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• Permit to demolish HOPE Outdoor Gallery graffiti park moves forward

  30-01-2018 23:41 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The process to demolish the HOPE Outdoor Gallery, also known as “Graffiti Park,” is moving forward after the Historical Landmark Commission voted Monday to approve the permit for the demolition but only after photographs are taken of the artwork for preservation purposes.
  While the HOPE Outdoor Gallery isn’t a historic site, the commission stated “it is a site of value to the community and visitors” in the agenda item. The commission would like
  
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• Flu outbreak forces Pflugerville school to undergo deep clean

  30-01-2018 23:12 via kxan.com
  PFLUGERVILLE, Texas (KXAN) — Teachers and administrators at Concordia High School spent all day Tuesday disinfecting classrooms and campus buildings.
  The school’s principal David Mueller said the campus was “overrun” with students who had flu and flu-like symptoms, with around 30 percent of the student body of 121 out sick. Mueller said he decided to close school for a week due to the number of absences.
  “It’s not a perfect decision because there isn’t o
  
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• Wimberley brush fire blooms to 750 acres, now 90 percent contained

  30-01-2018 22:29 via kxan.com
  WIMBERLEY, Texas (KXAN) — A brush fire that bloomed to 750 acres in Wimberley Tuesday has now been 90 percent contained. People who were asked to leave their homes as a precaution are being allowed to return.
  An air tanker from the Texas A&M Forest Service made its way from Abilene to Wimberley to help fight the fire.
  Hays County says multiple grass fires started around 2 p.m. in the area of Farm to Market 2325 and Valley Spring Road. A spokesperson for STAR Flight said their help was
  
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• Wimberley brush fire blooms to 750 acres, now 100 percent contained

  30-01-2018 22:29 via kxan.com
  WIMBERLEY, Texas (KXAN) — A brush fire that bloomed to 750 acres in Wimberley Tuesday was 100 percent contained as of noon Wednesday. People who were asked to leave their homes as a precaution were allowed to return Tuesday night.
  An air tanker from the Texas A&M Forest Service made its way from Abilene to Wimberley to help fight the fire. Fire departments remained on scene to extinguish smoldering stumps and roots. The Fire Marshal has not yet released the cause of the fire.
  Hays Coun
  
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• Wimberley brush fire blooms to 750 acres as crews await help from air tanker

  30-01-2018 22:29 via kxan.com
  WIMBERLEY, Texas (KXAN) — An air tanker from the Texas A&M Forest Service is making its way from Abilene to Wimberley to help fight a wildfire that has grown to burn 750 acres.
  Hays County says multiple grass fires started around 2 p.m. in the area of Farm to Market 2325 and Valley Spring Road. A spokesperson for STAR Flight said their help was requested because the fire is threatening homes and is “considerable in size.” The Forest Service is also assisting with the wildfi
  
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• Demolition begins on oldest standing playground in San Marcos

  30-01-2018 21:58 via kxan.com
  SAN MARCOS, Texas (KXAN) – A fence now surrounds the oldest standing playground in San Marcos as the city prepares to tear it down and replace it. Citing safety concerns, city leaders announced they would be making the change late last year.
  The all-wooden park will be replaced with plastic made to look like wood. “The material that we’re using is all recycled materials,” said San Marcos Parks operations manager Bert Stratemann. “It’s a 50-year product is what
  
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• New mapping tool shows infant death rates vary greatly within cities

  30-01-2018 21:46 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A new mapping tool by the University of Texas System shows there are great disparities in infant death rates among some neighboring zip codes in Texas.
  “Our overall rate for infant mortality at 5.7 per 1,000 babies born is better than the national average, but I think our data shows that’s for the state as a whole, but there are these pockets where these infant mortality rates are really pretty bad,” Dr. David Lakey, Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs and
  
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• North Austin bank robbed twice in two months

  30-01-2018 21:33 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A Wells Fargo bank in north Austin has been hit again.
  The bank, located at 11200 Interstate 35, which is near Braker Lane, was robbed for the second time since Wednesday, Dec. 6. Police responded a little after 1 p.m. Tuesday.
  Police has not released details on the suspect’s description at this time.
  The suspect in December’s robbery was described as a white man between 40-50 years old. He is 5-foot-8 to 5-foot-10 with a thin build. He was l
  
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• WATCH LIVE: Brush fire moving quickly in northeast Travis County

  30-01-2018 21:24 via kxan.com
  TRAVIS COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — A brush fire on Cele Road, about two miles east of Lake Pflugerville, is spreading quickly.
  The Austin Fire Department said around 2 p.m. they are helping Pflugerville and Manor fire crews in the 8700 block of Cele Road, near Cameron Road.
  Crews were first called to the scene at 1:11 p.m. Tuesday. While no buildings or homes are currently threatened, AFD says crews are working to protect livestock.
  A STAR Flight helicopter is at the scene helping. Officials,
  
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• Brush fire that scorched 80 acres in northeast Travis County mostly contained

  30-01-2018 21:24 via kxan.com
  TRAVIS COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — An 80-acre brush fire on Cele Road, about two miles east of Lake Pflugerville, was spreading quickly Tuesday afternoon and is now mostly contained.
  The Austin Fire Department said they are helping Pflugerville, Hutto, Round Rock and Manor fire crews in the 8700 block of Cele Road, near Cameron Road.
  Crews were first called to the scene at 1:11 p.m. Tuesday. While no buildings or homes were affected, AFD said crews worked to protect livestock.
  Chief Ron Moellen
  
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• Brush fire in northeast Travis County mostly contained

  30-01-2018 21:24 via kxan.com
  TRAVIS COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — An 80-acre brush fire on Cele Road, about two miles east of Lake Pflugerville, was spreading quickly Tuesday afternoon and is now mostly contained.
  The Austin Fire Department said around 2 p.m. they are helping Pflugerville, Hutto, Round Rock and Manor fire crews in the 8700 block of Cele Road, near Cameron Road.
  Crews were first called to the scene at 1:11 p.m. Tuesday. While no buildings or homes were affected, AFD said crews were working to protect livestoc
  
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• Crew 52 committed to spreading “Minnesota Nice”

  30-01-2018 20:48 via kxan.com
  MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (Nexstar) – The Patriots and Eagles flew to Minnesota to clash in the Super Bowl, but they are far outnumbered by a far different team already in Minneapolis.
  They’re called “Crew 52.”
  The Minnesota Super Bowl Host Committee created its own squad to help spread “Minnesota Nice” as the locals call it.  Ten thousand volunteers are dispersed throughout the city, especially around the Super Bowl Live area near Nicollet Mall. Simply put, the
  
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• HOLT CAT breaks ground on 85,000-square-foot facility in Georgetown

  30-01-2018 20:47 via kxan.com
  GEORGETOWN, Texas (KXAN) — A new facility is breaking ground in Georgetown, bringing with it dozens of jobs.
  HOLT CAT is building its largest retail center in three decades at 2101 Airport Rd., near Lakeway Drive and Interstate 35. The company sells, rents and services Caterpillar machines, engines, generator sets and trucks. The new facility will be 85,000 square feet when it’s finished in mid-2019 and between 100 and 125 people will work there, according to CEO Peter Holt.
  “O
  
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• Feral hog meat could be contaminated with tapeworm larvae

  30-01-2018 19:57 via kxan.com
  GREGG COUNTY, Texas (KETK) — The Gregg County AgriLIfe Extension Agency is warning people who hunt feral hogs to pay extra attention if you plan on eating them, after a green substance was found embedded in the fat of a few hogs in Texas.
  “A lot of people shoot hogs. A lot of people eat hogs. That’s fine, I know that, but I also know they need to be careful,” said Randy Reeves with The Gregg County AgriLife Extension.
  Meat that is contaminated is believed to con
  
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• Patriots’ defensive tackle Alan Branch plays reporter

  30-01-2018 19:56 via kxan.com
  ST. PAUL, MN – Monday’s Super Bowl 52 Opening Night was a chance for media to get interviews with any player on either the New England Patriots or the Philadelphia Eagles. It’s a chance for the players to have some fun, and for media to get some entertaining answers.
  While the Nexstar Super Big Game team was about to wrap up the session with New England, Patriots’ defensive tackle Alan Branch had other ideas. He decided to be the one to ask the questions for us. What ensu
  
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• $1.7 billion tax dollars for improving the environment unspent by Texas lawmakers

  30-01-2018 19:18 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – Lawmakers collected $1.7 billion to improve the environment through the state’s emission reduction plan, but have not spent it. The reason? To balance the books.
  Per the Texas Constitution, lawmakers cannot spend more than they collect, and the Texas Comptroller must sign off on spending every two years. This year, lawmakers have $5 billion collected from Texans in taxes and fees that they won’t spend on their designated purpose.
  Austin Sen. Kirk Watson tel
  
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• Travis County launched a 911 text system last year. So how’s it going?

  30-01-2018 19:12 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A few months have passed since many in Central Texas have been able to start texting 911, and while dispatch centers are still working out some issues, they’re confident it will be a useful tool. In fact, hundreds of people have already taken advantage of the service, including an 11-year-old girl who got in contact with a San Marcos Police Department dispatcher.
  The dispatcher said the call started as a phone call about an active verbal disturbance, but then got disc
  
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• Rep. Farenthold backpedals on pledge to repay sexual harassment settlement

  30-01-2018 18:46 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — U.S. Rep. Blake Farenthold has backed off his pledge to pay back a taxpayer-funded sexual harassment settlement.
  The embattled congressman used $84,000 of taxpayer money to settle a sexual harassment complaint from a former spokesperson. His former communications director, Lauren Grene, sued him in Dec. 2014 over sexual harassment, gender discrimination, and creating a hostile work environment.
  Farenthold apparently used money from the U.S. Congressional Office of
  
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• Police: Woman shackled, drugged, forced to clean Texas home

  30-01-2018 18:30 via kxan.com
  OVILLA, Texas (AP) — Police south of Dallas say two people are being held on kidnapping charges after a woman told investigators she was drugged, shackled and forced to clean their home.
  Ovilla police Chief Brian Windham identified the suspects Tuesday as 51-year-old Jean-Claude DeMars and 48-year-old Charlotte Kelly DeMars. They’re being held at the Ellis County jail.
  Police said in a statement Monday that they were notified about a woman being held against her will. Officers went t
  
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• Police: Woman drugged, shackled, forced to clean Texas home

  30-01-2018 18:30 via kxan.com
  OVILLA, Texas (AP) — Police south of Dallas say a woman was chained for nearly two weeks to a bed by a couple who only periodically released her to pick up dog feces and perform other chores around their home.
  Fifty-one-year-old Jean-Claude Demars and his wife, 48-year-old Charlotte Kelly Demars, were being held Tuesday at the Ellis County jail on kidnapping charges.
  A search warrant released by Ovilla police says Jean-Claude Demars knew the 51-year-old woman and drugged her on Jan. 14 the
  
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• Gov. Abbott orders investigation into Karolyi Ranch

  30-01-2018 18:26 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN/AP) — A renowned gymnastics training center outside of Houston is now under scrutiny after athletes recently came forward claiming they were sexually assaulted there.
  On Tuesday, Gov. Greg Abbott requested the Texas Rangers launch an investigation into the allegations at the Karolyi Ranch, which is just outside of Huntsville, amid the conviction and sentencing of gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar. Karolyi Ranch is owned and operated by Béla and Martha Károlyi a
  
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• The 10 best Super Bowl halftime shows of all time

  30-01-2018 17:45 via kxan.com
  (WCMH) — It’s every musician’s dream: Performing front and center at the Super Bowl halftime show. It’s 12 minutes on the world’s biggest stage at the world’s biggest game.
  Before Justin Timberlake takes the stage on Super Bowl Sunday, here’s a look back at 10 of the best halftime performances of all time:
  10. Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake (2004) You can’t talk about Super Bowl halftime shows without talking about the one that made the p
  
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• Charges dropped in deadly north Austin shooting, police investigate new leads

  30-01-2018 17:40 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin police are refocusing an investigation after one of the victims of a shooting in north Austin and witnesses say they arrested the wrong man. They say charges against Hector Mario Guajardo-Garcia, 32, have been dropped as of Jan. 23.
  “The second living victim has decided not to cooperate with this continuing investigation and has recanted on his statement identifying Guajardo-Garcia as the shooter, to include saying he picked the wrong person out of the pho
  
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• Canadian couple gets hookworms on vacation, has to go to US for medicine

  30-01-2018 16:02 via kxan.com
  WINDSOR, Canada (WCMH) – A Canadian couple says they came home from vacation with parasites in their feet after walking barefoot in the sand.
  Eddie Zytner and Katie Stephens took a trip to the Dominican Republic earlier this month. CTV News reported they noticed their feet were itchy during their stay, but they assumed they had just received some bug bites.
  “For a lot of our trip, we found that we were scratching our feet quite a bit,” Zytner said. “Sand fleas w
  
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• Active shooter response training events in Hays County

  30-01-2018 15:11 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Religious groups, businesses and citizens have asked for help preparing for an active shooter situation in light of tragedies in Texas and across the nation, so the Hays County Sheriff’s Office is putting on a series of events over the next week to address that need.
  In December, about 150 people attended a class that covered Civilian Response to Active Shooter Event training. The Sheriff’s Office says shortly after, several churches requested to host the same p
  
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• Girl wounded in Texas high school shooting out of hospital

  30-01-2018 15:04 via kxan.com
  ITALY, Texas (AP) — Officials say a 15-year-old girl shot at a North Texas high school is out of the hospital and back with her family a week after the shooting.
  In social media postings, the Italy (IT’-lee) Independent School District says its students were told Monday that the girl is continuing her recovery with her family at an undisclosed location. The district says the family is optimistic about the girl’s recovery but asks for continued prayers for her.
  Authorities have
  
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• What’s the real state of the union? A deep dive in the stats

  30-01-2018 14:58 via kxan.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A by-the-numbers look at President Donald Trump’s first year in office reveals areas of both progress and peril.
  The stock market is soaring, smashing record after record. The unemployment rate has ticked downward. Some categories of violent crime are down, too.
  But more U.S. troops are stationed in war zones. More people are dying of drug overdoses. More people think race relations have gotten worse under Trump.
  A statistical deep dive into the state of the union b
  
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• Amazon, JPMorgan, Berkshire creating new health care company

  30-01-2018 14:08 via kxan.com
  Amazon is diving into health care, teaming up with Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway and the New York bank JPMorgan Chase, to create a company that helps their U.S. employees find quality care “at a reasonable cost.”
  The business giants offered few details Tuesday and said that the project is in the early planning stage.
  “The ballooning costs of (health care) act as a hungry tapeworm on the American economy,” Buffett said in a prepared statement. “Our group
  
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• Amazon, Buffett, JPMorgan tackle US health care “tapeworm”

  30-01-2018 14:08 via kxan.com
  Amazon is diving into health care, teaming up with Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway and the New York bank JPMorgan Chase, to create a company that helps their U.S. employees find quality care “at a reasonable cost.”
  The leaders of each company, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Buffett, and JPMorgan’s Jamie Dimon, offered few details Tuesday and said that the project is in the early planning stage.
  “The ballooning costs of (health care) act as a hungry tapeworm on the A
  
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• Amazon, Buffett and JPMorgan join forces on health care

  30-01-2018 14:08 via kxan.com
  Three of corporate America’s heaviest hitters — Amazon, Warren Buffett and JPMorgan Chase — sent a shudder through the health industry Tuesday when they announced plans to jointly create a company to provide their employees with high-quality, affordable care.
  The announcement was short on details about precisely what the independent company will do. But given the three players’ outsize influence — and Amazon’s ability to transform just about everything it touc
  
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• Travis County looks for new way forward to build new family, civil courthouse

  30-01-2018 13:18 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A plan to build a new civil and family court complex in Travis County is taking a step forward Tuesday, more than two years after voters rejected a $287 million bond measure to fund its construction.
  County commissioners instead wrote money for the project into their budget last year, and Tuesday they’ll hear comments from construction and real estate industry professionals about how best to structure a deal to build on private land moving forward. It’s a respon
  
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• Meagan Work’s pretrial hearings begin Tuesday

  30-01-2018 13:01 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — For the first time since her trial was delayed last year, a mother charged in connection with the death of her 3-year-old son will face a judge. Meagan Work’s pretrial hearing is scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday.
  Work pleaded not guilty to tampering with evidence and injury to a child after her son, Colton Turner, was found in a shallow grave in 2014. Her trial was originally scheduled for Oct. 30, 2017, but after a failed appeal to deem certain statements inadmiss
  
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• Meagan Work’s defense continues to argue her arrest was unconstitutional

  30-01-2018 13:01 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — For the first time since her trial was delayed last year, a mother charged in connection with the death of her 3-year-old son faced a judge. Meagan Work’s pretrial hearing is scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday.
  Work pleaded not guilty to tampering with evidence and injury to a child after her son, Colton Turner, was found in a shallow grave in 2014. Her trial was originally scheduled for Oct. 30, 2017, but after a failed appeal to deem certain statements inadmissable
  
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• WATCH LIVE: Rare Super Blue Blood Moon Wednesday morning

  30-01-2018 12:49 via kxan.com
  This morning, temperatures are hovering in the 40s with low clouds and dense fog in some of our metro counties. South winds overnight have led to a more rapid return of clouds and fog than we had hoped — obscuring the view of the moon in our most populated counties. Folks in the Hill Country will still enjoy mostly clear skies, and Austin may see brief breaks in the clouds.
  Viewers are also reporting being able to see the moon from Lake Travis, Lakeway, Spicewood and Cedar Park.Set your al
  
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• How to watch the rare super blue moon Wednesday morning

  30-01-2018 12:49 via kxan.com
  Set your alarm to head out early Wednesday morning: Central Texas will get a good show for the rare supermoon/blue moon/total lunar eclipse combination on January 31st.
  NASA says: “If you live in the Central time zone, viewing will be better, since the action begins when the Moon is higher in the western sky. At 4:51 a.m. CST the penumbra — or lighter part of Earth’s shadow – will touch the Moon. By about 6:15 a.m. CST the Earth’s reddish shadow will be clearly
  
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• How to watch the rare Super Blue Blood Moon Wednesday morning

  30-01-2018 12:49 via kxan.com
  Set your alarm to head out early Wednesday morning: Central Texas will get a good show for the rare Super Blue Blood Moon combination on January 31st. In fact, it’s so rare, this trifecta last occurred in the U.S. in 1866!
  NASA says: “If you live in the Central time zone, viewing will be better, since the action begins when the Moon is higher in the western sky. At 4:51 a.m. CST the penumbra — or lighter part of Earth’s shadow – will touch the Moon. By about 6:
  
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• Great forecast for rare super blue moon Wednesday morning

  30-01-2018 12:49 via kxan.com
  Set your alarm to head out early Wednesday morning: Central Texas will get a good show for the rare supermoon/blue moon/total lunar eclipse combination on January 31st.
  NASA says: “If you live in the Central time zone, viewing will be better, since the action begins when the Moon is higher in the western sky. At 4:51 a.m. CST the penumbra — or lighter part of Earth’s shadow – will touch the Moon. By about 6:15 a.m. CST the Earth’s reddish shadow will be clearly
  
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• City-mandated paid sick days becoming real possibility for small businesses

  30-01-2018 05:33 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — As the city council vote on whether to require employers to provide paid sick days to their employees quickly approaches, small businesses in Austin say they’re preparing themselves and their companies for what they now see as a very real possibility.
  The Greater Austin Hispanic Chamber of Commerce hosted a community forum Monday evening with District 4 Council Member Greg Casar to gain input from the group and have a conversation about what the policy could
  
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• VTech recalls baby rattles, crib mobiles

  30-01-2018 05:19 via kxan.com
  EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) – VTech is recalling about 280,000 baby rattles and more than 37,000 crib mobiles.
  According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, the ears on the “Shake & Sing” elephant rattles can break off, posing a choking hazard to young children.
  Vtech has received five incident reports related to the rattles. No injuries have been reported, according to the CPSC.
  The recalled rattles, model number 80-184800, were sold online and at retailers nationw
  
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• La Grange nursing home reopens after being destroyed by Harvey

  30-01-2018 04:47 via kxan.com
  LA GRANGE, Texas (KXAN) — A nursing home in La Grange, where dozens once called home, is now reopening after being destroyed by Hurricane Harvey.
  The residents evacuated before the storm hit La Grange. “The last resident was a lady who sadly didn’t want to leave her room and she was holding her wheelchair wheels,” rehab program manager Debra Hall remembers.
  Employees and volunteers helped take the residents from the Care Inn to places like Marlin, Bastrop and family homes
  
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• Newest Kennedy in Congress to give Democratic SOTU response

  30-01-2018 04:36 via kxan.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The newest generation of the Kennedy political dynasty will be introduced to a national audience Tuesday night as he delivers the Democratic response to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union.
  Rep. Joe Kennedy III, a 37-year-old Massachusetts congressman and grandson of Robert F. Kennedy, says Democrats should focus on the economic worries of working-class voters who bolted the party in the 2016 elections.
  To drive home the message, Kennedy will deliver his spe
  
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• Agents stop semitrailer with 76 immigrants at Texas checkpoint

  30-01-2018 04:26 via kxan.com
  LAREDO, Texas (AP) — Authorities say a semitrailer driver is in custody after he was found to be transporting 76 immigrants in Texas.
  The U.S. Border Patrol said in a statement Monday that the immigrants were discovered Friday at a checkpoint on U.S. 83, about 35 miles north of Laredo in South Texas. The semitrailer stopped in the checkpoint’s primary lane where the driver, a U.S. citizen, was questioned about his immigration status.
  His rig was kept for further inspection, and agent
  
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• 1-on-1 with Texas AD Chris Del Conte

  30-01-2018 04:12 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Two months into his new position, Texas athletic director Chris Del Conte is resetting the Texas brand while trying to bring Longhorn athletics back to a certain level of success. Roger Wallace sat down with new Texas AD.
   
  
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• VIDEO: Man dies after being shot during Houston-area police chase

  30-01-2018 04:09 via kxan.com
  CONROE, Texas (AP) — Police north of Houston say a man who exchanged gunfire with officers during a police chase has died after he was struck at least once.
  Conroe police Chief Philip Dupuis confirmed Monday to The Courier of Montgomery County that 33-year-old Greg Kocian of Cleveland died following the chase Sunday morning.
  Dupuis says officers had responded Sunday to a city park on a report of a suspicious vehicle when the car sped away as police approached.
  During the course of the chas
  
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• Round Rock private high school ‘overrun with the flu’ closes for week

  30-01-2018 02:26 via kxan.com
  ROUND ROCK, Texas (KXAN) — Concordia High School in Round Rock is shutting down this week after being “overrun” by the flu and flu-like symptoms, principal and executive director David Mueller said.
  With around 30 percent of the student body of 121 students out sick, Mueller says, “It got ahead of us.”
  Staff are using the week to have the school, a private Lutheran high school at 1500 Royston Ln., deep cleaned. “Teaching classes has become difficult due to the
  
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• Pflugerville school shuts down after a third of students call out sick

  30-01-2018 02:26 via kxan.com
  PFLUGERVILLE, Texas (KXAN) — Concordia High School in Pflugerville is shutting down this week after being “overrun” by the flu and flu-like symptoms, principal and executive director David Mueller said.
  With around 30 percent of the student body of 121 students out sick, Mueller says, “It got ahead of us.”
  Staff are using the week to have the school, a private Lutheran high school at 1500 Royston Ln., deep cleaned. “Teaching classes has become difficult due to
  
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• Pflugerville private high school ‘overrun with the flu’ closes for week

  30-01-2018 02:26 via kxan.com
  PFLUGERVILLE, Texas (KXAN) — Concordia High School in Pflugerville is shutting down this week after being “overrun” by the flu and flu-like symptoms, principal and executive director David Mueller said.
  With around 30 percent of the student body of 121 students out sick, Mueller says, “It got ahead of us.”
  Staff are using the week to have the school, a private Lutheran high school at 1500 Royston Ln., deep cleaned. “Teaching classes has become difficult due to
  
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