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• How Austinites can donate supplies for Harvey survivors

  29-08-2017 23:50 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin Disaster Relief Network is calling on people in the Austin area to donate supplies Wednesday for Hurricane Harvey survivors.
  The seven stations that make up Emmis Austin Radio will be broadcasting for 13 hours to urge Central Texans to bring their donations to ADRN’s Hope Family Thrift Store receiving dock, located at 1122 E. 51st St., just east of Interstate 35. You can drop off items from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.
  While monetary donations are also welcomed, the re
  
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• PHOTOS: Houstonians rescued from floodwaters

  29-08-2017 22:39 via kxan.com
  Photos: Rescued from Houston flooding HOUSTON, TX - AUGUST 28:A Coast Guard helicopter hoists a wheel chair on board after lifting a person to safetyfrom the area that was inundated with flooding from Hurricane Harvey on August 28, 2017 in Houston, Texas. Harvey, which made landfall north of Corpus Christi late Friday evening, is expected to dump upwards to 40 inches of rain in Texas over the next couple of days.(Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)HOUSTON, TX - AUGUST 28:People are rescued from a
  
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• Joel Osteen’s Houston megachurch opens doors as shelter

  29-08-2017 22:39 via kxan.com
  HOUSTON (AP) — The Houston megachurch led by televangelist Joel Osteen says it’s opened its doors to people seeking shelter as Harvey swamps the city.
  Osteen had faced criticism for not using the massive Lakewood Church as a storm shelter. In a statement to ABC News Monday Osteen said the church “never” closed its doors and was serving as a relief supply distribution center. He said it would “house people once shelters reach capacity.”
  The church announced on
  
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• UT making accommodations, willing to accept Houston students affected by Harvey

  29-08-2017 22:11 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The University of Texas Austin is among the universities throughout Texas working to support students who had been living in or attending schools in areas hard hit by Harvey.
  UT spokesman J.B. Bird told KXAN that about 40 percent of the school’s undergraduates are from counties affected by the storm. The university reached out to those students and asked them to fill out absence forms if they can, and told faculty to make accommodations for them.
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• University of Texas will enroll Houston students affected by Harvey

  29-08-2017 22:11 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The University of Texas Austin is among the universities throughout Texas working to support students who had been living in or attending schools in areas hard hit by Harvey.
  UT spokesman J.B. Bird told KXAN that about 40 percent of the school’s undergraduates are from counties affected by the storm. The university reached out to those students and asked them to fill out absence forms if they can, and told faculty to make accommodations for them.
  UT is also coordinati
  
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• PHOTOS: President Trump visits Corpus Christi, Austin

  29-08-2017 20:58 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump visited hurricane-ravaged Corpus Christi on Tuesday. After meeting with state and local officials on recovery efforts in the area, they made their way to Austin where they will be visiting the state’s emergency operations center. PHOTOS: President Trump visits Corpus Christi, Austin President Donald Trump, accompanied by first lady Melania Trump, waves as they arrive on Air Force One at Corpus Christi Internatio
  
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• San Marcos man accused of beating wife’s lover to death

  29-08-2017 20:04 via kxan.com
  SAN MARCOS, Texas (KXAN) — A San Marcos man is charged in the beating death of a man who the suspect believed was sleeping with his wife.
  Joe Anthony Robert Sandoval, 29, was initially charged with aggravated assault, which was bumped up to a murder charge when Bryan Longoria died from his injuries.
  Police arrived to an apartment complex at 1805 N. Interstate 35 in San Marcos on Aug. 24, where they found Longoria unconscious and bleeding. He went to the hospital with serious brain injuries
  
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• Delivery without drivers: Domino’s, Ford team up for test

  29-08-2017 19:09 via kxan.com
  ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — No ring of the doorbell, just a text. No tip for the driver? No problem in this test, where Domino’s and Ford are teaming up to see if customers will warm to the idea of pizza delivered by driverless cars.
  Starting Wednesday, some pizzas in Domino’s hometown of Ann Arbor will arrive in a Ford Fusion outfitted with radars and a camera that is used for autonomous testing. A Ford engineer will be at the wheel, but the front windows have been blacked out so
  
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• Austin’s waterways back open

  29-08-2017 19:08 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin has lifted its waterway ban effective 10 a.m. Tuesday.
  The waterway ban was implemented on Saturday, Aug. 26 as the bands from Harvey started dropping rain on Austin.
  This affects the following areas:
  • All creeks within the City of Austin area• Barton Creek• Bull Creek• Lady Bird Lake• The entirety of Lake Austin from Mansfield Dam to Tom Miller Dam• The Colorado River downstream of Longhorn Dam.
   
  
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• Areas to avoid during President Trump’s visit to Austin

  29-08-2017 17:24 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — After President Donald Trump tours the hurricane damage in Corpus Christi, he along with First Lady Melania Trump will come to Austin to see the state’s response to the widespread natural disaster.
  While the White House does not release details on the exact route of the presidential motorcade, there are the things we know about his itinerary that might help you figure out the best route to get around Austin on Tuesday afternoon.
  Air Force One is expected to land
  
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• Dog who carried his own food during Harvey reunited with family

  29-08-2017 17:20 via kxan.com
  SINTON, Texas (KRIS/KZTV) — A resourceful dog in has won the hearts of folks worldwide after making sure he had what he needed during Hurricane Harvey. Otis is nearly 10 years old, and even in his old age, he is a survivor of epic proportions.
  Otis got loose after breaking the back screen door of his home in Sinton, Texas, during the most intense part of the storm.
  His owner, Salvador Segovia, was worried he would have to break the news that Otis wasn’t coming home to his grandson, C
  
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• Inside Houston shelter, a loud and sometimes chaotic night

  29-08-2017 16:56 via kxan.com
  HOUSTON (AP) — With more guests than cots, some people slept on chairs or the floor. People hung towels and wet clothes on the base of the ceiling supports. Police officers guarded several entrances. Outside, dozens of people still awake stood with their pets and traded cigarettes.
  People who escaped rising floodwaters and pouring rain spawned by Harvey arrived at the George R. Brown Convention Center on Monday night by the busload and truckload even as the convention center exceeded its c
  
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• Trump: ‘All options are on table’ after North Korea launch

  29-08-2017 16:47 via kxan.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump sought Tuesday to reassert an American military threat against North Korea, saying that “all options are on the table” in response to its launch of a missile over close U.S. ally Japan.
  In a terse, written statement, Trump said that North Korea’s missile launch “signaled its contempt for its neighbors, for all members of the United Nations and for minimum standards of acceptable international behavior.”
  “Threateni
  
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• No fire or fury, but muted Trump response to NKorea missile

  29-08-2017 16:47 via kxan.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — So much for North Korea’s restraint. So much for President Donald Trump’s threats of “fire and fury.”
  After Pyongyang’s highly provocative missile test over close American ally Japan, Trump offered a surprisingly subdued response Tuesday, pulling back from his administration’s recent suggestions of a dialogue with the communist country but also avoiding a repeat of his bombastic warnings earlier this month of a potential military confro
  
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• Free replacement ID cards, drivers licenses for Harvey victims

  29-08-2017 16:18 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Texas Department of Public Safety will replace ID cards and drivers licenses for anyone in areas affected by Harvey and its aftermath.
  The changes implemented Tuesday affect only those residents in the 50 counties that are part of the governor’s disaster declaration. That includes Fayette, Caldwell and Lee counties in Central Texas.
  As long as people already had a drivers license or ID card, they can bring whatever identity and residency documentation they ha
  
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• Free replacement ID cards, driver licenses for Harvey victims

  29-08-2017 16:18 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Texas Department of Public Safety will replace ID cards and driver licenses for anyone in areas affected by Harvey and its aftermath.
  The changes implemented Tuesday affect only those residents in the 50 counties that are part of the governor’s disaster declaration. That includes Fayette, Caldwell and Lee counties in Central Texas.
  As long as people already had a driver license or ID card, they can bring whatever identity and residency documentation they have
  
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• The Latest: Texas ferry system closed after Harvey hits

  29-08-2017 16:17 via kxan.com
  HOUSTON (AP) — The Latest on Tropical Storm Harvey (all times local):
  12:35 p.m.
  A South Texas ferry system operated by the state is closed to the public until further notice after at least two vessels were damaged during Hurricane Harvey.
  A Texas Department of Transportation spokesman said Tuesday that all seven boats in the Port Aransas (uh-RAN’-suhs) Ferry System are being assessed. Rickey Dailey says the ferries must pass Coast Guard inspection before returning to service.
  The fe
  
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• The Latest: Levee that had been breached is fortified

  29-08-2017 16:17 via kxan.com
  HOUSTON (AP) — The Latest on Tropical Storm Harvey (all times local):
  3:20 p.m.
  An official says that a levee protecting a subdivision of homes in a county south of Houston has been fortified after being breached but warns the threat is far from over.
  Brazoria County spokeswoman Sharon Trower said Tuesday afternoon that the levee had been fortified. Earlier in the day the county had posted on Twitter: “NOTICE: The levee at Columbia Lakes has been breached!! GET OUT NOW!!”
  She s
  
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• The Latest: Homes evacuated due to explosion risk at plant

  29-08-2017 16:17 via kxan.com
  HOUSTON (AP) — The Latest on Tropical Storm Harvey (all times local):
  7:20 p.m.
  Officials say they have evacuated homes northeast of Houston after a chemical company said there is a risk of an explosion at its flooded plant.
  The Harris County Fire Marshal’s office said in a tweet Tuesday that homes within 1.5 miles (2.4 kilometers) of the Arkema plant in Crosby have been evacuated out of precaution.
  Arkema says in a news release that it manufactures organic peroxides in Crosby, about
  
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• The Latest: Evacuated residents can replace lost Texas IDs

  29-08-2017 16:17 via kxan.com
  HOUSTON (AP) — The Latest on Tropical Storm Harvey (all times local):
  9:10 a.m.
  Texas residents can get free replacements for their legal identification if it was lost or left behind when rain and flooding from Harvey forced them from their homes.
  The Texas Department of Public Safety announced late Monday that any driver’s license office will provide replacement driver’s licenses or identification cards at no cost.
  The offer applies to anyone who previously had such documents
  
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• Flooding disrupts care at Houston hospital, cancer center

  29-08-2017 16:14 via kxan.com
  One of the nation’s busiest trauma centers began clearing space Monday for the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey even as the storm continued its days-long onslaught of rain.
  Ben Taub Hospital personnel transferred a handful of patients to other facilities and took much needed deliveries of food and fresh linens after spending the weekend short-staffed and with dwindling supplies, said Bryan McLeod, a spokesman for the Houston hospital’s parent company, Harris Health System.
  The goal was
  
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• Westwood High School evacuated because of science room gas valve

  29-08-2017 16:06 via kxan.com
  ROUND ROCK, Texas (KXAN) — A gas valve in a science classroom left open overnight prompted evacuations at a Round Rock school Tuesday morning.
  No one was injured, but students and staff at Westwood High School moved to the gym while crews ventilated the building. Maintenance crews discovered the issue Tuesday morning, according to Round Rock Independent School District. Officials are not calling it a gas leak at this time.
  
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• Nursing home residents safe after being trapped in waist-high water

  29-08-2017 15:43 via kxan.com
  TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – Residents of a nursing home who had been trapped in waist-high water following flooding from Harvey are safe. Their story garnered attention after a tweet showing residents sitting in a flooded room waiting for help.
  Kim McIntosh’s mother runs La Vita Bella nursing home in Dickinson, Texas.
  On Sunday morning, McIntosh said her mom texted her a picture that showed residents in waist-deep water.  She tried calling for help, but first responders were tied up wi
  
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• Sewer line breaks in northwest Austin, spews contents 8 feet in the air

  29-08-2017 14:34 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Emergency crews are on scene where a sewer line apparently broke in northwest Austin, sending its contents into the air.
  Around 6:37 a.m. the Austin Fire Department was alerted to what it initially thought was a broken water pipe on Farm to Market Road 620 between Four Points Drive and Zimmerman Lane.
  As of 7:14 a.m. AFD and Austin police were on scene. The sewer line break is not affecting traffic. No word yet on what caused it to rupture.
   
   
  
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• 100,000 gallons of sewage spills in northwest Austin

  29-08-2017 14:34 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin Water crews are repairing a sewer line that broke in northwest Austin Tuesday morning, sending thousands of gallons of its contents into the air.
  A 16-inch wastewater main broke, causing more than 100,000 gallons of wastewater to leak out on Farm to Market Road 620 Four Points Drive and Zimmerman Lane. It is not known what caused the pipe to burst.
  Around 6:37 a.m. the Austin Fire Department was alerted to the situation, which it initially thought was a broken w
  
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• Cab-hailing hawk in Houston recovering after Harvey

  29-08-2017 13:31 via kxan.com
  HOUSTON (KXAN) — It was a good thing a hawk hopped into a cab in Houston as Hurricane Harvey battered Texas. It may not have survived otherwise.
  The hawk flew into the taxi on Saturday when William Bruso stepped outside to video the storm. The bird, now nicknamed “Harvey” saw its chance, and wouldn’t leave. The driver filmed his feathered passenger in videos that have since gone viral.
  The Texas Wildlife Rehabilitation Coalition is now caring for Harvey. They suspect the
  
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• North Korea fires missile over Japan in aggressive test

  29-08-2017 12:37 via kxan.com
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — In a first, North Korea on Tuesday fired a midrange ballistic missile designed to carry a nuclear payload that flew over Japan and splashed into the northern Pacific Ocean, officials said. The aggressive missile launch — likely the longest ever from North Korea — over the territory of a close U.S. ally sends a clear message of defiance as Washington and Seoul conduct war games nearby.
  South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the missile traveled
  
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• Crumbling bridge leaves dozens in Bastrop County stranded after Harvey

  29-08-2017 07:13 via kxan.com
  BASTROP COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — Residents in the Sand Hills development in Bastrop County, just outside the city of Red Rock, tell KXAN the rains that followed Harvey destroyed their bridge.  That bridge is the only way to get in and out of their neighborhood.
  Resident John Livingston said around 30 families live in the development which is on the end of a hilly, tree-lined dirt road maintained entirely by private citizens. The people who live in the area pay into a homeowners associat
  
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• Anheuser-Busch sends more than 500K cans of water to Harvey victims

  29-08-2017 07:02 via kxan.com
  CARTERSVILLE, Ga. (WATE) — An Anheuser-Busch brewery in Georgia is sending 500,000 cans of drinking water to help victims of Hurricane Harvey.
  ABC-affiliate WSB-TV says the brewery in Cartersville will be sending the water to Baton Rouge.
  “Throughout the year, we periodically pause beer production at our Cartersville, Georgia brewery to produce emergency canned drinking water so we are ready to help out communities across the country in times of crisis. Putting our producti
  
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• Austin preparing for 7,000 Harvey evacuees

  29-08-2017 05:19 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The number of people heading to Austin impacted by Hurricane Harvey could rise drastically. State officials asked the city if it can house 7,000 evacuees from the Gulf Coast.
  Mayor Steve Adler says officials are trying to figure out capacity and logistics and are considering the Austin Convention Center as a shelter site. Even then, the city will need more options. After Hurricane Katrina, the city hosted 4,000 evacuees at the convention center.
  There are currently 550 evac
  
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• Austin Convention Center will become a mega shelter for Harvey evacuees

  29-08-2017 05:19 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The number of people heading to Austin impacted by Hurricane Harvey could rise drastically. State officials asked the city if it can house 7,000 evacuees from the Gulf Coast.
  Mayor Steve Adler says officials are turning the Austin Convention Center into a mega shelter that will be able to house 2,500 guests. After Hurricane Katrina, the city hosted 4,000 evacuees at the convention center. The city plans to move people out of existing shelters to the mega shelter within the
  
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• Dozens of Austin-area first responders deploy to help after Harvey

  29-08-2017 05:16 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Day by day, more first responders from the Austin area are heading to Houston and the coast to help with Harvey relief efforts.
  As of Monday, Austin-Travis County EMS had sent 32 of its medics, along with two of its rescue boats and one ambulance bus.
  The Austin Fire Department sent 24 firefighters, the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office sent eight of its deputies and the Georgetown and Cedar Park Police Departments each sent one officer to take turns driving their sh
  
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• TIME-LAPSE: Hurricane Harvey’s destructive path through Texas

  29-08-2017 04:19 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — An incredible time-lapse animation shows Hurricane Harvey from before its landfall on the Texas coast Friday through Monday afternoon.
  The time-lapse shows the once stalled, now weakened, Tropical Storm Harvey as it reverses course and heads back toward the Gulf of Mexico.FORECAST STORY: Harvey moves back over Gulf, expecting turn toward Houston; local rivers crestIncredibly, the storm is then forecast to lift north to Houston, possibly bringing another 15-20 inches or more
  
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• AISD police say man arrested at board meeting was trespassing

  29-08-2017 04:18 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A man who hoped to discuss “unfinished business” at Monday night’s Austin Independent School District board meeting was arrested for allegedly trespassing.
  AISD spokeswoman Cristina Nguyen told KXAN Daniel White received a criminal trespass warning last fall, which prohibited him from coming onto any AISD property.
  Nguyen said he violated that warning when he signed up for public comment. She said he signed up to discuss “unfinished business.”
  
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• Bass Pro Shops provides 80 boats for Texas rescues

  29-08-2017 03:35 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Bass Pro Shops is providing local, state and federal agencies with more than 80 Tracker boats to aid in rescues in Houston and other flooded Texas communities.
  The move to provide boats comes less than a day after Houston officials pleaded for anyone with a boat to join the rescue effort.
  Bass Pro Shops is also donating it’s Uncle Buck’s Premium Jerky and other protein-rich foods to the Convoy of Hope, which will work to deliver the items in communities impacted
  
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• Cougars practice with Houston on their mind

  29-08-2017 03:34 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The University of Houston football team finished practiced at Texas’ Frank Denius Field Monday afternoon. However, it’s hard to hide the fact that football isn’t the top priority.
  “Obviously, football’s important to all of us, but the first thing is Houston,” Cougars head coach Major Applewhite said. “It’s our city and we constantly talk about representing the city of Houston because it’s across our chest. That’s w
  
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• PHOTOS: Colorado River tops 54 feet in La Grange

  29-08-2017 03:26 via kxan.com
  LA GRANGE, Texas (KXAN) –The Colorado River in La Grange crested Monday afternoon as a result of the weekend’s storms brought on by Hurricane Harvey.
  At 2 p.m. the river reached a stage of 54.2 feet as Fayette County officials expanded the mandatory evacuation zone.
  FULL STORY: Colorado River crests at highest level since 1913 in La Grange
  KXAN viewers sent us some of their photos from La Grange. PHOTOS: La Grange flooding (Photo provided by Bruce Spindler)Flooding in La Grange (Phot
  
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• San Marcos offers storm debris disposal options

  29-08-2017 02:36 via kxan.com
  SAN MARCOS, Texas (KXAN) — San Marcos residents who may be dealing with downed branches and limbs as a result of Hurricane Harvey and the weekend’s storms have several options to dispose of the debris.
  The city of San Marcos says vegetative debris smaller than five inches in diameter can be put in a resident’s green waste cart and paper yard bags on two different days, corresponding with their typical trash day, as follows:
  Monday and Tuesday: Aug. 30 and Sept. 13
  Wednesday: Au
  
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• Reports: Multiple dead in shooting at New Mexico library

  29-08-2017 01:36 via kxan.com
  CLOVIS, N.M. (KRQE) – Multiple people have been killed and others injured in a shooting at the Clovis-Carver Public Library, according to the Eastern New Mexico News.
  Eastern New Mexico reports police surrounded the library just after 4 p.m.
  A KRQE News 13 viewer sent video of police arresting a man.
  Vanessa Aguirre told the newspaper she was in the library with her son when a man came in and “started to shoot” into the air.
  Aguirre said she did not see anyone get shot, but the
  
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• 2 dead, 4 injured in shooting at New Mexico library

  29-08-2017 01:36 via kxan.com
  CLOVIS, N.M. (KRQE) – Two people are dead and four others are injured after a gunman opened fire just after 4 p.m. inside the Clovis-Carver Public Library.
  Police say the young man they have in custody surrendered without a fight.
  “Immediately went into the building, made contact with the suspect who immediately gave up, was taken into custody as we continued to clear the building,” Clovis Police Chief Douglas Ford said.
  Police are not releasing the suspect’s name or his
  
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• Taylor church open its doors to flood evacuees

  29-08-2017 01:30 via kxan.com
  TAYLOR, Texas (KXAN) — Air mattresses fill the sanctuary at Oasis Church in Taylor, a room usually full of chairs and people ready to worship on a Sunday. Now, it’s become a makeshift bedroom.
  The church bought air mattresses to host more than two dozen evacuees, many from the Bay City area, southwest of Houston. That’s where Martin Zamora, his wife, and two kids drove from.
  “We were going to stay but when they said, ‘if you stay, put your name on your arm and put y
  
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• Local hospitals clear beds to make room for evacuees

  29-08-2017 01:26 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Local hospitals have already taken in evacuees from hospitals near the coast and are preparing to take in more. So far, Seton hospitals in Central Texas have received 28 evacuees.
  Hospital staff say the evacuees come from Victoria, Bay City, El Campo, Corpus Christi and Eagle Lake. A few weeks ago, Dell Seton Medical Hospital said it was at 105 percent capacity, which forced the hospital to hold patients in the emergency department until more beds opened.
  On Monday, the hos
  
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• New storm insurance law takes effect on the tail of Hurricane Harvey

  29-08-2017 01:22 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A law passed during the 2017 Texas legislative session will take effect the Friday after Hurricane Harvey caused billions of dollars in damage. The insurance claim process will not change, but it will be harder to take your insurer to court if someone thinks the company is cheating them.
  The new law, House Bill 1774, was passed to crack down on frivolous lawsuits.
  Most of the flood damage from Hurricane Harvey will be covered under FEMA’s Flood Assistance program, but
  
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• Flooding forces Astros to play Rangers at home of the Rays

  29-08-2017 01:05 via kxan.com
  HOUSTON (AP) — The Houston Astros will play their series against the Texas Rangers at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida, this week, the biggest change yet forced by Hurricane Harvey and widespread flooding that spread more misery across Texas on Monday.Both the Astros and Rangers flew to Dallas after games in California on Sunday to await news of where the series would be held. After an off day Monday, they will now head to St. Petersburg, where the Astros will have “ho
  
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• KXAN price gouging investigation leads to 40 hotel refunds

  29-08-2017 00:21 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – As Hurricane Harvey pounded the Texas coast Friday and Saturday night, thousands of people evacuated, sending many to hotels and shelters.
  And, for some, they sought refuge in the path of more trouble.
  Saturday, a KXAN crew booked a room at the Best Western Plus in Robstown, a small town 20 miles west of Corpus Christi. An internet search showed room rates for a two queen bed priced between $120 and $149 a night. But, when it came time to book the room at the hotel’s
  
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• Buechele listed No. 1 QB for Texas as opener looms

  29-08-2017 00:19 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — No. 23 Texas appears set to start sophomore Shane Buechele at quarterback in the season opener against Maryland.Buechele was listed as the No. 1 on Monday’s depth chart ahead of freshman Sam Ehlinger. Buechele started 12 games last season and set a Texas freshman passing record of nearly 3,000 yards.
  Coach Tom Herman has tried to keep the pressure on Buechele in training camp and said he could lose the job if he doesn’t practice well this week.
  “Shane
  
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