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• Sixth Street punching death suspect charged with manslaughter

  20-09-2017 23:41 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Less than 24 hours after the Austin Police Department shared surveillance videos of the man they believe is the person of interest in the punching death of an Air Force veteran in downtown Austin, he has been arrested and charged with manslaughter.
  Nathan Marshall is charged with manslaughter in the punching death of a man on Sixth Street (APD Photo)On Thursday morning, police said they arrested Nathan Raynard Marshall, 28, on an unrelated charge of Assault on a Public Serv
  
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• Possible suspect in Sixth Street punching death in custody

  20-09-2017 23:41 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Less than 24 hours after the Austin Police Department shared surveillance videos of the man they believe is the person of interest in the punching death of an Air Force veteran in downtown Austin, he has been arrested.
  On Thursday morning, police said they arrested the person of interest on an unrelated charge late Wednesday. They are not releasing his name at this time.
  Police say Marques Johnson, 33, was on Sixth Street with his wife after 2 a.m. Sunday when he got into a
  
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• Neighbor says Sixth Street punching death suspect ‘needed help’

  20-09-2017 23:41 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Less than 24 hours after the Austin Police Department shared surveillance videos of the man they believe is the person of interest in the punching death of an Air Force veteran in downtown Austin, he was arrested and charged with manslaughter.
  Nathan Marshall is charged with manslaughter in the punching death of a man on Sixth Street (APD Photo)On Thursday morning, police said they arrested Nathan Raynard Marshall, 28, on an unrelated charge of Assault on a Public Servant.
  
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• APD releases videos, photo of person of interest in punching death

  20-09-2017 23:41 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin Police Department shared surveillance videos of people they believe are persons of interest in the punching death of an Air Force veteran in downtown Austin.
  Police say Marques Johnson, 33, was on Sixth Street with his wife after 2 a.m. Sunday when he got into a verbal altercation with two men. One of them threw something at Johnson, and when he turned around the other man punched him.
  When officers arrived at the scene, a crowd had formed around Johnson and he w
  
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• Williamson County Sheriff’s Office searching for deputy’s lost gun

  20-09-2017 23:05 via kxan.com
  WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — A bag containing a gun belonging to the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office is missing, prompting a plea to the public to help find the missing firearm.
  The weapon bag had a .45 caliber Glock 21 inside it, along with three 10-round magazines, one 10-round mini-magazine and seven 13-round magazines. The Sheriff’s Office believes it may have fallen out of a deputy’s vehicle as he was heading to the Williamson County Sheriff’s Firing Ra
  
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• Williamson County Sheriff’s Office found deputy’s lost gun

  20-09-2017 23:05 via kxan.com
  WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — A bag containing a gun belonging to the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office has been found, after it disappeared and prompted plea to the public to help find the missing firearm.
  The weapon bag had a .45 caliber Glock 21 inside it, along with three 10-round magazines, one 10-round mini-magazine and seven 13-round magazines. The Sheriff’s Office believes it fell out of a deputy’s vehicle as he was heading to the Williamson County Sheriff&rs
  
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• Williamson County deputies lost gun found by a citizen

  20-09-2017 23:05 via kxan.com
  WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — A bag containing a gun belonging to the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office has been found, after it disappeared and prompted plea to the public to help find the missing firearm.
  The weapon bag had a .45 caliber Glock 21 inside it, along with three 10-round magazines, one 10-round mini-magazine and seven 13-round magazines. The Sheriff’s Office believes it fell out of a deputy’s vehicle as he was heading to the Williamson County Sheriff&rs
  
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• Council member Flannigan says nude photos are “online harassment”

  20-09-2017 22:40 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin City Council Member Jimmy Flannigan is pushing back against nude photos of him that have surfaced online.
  Last week, KXAN and a number of other news agencies were tagged in a tweet that claimed to show nude photos of Flannigan. The post has since been removed.
  Flannigan released a personal statement in response to what he calls “online harrassment” on Tuesday.
  “For the last few days, I’ve been subjected to an online harassment campaign which i
  
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• MSU football player dies after game injury

  20-09-2017 22:36 via kxan.com
  WICHITA FALLS, Texas (KXAN/NBC) — A Midwestern State University football player has died following an injury he got during a game last weekend.
  Robert Grays, 19, was a cornerback for the Mustangs. He got a neck injury in the last three minutes of his team’s game against Texas A&M Kingsville Saturday night. He was taken to Houston for treatment, but died Tuesday evening.
  On Sunday teammates, friends, classmates and the community held a vigil for him, hoping he’d get well. Ma
  
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• Don Henley, Lyle Lovett, Clint Black plan Harvey benefit

  20-09-2017 22:32 via kxan.com
  FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Don Henley, Lyle Lovett and Clint Black are the latest musicians planning a concert to raise money for victims of Harvey.
  The trio on Tuesday announced a Nov. 28 show at Bass Hall in Fort Worth.
  Tickets go on sale Friday for the “Helping Texans: A Hurricane Harvey Benefit Concert.” Proceeds will be distributed by the North Texas Community Foundation .
  Harvey slammed South Texas on Aug. 25, dropping torrential rain that flooded parts of Houston and nearb
  
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• Robert E. Lee Road in Austin could be renamed for Azie Taylor Morton

  20-09-2017 22:03 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Robert E. Lee Road could be renamed to honor a former U.S. Treasurer from Austin.
  Austin City Council Member Ann Kitchen says she has officially filed an application with the Austin Transportation Department (ATD) to rename the street to Azie Taylor Morton. Morton, a black woman born near Lockhart in 1936, has been the only African-American to serve as U.S. Treasurer.
  Morton graduated from Huston-Tillotson College in 1956 with a Bachelor of Science degree in commercial educ
  
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• Walmart won’t be hiring extra holiday help

  20-09-2017 20:39 via kxan.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart won’t be doing large-scale holiday hiring at its stores this year. Instead, like last year, it will offer extra hours to its current workers.
  The nation’s largest private employer says, however, that it will be taking on more temporary workers at its distribution centers. But it’s not giving a number yet for its planned holiday hires at the centers.
  So far, the retailers have detailed mixed hiring plans for the holidays.
  
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• George Strait to visit Rockport Thursday

  20-09-2017 20:38 via kxan.com
  ROCKPORT, Texas (KXAN) — When country music legend George Strait said he was going to visit Rockport to see the hurricane damage for himself, he meant it. 
  On Thursday, Strait will head down to the coastal city with Gov. Greg Abbott. Strait, who has a home in the Rockport area, said last week prior to his Harvey relief concert, that he loves the area because “it’s a lot of fishing and a lot of fun.”
  According to the SA Current, Strait’s Hand-in-Hand fundraising
  
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• Nest Labs adds doorbell that can recognize familiar faces

  20-09-2017 20:03 via kxan.com
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Home device maker Nest Labs is adding Google’s facial recognition technology to a camera-equipped doorbell and rolling out a security system in an attempt to end its history of losses.
  The products announced Wednesday expand upon the internet-connected thermostats, smoke detectors and stand-alone security cameras that Nest has been selling since its inception six years ago.
  The Hello doorbell comes with a built-in video camera and speakers that will make it seem
  
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• Waterloo Park to undergo massive transformation

  20-09-2017 19:36 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A $230 million project aimed at making the area around Waller Creek a downtown oasis is finally getting underway.
  On Wednesday, the Waller Creek Conservancy broke ground on the transformation of lower Waller Creek, which spans from Waterloo Park on 15th Street to Lake Bird Lake. The first phase of the long-term project will focus on revamping Waterloo Park into a space that can be used for large gatherings and activities.
  Within the 11-acre Waterloo Park, there will be near
  
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• Hurricane Harvey forces Houston theater to close until May

  20-09-2017 19:36 via kxan.com
  HOUSTON (AP) — A Houston theater will be closed until May to repair damage caused by Hurricane Harvey.
  The Houston Chronicle reports the Houston First Corporation, which operates the Wortham Theater Center, announced Monday that the facility will be closed until May 15.
  The center, which includes the Alice and George Brown Theater and the Lillie and Roy Cullen Theater, took on as much as 12 feet of water during the storm.
  The corporation says that although the facilities likely avoided maj
  
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• Islamic cemetery in Dale vandalized

  20-09-2017 18:47 via kxan.com
  DALE, Texas (KXAN) — The Islamic Center of Great Austin: Cemetery in Dale was vandalized on Tuesday and authorities are trying to find out who did it.
  The cemetery, located at 1920 County Line Rd., had tagging on various signs as well as the brick pillars at the entry gate. The suspect(s) tagged curse words as well as “666” and other random drawings.
  The Caldwell County Sheriff’s Office says because this is a cemetery, the charges would rise to the level of a felony.
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• $23M worth of meth found in Cedar Creek home

  20-09-2017 17:07 via kxan.com
  BASTROP COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — A drug investigation spanning multiple jurisdictions in Central Texas ended with the seizure of more than 600 pounds of methamphetamine, firearms and cash.
  On Tuesday, the Cedar Park Police Department, along with the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), conducted a search warrant at a home on Jenkins Road in Cedar Creek. Inside the home authorities found 148 pounds of crystal meth and another 490 pounds of meth in solution. The street value of the narcotics is esti
  
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• Runner accused of pooping on sidewalks, yards in Colorado Springs

  20-09-2017 15:32 via kxan.com
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV/CNN/KXAN) — It’s a bizarre situation that families are coming across in Colorado Springs.
  When Cathy Budde’s children came running to her screaming, she wasn’t sure what was going on.
  “They are like ‘there’s a lady taking a poop!’ recounts Budde. “And so I come outside, and I’m like oh dear goodness! I was like ‘are you serious, are you really taking a poop right here in front of my kids!?'” Bud
  
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• PHOTOS: Digging through the rubble to find earthquake survivors in Mexico City

  20-09-2017 14:58 via kxan.com
  MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AP) — Hundreds of volunteers, soldiers and police are digging and tunneling overnight into the precarious, pancaked ruins of a collapsed Mexico City school where at least 25 students and teachers were killed in a magnitude 7.1 quake. 7.1 magnitude earthquake rattles Mexico City MEXICO CITY, MEXICO - SEPTEMBER 19: Rescuers work in the rubble after a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck on September 19, 2017 in Mexico City, Mexico. The earthquake caused multiple fatalities, d
  
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• Austin fire lieutenant facing criminal investigation

  20-09-2017 14:46 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — An Austin Fire Department lieutenant is on paid leave while he is under criminal investigation.
  Fire Chief Rhoda Mae Kerr did not release details regarding the investigation but says Lt. Marcus Reed has not been charged with or arrested for any crime. “I will reserve judgment unless and until I need to do otherwise, and I would hope others do the same,” said Kerr in a statement.
  Reed has been with the department for 20 years.
  
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• Austin fire lieutenant accused of sexually assaulting woman

  20-09-2017 14:46 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — An Austin Fire Department lieutenant is on paid leave while he is under criminal investigation, after a woman accused him of sexually assaulting her in March.
  Fire Chief Rhoda Mae Kerr did not release details regarding the investigation when KXAN contacted her, but says Lt. Marcus Reed, an arson investigator, has not been charged with or arrested for any crime. “I will reserve judgment unless and until I need to do otherwise, and I would hope others do the same,&rdquo
  
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• School bus involved in crash on SH 45 in southwest Austin

  20-09-2017 13:59 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Three students are fine after the Austin Independent School District bus they were riding on was hit by a driver in an SUV.
  Austin police say the crash happened around 6:30 a.m. on State Highway 45 eastbound at Archeleta Boulevard in southwest Austin. A picture from a KXAN viewer shows the SUV and the bus collided on the driver side of the bus.
  None of the three students on board at the time were injured, and the crash is not blocking SH 45 at this time. A spokesperson for
  
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• Austin woman thriving in life with stage 4 cancer

  20-09-2017 13:33 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Janice Choe likes visiting Auditorium Shores. The water, people walking and running alone or with their dogs–it all brings her peace.
  The little things mean that much more to her.
  “I think those are becoming more noticeable, more critical to notice that I recognize, like, ‘oh, I’m walking with my dog. Oh, he’s pooping. I get to pick it up… pick the poop up.’ I’m sure other people are like, ‘ugh… poop…
  
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• VIDEO: Armed suspect robs Wag-a-Bag in Round Rock

  20-09-2017 13:13 via kxan.com
  ROUND ROCK, Texas (KXAN) — Round Rock police have released surveillance video of a person who robbed a convenience store in an effort to catch them.
  The armed robbery happened on Monday, Sept. 18 at the Wag-a-Bag located at 801 S. Mays St.  Police say around 10:35 p.m., a man came into the store, displayed a black handgun and demanded money from the clerk. After giving money to the suspect, police say he ran towards Logan Street.
  The robber is described as a Hispanic man between 5-foo
  
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• Mexicans dig through collapsed buildings as quake kills 217

  20-09-2017 12:50 via kxan.com
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Police, firefighters and ordinary Mexicans dug frantically through the rubble of collapsed schools, homes and apartment buildings early Wednesday, looking for survivors of Mexico’s deadliest earthquake in decades as the number of confirmed fatalities stood at 217.
  Adding poignancy and a touch of the surreal, Tuesday’s magnitude-7.1 quake struck on the 32nd anniversary of the 1985 earthquake that killed thousands. Just hours earlier, people around Mexico had h
  
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• 217 dead in powerful Mexico earthquake

  20-09-2017 12:50 via kxan.com
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Police, firefighters and ordinary Mexicans dug frantically through the rubble of collapsed schools, homes and apartment buildings early Wednesday, looking for survivors of Mexico’s deadliest earthquake in decades as the number of confirmed fatalities stood at 217.
  Adding poignancy and a touch of the surreal, Tuesday’s magnitude-7.1 quake struck on the 32nd anniversary of the 1985 earthquake that killed thousands. Just hours earlier, people around Mexico had h
  
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• Maria tears off roofs, triggers flooding in Puerto Rico

  20-09-2017 12:47 via kxan.com
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The strongest hurricane to hit Puerto Rico in over 80 years tore off roofs and doors, unleashed heavy flooding and brought down cell towers and power lines Wednesday in an onslaught that could deepen the island’s financial crisis.
  Leaving at least nine people dead in its wake across the Caribbean, Hurricane Maria blew ashore in the morning in the southeast coastal town of Yabucoa as a Category 4 storm with winds of 155 mph (250 kph), and was expected to p
  
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• Maria destroys homes, triggers flooding in Puerto Rico

  20-09-2017 12:47 via kxan.com
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The strongest hurricane to hit Puerto Rico in over 80 years destroyed hundreds of homes, knocked out power across the entire island and triggered heavy flooding Wednesday in an onslaught that could plunge the U.S. territory deeper into financial crisis.
  Leaving at least nine people dead in its wake across the Caribbean, Hurricane Maria blew ashore in the morning in the southeast coastal town of Yabucoa as a Category 4 storm with winds of 155 mph (250 kph).
  It w
  
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• Hurricane Maria hits Puerto Rico after slamming Dominica

  20-09-2017 12:47 via kxan.com
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — One of the strongest hurricanes to ever hit Puerto Rico pummeled the island Wednesday as officials warned it would decimate the power company’s crumbling infrastructure and force the government to rebuild dozens of communities.
  Maria made landfall early Wednesday in the southeast coastal town of Yabucoa as a Category 4 storm with winds of 155 mph (250 kph) winds, and it was expected to punish the island with life-threatening winds for 12 to 24 hours, fore
  
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• Austin ISD educates parents about DACA, address misinformation

  20-09-2017 12:30 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A big deadline is looming for anyone needing to reapply for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, otherwise known as DACA. With President Donald Trump phasing out the program, the Austin Independent School District is holding a workshop Wednesday to get everyone informed.
  The government has set Oct. 5 as the deadline for anyone who has DACA to reapply in order to keep their work authorization for another two years. While AISD does not track the immigration status of i
  
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• Rush begins for the first Muslim sorority at UT Austin

  20-09-2017 06:05 via kxan.com
  Austin (KXAN)– A new type of sorority rush is underway this week on the Forty Acres, UT Austin’s first Muslim sorority is searching for its first class of new members.
  As first reported by the Daily Texan, rush week for UT’s beta chapter of Mu Delta Alpha began Monday.
  Mu Delta Alpha is the first Muslim sorority in the U.S. It was founded in 2016 at UT Dallas, UT Austin’s chapter is the second, and the third chapter is a joint effort between the University of No
  
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• First Muslim sorority at UT starts rush week

  20-09-2017 06:05 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN  (KXAN) — A new type of sorority rush is underway this week on the Forty Acres. University of Texas at Austin’s first Muslim sorority is searching for its first class of new members. As first reported by the Daily Texan, rush week for UT’s beta chapter of Mu Delta Alpha began Monday.
  Mu Delta Alpha is the first Muslim sorority in the U.S. It was founded in 2016 at UT Dallas, UT Austin’s chapter is the second, and the third chapter is a joint effort b
  
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• Buechele spends bulk of practice with first team

  20-09-2017 05:34 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — As the Texas Longhorns came back to practice Tuesday, following the 27-24 double overtime loss to USC, quarterback Shane Buechele went back to practicing with the first team offense.
  Coach Tom Herman told the media Buechele took 60 percent of the snaps with the first team and freshman Sam Ehlinger picked up the rest. Jerrod Heard moved back to receiver full-time after playing a portion of the last two games at quarterback.
  It’s been the conversation of Longhorn nation
  
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• Man buys toddler stuffed dinosaurs in heartbreaking encounter

  20-09-2017 05:10 via kxan.com
  FORT SMITH, AR (WCMH) — A heartbreaking viral Facebook post describes the interaction between a little boy and a man who lost his grandson days earlier.
  In the Facebook post, the woman says she and the little boy were at Target when the little boy, Owen, grabbed three stuffed dinosaurs.
  As the boy is trying to decide which dinosaur to keep, a man approached and began to interact with the toddler, according to the post.After a little while of playing with each other, the man
  
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• Mickey Spagnola on More Than the Score

  20-09-2017 04:55 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Silver Star Nation Insider Mickey Spagnola was a guest on More Than the Score Tuesday night.The Cowboys are coming off their worst loss since 2013. Spagnola says there is plenty of blame to go around in that 42-17 loss at Denver. The Cowboys are back in action Monday night at Arizona.
  
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• Disaster recovery centers to open in Bastrop, Harris counties

  20-09-2017 04:50 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A Disaster Recovery Center will open in Bastrop County Wednesday, along with two others in Harris County.
  The State of Texas/Federal Emergency Management Agency centers will provide in-person support to individuals and businesses reeling after Hurricane Harvey swept through, bringing with it damage and flooding. Representatives from FEMA, the U.S. Small Business Association, the state and other agencies will be at the centers.
  People can get help on filing aid applications
  
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• Wait continues for trial in VonTrey Clark’s capital murder case

  20-09-2017 04:06 via kxan.com
  Bastrop, TEXAS (KXAN) — Two and a half years after the death of Samantha Dean, there is still no trial date set for the former Austin police officer charged in connection with her murder.
  VonTrey Clark has pleaded not guilty in the capital murder of his one-time girlfriend. Court records suggest Clark offered to pay someone $5,000 to have her killed.
  Clark reportedly told investigators Dean was the mother of his unborn child.
  William Surles was Dean’s cousin. He lives out of state, b
  
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• Top celebrity searches that could infect your computer with a virus

  20-09-2017 03:52 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN/NBC News) — From Avril Lavigne to Beyonce — there are some things people should think twice about before Googling.
  Cybersecurity firm McAfee released its list of the most dangerous celebrity searches online Tuesday. This is the 11th year it’s compiled the list of the searches most likely to send users to websites that carry viruses or Malware.
  For the first time, a female musician is in the number one spot — Canadian singer Avril Lavigne.
  Here are the top 10
  
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• Texas man trapped in concrete overnight sent to burn center

  20-09-2017 03:00 via kxan.com
  AMARILLO, Texas (KLST) – A man is receiving treatment at a burn center in Lubbock after an employee noticed him moving in what the Amarillo Fire Department described as a washout pit for Golden Spread Redi-Mix.
  First responders were called to the scene near SW 1st and S. Tyler in Amarillo, Texas, around 1:20 p.m. Monday.
  Amarillo Fire Cpt. Larry Davis says a worker thought they saw something in the pit and realized it was a person who was trapped.
  The victim told fire officials he had been
  
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• Environmental group questions low lead levels in school drinking water

  20-09-2017 02:05 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin Independent School District says they should be commended for going above and beyond when it comes to testing drinking water for lead.
  The district teamed up with the Lower Colorado River Authority to test all 130 campuses over the past two years.
  It was good news for Stephanie Carter, who has two sons at Davis Elementary School.
  “I don’t know what’s coming out of there,” said Carter, referring to the water fountains on their campus.
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• New Texas law hopes to encourage banks to fight elder financial abuse

  20-09-2017 01:38 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – A new Texas law hope to encourage banks to play a larger role in defending elderly Texans who get taken advantage of financially.
  According to the AARP, every year more than $3 billion is stolen from people through elderly financial exploitation. In nine out of 10 cases, the culprit is someone the victim knows. That’s why Texas lawmakers passed, and Governor Abbott signed, HB 3921 by Rep. Tan Parker, R-Flower Mound.
  For 50 years, Anita Sybesma’s mom wanted
  
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• Police arrest man who allegedly assaulted runner downtown

  20-09-2017 01:25 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin Police Department says it has arrested a man who allegedly sexually assaulted a woman on a trail in downtown Austin.
  APD reports Richard McEachern, 22, is currently in the Travis County Jail.
  McEachern allegedly attacked the woman on the trail near East Avenue and Cummings Street on Friday, around 5:46 a.m. A group of runners reported in a post on social media that they saw the suspect run past them, and then came across the victim on the trail.
  Police increased
  
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• Armed runner helps save woman during alleged sexual assault on trail

  20-09-2017 01:25 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin Police Department says it has arrested a man who allegedly sexually assaulted a woman on a trail in downtown Austin. APD reports Richard McEachern, 22, is currently in the Travis County Jail.
  McEachern allegedly attacked the woman on the trail near East Avenue and Cummings Street on Friday, around 5:46 a.m. According to an arrest affidavit, the victim said she was running on the trail when she heard loud steps behind her. The victim told police the suspect then g
  
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• Prosecution requests more time in Dawnna Dukes case

  20-09-2017 01:21 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The State of Texas is requesting more time for felony charges in the corruption case of Rep. Dawnna Dukes.
  The State filed a motion of continuance with the Travis County District Court, after it discovered a witness from the House Business Office had provided a letter to Dukes’ defense team in January, saying a member of the House of Representatives is not required to physically work in the Capitol building in order to receive per diem payments between legislative ses
  
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• Skeletal remains found just outside of Round Rock

  20-09-2017 00:58 via kxan.com
  ROUND ROCK, Texas (KXAN) — The Williamson County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a body that was found near Brushy Creek, just outside of Round Rock.
  Round Rock Police were initially called just after 4 p.m. Tuesday, but turned the case over to the Sheriff’s Office because the place where the body was found is just outside the city limits by a few feet. They say it was found on the 2000 block of Brushy Creek Road, which is just southeast of U.S. Highway 79 and Red Bud Lane.
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• Body found just outside of Round Rock

  20-09-2017 00:58 via kxan.com
  ROUND ROCK, Texas (KXAN) — The Williamson County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a body that was found near Brushy Creek, just outside of Round Rock.
  Round Rock Police were initially called just after 4 p.m. Tuesday, but turned the case over to the Sheriff’s Office because the place where the body was found is just outside the city limits by a few feet. They say it was found at 2005 Brushy Creek Road, which is just southeast of U.S. Highway 79 and Red Bud Lane.
  A KXAN Crew is
  
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• Man rescued after fall from cliff in Spicewood

  20-09-2017 00:24 via kxan.com
  SPICEWOOD, Texas (KXAN) — Emergency personnel rescued a man who was injured after he fell off a cliff in Spicewood Tuesday afternoon.
  According to Austin-Travis County EMS, a man in his 20s fell 20 to 30 feet near the 1900 block of Curiosity Cave Road, around 4:20 p.m. They said the patient was considered a trauma alert because of the fall distance and his condition.
  STAR Flight was called in while the man was being evaluated. ATCEMS reports on Twitter STAR Flight could not reach the man f
  
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