Shortly after KXAN covered the construction in September of 2015, the school tried to auction off the home but had no luck. They also listed it on Craigslist. That’s when Devony Wilmot first spotted the ad, but didn’t have a need for a 500 square foot home at the time.
  She reached out to KXAN t
  
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• Suspect in robbery of elderly man in H-E-B parking lot arrested

  07-07-2017 22:51 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The man wanted in the attack of an elderly man in the parking lot of the South Congress Avenue H-E-B has been caught by police.
  The Austin Police Department says David Russell, 26, was arrested on Thursday, almost a month after the attack that left the elderly man with injuries.
  On June 28, police put out a request for help locating the suspect after the June 12 robbery at 2400 S. Congress Ave.
  Anyone with information on the case is asked to contact the Austin Police Depart
  
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• Judge tosses Texas professors’ lawsuit over guns on campus

  07-07-2017 22:45 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (AP) — A federal court has dismissed a lawsuit by three University of Texas professors who argued that a new state law allowing concealed handguns on campus could have a “chilling effect” on classroom debate.
  Sociology professor Jennifer Lynn Glass and English professors Lisa Moore and Mia Carter sued last summer, before the law took effect in September. It requires public universities to allow people with concealed-handgun licenses to carry weapons inside school buildin
  
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• Lawsuit: Texas Tubes fails to warn visitors of tubing dangers

  07-07-2017 22:17 via kxan.com
  
  NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas (KXAN) – A trip to the Comal River in New Braunfels isn’t always a time families want to remember. Over the July 4th holiday, a 29-year-old man from Baytown drowned on the river. It’s a similar story of what happened to another family, the Goldmans’ just one year before.
  Now the Goldmans’ are taking legal action in hopes of keeping others safe.
  “They want answers, they want to know what happened and of course they want Texas Tubes as well
  
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• Austinite beaten to death on Greek island

  07-07-2017 22:08 via kxan.com
  
  ATHENS, Greece (KXAN) — A 22-year-old man from Austin was killed while vacationing on a Greek island Friday morning and two people have been arrested, according to an Athens-based newspaper.
  Bakari Henderson was allegedly beaten to death by around 10 people at a bar on the island of Zakynthos, in an attack that lasted 30 seconds, the newspaper reports.
  The University of Arizona says Henderson graduated in May and, according to friends, he is an Anderson High School graduate.
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• Texas bans drones flying near prisons

  07-07-2017 21:16 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — It’s a plot from an action movie turned real life: a drone flies over a prison and delivers wire cutters and a cellphone to an inmate looking to break out. South Carolina authorities say that’s how Jimmy Causey might have gotten his hands on tools that helped him break out of a maximum-security prison. That’s when he began his three days on the lam before he was ultimately captured in Cedar Park, Texas Friday morning.
  Drones have long been concerns fo
  
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• Dozens arrested, multiple deaths in Texas waterways over holiday weekend

  07-07-2017 20:55 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (Nexstar) — After thousands of patrol hours and interactions with boaters, Texas Parks and Wildlife released its statewide summary for the Fourth of July holiday weekend.
  From June 30 through July 4, game wardens issued 1,854 citations, and issued 1,610 warnings, the report revealed.
  TPWD reported three boating related fatalities, including a 25-year-old man who died while canoeing in Devils River, near Del Rio. Additionally, the bodies of a couple who had gone missing at Lake Livin
  
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• Will Stubb’s transform into Liberty Lunch?

  07-07-2017 20:44 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Business filings may give Austinites a glimpse into the future with the possibility of a new name for Stubb’s Barbecue: Liberty Lunch.
  Just days before the announcement of a trademark dispute settlement with the company that owns Stubb’s Legendary Bar-B-Q sauces, Stubb’s BAR-B-Q and music venue in downtown Austin, known legally as Stubb’s Austin Restaurant Company, filed paperwork with the Secretary of State’s Office seeking to reserve the name
  
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• Repaving on ‘The Drag’ to start this weekend

  07-07-2017 20:17 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Starting Sunday, Austin’s Public Works Department will start work on repairing the West Campus section of Guadalupe Street.
  The construction will run from Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard to 29th Street. To lessen the traffic impact, the majority of the work will be done between 7 p.m. and 5 a.m. Construction is expected to be complete in August—hopefully in time for the beginning of the fall semester.
  Last month, the city started making emergency repairs to the
  
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• Tech Ridge shopping center lands AMC theater

  07-07-2017 19:31 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Tech Ridge shopping center area in north Austin is getting a boost of new business after AMC announced Friday that is opening 10-screen movie theater there.
  The AMC Tech Ridge 10, which is scheduled to begin construction later this year, will the company’s third movie theater in Austin. The 45,000-square-foot theater will be taking over some of the space that the Sears Grand store currently occupies. Seritage, the leasing company for the property, shows there is n
  
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• PHOTOS: Pekingese dogs up for adoption at Austin Humane Society

  07-07-2017 18:05 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — When an elderly woman passed away earlier this week, her 14 Pekingese dogs ended up at the Austin Humane Society.
  While six of the dogs will go up for adoption starting this Saturday, the eight other dogs—all of which are older—are in desperate need of costly medical care. The dogs’ problems range from potential heart murmurs to severe cataracts.
  The Austin Humane Society says since it will cost a minimum of $4,000 to treat the dogs, they are putting out a
  
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• VIDEO: Woman charged in slayings of 4 children, dad smiles in court

  07-07-2017 17:55 via kxan.com
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — A woman charged with killing four of her young children and their father smiled and posed for cameras during her first court appearance Friday before telling a judge she doesn’t want an attorney.
  Isabel Martinez, 33, appeared before Gwinnett County Magistrate Judge Michael Thorpe a day after police said she stabbed the five to death and seriously injured another child at a home outside Atlanta. The injured child, a 9-year-old girl survived but remained hospitalized wit
  
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• San Marcos neighborhood sees numerous burglaries

  07-07-2017 17:46 via kxan.com
  
  SAN MARCOS, Texas (KXAN) — Authorities in Hays County are searching for suspects who they say are responsible for breaking into numerous homes in the Morningwood subdivision in San Marcos.
  All of the burglaries have occurred in June and usually happen during daytime hours. The Hays County Sheriff’s Office believe there the suspects are juveniles.
  One homeowner’s surveillance cameras caught video of the suspects breaking in around 4 p.m. on Saturday, June 17.
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• Man found dead with multiple gunshot wounds in Fayette County

  07-07-2017 17:12 via kxan.com
  
  LA GRANGE, Texas (KXAN) — A 43-year-old man was found dead Thursday morning in a home on Creamer Creek Road near La Grange in Fayette County.
  The Fayette County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call at 9:45 a.m. about an unresponsive male. Deputies arrived to find a man, later identified as Jeremy Cornwell, with multiple gunshot wounds.
  Deputies and the Texas Rangers are investigating Cornwell’s death. This is Fayette County’s first homicide of the year.
  Crimestoppers is o
  
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• Plague affecting prairie dogs in Texas panhandle

  07-07-2017 16:25 via kxan.com
  
  MULESHOE, Texas (KAMR) — Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge near Muleshoe, Texas is informing the public that plague has been confirmed on the Refuge and is currently confined to two populations of prairie dogs. For public safety, Paul’s Lake and the access road to the lake are temporarily closed to all public access.
  Plague is widespread across the western United States and outbreaks are fairly common. Caused by a bacterium called Yersinia pestis, plague can be transmitted from anima
  
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• Ohio Sheriff says his deputies won’t carry life-saving overdose reversal drugs

  07-07-2017 15:41 via kxan.com
  
  HAMILTON, OH (WCMH) – Butler County Sheriff Richard Jones says that unless he is ordered by a court, his deputies will not carry Narcan.
  “Basically, we’re not going to use Narcan,” Sheriff Jones said on “Primetime Justice” with Ashleigh Banfield on Headline News. “When the courts order me to do it, we’ll use it.”
  The Butler County Sheriff’s Office is the only sheriff’s office in southwest Ohio that does not give its depu
  
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• ‘You’re my butter half’ mural touched up after vandals strike

  07-07-2017 15:12 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The latest beloved Austin mural to fall victim to vandals is back to its cheery self after a group gathered Friday to repaint the “You’re my butter half” mural.
  The mural, at 2000 E. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., was vandalized last Friday. A group from the United Way For Greater Austin was painting the mural.
  In March, the “I Love You So Much” mural on South Congress Avenue was tagged and repainted. Last summer, the “Hi How Are You&rdqu
  
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• Trump meets Putin: Talk of positive results, not of election

  07-07-2017 14:25 via kxan.com
  
  HAMBURG, Germany (AP) — At long last face to face, President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin voiced confidence Friday that their historic first meeting would pave the way for a positive trajectory for their two countries. If thornier issues like election meddling came up, they discussed them only in private.
  In characteristically confident fashion, Trump said he and the Russian leader were holding “very, very good talks” as journalists were briefly allowed in
  
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• Grins and handshakes as Trump encounters Putin for 1st time

  07-07-2017 14:25 via kxan.com
  
  HAMBURG, Germany (AP) — With broad grins and a warm handshake, President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin warmed up for their historic encounter on Friday under the shadow of U.S. outrage about Russian election-meddling and nagging questions about potential Trump campaign collusion.
  Ahead of a formal, sit-down meeting, Trump and Putin were seen exchanging pleasantries as a leaders’ retreat got under way in Hamburg. A brief video clip showed Trump outstretching his ha
  
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• Escaped SC inmate captured overnight in Central Texas

  07-07-2017 14:03 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A South Carolina inmate who escaped from prison there while serving a life sentence for kidnapping an attorney has been arrested in Central Texas.
  Jimmy Causey is in the Williamson County Jail where records show he was arrested Friday morning by Austin Police. The circumstances surrounding his arrest were not immediately clear.
  Causey escaped Wednesday from the Lieber Correctional Institution, a maximum-security prison in Ridgeville, SC. Our sister station in Columbia repor
  
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• Escaped SC inmate captured overnight in Cedar Park

  07-07-2017 14:03 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A South Carolina inmate who escaped from prison there while serving a life sentence for kidnapping an attorney has been arrested in Central Texas after three nights on the run.
  The U.S. Marshals Office says they were conducting surveillance of Jimmy Causey, 46, at a Motel 6 at 800 Arrow Point Dr. in Cedar Park, after receiving information from authorities in South Carolina about his location. With the help of the Texas Rangers and several other law enforcement agencies, aut
  
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• Sex offender broke through door, took 1-year-old, committed sex crime, sheriff says

  07-07-2017 13:51 via kxan.com
  
  ROANOKE RAPIDS, NC (WNCN) — A registered sex offender broke through the front door of a North Carolina home and took a 1-year-old child, then committed a sex crime against the child, Halifax County Sheriff Wes Tripp said.
  Deputies, who responded to the home on Cloverlearf Drive shortly after midnight Wednesday, later found the child at the home of the sex offender, Alexander Jamond Ezell, 25, the sheriff wrote on Facebook.
  The child was taken to Halifax Regional Medical Center for further
  
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• Video: Police rescue dogs from sweltering car

  07-07-2017 13:20 via kxan.com
  
  ROSWELL, Ga. (KXAN\NBC) — Police in Georgia are sharing video captured by their body cameras in hopes it helps save more dogs’ lives.Last weekend a concerned citizen in Georgia noticed a dog sitting in a hot car and called 911. Officers were on scene in seconds and discovered not one, but two dogs suffering from heat exhaustion.Officers found the car’s owner and her family were inside a movie theater and left the dogs inside the car. The temperature in the front seat was 167-De
  
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• Law enforcement to turn on emergency lights at 10 a.m.

  07-07-2017 12:55 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A day of remembrance and saying goodbye takes place across Texas Friday. In San Antonio, Officer Miguel Moreno will be laid to rest. He was shot and killed during a traffic stop last week. His partner was also shot while getting out of the patrol car but survived. The Austin Police Department plans to send its Honor Guard along with several officers to the funeral. Governor Greg Abbott will also attend.
  In Dallas, Friday marks one year since five officers were killed by a s
  
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• Law enforcement all over Texas turned on emergency lights at 10 a.m.

  07-07-2017 12:55 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A day of remembrance and saying goodbye takes place across Texas Friday. In San Antonio, Officer Miguel Moreno will be laid to rest. He was shot and killed during a traffic stop last week. His partner was also shot while getting out of the patrol car but survived. The Austin Police Department plans to send its Honor Guard along with several officers to the funeral. Governor Greg Abbott will also attend.
  In Dallas, Friday marks one year since five officers were killed by a s
  
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• Pringles releases Top Ramen Chicken flavor

  07-07-2017 12:51 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — What happens when the potato chip and Top Ramen world collide? We’re about to find out.Pringles announced they’re bringing Nissin’s Top Ramen Chicken flavor to a can of chips near you.According to an news release about the new flavor, “Pringlesflavorologistsworked closely with Nissin to pop the top on a classic noodle dishand bring thefan-favoriteTop Ramen Chicken Flavorto life on a Pringlescrisp. The result –a crisp that tastes like Nissin Top
  
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• Germany hosts ‘difficult’ G-20 talks on trade, climate

  07-07-2017 12:25 via kxan.com
  
  HAMBURG, Germany (AP) — Talks on global trade at the Group of 20 summit proved very difficult and differences on climate change also were clear, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Friday, as police and protesters clashed throughout the day in the summit’s host city of Hamburg.
  Merkel told leaders of the G-20 economic powers that they must be prepared to make compromises as she worked toward a summit outcome that everyone present could accept.
  That is a challenging task at a time wh
  
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• German host tells G20 leaders they must reach compromises

  07-07-2017 12:25 via kxan.com
  
  HAMBURG, Germany (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel told leaders of the Group of 20 economic powers Friday that millions of people are hoping they can help solve the world’s problems, and warned them that they must be prepared to make compromises.
  As the leaders discussed terrorism, trade and climate change, protests against their gathering continued in various parts of Hamburg. Anti-globalization activists set dozens of cars ablaze and protesters tried unsuccessfully to block le
  
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• German host tells G-20 leaders they must reach compromises

  07-07-2017 12:25 via kxan.com
  
  HAMBURG, Germany (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel told leaders of the Group of 20 economic powers Friday that millions of people are hoping they can help solve the world’s problems, and warned them that they must be prepared to make compromises.
  As the leaders discussed terrorism, trade and climate change, protests against their gathering continued in various parts of Hamburg. Anti-globalization activists set dozens of cars ablaze and protesters tried unsuccessfully to block le
  
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• Sniper attack was part of chaotic year for Dallas police

  07-07-2017 12:18 via kxan.com
  
  DALLAS (AP) — The Dallas Police Department has weathered significant changes in the year since a sniper killed five law enforcement officers.
  Police Chief David Brown retired in October. The city’s police and fire pension system fell into a financial crisis, prompting hundreds of officers to retire to avoid impending cuts to benefits and increases in contributions. The department is also faced with hiring hundreds of new officers, and dozens of questions remain about the attack on th
  
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• The Latest: Putin urges more cooperation against terrorism

  07-07-2017 12:15 via kxan.com
  
  HAMBURG, Germany (AP) — The Latest on the Group of 20 summit in Germany (all times local):
  11:35 a.m.
  Russia’s President Vladimir Putin says Moscow will urge other nations in the Group of 20 to pool efforts more closely in the fight against terrorism.
  Putin said Russia will issue a call to “jointly neutralize political, economic, social and ideological conditions allowing the expansion of terrorism.” He added that “no nation can deal with this evil on its own and of
  
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• The Latest: Merkel: Millions hope G20 can solve world issues

  07-07-2017 12:15 via kxan.com
  
  HAMBURG, Germany (AP) — The Latest on the Group of 20 summit in Germany (all times local):
  1:35 p.m.
  German Chancellor Angela Merkel has told Group of 20 leaders that millions of people are hoping that they can help solve the world’s problems.
  Merkel said Friday she’s sure that every leader will make an effort to achieve “good results.”
  But she added that “solutions can only be found if we are ready to compromise.” All the same, Merkel said that leaders
  
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• The Latest: Heavy police presence accompanies G-20 dinner

  07-07-2017 12:15 via kxan.com
  
  HAMBURG, Germany (AP) — The Latest on the Group of 20 summit in Germany (all times local):
  8:00 p.m.
  As international Group of 20 leaders assemble at a landmark philharmonic for dinner and to listen to Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, a massive police presence is keeping protesters outside the Hamburg concert hall at bay.
  Six helicopters are hovering in the sky, three large police patrol boats and several smaller ones are guarding the waters around the philharmonic located on a peninsula
  
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• The Latest: G-20 protesters in new clashes with police

  07-07-2017 12:15 via kxan.com
  
  HAMBURG, Germany (AP) — The Latest on the Group of 20 summit in Germany (all times local):
  6 p.m.
  Hamburg police say violent anti-globalization activists protesting the Group of 20 summit have forced their way into a closed train station bending open the iron gates.
  Police tweeted that they had stationed one water cannon outside the Landungsbruecke station. Police also tweeted that they detained 22 Greenpeace activists who tried to swim through the Elbe river into the no-go zone where the
  
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• World Beard and Mustache Championships coming to Austin

  07-07-2017 06:22 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — It’s time to grow that beard or mustache.
  The World Beard and Mustache Championships is coming to Austin in just under two months.
  Last year’s national championship was held in Nashville, but competitors from around the world will be coming for the event on Sept. 1-3.
  The competition first came to the United States in 2003 in Carson City, Nevada and has taken off nationwide since then.
  More than 1,000 competitors and fans are expected.
  A 3-day competitor wristba
  
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• Ted Cruz 1-on-1 with KXAN on his ‘compromise’ plan to replace ACA

  07-07-2017 06:15 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas Senator Ted Cruz has usually been a thorn in the side of the Republican establishment in D.C. but now his plan could make repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act — known as Obamacare — a reality.
  His plan, the Consumer Freedom Act, would require each insurance company to offer at least one plan with Obamacare mandates and requirements, then they can offer other plans that don’t cover everything. In his view, it’s a more tailored approac
  
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• Fire union says city is ‘way behind’ in fully preparing for wildfires

  07-07-2017 06:01 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin’s firefighters union says the city is running dangerously behind when it comes to preparing for the next wildfire.
  A new wildfire plan aimed at improving public safety was originally supposed to be implemented in January 2018. KXAN spoke the Austin Fire Department and union to break down what the delay means for Austin, one of the top three most at-risk areas for wildfire damage in the country.
  Mike McKenney and his wife Diane live in Jester Estates. Their
  
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• Baylor settles lawsuit with woman who alleged sexual assault

  07-07-2017 05:05 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (AP) — Baylor University has agreed to a settlement with one of several women who sued amid a sexual assault scandal that rocked the nation’s largest Baptist school.
  A settlement notice was filed in federal court in Texas on Thursday. No details were released.
  Several women have sued Baylor, alleging the university ignored or mishandled sexual assault investigations for years. The scandal led to the firing of former football coach Art Briles and the demotion and eventual depar
  
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• Dan Neil on More Than The Score

  07-07-2017 04:53 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Former Longhorn and Denver Bronco Dan Neil dropped by More Than the Score.  Neil is on the Board of the Directors of the Austin Chapter of the NFL Alumni.  The organization has raised nearly $2 million for children’s charities in the Austin area.  Neil is also heading to Canton, Ohio later this summer to watch one of his Super Bowl winning Broncos teammates get inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Neil also adds some unique insight into Longhorn
  
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• 1 in 4 commercial vehicles taken off the road for violations in DPS campaign

  07-07-2017 04:41 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A recent traffic safety push across the state yielded some surprising results: nearly one in four trucks, buses and other commercial vehicles inspected over a three-day period last month by a state agency had a violation that took them off the road.
  The Texas Department of Public Safety on Thursday released the results from their participation in Roadcheck 2017, a nationwide drive to inspect commercial vehicles.
  From June 6 to June 8, DPS troopers inspected more than 8,000
  
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• Spurs add veteran scorer in Rudy Gay

  07-07-2017 04:19 via kxan.com
  
  SAN ANTONIO (AP) — The San Antonio Spurs have signed veteran forward Rudy Gay.
  Gay 6-8, 230, averaged 18.7 points last season in Sacramento but was limited to 30 games before rupturing his left Achilles tendon in January and having surgery a few days later.
  Gay holds career averages of 18.4 points, 5.9 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.34 steals in 35.6 minutes while shooting .452 from the field and .345 from three-point range in 753 total appearances. He is one of four players in the
  
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• Sailor killed in collision at sea laid to rest in South Texas

  07-07-2017 04:02 via kxan.com
  
  MERCEDES, Texas (AP) — A funeral has been held in South Texas for a U.S. sailor killed last month in the collision of a Navy destroyer with a container ship off the coast of Japan.
  The Monitor in McAllen reports that the funeral for Gunner’s Mate 2nd Class Noe Hernandez was held Thursday in Mercedes. Burial followed in nearby Weslaco.
  The 26-year-old was one of seven sailors killed aboard the USS Fitzgerald when the naval destroyer was struck on June 17 by a Philippine-flagged contai
  
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• ‘God’s Not Dead’ producers donate $25K to Ten Commandments replacement

  07-07-2017 03:24 via kxan.com
  
  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KARK) — The producers of the “God’s Not Dead” movies presented a check to the State of Arkansas Thursday to go toward replacing the Ten Commandments monument destroyed last week.
  The $25,000 check from the Christian-themed movie studio will go to replace the destroyed monument and any future security measures to protect it from being damaged again.
  This is just one of many donations being made since the monument’s destruction. Nearly $55,000 has b
  
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• Missing woman last seen in Giddings on July 3

  07-07-2017 03:21 via kxan.com
  
  GIDDINGS, Texas (KXAN) — A 26-year-old women last seen leaving her apartment in Giddings, Texas, on Monday is still missing.
  The Lee County Sheriff’s Office says security video showed the woman leaving at 5:28 p.m. While foul play is not suspected, deputies are asking for the public’s help locating Jennifer Lynn Bailey.
  Deputies describe her as 4-foot-11-inches tall, 100 pounds, with brown eyes and brown hair. She has a tattoo of footprints and the name Paula on her stomach, as
  
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• El Paso woman’s ‘sister selfie’ labor photo goes viral

  07-07-2017 03:12 via kxan.com
  
  EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — A selfie of an El Paso woman whose sister is in labor in the background of the photo has gone viral. Kat Armendariz was with her sister, Kimberly Ramirez, on June 29, as she was in labor at The Hospitals of Providence East Campus.
  Since she posted the photo online, it’s gone viral and has been featured on Cosmopolitan, Mashable, Reddit, Inside Edition and multiple international online publications.
  Kat is a photographer who lives and works in El Paso and we ca
  
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• Stubb’s music venue forced to change name in lawsuit settlement

  07-07-2017 01:54 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Stubb’s restaurant and music venue in downtown Austin will have to change its name following a settlement with the company that owns Stubb’s Legendary Bar-B-Q sauces.
  One World Foods, the Austin-based maker of the sauces, announced the resolution to the trademark dispute on Thursday, saying they have agreed to settle their lawsuit with Stubb’s Bar-B-Q at 801 Red River St, owned by Stubb’s Austin Restaurant Company.
  Numerous discussions with the music
  
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• Family’s search for grandmother’s organ recipient gets a break

  07-07-2017 00:28 via kxan.com
  
  BURNET, Texas (KXAN) — A Burnet family is one step closer to finding out who may have received a life-changing organ donation more than 40 years ago when their grandmother died.
  Back in 1975, ovarian cancer attacked Thelma Danahy Leonard’s body, quickly spreading to most of her organs. Her eyes were spared. The 42-year-old organ donor agreed to give them to another patient.
  Now, more than 40 years later, her grandchildren want to find the person who received her eyes.
  “It
  
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• Coaches for FC Barcelona train kids in Round Rock

  07-07-2017 00:19 via kxan.com
  
  ROUND ROCK, Texas (KXAN) — There is a feeling of victory when you score a goal, but it takes teammates to get you there. That is exactly what 300 children in Round Rock are learning on the field.
  “It’s about everyone plays, including the goal keeper,” explains 15-year-old Cynthia Maldonado of Austin.
  Coaches are teaching players the methods they use to train players with FC Barcelona, one of the best soccer teams in the world. “We’re trained to implement the s
  
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• Drivers say restriping on South MoPac is confusing

  07-07-2017 00:12 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The restriping on southbound South MoPac near Loop 360 exit ramp has drivers confused. Some drivers say a combination of both old and new striping makes it difficult to determine which lane a driver should stay in.
  That’s what Marisa Johnston and her friends, Mackenzy Aills and Shawnee Koster say was going through their minds when traveling in the area for the first time on a visit from Houston.
  “Like Ahhh! Do we stop? Do we turn? Where did our lane go? Like whe
  
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