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• CHANGING TASTES: How businesses are adapting to the evolution of eating in Austin

  28-07-2022 23:35 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (ABJ) -- Tex-Mex and sushi are staples in the diets of many Austinites. One serves plate-fulls of warm, spiced foods with a side of cold margaritas, leaving you full for the next five hours. The other offers delicate, melt-in-your-mouth bites, full of color and detail.Plus, in Tex-Mex restaurants, patrons can often fill up for around $30 — a business model that has worked for decades for places like Matt’s El Rancho.Just two miles away from Matt's, a guest might spend $300 on
  
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• Texas volleyball's Orange-White scrimmage is August 14, and it's free to attend

  28-07-2022 23:23 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The favorites to win the 2022 Big 12 Conference volleyball championship are holding their preseason scrimmage August 14 at Gregory Gym.The Texas Longhorns volleyball team, who lost to Nebraska in the NCAA regional finals last year after a 27-2season, will hold its Orange and White scrimmage at 3 p.m. Admission is free and there will be an autograph session after the match. Multiple Longhorns tabbed on award watch listsThe doors will open at 2 p.m. and fans can park for free
  
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• TxDOT to temporarily close NB I-35/US 183 flyover to pave dip in road

  28-07-2022 23:21 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – The flyover at the northbound Interstate 35 and northbound US 183 interchange will be temporarily closed from Sunday, July 31 through Aug. 7, according to the Texas Department of Transportation. RELATED: I-35 to US 183 flyover blown up as TxDOT begins new improvement project
  TxDOT said construction crews will be making final construction adjustments and completing the paving on the flyover. Officials said while the flyover is closed, a detour would be in place.“Northb
  
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• TxDOT to temporarily close N. I-35/US 183 flyover starting Sunday for 'final construction'

  28-07-2022 23:21 via kxan.com
  
  TRAVIS COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) – The flyover at the north Interstate 35 and north US 183 interchange will be temporarily closed from Sunday evening through Aug. 7, according to the Texas Department of Transportation. RELATED: I-35 to US 183 flyover blown up as TxDOT begins new improvement project
  TxDOT said construction crews will be making final construction adjustments and completing the paving on the flyover. Officials said while the flyover is closed, a detour would be in place.“Nor
  
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• TxDOT to temporarily close I-35/US 183 flyover starting Sunday for 'final construction'

  28-07-2022 23:21 via kxan.com
  
  TRAVIS COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) – The flyover at the North Interstate 35 and North US 183 interchange will be temporarily closed from Sunday evening through Aug. 7, according to the Texas Department of Transportation. RELATED: I-35 to US 183 flyover blown up as TxDOT begins new improvement project
  TxDOT said construction crews will be making final construction adjustments and complete the paving on the flyover. Officials said while the flyover is closed, a detour would be in place.“North
  
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• TxDOT reopens NB I-35/US 183 flyover after one-week closure

  28-07-2022 23:21 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The flyover at the northbound Interstate 35 and northbound U.S. 183 interchange reopend Sunday after a weeklong closure, according to the Texas Department of Transportation. RELATED: I-35 to US 183 flyover blown up as TxDOT begins new improvement project
  TxDOT said construction crews made final construction adjustments and completed the paving on the flyover.Source: (TxDOT)“Northbound drivers wishing to access northbound U.S. 183 will exit 240A (183 South Lockhart) an
  
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• TxDOT extends NB I-35/US 183 flyover closure to pave dip in road

  28-07-2022 23:21 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The flyover at the northbound Interstate 35 and northbound U.S. 183 interchange will be temporarily closed from Sunday, July 31 through Thursday, Aug. 11, according to the Texas Department of Transportation.The closure was expected to end Aug. 7, but a TxDOT representative said the closure was extended for construction. The roadway is now expected to reopen Aug. 12.RELATED: I-35 to US 183 flyover blown up as TxDOT begins new improvement project
  TxDOT said construction crews
  
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• TxDOT expected to reopen NB I-35/US 183 flyover after one-week closure

  28-07-2022 23:21 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The flyover at the northbound Interstate 35 and northbound U.S. 183 interchange is expected to reopen Sunday after a weeklong closure, according to the Texas Department of Transportation. RELATED: I-35 to US 183 flyover blown up as TxDOT begins new improvement project
  TxDOT said construction crews will be making final construction adjustments and completing the paving on the flyover. Officials said while the flyover is closed, a detour will be in place.Source: (TxDOT)&ldquo
  
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• What is growing in Lady Bird Lake?

  28-07-2022 23:20 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — What is growing along the side of Lady Bird Lake?You might have seen the plant growing over the summer, slowly creeping closer to the center of the lake. You can see it the best under the Lamar bridge. Swimmer’s itch: Can you get the rash from Lady Bird Lake?According to a spokesperson with the City of Austin Watershed Protection Department, the vegetation in Lady Bird Lake near the Bridge is a native perennial, Cabomba Caroliniana, which is also known as fanwort.The
  
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• AISD to discuss proposals for improved safety features, resource distribution on campuses

  28-07-2022 22:29 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – During a board meeting Thursday, the City of Austin was set to discuss two November 2022 bond proposals. The proposals were said to chart a course toward a fair distribution of resources, opportunities and investments to support student achievement.In a draft for Proposal A, additional funding would be added toward safety and security, such as fencing, door hardware and locks, funding for Special Education spaces and phased elementary schools would become full mod
  
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• What to know before Buda enters Stage 1 drought restrictions on August 1

  28-07-2022 22:14 via kxan.com
  
  BUDA, Texas (KXAN) — The City of Buda will implement Stage 1 water conservation measures beginning August 1.
  100 percent of people in Hays County are affected by drought, and so far 2022 has measured up to be the 5th driest year in the county over the past 128 years, according to the NOAA.When Stage 1 drought measures are in effect, the city aims to achieve a 10% reduction of total water use.
  Waste of water will be prohibited.Crews fight grass fire near Buda neighborhoodOutdoor irrigation
  
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• UT's special mattress to be tested on new patients

  28-07-2022 21:09 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Have you ever felt so tired but struggled to fall asleep once your head hit the pillow?That's what one man was experiencing when he decided to research a solution. Mattress system created by UT researchers warms, cools body to help you fall asleep fasterNow, he and his team at the University of Texas at Austin have developed technology said to trick your body into falling asleep faster.UT explained sleep is possible when your body temperature declines at night.So, bioengineers h
  
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• Three local counties upgraded in latest CDC COVID community levels

  28-07-2022 20:47 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Blanco County has been upgraded to high risk for COVID-19 in the latest weekly update from the CDC. Gillespie and San Saba Counties were upgraded from low to medium risk.Each week since Feb. 24, the CDC has assigned a "COVID-19 Community Level" to every county nationwide based on how the virus is impacting local populations.
  Blanco County joins Caldwell, Fayette, Hays and Milam in the high risk category.Every other county in the KXAN viewing area, including Travis and Willi
  
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• California doctor plans to offer abortions-by-sea in Gulf of Mexico

  28-07-2022 20:25 via kxan.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (Nexstar) — A California OB-GYN doctor is hoping to expand reproductive health care services to southern states with limited or no abortion access by offering a floating clinic on federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico.Texans and residents of other southern states touching the Gulf might soon be able to access abortion and other reproductive health care services by the sea. Out of all five bordering states — Texas, Louisiana Mississippi and Alabama have either totally ban
  
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• Former Austin car dealer tried to arrange another murder after arrest, US DOJ says

  28-07-2022 19:41 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – A former partner at an Austin-based auto group and three others were indicted on murder-for-hire charges after a Nashville woman and man were killed in March 2020, according to U.S. Attorney Mark H. Wildasin for the Middle District of Tennessee.Erik Charles Maund, 47, Gilad Peled, 48, and Bryon Brockway, 47, all of Austin, Texas, and Adam Carey, 31, of Richlands, North Carolina, were charged with murder for hire, conspiracy to kidnap resulting in death and kidnapping r
  
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• NOAA's tool gauges community level disaster risk

  28-07-2022 19:20 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Natural disasters such as drought and severe storms can be devastating to many communities. Each community across the nation is impacted by disasters in different ways. It's important to understand how individual communities are influenced by climate in order to better prepare them for emergencies.NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) has updated its Billion Dollar Disasters mapping tool to do this. Before the new update, the tool allowed users
  
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• Longer hold times when calling Austin 911

  28-07-2022 19:13 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin Police Department Emergency Communications Department's current goal is to answer 90% of 911 calls within 10 seconds.
  Last month, 75.76% of calls were answered within 10 seconds, according to Lt. Kenneth Murphy, the head of emergency communications. A breakdown of those values year-to-date are in the graph below.In 2019, Murphy said 911 operators were answering 99% of calls within 10 seconds.
  Month-to-date, data Murphy shared with us shows 6,311 911 calls were ab
  
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• APD Emergency Comms: Austin 911 answer rates have declined steadily since January

  28-07-2022 19:13 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin Police Department Emergency Communications Department's current goal is to answer 90% of 911 calls within 10 seconds.
  Last month, 75.76% of calls were answered within 10 seconds, according to Lt. Kenneth Murphy, the head of emergency communications. A breakdown of those values year-to-date are in the graph below.In 2019, Murphy said 911 operators were answering 99% of calls within 10 seconds.
  Murphy said the slowing answer times are due to staff shortages. He sai
  
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• Are Austin newcomers more susceptible to the heat?

  28-07-2022 18:33 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) - This summer is shaping up to be the hottest yet. With long stretches of triple-digit heat, record-breaking temperatures and the hottest consecutive months on record, it is no surprise many are experiencing the impacts this type of heat can have on your health.It's important to understand the consequences of extreme heat and to be on the lookout for the symptoms of heat-related illness. Meteorologist Nick Bannin spoke with emergency department physician Dr. Ryan McCorkle from St.
  
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• 'This case is bigger than them': Sandy Hook family attorney says of Alex Jones' defamation trial

  28-07-2022 17:58 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- On December 14, 2012, Alex Jones was broadcasting live on his show Infowars. A gunman had entered Sandy Hook Elementary school, ultimately shooting and killing 20 children and six adults.
  “It’s more than these dead, poor children. You got to go with your gut," the Austin-based talk show host told his audience.
  Jones speculated about whether the gunman was a "patsy" in a government cover-up or just a "prozac head," which is a term he and his team at Infowars used to d
  
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• Debate over whether Infowars videos were 'disclosed properly' as evidence in Alex Jones' trial

  28-07-2022 17:58 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The judge in Alex Jones' defamation trial directed attorneys to take any future fights outside the courtroom.
  Judge Maya Guerra Gamble gave the charge after Wednesday's court proceedings ended in a public, heated argument between the lead attorneys in the case over which videos from Jones' show can be admitted as evidence before the jury.RECAP: Tempers flare between attorneys for Sandy Hook victim’s family, Alex Jones over use of Infowars videosThe parents of Jesse Lewis,
  
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• Austin to pause some airport jet fuel storage expansion plans

  28-07-2022 17:31 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin-Bergstrom International Airport announced Wednesday it will pause some of its future jet fuel storage expansion efforts to help allow for further environmental assessments before certain programs are approved.Jacqueline Yaft, CEO of AUS, said in the memo the airport is "committed to limiting the current expansion of the new Jet-A fuel storage facility." Phase 1 of the development, which will add two storage tanks at the new fuel facility location, will continue as pl
  
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• 2 Hill Country counties to get federal funds for high-speed internet network

  28-07-2022 16:25 via kxan.com
  
  LAMPASAS COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — Parts of the Texas Hill Country will receive federal dollars to help connect residents to high-speed internet.
  The grant comes out of a $401 million investment from the U.S. Department of Agriculture aimed at providing access to high-speed internet to 31,000 rural residents and businesses across 11 states.
  The Central Texas Telephone Cooperative Inc. is set to receive more than $9.8 million in a grant and the same amount in a loan for a "fiber-to-the-premise
  
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• Austin will be voting on a $350 million housing bond in November

  28-07-2022 14:45 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin City Council's meeting Thursday was jam-packed with 193 items. Here are some of the major outcomes.$350M housing bond proposal: ApprovedCity council voted to include an affordable housing bond proposition on the November ballot. Council Member Mackenzie Kelly of District 6 was the only member that voted against the resolution. Alison Alter abstained.
  The council also voted to bump the amount proposed from $300 million to $350 million.
  According to a City of Austin me
  
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• Austin City Council to vote on housing bond, license plate reader program

  28-07-2022 14:45 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Here's what we're watching at the Austin City Council meeting Thursday, which is jam-packed with 193 items to debate.$300M housing bond proposalCity council will vote on whether or not to include an affordable housing bond proposition on the November ballot.According to a City of Austin memo, the $300 million proposition would have an annual impact on “the typical homeowner of $40.14.” A typical home in Austin is defined at $448,000 with a taxable value of $358,
  
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• Austin City Council to vote on housing bond, animal shelter audit

  28-07-2022 14:45 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Here's what we're watching at the Austin City Council meeting Thursday, which is jam-packed with 193 items.
  $300M housing bond proposalCity council will vote on whether or not to include an affordable housing bond proposition on the November ballot.According to a City of Austin memo, the $300 million proposition would have an annual impact on “the typical homeowner of $40.14.” A typical home in Austin is defined at $448,000 with a taxable value of $358,400, incl
  
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• Austin City Council takes next step to send $350 million housing bond to voters in November

  28-07-2022 14:45 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin City Council's meeting Thursday was jam-packed with 193 items. Here are some of the major outcomes.$350M housing bond proposal: ApprovedThe city council voted to direct the city manager and staff to craft an affordable housing bond proposition for the November ballot. Council Member Mackenzie Kelly of District 6 was the only member that voted against the resolution. Alison Alter abstained.
  The council also voted to bump the amount proposed from $300 million to $350 m
  
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• Austin City Council sends $350 million housing bond to voters in November

  28-07-2022 14:45 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin City Council's meeting Thursday was jam-packed with 193 items. Here are some of the major outcomes.$350M housing bond proposal: ApprovedThe city council voted to include an affordable housing bond proposition on the November ballot. Council Member Mackenzie Kelly of District 6 was the only member that voted against the resolution. Alison Alter abstained.
  The council also voted to bump the amount proposed from $300 million to $350 million.
  According to a City of Austi
  
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• 10 spots to take a swim this summer around Austin

  28-07-2022 14:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — It's hot, and you may be looking for a place where you can cool off and take a swim.But many local swimming spots have dried up this summer, likely due to low rainfall. One popular site, Jacob's Well in Hays County, closed in June due to a declining water level.PREVIOUS: Drought drains greenbelt swimming holes, but springs may still provideHere are several popular swimming spots in Central Texas.
  Barton Creek Greenbelt
  The greenbelt, which extends seven miles, has several w
  
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• Report: Austin deadly crashes down 31% after intersection safety improvements

  28-07-2022 13:30 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The City of Austin's Transportation Department overhauled 19 intersections across the city since 2016 to alleviate the number of crashes.
  Here are the 19 intersections and when the work was completed:IH-35 and Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. — November 2016U.S. 183 and Cameron Rd. (NE and EB) — December 2016N. Lamar Blvd.-Rutland Dr. to Rundberg Ln. — June 2017N. Lamar Blvd. and Parmer Ln. — July 2017S. Pleasant Valley Rd. and Elmont Dr. — June 20
  
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• Austin Police reports more than $500K lost to 'jugging'

  28-07-2022 12:27 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin Police said more than $500,000 has been lost since Jan. 1 due to suspects robbing bank customers.
  APD said it is investigating 61 jugging cases from Jan. 1 to July 26.
  According to an APD press release, jugging occurs when a suspect loiters inside and outside of a financial institution and targets anyone who appears to have withdrawn cash. The suspect follows the victim away from the financial institution to break into the victim's vehicle or rob the victim for the m
  
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• Georgetown voters to take up sales tax

  28-07-2022 12:20 via kxan.com
  
  GEORGETOWN, Texas (KXAN) — Voters in Georgetown will decide in November whether to continue paying a sales tax for street resurfacing and repair.
  The city council on Tuesday called an election on Nov. 8 for a 0.25% sales tax.
  The city said in a release state law requires the dedicated sales tax must be reauthorized every four years.California solar roofing company building new facility in GeorgetownGeorgetown voters approved the sales tax for street maintenance in 2002 by 57% of the vote.
  
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• Pflugerville to move forward with Downtown East proposal

  28-07-2022 12:15 via kxan.com
  
  PFLUGERVILLE, Texas (KXAN) — The Pflugerville City Council on Tuesday moved forward with a $148.9 million plan to develop a 29-acre plot of land at the northwest corner of East Pecan Street and Farm to Market Road 685/Dessau Road.
  The public-private partnership will develop what the city calls "Downtown East."Proposed Downtown East location. (Source: City of Pflugerville)The city said it will fund the project with Certificates of Obligation (CO), the Pflugerville Community Development Corp
  
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• Kyle Police Department launches new unit, increasing commercial vehicle safety

  28-07-2022 04:53 via kxan.com
  
  KYLE, Texas (KXAN) — Commercial vehicles that pose hazards will now be kept off the roads in Kyle.On Wednesday, the Kyle Police Department launched a Commercial Vehicle Enforcement (CVE) Unit in hopes to improve safety on its roads, according to a press release. Tempers flare between attorneys for Sandy Hook victim’s family, Alex Jones over use of Infowars videosThe federally sanctioned program is meant to reduce accidents caused by commercial motor vehicles, ensure the vehicles comp
  
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• Proposal: Bring in deputy constables to help with Austin traffic enforcement

  28-07-2022 04:47 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- In 2021, 116 people died in traffic crashes in Austin - and according to city data, 2022 is on par to match that.
  Austin resident William Magnuson had a close call in the car earlier this year."Somebody was just on their phone checking their text messages and slammed into us at a red light," he said. "The kids were scared, it was a little traumatic for everybody."Wednesday, the Austin Transportation Department (ATD) and Austin Police Department (APD) released a memo addressing a
  
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• Planned Parenthood pens open letter to Texans, says they're 'here for good'

  28-07-2022 04:41 via kxan.com
  
  Texas (KXAN) -- In light of an official judgment from the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) to overrule Roe v. Wade on Tuesday, Planned Parenthood wrote an open letter to Texans, reassuring them that sexual and reproductive health care will still be available as widely as possible in the state.It's been a little over a month since the SCOTUS issued its opinion that the U.S. Constitution does not protect the right to an abortion. The official judgment to overrule Roe v. Wade came Tuesday, allowing stat
  
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• Tempers flare between attorneys for Sandy Hook victim's family, Alex Jones over use of Infowars videos

  28-07-2022 03:31 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Just two days into testimony for Infowars host Alex Jones' defamation trial, tensions between the attorneys on both sides boiled over.
  The close of Wednesday's court proceedings saw a face-to-face argument on the courtroom floor betweenAlex Jones' attorney and the attorney representing the family of a child who was killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting-- over which videos from Jones' Infowars show could be admitted as evidence in courtThe family is suing Jones for defamation an
  
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• Isolated showers for some, heat for all

  28-07-2022 03:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Rinse and repeat forecast as our weather pattern remains relatively unchanged for the remainder of the work week.Similar to Wednesday, a few spot showers may hold together long enough to reach our eastern counties... but no meaningful or widespread rain is expected. Majority of us will stay dry under a mix of sunshine and scattered clouds. More of the same is expected Friday.The ridge of high pressure builds back into our area this weekend as a cloud of African dust dries out th
  
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• Uvalde principal on leave pushes back against school safety findings

  28-07-2022 02:34 via kxan.com
  
  UVALDE, Texas (Texas Tribune) — The principal of Robb Elementary School, who was placed on administrative leave more than two months after a mass shooting there, has pushed back on some of a Texas House committee’s conclusions about campus security.In a letter to the House committee investigating the May 24 shooting, Mandy Gutierrez argued that the door to the classroom the gunman is believed to have entered had a functioning lock, that she was trained not to use
  
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• Texas couple accused of stealing identities of two dead infants

  28-07-2022 02:23 via kxan.com
  
  HONOLULU (KHON2) -- Federal prosecutors said a Texas man and his wife who moved to Hawaii were accused of stealing the identities of two dead infants and were able to use the fake identities for decades. Prosecutors said the man was even able to join the U.S. Coast Guard.Walter Glen Primrose and Gwynn Darle Morrison, both 67 years old, have been charged with Conspiracy and Aggravated Identity Theft. Mega Millions: Your odds of winning more than $1 billionCourt documents said they, "Obtained Texa
  
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• Austin’s newest water reservoir is online, serving customers

  28-07-2022 01:55 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – Austin’s oldest water storage reservoir has been replaced with a new, modern one said to improve resiliency for the entire water system.“The North Austin Reservoir, built in 1913 and located near the intersection of Koenig Lane and North Lamar Boulevard, served Austin Water’s customers for more than 100 years and had exceeded its useful life,” a release said.Austin Water began construction to demolish the old reservoir in 2020 to build the new one in
  
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• Jacob's Well ceases flowing for the fourth time in recorded history

  28-07-2022 00:40 via kxan.com
  
  HAYS COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) -- Drought conditions have been impacting Central Texans' lives all summer, from fires to dried up swimming holes. The latest impact is at Jacob's Well.
  The well, which is spring-fed, has officially ceased flowing, according to a post from Jacob's Well Natural Area's Facebook page. The U.S. Geologic Survey measured a zero cubic foot per second (cfs) discharge in recent days.Drought 2022: How it started and how it could endThis is only the fourth time in recorded history
  
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• Hays County jail has 152 empty beds due to staffing shortage

  28-07-2022 00:39 via kxan.com
  
  HAYS COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) - According to Hays County Corrections officials, the county's jail expansion project is completed, and inmates have moved into that new area. However, a different part of the jail is now not being used because staffing positions are not filled.According to Hays County Lieutenant Eric Batch, as of this week, there are 65 open positions for corrections officers."The beds will remain empty until we hire more staff," Lt. Batch said.In 2016, voters approved a $60 million bo
  
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• Parents: send us your back-to-school questions

  28-07-2022 00:37 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A new school year is just around the corner, and KXAN wants to help give Central Texas parents some peace of mind as they prepare to send their kids back to classrooms.
  COVID protocols, gun safety, staffing shortages – these are just some concerns that may be top of mind for many families looking toward the new school year. If you have questions about these back to school topics, or any others, we invite you to fill out the form below and we'll get to work finding ans
  
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• Austin FC's Brad Stuver leading Laundry Project's event in Uvalde

  28-07-2022 00:35 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin FC goalkeeper Brad Stuver is taking the Laundry Project on the road to Uvalde.Stuver, a longtime supporter of the nonprofit that helps provide free laundry services to low-income families,put out a call for donations on Twitter, saying people can donate in a variety of ways for the August 7 event. Austin FC’s defensive mistakes too much in 1st loss to Eastern Conference teamFolks can donate through the Laundry Project's campaign and Covert Ford will match donat
  
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• APD needs help identifying suspects in aggravated robbery, kidnapping

  28-07-2022 00:03 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – Austin Police asked for public assistance identifying two suspects in an aggravated robbery and aggravated kidnapping investigation. APD said the incident occurred July 19 at approximately 11:45 a.m. in the 2300 block of Francisco Street.According to police, the victim said she was walking around her neighborhood when the suspects approached her, and one said they had a gun.Police said the suspects then forced the victim into a 2019 Blue Ford Escape and demanded a large amo
  
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