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• Bastrop County battling 50-acre fire

  13-06-2022 23:44 via kxan.com
  
  BASTROP COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — Bastrop County crews are battling a 50-acre fire near South Old Potato Road in Paige, officials said in a Facebook post Monday afternoon.As of 5:20 p.m., the fire — deemed the Yogi Fire — is approximately 50 acres in size and 65% contained. Officials said the fire has "slowed in intensity, but is still moving toward the north." Residents evacuated earlier in the afternoon are now able to return to their homes, according to a 4:30 p.m. update.An ea
  
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• Bastrop County battling 100-acre fire

  13-06-2022 23:44 via kxan.com
  
  BASTROP COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — Bastrop County crews are battling a 100-acre fire near South Old Potato Road in Paige, officials said in a Facebook post Monday evening.The latest update at 8:30 p.m., about the fire — deemed the Yogi Fire — is approximately 100 acres in size and 80% contained.
  Officials previously said crews "have stopped the forward progression of the fire." Crews have built firelines with heavy equipment around the fire and will monitor the lines overnight. Res
  
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• Hazy, hot, dry - repeat

  13-06-2022 23:30 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Yesterday marked our 8th consecutive day of triple digit heat... and today? Day 9.Similar to Monday, hazy skies and hot temperatures will stretch areawide. Temps won't be quite as hot as what we've seen recently, but no need to break out the jackets. Afternoon highs are still likely to reach the upper 90s and low 100s - above average but shy of records.Temperatures may drop another 2-3 degrees Wednesday, breaking Camp Mabry's streak of 100° temperatures. If we fail to b
  
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• Austin may record longest stretch of June 100° days in history

  13-06-2022 23:30 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Tuesday brought high temperatures of 101° at Camp Mabry -- not a record high for the day, but our 9th-consecutive triple-digit heat day. The record for the most consecutive 100° days in June in Austin is 10 days -- a record that may fall this week.Wednesday's high temperatures are expected to barely touch 100° in Austin as the heat ridge remains far east of our area and a few clouds shade us from time to time. Later this week into the weekend, the heat ridge ree
  
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• Austin begins blue-green algae treatments in Lady Bird Lake

  13-06-2022 23:01 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin's Watershed Protection Department sent crews Sunday to Lady Bird Lake to treat toxic blue-green algae blooms after an area tested positive June 9.They'll be out there Monday and Tuesday as well, using a chemical called Phoslock that is designed to bind phosphorus — a key nutrient for algae blooms — so the plants can't use it to grow. The positive test was for an area around Red Bud Isle, but the blooms that secrete the cyanotoxin that can kill animals hav
  
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• When will construction begin on TxDOT's I-35 Capital Express projects?

  13-06-2022 22:54 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Two of the Texas Department of Transportation's three Interstate-35 express projects are on track to begin construction this year, officials said Monday.
  TxDOT's I-35 Capital Express program is a 28-mile trek identified for enhancements, running from SH 45 North to SH 45 Southeast.The program is broken down into three components: the Capital Express North, Capital Express Central and Capital Express South projects. Both the northern and southern projects are expected to beg
  
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• 8 consecutive days of 100° temperatures -- how many more are on the way?

  13-06-2022 21:30 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — With only 8 days left in astronomical spring, our forecast continues to feel more like summer (and a bad summer at that).Today is day No. 8 of record-breaking heat in Austin as our afternoon forecast high of 102 degrees climbs 1 degree over the current record set back in 2011. It is also our second-longest streak of 100° days at Camp Mabry during the month of June (8 days), tied with 1925.
  Midweek won't be quite as hot... but we're not talking jacket weather. High press
  
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• College World Series: Should you fly or drive to Omaha?

  13-06-2022 21:14 via kxan.com
  
  OMAHA, Neb. (KXAN) — It's a family reunion of sorts at this year's College World Series.Texas baseball booked its second straight trip to Omaha early Monday morning, joining Texas A&M, Oklahoma and Arkansas in the field of eight remaining teams competing for the NCAA baseball national championship. MAP: Which Texas city has the most expensive gas?The Longhorns, Sooners and Aggies are linking up with Notre Dame on one side of the bracket, making for a rivalry-filled week at Charles Schw
  
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• Austin airport sets new passenger record for the second month in a row

  13-06-2022 21:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The records at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport keep on coming.For the second month in a row, a record-breaking number of passengers were reported at AUS. A total of 1,865,046 passengers boarded a plane in April 2022, more than 40,000 more than the previous record set in March.April's total is an increase of 122% compared to April 2021, when passenger totals were still recovering from the COVID-19 slump.April 24 saw the most passengers in a single day, with more than
  
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• Uvalde schools to receive $1.5M in federal emergency funds

  13-06-2022 19:36 via kxan.com
  
  UVALDE, Texas (KXAN) — The U.S. Department of Education announced Monday plans to distribute $1.5 million in emergency funding to the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District, as part of the School Emergency Response to Violence (Project SERV) grant. The announcement comes nearly three weeks after the deadly shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, where 19 children and two teachers were killed. Law scholarship created for Uvalde shooting victimProject SERV funds are available
  
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• McConaughey voices support for Senate bipartisan gun violence plan

  13-06-2022 19:16 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin-based actor and Uvalde native Matthew McConaughey echoed his support to a newly proposed bipartisan Senate plan to try and reduce gun violence and protect children, nearly three weeks after the fatal Uvalde mass school shooting that killed 19 children and two adults.On Sunday, Senator John Cornyn (R-Texas) was among 20 senators who agreed to a proposal they say aims to protect children and reduce gun violence, while also protecting Americans' Second Amendment constit
  
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• SWAT, officers responding to Round Rock home

  13-06-2022 18:16 via kxan.com
  
  ROUND ROCK, Texas (KXAN) — Police officers are responding to a person that is refusing to leave a home in the 2300 block of Rising Sun Cove Monday, the Round Rock Police Department said.SWAT and crisis negotiators are at the scene, RRPD said. Police responded around 10:45 a.m.Police don't believe there is a current threat to the public.This developing story will be updated as more information becomes available.
  
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• Suspect with knives, gun 'safely' taken into custody after SWAT call in Round Rock

  13-06-2022 18:16 via kxan.com
  
  ROUND ROCK, Texas (KXAN) — Police in Round Rock said officers "safely" took a suspect into custody following a SWAT callout Monday.A man refused to leave his home in the 2300 block of Rising Sun Cove, the Round Rock Police Department said.SWAT and crisis negotiators responded to the scene, RRPD said. Police were there around 10:45 a.m. and said the suspect was in custody around 6 p.m.No other people were in the home during the response, RRPD said, and the suspect "threatened to set the hou
  
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• Suspect 'safely' taken into custody after SWAT call in Round Rock

  13-06-2022 18:16 via kxan.com
  
  ROUND ROCK, Texas (KXAN) — Police in Round Rock said officers "safely" took a suspect into custody following a SWAT callout Monday.A man refused to leave a home in the 2300 block of Rising Sun Cove, the Round Rock Police Department said.SWAT and crisis negotiators responded to the scene, RRPD said. Police were there around 10:45 a.m. and said the suspect was in custody around 6 p.m.RRPD said it first went out to the neighborhood to investigate "a disturbance involving the subject yelling w
  
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• Saharan dust returns — what to know about the hazy sky in Austin

  13-06-2022 17:57 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Saharan dust has returned to Central Texas for the second time this season. This is not a rare occurrence by any means. This is normal — especially for this time of the year. Here’s how to keep your A/C working all seasonWe typically see these dust plumes start to reach Central Texas by June and continue a few times through the middle of August. While some of the dust certainly does reach ground level and affect the air quality, the vast majority of the dust rem
  
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• Live: Jan. 6 panel: Trump 'betrayed the trust of the American people'

  13-06-2022 16:53 via kxan.com
  
  (NewsNation) — “We had an election, Mr. Trump lost but he refused to accept the results of the democratic process,” said Rep. Bennie Thompson as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol held its second public, televised hearing Monday.Former President Donald Trump "didn't have the numbers. He went to court. He still didn't have the numbers. He lost. But he betrayed the trust of the American people,” Thompso
  
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• Live: Jan. 6 hearings resume, Stepien won't appear

  13-06-2022 16:53 via kxan.com
  
  (NewsNation) — Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Bill Stepien abruptly pulled out of an appearance before the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol on Monday.Stepien was expected to be a key witness and will no longer be among those testifying. He was originally subpoenaed for his public testimony.The panel said his appearance was canceled due to a "family emergency" and was told on Monday morning that Stepien’s wife was in labor, according
  
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• Jan. 6 panel: Trump 'betrayed the trust of the American people'

  13-06-2022 16:53 via kxan.com
  
  (NewsNation) — “We had an election, Mr. Trump lost but he refused to accept the results of the democratic process,” said Rep. Bennie Thompson as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol held its second public, televised hearing Monday.Former President Donald Trump "didn't have the numbers. He went to court. He still didn't have the numbers. He lost. But he betrayed the trust of the American people,” Thompso
  
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• Person dies after crash in east Austin

  13-06-2022 16:44 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — One person is dead after a vehicle-pedestrian crash in east Austin Monday morning, the Travis County Sheriff's Office said.The crash happened on Blue Bluff Road between Esquire Acres Lane and Decker Lake Road. The crash happened before 7 a.m. Monday, TCSO said.This story will be updated as more information becomes available.
  
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• Austin's Amber Heard sits down for first interview since defamation trial against Johnny Depp

  13-06-2022 15:35 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin native Amber Heard is sitting down for her first interview since a jury ruled in favor of her ex-husband Johnny Depp.Last month a Virginia jury ruled that Heard defamed Depp in a 2018 Washington Post op-ed. She was ordered to pay him about $10 million in damages. The jury also sided with Heard in her countersuit, finding that the actor was defamed by one of Depp's lawyers. Depp was ordered to pay her nearly $2 million in damages.
  Heard sat down with TODAY's Savannah
  
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• Yikes! It is hot outside - Here's how to keep your A/C working all season

  13-06-2022 14:59 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Summer heat has arrived early this year and that means your air conditioning unit is likely working extra hard just to keep your clothes from sticking to your skin. When the weather is this egregious, it is important to make sure your A/C is working at its best.Meteorologist Kristen Currie spoke with the experts at McCullough Heating and Air about making sure your air conditioner runs efficiently. They had some great tips in this interview that even we didn't know about &md
  
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• Transportation study aims to address 11 Central Texas bottlenecks

  13-06-2022 14:01 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — On Monday, the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization's (CAMPO) transportation policy board voted to approve a $225,000 interchange bottleneck study with engineering firm HDR.The study will address areas where major roads meet but lack connections, including interchanges along Interstate 35, State Highway 130, State Highway 71 and MoPac Expressway. Neighbors fed up with ‘dangerous’ I-35 intersection, call on city to take action"We're looking a
  
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• Proposed transportation study could address 11 Central Texas bottlenecks

  13-06-2022 14:01 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — On Monday, the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization's (CAMPO) transportation policy board will meet and vote on a proposed $225,000 interchange bottleneck study.The study would address areas where major roads meet but lack connections. Areas such as interchanges along Interstate 35, State Highway 130, State Highway 71 and MoPac Expressway. Neighbors fed up with ‘dangerous’ I-35 intersection, call on city to take action"We're looking at major
  
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• Central Texas school districts offering free summer meals for students

  13-06-2022 13:25 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin ISD and several other area school districts are offering free meals to children this summer.
  Austin ISD said these students qualify for free summer meals:Students participating in on-site summer programs at eligible schools.Any child in the community younger than 19.Enrolled students with disabilities up to 21 years old.You can use the following tools to find a meal site anywhere in Texas:
  Call 211 to speak to a live operator.Text FOOD or COMIDA to 304-304Visit the S
  
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• Deadly weekend for motorcyclists, ATCEMS said

  13-06-2022 12:59 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin-Travis County EMS said it responded to 12 motorcycle incidents involving 14 people over the Republic of Texas Biker Rally weekend, according to a tweet Sunday.Three of the 14 died at the scene, eight went to the hospital, one of them is in critical condition, and three refused treatment, ATCEMS said. Record heat: When will temperatures moderate slightly?ATCEMS warned drivers to be aware of motorcyclists all the time, not just during Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month
  
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• Last week of spring still feeling like late summer

  13-06-2022 12:30 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — With only 8 days left in astronomical spring, our forecast continues to feel more like summer (and a bad summer at that).Today will be day #8 of record-breaking heat in Austin as our afternoon forecast high of 102 degrees climbs 1 degree over the current record set back in 2011. Mostly sunny and dry skies will stretch areawide with occasionally gusty south winds reach 10-20 mph.Midweek won't be quite as hot... but we're not talking jacket weather. High pressure shifting to
  
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• Photos: Russian-owned McDonald's replacement opens in Moscow

  13-06-2022 11:57 via kxan.com
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — Three months after McDonald's suspended operations in Russia, hundreds of people streamed into its famous former outlet on Moscow's Pushkin Square as the restaurant reopened Sunday under a Russian owner and a new name.Kitchen staff work at a newly opened fast food restaurant in a former McDonald's outlet in Bolshaya Bronnaya Street in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, June 12, 2022. The first of former McDonald's restaurants is reopened with new branding in Moscow. The corpor
  
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• Austin Police: 1 dead, 3 injured at shooting in northwest Austin

  13-06-2022 03:33 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin Police are responding to a shooting in northwest Austin on Sunday evening where one person is confirmed dead and three others were taken to the hospital.
  APD received a call around 7:19 p.m. about a vehicle hitting a fence in the 12600 block of Oro Valley Trail. APD said there were also reports of shots fired.
  When officers arrived, they found four people with trauma to their bodies. One person was confirmed dead at the scene, and three others were taken to a hospita
  
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• APD: 1 dead, 3 injured at shooting in northwest Austin

  13-06-2022 03:33 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin Police are responding to a shooting in northwest Austin on Sunday evening where one person is confirmed dead and three others were taken to the hospital.
  APD received a call around 7:19 p.m. about a vehicle hitting a fence in the 12600 block of Oro Valley Trail. APD said there were also reports of shots fired.
  When officers arrived, they found four people with trauma to their bodies. One person was confirmed dead at the scene, and three others were taken to a hospita
  
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• Austin man charged with alleged sexual assault at massage parlor

  13-06-2022 01:22 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin Police Department arrested a man for an alleged sexual assault that happened at a massage parlor near downtown Austin.Shale Smith, 42, was arrested last week in connection to a sexual assault reported June 6 at Shales Body Shop, located off West Sixth Street in downtown Austin. According to an APD affidavit, the victim told police Smith assaulted her during a massage appointment.In an interview with APD's Sex Crimes Unit, Smith told investigators he had an appointmen
  
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• Texas advances to College World Series for 38th time with 11-1 win over East Carolina

  13-06-2022 01:15 via kxan.com
  
  GREENVILLE, N.C. (KXAN) — When thunder roared from storms rolling through the area Sunday, so did the Texas Longhorn bats.After a pair of weather delays that pushed Game 3 of the Greenville Super Regional against No. 8 East Carolina into the early hours of Monday, No. 9 Texas booked its 38th trip to the College World Series with an 11-1 win at Clark-LeClair Field. Texas rallies to edge East Carolina 9-8, forcing third gameThe first weather delay pushed the start time back about an hour, fr
  
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• Texas advances to College World Series for 38th time, beats East Carolina 11-1

  13-06-2022 01:15 via kxan.com
  
  GREENVILLE, N.C. (KXAN) — When thunder roared from storms rolling through the area Sunday, so did the Texas Longhorn bats.After a pair of weather delays that pushed Game 3 of the Greenville Super Regional against No. 8 East Carolina into the early hours of Monday, No. 9 Texas booked its 38th trip to the College World Series with an 11-1 win at Clark-LeClair Field. Texas rallies to edge East Carolina 9-8, forcing third gameThe first weather delay pushed the start time back about an hour, fr
  
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• LIVE UPDATES: Texas, East Carolina meet with CWS bid on the line; game set to resume at 9:15 CT on ESPNU

  13-06-2022 01:15 via kxan.com
  
  GREENVILLE, N.C. (KXAN) — Two weather delays have backed up the deciding game of the Greenville Super Regional between Texas and East Carolina on Sunday. Still, the teams should be back on the field soon after storms clear the area.The first delay moved the game back an hour from its scheduled 3 p.m. CT start time, and then the second delay happened in the middle of the first inning, but not before Texas did some damage. Texas rallies to edge East Carolina 9-8, forcing third gameThe Longho
  
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• LIVE UPDATES: Texas, East Carolina meet with CWS bid on the line; game set to resume at 9:15 CT

  13-06-2022 01:15 via kxan.com
  
  GREENVILLE, N.C. (KXAN) — Two weather delays have backed up the deciding game of the Greenville Super Regional between Texas and East Carolina on Sunday. Still, the teams should be back on the field soon after storms clear the area.The first delay moved the game back an hour from its scheduled 3 p.m. CT start time, and then the second delay happened in the middle of the first inning, but not before Texas did some damage. Texas rallies to edge East Carolina 9-8, forcing third gameThe Longho
  
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• LIVE UPDATES: Texas, East Carolina meet with CWS bid on the line; game now on ESPNU

  13-06-2022 01:15 via kxan.com
  
  GREENVILLE, N.C. (KXAN) — Two weather delays have backed up the deciding game of the Greenville Super Regional between Texas and East Carolina on Sunday. Now, they're back on the field more than six hours after they were supposed to.The first delay moved the game back an hour from its scheduled 3 p.m. CT start time, and then the second delay happened in the middle of the first inning, but not before Texas did some damage. Texas rallies to edge East Carolina 9-8, forcing third gameThe Longh
  
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• LIVE UPDATES: Texas, East Carolina meet with CWS bid on the line; game delayed by weather

  13-06-2022 01:15 via kxan.com
  
  GREENVILLE, N.C. (KXAN) — Two weather delays have backed up the deciding game of the Greenville Super Regional between Texas and East Carolina on Sunday. Still, the teams should be back on the field soon after storms clear the area.The first delay moved the game back an hour from its scheduled 3 p.m. CDT start time, and then the second delay happened in the middle of the first inning, but not before Texas did some damage.The Longhorns scored four runs and East Carolina starting pitcher Dan
  
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• LIVE UPDATES: Texas 9, East Carolina 1 after 4 innings in super regional

  13-06-2022 01:15 via kxan.com
  
  GREENVILLE, N.C. (KXAN) — Two weather delays have backed up the deciding game of the Greenville Super Regional between Texas and East Carolina on Sunday. Now, they're back on the field more than six hours after they were supposed to.The first delay moved the game back an hour from its scheduled 3 p.m. CT start time, and then the second delay happened in the middle of the first inning, but not before Texas did some damage. Texas rallies to edge East Carolina 9-8, forcing third gameThe Longh
  
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• LIVE UPDATES: Texas 9, East Carolina 1 after 3 innings in super regional

  13-06-2022 01:15 via kxan.com
  
  GREENVILLE, N.C. (KXAN) — Two weather delays have backed up the deciding game of the Greenville Super Regional between Texas and East Carolina on Sunday. Now, they're back on the field more than six hours after they were supposed to.The first delay moved the game back an hour from its scheduled 3 p.m. CT start time, and then the second delay happened in the middle of the first inning, but not before Texas did some damage. Texas rallies to edge East Carolina 9-8, forcing third gameThe Longh
  
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• LIVE UPDATES: Texas 10, East Carolina 1 after 8 innings in super regional

  13-06-2022 01:15 via kxan.com
  
  GREENVILLE, N.C. (KXAN) — Two weather delays have backed up the deciding game of the Greenville Super Regional between Texas and East Carolina on Sunday. Now, they're back on the field more than six hours after they were supposed to.The first delay moved the game back an hour from its scheduled 3 p.m. CT start time, and then the second delay happened in the middle of the first inning, but not before Texas did some damage. Texas rallies to edge East Carolina 9-8, forcing third gameThe Longh
  
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• LIVE UPDATES: Texas 10, East Carolina 1 after 7 innings in super regional

  13-06-2022 01:15 via kxan.com
  
  GREENVILLE, N.C. (KXAN) — Two weather delays have backed up the deciding game of the Greenville Super Regional between Texas and East Carolina on Sunday. Now, they're back on the field more than six hours after they were supposed to.The first delay moved the game back an hour from its scheduled 3 p.m. CT start time, and then the second delay happened in the middle of the first inning, but not before Texas did some damage. Texas rallies to edge East Carolina 9-8, forcing third gameThe Longh
  
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• LIVE UPDATES: Texas 10, East Carolina 1 after 5 innings in super regional

  13-06-2022 01:15 via kxan.com
  
  GREENVILLE, N.C. (KXAN) — Two weather delays have backed up the deciding game of the Greenville Super Regional between Texas and East Carolina on Sunday. Now, they're back on the field more than six hours after they were supposed to.The first delay moved the game back an hour from its scheduled 3 p.m. CT start time, and then the second delay happened in the middle of the first inning, but not before Texas did some damage. Texas rallies to edge East Carolina 9-8, forcing third gameThe Longh
  
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• ERCOT peak demand passes all-time record Sunday

  13-06-2022 00:46 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — With record-breaking heat this weekend, ERCOT surpassed its record peak demand Sunday with 74,997 megawatts. This was recorded around 5:10 p.m, according to ERCOT's supply and demand tracker.The previous record of 74,820 megawatts was set on August 12, 2019, according to ERCOT. MORE: Does ERCOT think it will have enough power this summer? Here’s what its own report saysERCOT grid conditions show enough supply for today's record-setting demand. The record peak could in
  
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• Texas prisons resume inmate transport with tougher security

  13-06-2022 00:31 via kxan.com
  
  HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Texas prison system officials will resume inmate transportation Monday with tougher security after a convicted murderer escaped a prison van and killed five people, officials said.In a statement, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice said inmate transportation would resume with three corrections officers for each transport instead of the previous two and other new security measures. PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Inmate transport suspended by TDCJPrison officials had suspen
  
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