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• Legendary UT fullback Steve Worster dies at age 73

  14-08-2022 23:45 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Steve Worster, a two-time All-American fullback in Darrell K Royal's pioneering Wishbone offense for the Longhorns, died Saturday at 73 years old, the University of Texas athletic department announced.Worster is part of the Texas Athletics Hall of Honor and a member of three organizations' halls of fame — Texas Sports, Texas High School Football and Cotton Bowl. Texas Longhorns football to have open practice August 16Worster isn't just a Longhorn legend, as his fame w
  
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• Abbott lead over O'Rourke steady in new Texas poll

  14-08-2022 23:18 via kxan.com
  
  (The Hill) – Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) has maintained a 7-point lead over Democratic nominee Beto O’Rourke in the Lone Star State’s governor’s race, new polling shows.The Dallas Morning News-University of Texas at Tyler poll showed Abbott’s 46 percent to 39 percent lead over O’Rourke remained steady since May. Abbott pulled the bulk of his support from the state’s Republican constituents in the new survey, with more than three-quarters saying they
  
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• 2 killed in 3-vehicle collision off North SH-130

  14-08-2022 20:31 via kxan.com
  
  TRAVIS COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — Two people were pronounced dead after Austin-Travis County EMS responded to a three-vehicle collision on North State Highway 130 Sunday afternoon.ATCEMS tweeted three patients were involved in the collision between the 5000 and 7500 blocks of SH 130.Originally, ATCEMS said two patients were pinned in their vehicles and possibly dead, but the official announcement wasn’t made until later.Extended road closures are expected near the scene, according to ATC
  
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• Austin man breaks world record for fastest trip to all 50 states

  14-08-2022 19:40 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin resident Peter McConville has always dreamed of visiting all 50 states. Now, he and his two friends have accomplished that goal — and broken a world record in the process.McConville, Pavel (Pasha) Krechetov and Abdullahi Salah now hold the record for the fastest visit to all 50 states in the United States, completing the journey in five days, 13 hours and 10 minutes. The record was previously held by Thomas Cannon and Justin Morris, who had finis
  
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• Former Texas peace officer gets 10 years for sexual assaults

  14-08-2022 16:24 via kxan.com
  
  SAN JACINTO COUNTY, Texas (CW39) -- A former Texas reserve peace officer deemed "The Ghost Hunter," who became a convicted serial rapist, was sentenced to 10 years in prison Thursday.David Lynn Turner, of San Jacinto County, was found guilty of sexually assaulting at least two women. More victims have now come forward.But prosecutor Rob Freyer said to save them from having to testify, a 10-year plea bargain was granted.Previously, after Turner had been arrested for sexual assault, but he bonded
  
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• Texas business owner charged with hate crime, viral video captured incident

  14-08-2022 16:17 via kxan.com
  
  SAN ANGELO, Texas — A San Angelo business owner was arrested Monday morning and charged with assault months after a video capturing the incident went viral.According to records filed by the Tom Green County Sheriff's Department, Evan Noelle Berryhill, 28, of San Angelo, was booked into the Tom Green County Detention Center on Aug. 8 and charged with assault (physical contact) because of bias or prejudice, a hate crime in Texas.According to a statement issued by the San Angelo Police Depart
  
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• You can book a luxury apartment in Austin for a few nights; why renters say that's pushing them out

  14-08-2022 16:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Kevin Atherton loves being near downtown.For more than three years he lived at Sentral East Austin. "It was right in the heart of... East 6th Street," Atherton explained. "Had great downtown views - top floor, you know, I actually really loved my place."Atherton said he had hoped to continue living there but when he tried to renew his lease, he explained that he was told his unit was being converted to a short-term rental (STR)."You can go on Hotels
  
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• Austin apartments catering to short-term visitors; some say pushing out traditional renters

  14-08-2022 16:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Kevin Atherton loves being near downtown.For more than three years he lived at Sentral East Austin. "It was right in the heart of... East 6th Street," Atherton explained. "Had great downtown views - top floor, you know, I actually really loved my place."Atherton said he had hoped to continue living there but when he tried to renew his lease, he explained that he was told his unit was being converted to a short-term rental (STR)."You can go on Hotels
  
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• How bike-friendly is Texas? Here's how Texas cities ranked in bike-friendliness

  14-08-2022 15:27 via kxan.com
  
  DALLAS (KDAF) — If you have been on TikTok lately, you've seen the growing popularity of alternative forms of transportation, like public transit, walking and bicycles.There are great reasons behind getting away from driving. Walking and bicycling are great forms of exercise and are very good for your heart health.
  A new report from ARRIS Composites is taking this conversation one step further and looks at the best cities in the country for bicyclists.
  They looked into various metrics meas
  
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• APD asks for help identifying north Austin robbery suspects

  14-08-2022 15:09 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin Police Department responded to a robbery call Thursday afternoon at a Chase Bank in the 1700 block of West Parmer Lane.A witness said a technician was working on an ATM when two men got out of a vehicle and ran toward the ATM and the technician, while a third stayed in the driver’s seat of the vehicle.According to APD, the suspects threatened the technician and then stole cassettes out of the machine that contained a large amount of cash.Police said that af
  
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• Q2 Thriller: Austin FC completes comeback over Sporting KC

  14-08-2022 07:00 via kxan.com
  
  Austin FC's recent struggles at home as of late have been well documented, and it looked like that would continue Saturday night against Sporting Kansas City. But the hosts were able to come back from a 3-1 deficit to earn a nail-biting 4-3 victory.The visitors struck first and early with Andreu Fontas knocking home the opening goal in the 12th minute. Wiliam Agada then doubled the lead for Sporting Kansas City when he found the back of the net in the 23rd minute.The Verde and Black quickly cut
  
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• AFD: Crew puts out Austin house fire Saturday evening

  14-08-2022 02:37 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin Fire Department responded to a fire at a house on 43rd Street Saturday evening.According to AFD, the house fire was in the 1000 block of East 43rd Street, which is near I-35. Officials said at 6:33 p.m. that the now-extinguished fire was caused by "improperly discarded smoking material."
  Austin Fire crews responded to a fire in the 1000 block of 43rd Street on Aug. 13. (Courtesy Austin Fire Department)Austin Fire crews responded to a fire in the 1000 block of 43r
  
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• State of Texas: Some Uvalde officers did not get active shooter training

  14-08-2022 01:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (Nexstar) — Less than half of all local Uvalde peace officers had completed active shooter training when the Robb Elementary School mass shooting occurred on May 24, a KXAN investigation found.Months later, these officers and “hundreds of responders from numerous law enforcement agencies — many of whom were better trained and better equipped than the school district police," continue to face scrutiny regarding the actions taken over the course of 73 minutes from the time
  
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