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• Texas mother still missing week after disappearance

  15-07-2022 23:19 via kxan.com
  
  (NewsNation) — More than a week after a Texas mother went missing from her home, investigators are still looking for any clues that might turn up answers in the investigation into her disappearance.
  Chrissy Powell was last seen July 5 on a Ring doorbell camera leaving her San Antonio home. The video shows Powell, a mother of two, leaving in a rush. She left her phone behind, but she never arrived to work that day at a legal firm seven miles away.Lauren Leal said it was uncharacteristic of
  
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• Austinites may soon see a bump in their city bills

  15-07-2022 23:07 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Next fiscal year, Austinites may be paying more for energy, trash pickup, and other services.
  City Manager Spencer Cronk outlined his proposed budget Friday morning, which includes a 2.7% increase in a typical resident’s monthly bill for taxes and services.
  Though the average property tax bill should be reduced, the city estimates that the average ratepayer will see an extra $120.81 a month in taxes and fees.
  What's behind the suggested increase?
  "Generally, it's the
  
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• Del Valle ISD will release students early on Fridays for the upcoming school year

  15-07-2022 22:17 via kxan.com
  
  TRAVIS COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) -- Del Valle Independent School District announced students will be released an hour early each Friday during the upcoming school year.DVISD tweeted on Friday that the early releases will help ensure teachers have the necessary time to collaborate with their peers on instructional practices.
  In additional to the early dismissals, DVISD will also have four scheduled half days.
  Friday dismissal times:Elementary Schools/DEAP: 1:45 p.m.Middle Schools: 3 p.m.Del Valle High
  
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• Austin preschool parents fundraise for security cameras in wake of Uvalde

  15-07-2022 21:47 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- After 19 students and two teachers were shot and killed in Uvalde, a family is fundraising for security cameras at Amiguitos Spanish Immersion Academy in Austin.
  "After what happened with the children in Uvalde we just need to up our security. We think everybody is vulnerable it could happen to anybody at any time," said Maria Beatriz-Morales, founder and director of the academy. KXAN called to make sure the money raised by the GoFundMe would go where it was promised.Uvalde CISD
  
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• 2nd arrest made in homicide investigation near APD headquarters

  15-07-2022 21:42 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – On Wednesday, Austin police arrested and booked a second person into the Travis County Jail in connection to a July 3 deadly shooting in the 800 block of North Interstate 35, near Austin Police Department headquarters.Manuel Saldana, 18, was charged with first-degree murder in connection to the death of 34-year-old Duvan Betancourth-Gonzalez, according to an arrest affidavit. He is one of three people tied to the death of that man, though police affidavits point to differen
  
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• KXAN records request for Uvalde school video denied

  15-07-2022 21:13 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Days after surveillance video from the Uvalde school shooting was leaked, KXAN's own request to the district attorney to obtain the same footage was denied.On Tuesday, the 77-minute video from inside Robb Elementary as the May 24 shooting took place was leaked to the Austin American-Statesman.MORE: Leaked Uvalde hallway video shows gunman entering classroom, law enforcement responseKXAN first sent a request for the video to the Texas Department of Public Safety on May 31. A
  
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• 'Crawling on her:' Austin family suing nursing home after ant bites detailed in state report

  15-07-2022 20:46 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – Pictures of Kathleen Laurel line the kitchen counter in her daughter’s home: snapshots from weddings, dinner parties and a “Parents Weekend” celebration from her two daughters’ days as students at the University of Texas.Those daughters, Lisa Howard and Kelly Pesek, remember their mother as a woman with a vibrant sense of humor and wit.“She was just so funny and would always make us laugh,” Pesek said. “We were all kind of friends,
  
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• Budget proposal: 62% of Austin's general fund allocated to public safety

  15-07-2022 19:42 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- City Manager Spencer Cronk said the largest portion of the City's General Fund, which covers operational costs and maintains current service levels, could be allocated to public safety for Fiscal Year 2022-23.The $785 million broken down by emergency department by percentage as follows.Police: 35%Fire: 18%EMS: 9% Which city departments will get funding? Austin leaders, public to hear new proposed budgetThe proposed budget also improves a 4% wage increase for civilian staff, whic
  
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• Texas governor race: Beto O'Rourke, Greg Abbott campaigns raise more than $20M each in 4 months

  15-07-2022 19:20 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (Nexstar) — Gov. Greg Abbott raised $24.9 million in the latest campaign finance period, just a few million shy of Beto O'Rourke's $27.6 million from late February through June, both campaigns announced Friday.Friday marks the deadline for candidates to disclose their latest campaign finance reports covering Feb. 20 through June 30, per Texas Ethics Commission rules.O’Rourke’s campaign did not release his latest cash-on-hand numbers, but the incumbent reported $46 millio
  
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• FAN DRIVE: Families you're helping when you donate

  15-07-2022 18:54 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Sauls have been living in Austin for 62 years, but last year, their air conditioner broke, and they couldn't afford to fix it."I cook a lot, and sometimes I'm sweating more than I'm cooking, But you know, it gets pretty hot in here," Martha Sauls told KXAN at her home. LIVE BLOG: Family Eldercare Summer Fan Drive raises over $46K so far, 157 fans collectedShe's thankful her daughter, Cheryl, reached out to Family Eldercare to help get her and her husband some relief."It
  
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• 'We are not at the peak yet': UT models show BA.5 surge could last until October

  15-07-2022 17:57 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- COVID-19 case numbers and hospitalizations are continuing to trend upward in Central Texas. Several counties in KXAN's viewing area have been moved to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's "high" COVID-19 risk level, as of Thursday.
  According to the University of Texas at Austin COVID-19 Modeling Consortium, projections show the trend will continue until the fall.
  "In the case that the BA.4 and BA.5 [subvariants] are highly transmissible... we expect that the number o
  
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• East Austin neighbor says CapMetro bus stop needs more shade coverings; officials say they're working on it

  15-07-2022 16:50 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — East Austin neighbor Cathy Watterson depends on Capital Metro to get around town, but lately because of the sweltering summer heat, she's missed a couple of trips including doctor's appointments.
  Watterson said her biggest issue is waiting at her local bus stop located near 12th Street and Airport Boulevard because of the lack of shading surrounding the bus stop.
  "I don't come out, because I get short of breath," Watterson explained while discussing her health conditions.Ca
  
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• New census launches to gain understanding of Austin’s music community

  15-07-2022 16:10 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – The 2022 Greater Austin Area Music Census launched Friday. The census and assessment study aims to capture the voices and understand the current needs of Austin’s music community, according to a release.Music industry workers living or working in the greater Austin area are invited to participate. The census will run until Aug. 15, the release said.“This launch marks the first time in nearly a decade that the music community will have new data from whi
  
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• Man arrested with alcohol level more than 6 times legal limit in Minnesota

  15-07-2022 14:13 via kxan.com
  
  (KXAN) -- A driver in Minnesota is lucky to be alive after police said his blood alcohol content was more than six times the legal limit.
  According to a Thursday social media post by the Minnesota Department of Public Safety Office of Traffic Safety, police in Blaine, Minnesota found the 30-year-old man had a blood alcohol content of .525%.
  The legal limit in Minnesota and Texas is .08%.According to the Cleveland Clinic, a level above .40% puts you at risk of coma and death.The Minnesota Departm
  
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• Bastrop's 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre' site a haven for horror enthusiasts

  15-07-2022 14:01 via kxan.com
  
  BASTROP, Texas (KXAN) — Off State Highway 304 in Bastrop lies a small, one-story structure, with a teal front door and faded Coca-Cola sign out front. Beneath the Coca-Cola sign reads "WE SLAUGHTER BARBECUE" — a little tongue-in-cheek nod to horror film enthusiasts.The Gas Station featured in Texas Chainsaw Massacre1073 State Highway 304, Bastrop
  ~40 min from Austin T-Sun. 10 a.m. - 7 p.m.The Gas Station has existed since the 60s, but its claim to fame comes courtesy the 1974 horror
  
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• Which city departments will get funding? Austin leaders, public to hear new proposed budget

  15-07-2022 13:57 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austinites will learn which city programs will be prioritized in the next fiscal year as Austin's new proposed budget will be released Friday.
  Austin City Manager Spencer Cronk will present the proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2022-23 to council members at the Montopolis Recreation and Community Center in east Austin at 10 a.m.Last year, city council adopted a $4.5 billion budget and a 4.7% tax revenue increase for Fiscal Year 2021-22. The Austin Police Department received a
  
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• Which city departments will get funding? Austin leaders, public hear new proposed budget

  15-07-2022 13:57 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — City staffing is among the priorities for Austin's city budget next year, according to a proposal released Friday.Austin City Manager Spencer Cronk presented the proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2022-23 to council members at the Montopolis Recreation and Community Center in east Austin at 10 a.m. A release highlighted the budget "aims to head off an emerging crisis in staff recruitment and retention to ensure City government can continue to provide high quality services, ope
  
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• LIVE BLOG: How you can help with the Family Eldercare Summer Fan Drive

  15-07-2022 12:10 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The 31st annual Family Eldercare Summer Fan Drive returns Friday, and we need your help to keep Central Texas cool during record-breaking summer heat.Family Eldercare has been serving the community for over three decades, providing Central Texans with relief from the heat. First Warning Weather: Check out Friday's forecastYou can make monetary donations or drop off your inexpensive box fans Friday at these Whittlesey Landscape and Supplies locations and the KXAN studio from
  
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• LIVE BLOG: Family Eldercare Summer Fan Drive raises over $46K so far, 157 fans collected

  15-07-2022 12:10 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The 31st annual Family Eldercare Summer Fan Drive returns Friday, and we need your help to keep Central Texas cool during record-breaking summer heat.Family Eldercare has been serving the community for over three decades, providing Central Texans with relief from the heat. First Warning Weather: Check out Friday's forecastYou can make monetary donations or drop off your inexpensive box fans Friday at these Whittlesey Landscape Supplies locations and the KXAN studio from 7 a
  
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• LIVE BLOG: Family Eldercare Summer Fan Drive raises over $200K, 831 fans collected

  15-07-2022 12:10 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The 31st annual Family Eldercare Summer Fan Drive returns Friday, and we need your help to keep Central Texas cool during record-breaking summer heat.Family Eldercare has been serving the community for over three decades, providing Central Texans with relief from the heat. First Warning Weather: Check out Friday's forecastYou can make monetary donations or drop off your inexpensive box fans Friday at these Whittlesey Landscape Supplies locations and the KXAN studio from 7 a
  
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• LIVE BLOG: Family Eldercare Summer Fan Drive raises over $178K, 827 fans collected

  15-07-2022 12:10 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The 31st annual Family Eldercare Summer Fan Drive returns Friday, and we need your help to keep Central Texas cool during record-breaking summer heat.Family Eldercare has been serving the community for over three decades, providing Central Texans with relief from the heat. First Warning Weather: Check out Friday's forecastYou can make monetary donations or drop off your inexpensive box fans Friday at these Whittlesey Landscape Supplies locations and the KXAN studio from 7 a
  
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• LIVE BLOG: Family Eldercare Summer Fan Drive raises over $173K so far, 824 fans collected

  15-07-2022 12:10 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The 31st annual Family Eldercare Summer Fan Drive returns Friday, and we need your help to keep Central Texas cool during record-breaking summer heat.Family Eldercare has been serving the community for over three decades, providing Central Texans with relief from the heat. First Warning Weather: Check out Friday's forecastYou can make monetary donations or drop off your inexpensive box fans Friday at these Whittlesey Landscape Supplies locations and the KXAN studio from 7 a
  
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• LIVE BLOG: Family Eldercare Summer Fan Drive raises over $163K so far, 788 fans collected

  15-07-2022 12:10 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The 31st annual Family Eldercare Summer Fan Drive returns Friday, and we need your help to keep Central Texas cool during record-breaking summer heat.Family Eldercare has been serving the community for over three decades, providing Central Texans with relief from the heat. First Warning Weather: Check out Friday's forecastYou can make monetary donations or drop off your inexpensive box fans Friday at these Whittlesey Landscape Supplies locations and the KXAN studio from 7 a
  
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• LIVE BLOG: Family Eldercare Summer Fan Drive raises over $147K so far, 783 fans collected

  15-07-2022 12:10 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The 31st annual Family Eldercare Summer Fan Drive returns Friday, and we need your help to keep Central Texas cool during record-breaking summer heat.Family Eldercare has been serving the community for over three decades, providing Central Texans with relief from the heat. First Warning Weather: Check out Friday's forecastYou can make monetary donations or drop off your inexpensive box fans Friday at these Whittlesey Landscape Supplies locations and the KXAN studio from 7 a
  
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• LIVE BLOG: Family Eldercare Summer Fan Drive raises over $136K so far, 684 fans collected

  15-07-2022 12:10 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The 31st annual Family Eldercare Summer Fan Drive returns Friday, and we need your help to keep Central Texas cool during record-breaking summer heat.Family Eldercare has been serving the community for over three decades, providing Central Texans with relief from the heat. First Warning Weather: Check out Friday's forecastYou can make monetary donations or drop off your inexpensive box fans Friday at these Whittlesey Landscape Supplies locations and the KXAN studio from 7 a
  
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• LIVE BLOG: Family Eldercare Summer Fan Drive raises over $125K so far, 672 fans collected

  15-07-2022 12:10 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The 31st annual Family Eldercare Summer Fan Drive returns Friday, and we need your help to keep Central Texas cool during record-breaking summer heat.Family Eldercare has been serving the community for over three decades, providing Central Texans with relief from the heat. First Warning Weather: Check out Friday's forecastYou can make monetary donations or drop off your inexpensive box fans Friday at these Whittlesey Landscape Supplies locations and the KXAN studio from 7 a
  
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• LIVE BLOG: Family Eldercare Summer Fan Drive raises over $114K so far, 597 fans collected

  15-07-2022 12:10 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The 31st annual Family Eldercare Summer Fan Drive returns Friday, and we need your help to keep Central Texas cool during record-breaking summer heat.Family Eldercare has been serving the community for over three decades, providing Central Texans with relief from the heat. First Warning Weather: Check out Friday's forecastYou can make monetary donations or drop off your inexpensive box fans Friday at these Whittlesey Landscape Supplies locations and the KXAN studio from 7 a
  
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• LIVE BLOG: Family Eldercare Summer Fan Drive raises over $100K so far, 522 fans collected

  15-07-2022 12:10 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The 31st annual Family Eldercare Summer Fan Drive returns Friday, and we need your help to keep Central Texas cool during record-breaking summer heat.Family Eldercare has been serving the community for over three decades, providing Central Texans with relief from the heat. First Warning Weather: Check out Friday's forecastYou can make monetary donations or drop off your inexpensive box fans Friday at these Whittlesey Landscape Supplies locations and the KXAN studio from 7 a
  
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• LIVE BLOG: Family Eldercare Summer Fan Drive raises nearly $30K so far

  15-07-2022 12:10 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The 31st annual Family Eldercare Summer Fan Drive returns Friday, and we need your help to keep Central Texas cool during record-breaking summer heat.Family Eldercare has been serving the community for over three decades, providing Central Texans with relief from the heat. First Warning Weather: Check out Friday's forecastYou can make monetary donations or drop off your inexpensive box fans Friday at these Whittlesey Landscape Supplies locations and the KXAN studio from 7 a
  
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• LIVE BLOG: Family Eldercare Summer Fan Drive raises nearly $20K so far

  15-07-2022 12:10 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The 31st annual Family Eldercare Summer Fan Drive returns Friday, and we need your help to keep Central Texas cool during record-breaking summer heat.Family Eldercare has been serving the community for over three decades, providing Central Texans with relief from the heat. First Warning Weather: Check out Friday's forecastYou can make monetary donations or drop off your inexpensive box fans Friday at these Whittlesey Landscape Supplies locations and the KXAN studio from 7 a
  
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• Fire burns two north Austin homes; no one hurt

  15-07-2022 09:42 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Austin Fire crews say fire burned two homes Friday morning in north Austin.AFD said one house was on fire when crews arrived and that the fire did spread to the outside of a second house, according to a social media post.AFD said the fire is now under control and no one was hurt. Everyone in the homes are accounted for.
  The fire was reported at 2 a.m. Friday in the 9500 block of North Creek Drive, which is just north of West Rundberg Lane between North Lamar Boulevard and Inters
  
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• Fire burns 2 north Austin homes, causes $261K in damages

  15-07-2022 09:42 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Austin Fire crews said a fire burned two homes Friday morning in north Austin. One of the homes is likely a total loss, according to the fire department.AFD said one house was fully on fire when crews arrived, and the fire did spread to the outside of a second house, according to a social media post.AFD said two people were inside the first home. They got out through a back window. AFD said a dog inside the home died.
  According to Austin Fire, one of the homeowners discovered th
  
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• Fire burns 2 north Austin homes

  15-07-2022 09:42 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Austin Fire crews say fire burned two homes Friday morning in north Austin. One of the homes is likely a total loss, according to the Fire Department.AFD said one house was on fully on fire when crews arrived and that the fire did spread to the outside of a second house, according to a social media post.AFD said two people were inside the first home. They got out through a back window. AFD says a dog inside the home is believed to have died.
  One person was inside the second home
  
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• AISD exploring funding for affordable teacher housing

  15-07-2022 05:06 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin Independent School District is trying to tackle one of its biggest challenges with a new 2022 bond proposal.That challenge is keeping its teachers within the district. Austin residents asked to put garbage out earlier in the dayDue to the sky-high cost of the property, many of them can't afford to live in Austin.AISD recently released not one, but two draft proposals.The first proposal is $1.55 billion with no tax increase. It would modernize 14 campuses, secure
  
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• Texas drought causes ranchers to sell cattle by the thousands

  15-07-2022 04:54 via kxan.com
  
  LAMPASAS, Texas (KXAN) — Record temperatures and drought are causing Central Texas ranchers to sell off their cattle by the thousands."Way more cows now, we don't see as many cows here," said Andy Baumeister, who runs the Lampasas Cattle Auction.Baumeister says the ongoing drought has left cattle ranchers in a tough spot and many are now trying to sell their cattle."They are out of grass, out of water and nobody is making any hay," said Baumeister. White House announces $1B plan to address
  
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• Amber Alert for 10-day-old boy out of Coffee City, Texas

  15-07-2022 03:04 via kxan.com
  
  COFFEE City, Texas (KXAN) — An Amber Alert has been issued for a 10-day-old boy last seen Thursday in East Texas.The Texas Department of Public Safety issued the alert for Ryder Williams, last seen in Coffee City, Texas wearing a sky blue onesie with blue sharks on it. Authorities are also looking for Michelle Wolf and Ricky Williams, who they say "failed to surrender custody as the court ordered."Michelle Wolf and Ricky Williams are wanted after they fled with their child that was turned
  
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• Amber Alert for 10-day-old baby out of Coffee City, Texas

  15-07-2022 03:04 via kxan.com
  
  COFFEE City, Texas (KXAN) — An Amber Alert has been issued for a 10-day-old baby last seen Thursday in East Texas.The Texas Department of Public Safety issued the alert for Ryder Williams, last seen in Coffee City, Texas wearing a sky blue onesie with blue sharks on it. Authorities are also looking for Michelle Wolf and Ricky Williams, who they say "failed to surrender custody as the court ordered."Michelle Wolf and Ricky Williams are wanted after they fled with their child that was turned
  
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• Amber Alert cancelled for 10-day-old boy in east Texas

  15-07-2022 03:04 via kxan.com
  
  COFFEE City, Texas (KXAN) — Coffee City Police say a baby that was abducted is in custody of Child Protective Services as of 10 p.m. Thursday night.
  The Texas Department of Public Safety issued an Amber Alert Thursday for Ryder Williams. The Amber Alert was later cancelled.
  Authorities were looking for Michelle Wolf and Ricky Williams, who they say "failed to surrender custody as the court ordered."Coffee City Police Chief John Jay Portillo posted just after 10:30 p.m. that the mother call
  
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• San Marcos Animal Shelter regularly at capacity; county to discuss adding new shelter

  15-07-2022 02:04 via kxan.com
  
  HAYS COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — The San Marcos Regional Animal Shelter has been packed with animals for quite some time now, according to manager Christie Banduch.
  "We've been over capacity by about 20 to 30 kennels pretty consistently since April and that's just dogs," Banduch said.
  But, there are plans to address this chronic over-capacity issue.PREVIOUS: ‘This is a social issue’: Hays County inches closer to having new animal centerHays County had a consulting firm look into the
  
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• Round Rock ISD open enrollment begins soon

  15-07-2022 01:23 via kxan.com
  
  ROUND ROCK, Texas (KXAN) – The Round Rock ISD open enrollment program application window begins Monday and will continue until the end of July.The program was approved in June and will allow students from outside the district's attendance zone to choose to attend between 13 elementary and two middle schools. Hays County, three others upgraded to high COVID risk by CDCRound Rock ISD Superintendent Dr. Hafedh Azaiez said the RRISD Board of Trustees' decision to approve open enrollment w
  
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• Hoping for a high under 100°

  15-07-2022 01:10 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Late this morning we were notified that Hutto is going to Stage 2 Water Restrictions. This means if your address ends in an even number you can only water on Sundays and Thursdays. If your address ends in an odd number you can only water on Saturdays and Wednesdays. Watering can only be done in the morning before 10 a.m. of in the evening after 6 p.m.
  Plenty of rain fell in the Hill Country Thursday and Thursday night with a couple of reporting stations measuring more than two i
  
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• Dry, unseasonably hot weather builds back in following welcome Hill Country rain

  15-07-2022 01:10 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Following 1-2" of beneficial rain across many communities in the Hill Country Thursday evening, a dry, hot weather pattern is returning for much of the remainder of July.Multiple severe thunderstorms moved through the Hill Country on Thursday bringing wind gusts to 59 mph in Fredericksburg and 51 mph in Llano. Welcome rain mostly just soaked into the parched soil, but we did see a minor 1 inch rise in both Lake Travis and Buchanan. Camp Mabry and Austin-Bergstrom unfortunately m
  
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• A brief end to our triple digit streak -- But don't get used to it

  15-07-2022 01:10 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Following 1-2" of beneficial rain across many communities in the Hill Country Thursday evening, a dry, hot weather pattern is returning for much of the remainder of July. Today could potentially end a 13-day streak of triple digit temperatures. High temperatures will be a few degrees cooler topping off close to 99 degrees. With that said, humidity will be higher today so "feels-like" temps will still climb well above 105 in many areas. Today will be the coolest day of the next 7
  
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• Copa Tejas title on the line Saturday in Frisco

  15-07-2022 00:57 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — For a midseason game, there's quite a bit at stake Saturday for Austin FC when the club takes on FC Dallas.Its six-match unbeaten streak, a potential Copa Tejas title, a more solidified position at the top of Major League Soccer's Western Conference — but perhaps most importantly to Austin — it's another chance to beat Dallas for the first time in their short rivalry. Leader of the pack: Austin FC vaults into 1st place behind huge 2nd half against HoustonComing
  
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• Hays County, three others upgraded to high COVID risk by CDC

  15-07-2022 00:18 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Four counties in the KXAN viewing area were upgraded to "high" risk for COVID-19, according to the CDC's weekly update.Each week since Feb. 24, the CDC assigns a "COVID-19 Community Level" to each county nationwide based on how the virus is impacting local populations.
  Caldwell, Gillespie, Hays and Mason counties were all upgraded to high risk, while Blanco and Milam remain at high risk. DATA: Check out the latest COVID stats across the KXAN viewing areaLampasas County was
  
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