Austin news

• Convicted murderer arrested by Border Patrol in Big Bend Sector

  16-12-2021 23:31 via kxan.com
  
  EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) –On Wednesday morning, Border Patrol officials say they arrested a convicted murderer, who was among a group of migrants discovered at a checkpoint.According to officials on the morning of Dec. 15, agents assigned to the Alpine Border Patrol Station arrested five migrants from a failed smuggling attempt at the Highway 118 Border Patrol Checkpoint.
  All five were taken to the Alpine Border Patrol station for processing, where it was discovered that one of the migrants -
  
  Read more

• Warmest first half of December on record continues

  16-12-2021 23:30 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Low temperatures of 71° this morning at Camp Mabry tied the warmest December low temperature on record -- a record we set just last Friday. Daily heat records fell today at Austin-Bergstrom, where high temperatures soared to 82° and morning lows were a balmy 70° (more than 30° above normal).A few isolated rain showers are possible this evening mainly from Austin eastward, but rain will not cool temperatures and will not be measurable in most areas.Tonight, w
  
  Read more

• Warmest first half of December on record; but subfreezing wind chills coming

  16-12-2021 23:30 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Low temperatures of 71° this morning at Camp Mabry tied the warmest December low temperature on record -- a record we set just last Friday. Daily heat records fell today at Austin-Bergstrom, where high temperatures soared to 82° and morning lows were a balmy 70° (more than 30° above normal).A few isolated rain showers are possible this evening mainly from Austin eastward, but rain will not cool temperatures and will not be measurable in most areas.Tonight, w
  
  Read more

• Warmest December on record; but subfreezing wind chills coming

  16-12-2021 23:30 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Low temperatures of 71° this morning at Camp Mabry tied the warmest December low temperature on record -- a record we set just last Friday. Daily heat records fell today at Austin-Bergstrom, where high temperatures soared to 82° and morning lows were a balmy 70° (more than 30° above normal).Overnight, we are forecasting our third-consecutive record warm overnight low in Austin, only dropping to 69° (record: 67°, 1908). Tomorrow, highs spike to near 8
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Overturned truck closes road in southeast Williamson County

  16-12-2021 23:26 via kxan.com
  
  WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — Drivers will have to find another route through southeast Williamson County after a large truck overturned.
  The Texas Department of Transportation shared that F.M. 619 is closed east of F.M. 1466 because the crash "is going to take a while to clear." This wreck happened near the Beyersville area, which is about 10 minutes southeast of Taylor.The crash in southeast Williamson County is going to take a while to clear. FM 619 closed just east of FM 1466. Traf
  
  Read more

• Gov. Abbott refuses to enforce federal COVID-19 vaccine mandate for National Guard in Texas

  16-12-2021 23:04 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- In a letter to the United States Department of Defense, Gov. Greg Abbott drew a hard line when it comes to the federal COVID-19 vaccine mandate for members of the National Guard."As Governor of Texas, I am the commander-in-chief of this State’s militia," Abbott started the letter to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin. He referred to his executive order which explicitly bans government agencies, including the Texas National Guard and Texas State Guard, from mandating COVID-19 v
  
  Read more

• Legal psychedelics in Austin? UT launches PTSD, depression study

  16-12-2021 22:57 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have launched the Center for Psychedelic Research and Therapy. This study is the first of its kind in Texas, according to the university.The center's research will begin on veterans with PTSD, adults with prolonged grief disorder or depression and those who have experienced childhood trauma.State-funded psychedelic therapy research for veterans could come out of Texas"This research will bring further scientific rigor and expe
  
  Read more

• Westlake sends off seniors for Saturday state championship

  16-12-2021 22:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — It's been 39 up and 39 down for the defending two-time state champion Westlake Chaparrals who are gearing up to face 14-1 Denton Guyer Saturday night in the 6A Division II state championship game.
  Westlake has remained undefeated, winning 39 games in a row, dating back to late 2019.
  There is a lot surrounding the game this year, the Chaps are going for the three-peat but the game will have an added sense of finality due to their legendary head coach Todd Dodge's retire
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• LIVE: Westlake sends off seniors for Saturday state championship

  16-12-2021 22:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — It's been 39 up and 39 down for the defending two-time state champion Westlake Chaparrals who are gearing up to face 14-1 Denton Guyer Saturday night in the 6A Division II state championship game.
  Westlake has remained undefeated, winning 39 games in a row, dating back to late 2019.
  There is a lot surrounding the game this year, the Chaps are going for the three-peat but the game will have an added sense of finality due to their legendary head coach Todd Dodge's retire
  
  Read more

• Fans send off Westlake football before Saturday state championship

  16-12-2021 22:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — It's been 39 up and 39 down for the defending two-time state champion Westlake Chaparrals who are gearing up to face 14-1 Denton Guyer Saturday night in the 6A Division II state championship game.
  Westlake has remained undefeated, winning 39 games in a row, dating back to late 2019.
  There is a lot surrounding the game this year, the Chaps are going for the three-peat but the game will have an added sense of finality due to their legendary head coach Todd Dodge's retire
  
  Read more

• Round Rock ISD loosening COVID-19 protocols for spring semester

  16-12-2021 21:52 via kxan.com
  
  ROUND ROCK, Texas (KXAN) — Starting a couple of weeks after students return from winter break, Round Rock Independent School District will be loosening COVID-19 protocols.
  Starting Jan. 19, RRISD will begin allowing visitors back on campuses and will move from the mask matrix to "strongly encouraging mask use for all students, staff and visitors while at campuses and district facilities."
  "With the welcome news that COVID-19 vaccines are now available for children ages 5 to 11, we are amen
  
  Read more

• LIST: Austin-area school districts' COVID-19 protocols for next semester

  16-12-2021 21:52 via kxan.com
  
  ROUND ROCK, Texas (KXAN) — Starting a couple of weeks after students return from winter break, Round Rock Independent School District will be loosening COVID-19 protocols.
  Starting Jan. 19, RRISD will begin allowing visitors back on campuses and will move from the mask matrix to "strongly encouraging mask use for all students, staff and visitors while at campuses and district facilities."
  "With the welcome news that COVID-19 vaccines are now available for children ages 5 to 11, we are amen
  
  Read more

• Causes of death determined for all 10 Astroworld victims

  16-12-2021 21:51 via kxan.com
  
  HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (Nexstar) — All 10 victims from a November music festival in Houston died from compression asphyxia, or suffocation, Harris County officials ruled Thursday.Ten people, all under the age of 30, died following rapper Travis Scott's Astroworld Festival on Nov. 9, when a crowd surged toward the stage, crushing concertgoers together and causing a panic.
  The Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences ruled the manner of all deaths as an accident. Only one individual had co
  
  Read more

• 'Sex and the City' actor Chris Noth accused of sexual assault by 2 women

  16-12-2021 21:48 via kxan.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (WJW) – At least two women have accused "Sex and the City" actor Chris Noth of sexual assault, The Hollywood Reporter revealed on Thursday.The women shared their stories with the outlet months apart and said they were motivated to come forward after seeing promotions for "And Just Like That," the "SATC" sequel series for HBO Max.One woman, who said she was 22 when she met Noth in Los Angeles in 2004, claimed he raped her after she returned a book to his apartment. She recalled
  
  Read more

• Daughter who fled the US wanted after mom's murder in Manchaca home

  16-12-2021 21:33 via kxan.com
  
  TRAVIS COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — The daughter of a woman who was found dead in a Manchaca home one week ago is now wanted in her mother's murder.BACKGROUND: Woman stabbed in Travis County home identified, person of interest left USThe Travis County Sheriff's Office said an arrest warrant was issued for Wylumva Katheen Ngongoseke, daughter of victim Catherine Lyamvi Ngongoseke, 60. Wylumva is being charged with murder, deputies said. Her bond is set at $500,000.
  She's not in custody yet. The s
  
  Read more

• Austin ISD to up security Friday after TikTok school shooting threat trends nationally

  16-12-2021 21:30 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin Independent School District Police Department said its monitoring a national social media trend that rumors a non-specific school shooting threat on Friday, Dec. 17.
  "These threats in no way mention any Austin ISD school and are believed to be part of a nationwide trend," wrote Chief Ashley Gonzalez with AISDPD in a letter to the community.Central Texas school districts face challenges identifying credible school shooting threats vs. fake onesAs a result of the n
  
  Read more

• 'A wonderful life': Texas magicians bring craft to senior living community

  16-12-2021 21:23 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — For newly-minted Austin resident Scott Hollingsworth, he's got a few tricks up his sleeves for new neighbors at his senior living community.Hollingsworth and his wife, Judy, are both lifelong, career magicians. Since he was a child, Scott has been fascinated by the wonder of magic and its ability to captivate audiences. TRENDING: AISD’s first state-bound football team since 1973 being sent off in style ThursdayWith tens of thousands of shows under his belt, he's perfo
  
  Read more

• Warmest December morning on record, but subfreezing wind chills coming

  16-12-2021 20:30 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Low temperatures this morning at Austin's Camp Mabry refused to cool below 72°. If this low temperature holds through midnight tonight, this is an all-time December record for the warmest low temperature in any given day. It beats the current record for the warmest December morning of 71°, set just last Friday.
  Record warm lowsToday will look and feel similar to yesterday with afternoon highs near 80, mostly cloudy skies and a few pockets of light rain/drizzle scatt
  
  Read more

• Hottest first half of December on record continues

  16-12-2021 20:30 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Low temperatures of 71° this morning at Camp Mabry tied the warmest December low temperature on record -- a record we set just last Friday. Daily heat records fell today at Austin-Bergstrom, where high temperatures soared to 82° and morning lows were a balmy 70°.A few isolated rain showers are possible, mainly from Austin eastward, this evening -- but will not do much to cool temperatures.Allergy count: Wind causes cedar pollen to spikeA significant change in pa
  
  Read more

• Unvaccinated Austin residents can make up to $800 in new research trial of modified COVID-19 vaccine

  16-12-2021 20:18 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (KXAN) -- Are you unvaccinated against COVID-19 and open to making up to $800?The Austin Regional Medical Clinic (ARC) wants you to sign up for a new trial, collecting data on what researchers are calling an "updated" version of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. You must be between ages 18 and 85, and unvaccinated against COVID-19. This "booster trial" will help determine how those who are already vaccinated against COVID-19 should proceed in getting boosters on a yearly basis. The
  
  Read more

• Fauci, scientists push for universal coronavirus vaccine

  16-12-2021 20:05 via kxan.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) – Dr. Anthony Fauci and other scientists are calling for a universal coronavirus vaccine that would protect against undiscovered coronaviruses.It would require extensive research into the nature of coronavirus protective immunity, which includes human volunteers who willingly expose themselves to coronavirus, scientists from the National Institute of Health said.TWC hotline for Texans to report workplace vaccine mandates receives 280 calls so farThey admit that the vir
  
  Read more

• One of the hottest strips of road for development in the US is in Williamson County

  16-12-2021 19:25 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A 17-mile stretch of US 79 in Williamson County is going to see major development in the next few years. Specifically, the area starting at Kalahari Resort and the Dell Diamond to Taylor. As Samsung gets ready to lay roots in Taylor, more companies are expected to call the area home.Trouble in Taylor, already: Roads vacated to Samsung cause concern"The first real big development that took place around there was Dell Diamond about 20 years ago. But since then, you've seen a
  
  Read more

• Downtown Austin threat at news station investigated, DPS says area is clear

  16-12-2021 19:22 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Texas Department of Public Safety investigated a threat Thursday in downtown Austin, drawing a significant law enforcement presence in the area.DPS troopers and other authorities were called to the area of 17th and Colorado to respond to an alleged threat at the Spectrum News building. DPS officials said it received the call around 10 a.m. and rushed people to investigate the threat. By 11:30 a.m., DPS deemed the area all clear and said there was no longer a threat.Ther
  
  Read more

• Retired Texas superintendent to monitor Round Rock ISD board after 2019 report

  16-12-2021 19:14 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- During a board meeting Thursday, Round Rock Independent School District is expected to announce the appointment of a Texas Education Agency-assigned monitor who will oversee the RRISD board after a complaint was filed for a 2019 incident.
  According to a letter from the TEA, which was posted on the RRISD board website, Dr. David Faltys has been assigned to attend meetings and make recommendations to the board, report back to the TEA on the district's status, among other duties.
  F
  
  Read more

• Casar announces who he wants to succeed him on Austin City Council

  16-12-2021 17:26 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Greg Casar made it known Thursday which candidate he'd like to succeed him on the Austin City Council.
  Casar formally endorsed immigration attorney Jose "Chito" Vela in the upcoming special election to decide who represents District 4 on City Council. Vela announced in November he would seek the seat after Casar said he would run for U.S. Congress in the newly-redrawn District 35.
  "District 4 deserves a leader who will fight for our communities, and Chito is that candidate,
  
  Read more

• Texas DPS to hold weekly briefing on ongoing border operations

  16-12-2021 16:54 via kxan.com
  
  WESLACO, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) and the Texas Military Department (TMD) will hold their weekly briefing on Thursday to provide an update on Operation Lone Star.The briefing will be led by DPS South Texas Region Media Lt. Christopher Olivarez and TMD Major Michael Perry.OLS Task Force Engineer Commander Lt. Colonel Dan Garrison will join the briefing to provide information on the construction of a border fence in several counties.PREVIOUS: Texas
  
  Read more

• Texas DPS provides update on barrier construction along border

  16-12-2021 16:54 via kxan.com
  
  WESLACO, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) and the Texas Military Department (TMD) held their weekly briefing on Thursday, providing an update on Operation Lone Star and the construction of a barrier along the border.The briefing was led by DPS South Texas Region Media Lt. Christopher Olivarez and TMD Major Michael Perry.Olivarez provided updated figures on the amount of apprehensions along the border. PREVIOUS: Texas DPS informs public on the dangers of f
  
  Read more

• Austin's trees dropped their leaves late this fall; here's why

  16-12-2021 15:30 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — This year's unusual weather included a historic winter freeze, a very wet summer and a dry fall. Those strange weather patterns have an impact on something unexpected: fall foliage."In my yard in Austin, the cedar elms all dropped a little bit before now. We have a Post Oak that is now dropping its leaves," says University of Texas Associate Professor Amelia Wolf Ph.D. Her Wolf Lab at UT studies plant communities and ecology.Professor Wolf says three things influence when t
  
  Read more

• Multi-vehicle crash in southern Travis County sends 5 to hospital, 1 airlifted

  16-12-2021 15:24 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Two people suffered life-threatening injuries, with one airlifted to a hospital, following a multiple-vehicle crash Thursday on U.S. Highway 183 in southern Travis County, Austin-Travis County EMS medics said.ATCEMS sent a series of tweets beginning at 7:05 a.m. describing the scene, saying the crash involved three vehicles and five people. Medics immediately declared three of the people trauma alerts and had to cut out two of them. The scene is near Maha Loop Road, just no
  
  Read more

• Brown Santa donations are down, but organizers are finding ways to make it work

  16-12-2021 14:21 via kxan.com
  
  TRAVIS COUNTY (KXAN) — This weekend, Travis County Sheriff's Office's Brown Santa program will deliver thousands of toys and food to people in need, but this comes at a time when the need is greater than ever — and donations are down.Each year, Brown Santa, helps more than 2,000 Travis County families in need during the holidays, but COVID-19 has made it more challenging. Former Johnson City employee pleads guilty to embezzling $1.1M from city"Last year, toy donations were down but m
  
  Read more

• Vanessa Guillen's sister praises passage of historic military sexual assault bill

  16-12-2021 14:01 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A historic military reform bill, named in honor of a slain Fort Hood soldier, now heads to President Biden's desk after clearing the Senate on Wednesday.The #IAmVanessaGuillen Act, named after Fort Hood Army soldier Spf. Vanessa Guillen, was included in the National Defense Authorization Act. Once signed, it will transform how the military handles and prosecutes allegations of sexual assault and misconduct. These cases will now be turned over to independent military prosecu
  
  Read more

• LIVE: AISD's first state-bound football team since 1973 being sent off in style Thursday

  16-12-2021 13:54 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Jaguars are headed to state and the community is sending them to Arlington with a bang Thursday.The LBJ Early College High School football team will play in its first-ever state championship game when they meet Stephenville at 11 a.m. Friday at AT&T Stadium, and there's a big send-off celebration at 8:30 a.m. at the school.National Signing Day recap: Texas football lands top-five class; Austin-area players make it officialIt's the first time since 1973 an Austin Ind
  
  Read more

• AISD's first state-bound football team since 1973 being sent off in style Thursday

  16-12-2021 13:54 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Jaguars are headed to state and the community is sending them to Arlington with a bang Thursday.The LBJ Early College High School football team will play in its first-ever state championship game when they meet Stephenville at 11 a.m. Friday at AT&T Stadium, and there's a big send-off celebration at 8:30 a.m. at the school.National Signing Day recap: Texas football lands top-five class; Austin-area players make it officialIt's the first time since 1973 an Austin Ind
  
  Read more

• Near record highs and lows continue until a rainy Saturday cold front

  16-12-2021 12:30 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Low temperatures this morning at Austin's Camp Mabry refused to cool below 72 degrees. If this low temperature holds through midnight tonight, this is an all-time December record for the warmest low temperature in any given day. It beats the current record for the warmest December morning of 71 degrees, set just last Friday.
  We also broke the warm low temperature record on Wednesday.Record warm lowsToday will look and feel similar to yesterday with afternoon highs near 80,
  
  Read more

• Cold front brings cool temps, wet weather for the weekend

  16-12-2021 12:30 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The near-record warmth continues late week... but our days in the 80s are numbered.Today will look and feel similar to yesterday with afternoon highs in the low 80s, mostly cloudy skies and a few pockets of light rain/drizzle scattered across the area (20%). Austin is likely to reach 82 degrees this afternoon, matching the current record set 97 years ago.Friday will be the warmest day of the next seven with widespread 80s across Central Texas (Austin: 83 degrees). Mainly dr
  
  Read more

• Austin sees warmest December morning on record

  16-12-2021 12:30 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Low temperatures this morning at Camp Mabry refused to cool past 72 degrees. If this low temperature holds through midnight tonight, this is an all-time December record for the warmest low temperature in any given day. It beats the current record for the warmest December morning of 71 degrees, set just last Friday.
  Today will look and feel similar to yesterday with afternoon highs in the low 80s, mostly cloudy skies and a few pockets of light rain/drizzle scattered across t
  
  Read more

• TWC hotline for Texans to report workplace vaccine mandates receives 280 calls so far

  16-12-2021 05:19 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A hotline made so Texans who have been fired over COVID-19 vaccine mandates in the workplace can report it to the state has received more than 1,200 emails and about 280 calls in the week since its creation.
  The Texas Workforce Commission launched the hotline and email in a letter to Texas employers Dec. 8, saying any employee subjected to a vaccine mandate that's in violation of Gov. Greg Abbott's executive order can notify the TWC. Verified tips would be referred to the a
  
  Read more

• Trouble in Taylor, already: Roads vacated to Samsung cause concern

  16-12-2021 05:06 via kxan.com
  
  TAYLOR, Texas (KXAN) — Changes are already coming to the City of Taylor after Samsung's decision last month to build its new factory there, and it's causing some tension.Williamson County commissioners approved some road closures that are raising concerns with neighbors. $17B Samsung plant officially coming to Taylor, Texas"We've kind of been blindsided," said Bonnie Kaderka.
  She and her husband, Robert, were harvesting the last of their pecans for the season, when they found out part of t
  
  Read more

• Temple hires Stan Drayton off Texas staff as new head coach

  16-12-2021 04:34 via kxan.com
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Temple hired Stan Drayton on Wednesday as the latest football coach charged with making the Owls relevant again in the American Athletic Conference.Drayton spent five years at Texas where he was associate head coach and run game coordinator and has coached for nearly 30 years at all levels of football, including a stint in the NFL. He has Pennsylvania ties with coaching stints at Villanova, Penn and his alma mater Allegheny (Pa.) College. Longhorns late push gives them
  
  Read more

• Erik Maund murder-for-hire: Online reviews of security business were left prior to arrests

  16-12-2021 03:10 via kxan.com
  
  (KXAN) — Four men, including a partner in the well-known Maund Automotive Group, are facing federal charges in the 2020 death of a Nashville couple.
  Gilad Peled, owner of Austin-based security company SpearTip Security Services, is one of three men along with Bryon Brockway and Adam Carey who were allegedly hired by Erik Charles Maund to kidnap, threaten, intimidate and ultimately murder Holly Williams and William Lanway in Nashville on March 12, 2020, according to federal court records. B
  
  Read more

• Texas coach Stan Drayton hired as head coach for Temple

  16-12-2021 02:52 via kxan.com
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Temple hired Stan Drayton on Wednesday as its new football coach.
  Drayton joins Ron Dickerson as the only Black head coaches in Temple football history.
  Drayton spent five years at Texas where he was associate head coach and run game coordinator and has coached for nearly 30 years at all levels of football.
  Temple fired Rod Carey last month after three seasons. Temple is counting on Drayton to return it to bowl games. The Owls played in five straight bowl games from 201
  
  Read more

• Signing day in the NIL era: Athletes have the potential to earn money in college

  16-12-2021 01:27 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Up until this year, signing day has typically just meant a chance to play at the next level, but thanks to new name, image and likeness legislation that allows college athletes to make money off scholarships, it now also means this crop of recruits has a chance to cash in off the field."It's awesome," Regents quarterback and Vanderbilt signee said of the new NIL rules. "It's a great opportunity for these student-athletes that work very hard. It's obviously huge that student-athl
  
  Read more

• Austin-area leaders gather for potential winter storm 'stress test'

  16-12-2021 01:17 via kxan.com
  
  KXAN (AUSTIN) — More than 100 leaders and staff from 40 different agencies gathered Tuesday to play pretend, imagining Austin was hit by another massive winter storm.The group then coordinated a response as a kind of stress test."We're making sure we've thought through how we react ahead of time," said Mayor Steve Adler. "So that we're not inventing the wheel when we're in the middle of an emergency." MORE: Austin-Travis County publishes 100+ recommendations to prevent another winter storm
  
  Read more

• AG Paxton sues Biden admin over Head Start vaccine, mask requirements

  16-12-2021 01:09 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (Nexstar) — Attorney General Ken Paxton is again suing the federal government over vaccination policies, this time due to a new mask and vaccine mandate for staff and volunteers at Head Start early childhood education facilities.
  Head Start is a federal program providing free childcare and education services for low-income families, aiming to get kids ready for school by 5 years of age. The program — overseen by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services — implemen
  
  Read more

• Longhorns late push gives them top five recruiting class

  16-12-2021 00:12 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN(KXAN) -- A lot of the drama has been taken out of the start early national signing period with so many players having committed for months or even years. Texas added some drama on Wednesday when three of their 25 players that signed flipped their commitment.
  Westlake defensive end Ethan Burke was committed to Michigan but decided to stay home after receiving an offer from Texas just three days ago. Burke join Westlake teammate, offensive lineman Connor Robertson as part of this Texas clas
  
  Read more

Follow @Austin_News_US on Twitter!