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• I-35 lane closures to begin Sunday in north Austin

  27-03-2022 22:21 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A stretch of Interstate 35's left lane will close in north Austin Sunday night as Texas Department of Transportation crews continue work on mainlane and frontage road reconstructions.I-35's southbound left lane will close nightly from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m., beginning Sunday and continuing through Thursday, March 31. The closure will span from U.S. Highway 290 East to Rundberg Lane. Several entrance and exit ramps within the work corridor will be closed as part of construction wo
  
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• Scheffler, Kisner advance to championship at Match Play

  27-03-2022 20:55 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Scottie Scheffler reached the championship round at the Dell Technologies Match Play for the second straight year, this time with a lot more at stake.A year ago, he was trying for his first PGA Tour victory. On Sunday, holding on to beat Dustin Johnson put him one win away from going to No. 1 in the world.Scheffler took advantage of Johnson's mishaps and balky putter to go 5 up through 11 holes, then had to hold off a ferocious rally at Austin Country Club. He regained
  
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• 'Red flag' conditions lead to brush, grass fires in Central Texas

  27-03-2022 17:17 via kxan.com
  
  CENTRAL TEXAS (KXAN) — Two brush and grass fires have kept the Austin Fire Department and Travis County Fire Rescue busy Sunday morning amid "red flag" wildfire conditions.Austin Fire crews put out a brush fire at 4600 Elmont Drive, located in southeast Austin. Officials noted that the brush fire occurred at a homeless camp within the greenbelt. RELATED: Travis County seeing small brush fires amid high fire danger weekendSeparately, TCFR responded to a shed catching fire in the 3000 block
  
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• Austin's home value growth soars to top of national rankings

  27-03-2022 16:25 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — It's no secret that home prices have skyrocketed across the country since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, with SmartAsset's findings reporting an average 17% growth in 2021 alone.And here in Austin, those prices continue to climb well into 2022. The Austin Business Journal reported the city's median home price at just shy of $500,000 in February — nearly double January 2016's median sticker price, listed at just under $255,000. RELATED: Austin home prices: How
  
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• Organizations fear Naloxone shortage will lead to more OD deaths; state scrambles to find doses

  27-03-2022 16:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Callie Crow still remembers the moments in the hospital.Her son, Drew, in ICU after an overdose in June of 2020."I know that he purchased some pills on the night of his overdose," Crow explained. "I know within just a few moments of him taking those he was in cardiac arrest."The 27-year-old, a student at the University of North Texas, died from a fentanyl overdose.Callie Crow started Drew's 27 Chains after her son's death. (Courtesy: Callie Crow)
  "No parent thinks that they
  
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• State of Texas: 'I thought it was gonna take me with it' - Tornado survivors get help from friends, strangers and the state

  27-03-2022 13:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (Nexstar) - Ten seconds.That's about how long Lindsey Topolski says she felt the power of Monday night's tornado."It was the noise that was the scariest thing," Topolski said, describing it as sounding like a freight train."You could just feel the house just crackling and caving in metal.It was like metal bending," she said.Now, her home in Williamson County has huge holes in the roof.The area that was once her garage is a mangled mess.But she survived the storm's fury."I thought I was go
  
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• Texas Longhorns basketball eyes 1st Final Four since 2003

  27-03-2022 06:10 via kxan.com
  
  SPOKANE, Wash. (KXAN) — The Texas Longhorns have no plans of stopping their current win streak at 14 games.Texas is riding momentum into Sunday's Elite Eight game against No. 1-seed Stanford, looking for the program's first Final Four berth since 2003. The Longhorns will take on Stanford Sunday at 8 p.m. CDT in the Spokane Region final. Texas marches to Elite 8 behind Allen-TaylorAlong with a Final Four spot, the Stanford Cardinal will be eyeing revenge. Texas upset Stanford in November, h
  
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• VIDEO: Fireball streaks through sky live on Georgetown weather cam

  27-03-2022 04:53 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) - If you were awake and looking outside after 9:18 p.m. Saturday, you may have seen something really interesting flying through the sky quickly.We had a fireball in the skies to the south of Central Texas. After record heat Saturday, fire danger continues into SundayAn eagle-eyed viewer saw it happening in the background of our Ewald Kubota camera in Georgetown during KXAN News at 9 p.m. on The CW Austin and let us know by emailing [email protected] fireball is created when a met
  
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• Community welcomed back after storm destroys small Bertram business

  27-03-2022 04:44 via kxan.com
  
  BERTRAM, Texas (KXAN) — A small business owner opened up shop on Saturday a year after tornado-like weather ripped through her small Central Texas town.
  The rebuild process hasn't been easy for Amanda Powell, but in Bertram, where everyone knows everyone, the community rallied together to make it happen.
  Amanda Powell Owner of The Bertram Blend & Boutique. KXAN/Kaitlyn Karmout"A wall on our building was gone and the whole kitchen collapsed," said Powell. "We were in shock. This is Texa
  
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• Houston's Final Four bid dashed by Villanova

  27-03-2022 03:07 via kxan.com
  
  SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Jermaine Samuels had 16 points and 10 rebounds as Villanova advanced to its third NCAA Final Four in the last six NCAA Tournaments with a grind-it-out 50-44 victory over Houston in the South Region final Saturday.Caleb Daniels added 14 points for the Wildcats (30-7), and fifth-year senior Collin Gillespie's only made field goal was a clutch shot late. Central Texas standouts take stage at Texas RelaysWith both teams willing to limit possessions, the first spot for this y
  
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• Central Texas standouts take stage at Texas Relays

  27-03-2022 00:53 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — In what is considered one of the biggest events in track and field every year, the Texas Relays looked close to what we are used to with packed stands, watching some of the best in the country compete.High school, college and professionals on both the men's and women's side took part Saturday in the 94th running of the Texas Relays. One of the highlights in the high school group was the boys 100m in Division II. Scottie Scheffler’s walk-off chip sends former Longhorn
  
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