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• Toyota tracker helps find car theft suspect

  31-08-2022 23:49 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Police were able to locate a stolen Toyota and arrest a man Monday after utilizing the vehicle’s GPS tracking technology.Jose Daniel Lopez, 28, was arrested in connection to the theft and charged with unauthorized use of a motor vehicle—a state jail felony.According to court records, the victim of the vehicle theft said, between 4 a.m. and 10 a.m., someone entered his home through a back window while he was asleep.The victim told police a video game console was
  
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• Travis County hoping pay bump will help with staffing shortages

  31-08-2022 23:07 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — On Tuesday, Travis County commissioners voted to bump the minimum wage for its employees to $20 an hour. They will also implement a 5% raise across the board for all county staff.The Travis County Sheriff's Office is just one of the departments that will see significant pay bumps. According to commissioners, entry-level salaries for corrections officers with the office will go up nearly 7%, to $50,000 a year starting next fiscal year. Deputies will get a nearly 15% base sal
  
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• Abbott claims raising the age to buy an assault-style rifle is “unconstitutional”

  31-08-2022 22:47 via kxan.com
  
  (Texas Tribune) — Gov. Greg Abbott said Wednesday that it would be unconstitutional to increase the minimum age to buy assault-style rifles from 18 to 21 years old — a key proposal Uvalde parents have called for after an 18-year-old gunned down their children’s school in May.“It is clear that the gun control law that they are seeking in Uvalde — as much as they may want it — has already been ruled as unconstitutional,” Abbott said at a reelecti
  
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• Texas Longhorns QB Quinn Ewers on benefits of NIL for college athletes

  31-08-2022 22:23 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Quinn Ewers has quickly become one of the biggest names in college football. The unmistakable mullet sported by the Texas Longhorns new starting quarterback makes the gunslinger stand out with or without a helmet.The redshirt freshman quarterback left Southlake Carroll a year early to attend Ohio State University. Ewers did not take a meaningful snap with the Buckeyes his freshman year, which partially influenced his decision to enter the transfer portal and eventually land
  
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• How many Texas senior living facilities have backup power? HHSC reveals survey results

  31-08-2022 21:50 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Hundreds of Texas nursing homes and assisted living facilities have generators on-site for backup power, but hundreds still do not, according to a survey conducted by Texas Health and Human Services.In the months following the 2021 winter storm, KXAN spoke with families of residents who died in long-term care facilities during the freeze. Lawmakers and advocates worked to address problems that led to days-long power outages in some of these homes housing vulnerable Texans.
  
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• KXAN tornado outbreak coverage a finalist in Online Journalism Awards

  31-08-2022 21:09 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — As the weather changes, the KXAN First Warning Weather team's dedication to serving Central Texans on digital platforms remains stronger than ever.
  This week, the station was named a finalist in the 2022 Online Journalism Awards, an annual award honoring 165 finalists in topical reporting, social media engagement, and 21 other categories. KXAN placed among three finalists in the Breaking News, Small/Medium Newsroom category for its digital coverage of the March 2022 Texas
  
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• Tito’s Vodka grows fresh produce for employees, debuts new farm

  31-08-2022 21:03 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Tito’s Handmade Vodka debuted the Fourteen Acres Farm, located at the Tito’s distillery in Austin. The farm is a part of a program created to help provide employees with fresh food and encourage healthy eating.According to the company, more than 25 types of fruits and vegetables are grown at the farm, and employees are allowed to take home fresh food on a weekly basis at no cost.The employees can select the produce they are most interested in, as well as connect
  
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• Labor Day weekend forecast brings high chance of heavy rain

  31-08-2022 21:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Scattered showers and storms continue midweek... and really, through the middle of next week. Live weather radarScattered rain is still a good bet for the afternoon and evening hours. Those in the Hill Country and western Williamson County will be favored for the heaviest rain and highest flooding risk (2 out of 4), but a lower (1 out of 4) flash flooding risk has been expanded to include more of the Austin Metro and our eastern counties. Live updated rain totalsLike what we've
  
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• An Austin-San Antonio bus route? Meet the group trying to make it happen

  31-08-2022 20:57 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — San Antonio resident Diane Rath spent 12 years commuting to and from Austin for work, well acquainted with Interstate 35 and the congestion that comes with it. As both cities' populations continue to explode, she's proposing going back to basics to ease traffic woes: a bus route connecting San Antonio and Austin.Rath serves as executive director of the Alamo Area Council of Governments, an organization that is spearheading calls for a new bus route connecting the two cities
  
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• Tech talent report: Austin is catching up to San Francisco, other tech hubs

  31-08-2022 20:43 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin is among the nation's top cities for tech talent, according to a new report.The city ranked sixth overall — one spot higher than last year — in the annual Scoring Tech Talent report by CBRE, a commercial real estate agency based in Austin.The group ranked the top 50 markets in North America by looking at each city's ability to attract and develop tech talent.Some of the factors include tech graduation rates, tech-job concentration, tech labor pool size an
  
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• Austin grackles looking a little 'rough' — here's why

  31-08-2022 19:57 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — There's something going on with Austin's unofficial bird.Grackles, the black feathered birds that cover H-E-B parking lots across the capital city, are looking a little "rough these days."People have been asking Austin Parks and Recreation (PARD) why the birds are balding. The department said they're not sick.
  "They are molting — a natural process of re-growing new feathers!" PARD said in a fitting post on Twitter. "Before the new ones come in, the old ones have to fa
  
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• Tracking the Tropics: Development expected this week after nearly 2 months of no storms

  31-08-2022 19:39 via kxan.com
  
  TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) -- Activity is ramping up in the Atlantic as we head into September and get closer to the statistical peak of hurricane season, and the National Hurricane Center says it's likely at least one of the three disturbances it's tracking will develop this week.The Atlantic basin saw a long stretch of little to no activity for about the past two months. According to Dr. Philip Klotzbach, a meteorologist with Colorado State University, this year marked the first time since 1941 that t
  
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• Longhorns not looking ahead, focusing on ULM

  31-08-2022 19:30 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The 5-7 season in 2021 is the elephant in the room for the Texas football team that has been often acknowledged. Saturday against Louisiana Monroe is the Longhorns first opportunity to get rid of the bad taste in their mouth from last fall."I think our guys are excited to play a game," said Longhorns Head Coach Steve Sarkisian. "I don't think they're worried about what's down the road. Honestly I think our team is just excited to play football against another team, another
  
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• Longhorns not looking ahead, focusing on Louisiana-Monroe

  31-08-2022 19:30 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The 5-7 season in 2021 is the elephant in the room for the Texas football team that has been often acknowledged during the Longhorns' preseason camp. Saturday against Louisiana Monroe is the Longhorns' first opportunity to get rid of the bad taste in their mouth from last fall."I think our guys are excited to play a game," said Longhorns head coach Steve Sarkisian. "I don't think they're worried about what's down the road. Honestly, I think our team is just excited to play
  
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• Officials say zebra mussels have now 'fully infested' this Austin Lake

  31-08-2022 19:19 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) said that Lake Walter E. Long in Travis County is now infested with zebra mussels.The infestation signifies the mussels have an established population and are reproducing in the lake, the department explained in a press release Wednesday.TPWD said they detected zebra mussel larvae in the lake in October 2018 and May 2019. but in later searches, including in 2021, the department did not find any juveniles or adults. Then, this m
  
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• Kyle PD partners with DFPS to distribute 200 gunlocks to families

  31-08-2022 19:07 via kxan.com
  
  KYLE, Texas (KXAN) — The Kyle Police Department is partnering with the Hays/Caldwell County Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) to provide 200 gunlocks for Child Protective Service (CPS) investigators.
  The investigators will distribute them to households with guns that need them. It's part of an initiative to help prevent firearm-related accidents with children. Kyle PD made the announcement in a Facebook post.
  According to a Texas DFPS report, in 2021, eight children
  
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• City working to revamp busy Central Austin corridor

  31-08-2022 19:04 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Construction crews are working on the City of Austin's Corridor Program Office's biggest project to date: upgrading the Airport Boulevard Corridor.
  The work will stretch from U.S. Highway 183 to North Lamar Boulevard. It'll be done in four phases.
  The first phase stretches from North Lamar Boulevard to 55th Street. Construction is about $12 million. Overall, work along the entire corridor will cost about $100 million, city officials said.Gov. Abbott, TxDOT announce $85 bill
  
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• Police arrest man on 2 counts of aggravated robbery for east Austin incident

  31-08-2022 18:49 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – A man was arrested Tuesday on charges connected to an east Austin aggravated robbery after two victims said he pointed a gun in their faces, demanding their wallets near the corner of 7th Street and Chicon Street.According to court records, James Anthony Escalante, 37, quickly rode up to the victims on a scooter shortly after midnight, yelling and waving a gun in his hand.The victims told police Escalante then held the gun six inches from their faces, pointing it at both an
  
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• Police arrest man accused of aggravated robbery after east Austin incident

  31-08-2022 18:49 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – A man was arrested Tuesday on charges connected to an east Austin aggravated robbery after two victims said he pointed a gun in their faces, demanding their wallets near the corner of 7th Street and Chicon Street.According to court records, James Anthony Escalante, 37, quickly rode up to the victims on a scooter shortly after midnight, yelling and waving a gun in his hand.The victims told police Escalante then held the gun six inches from their faces, pointing it at both an
  
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• Beto O'Rourke announces return to campaigning after bacterial infection

  31-08-2022 18:40 via kxan.com
  
  LAREDO, Texas (KXAN) — Beto O'Rourke will start campaigning again after taking a few days to recover at home from a bacterial infection, his campaign announced Wednesday.
  The Democratic candidate for Texas governor will hold his first in-person event Friday evening with a fiesta in Laredo. His campaign shared the event will include prizes, music and free dinner for the first 200 attendees. The event will begin at 6 p.m. at the Laredo Firefighters Union Hall 872.Abbott lead over O’Rou
  
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• SXSW begins announcing speakers for 2023 festival and conference

  31-08-2022 17:46 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — South by Southwest announced initial featured speakers for its 2023 conference on Tuesday.
  Some of the names include Athleta Chief Brand Officer Kyle Andrew, the most decorated Track & Field Olympian in history Allyson Felix, Future of Sex podcast host Bryony Cole, author and podcast host Amy Gallo, Indeed CEO Chris Hyams, KIND Snacks Founder Daniel Lubetzky and chef and host Sophia Roe among other speakers.
  SXSW also announced some new featured sessions:
  2050: Digital
  
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• Federal trial over new Texas political maps is delayed by evidence disputes

  31-08-2022 17:45 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (Texas Tribune) -- The legal fight over the shape of Texas political representation for the next decade won’t be decided until next year after a federal panel agreed Tuesday to delay a trial over new political maps.The federal three-judge panel hearing the case pushed the start of the trial, which was initially scheduled for Sept. 28, following a flurry of disputes over the discovery that left both the state and the various plaintiff groups questioning whether they’d have enou
  
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• No hurricanes in August — has that happened before?

  31-08-2022 17:10 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Despite a normal start to the Atlantic hurricane season, things have noticeably slowed down, and by that we mean it's been suspiciously quiet for over a month in what is typically a very active period.Looking backWe kicked off the Atlantic season with Tropical Storm Alex forming on June 5, bringing significant rainfall to Cuba and south Florida. Alex was followed by Tropical Storm Bonnie, which made landfall in Central America with 50 mph winds, only to then survive the tre
  
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• Del Valle ISD in top 25 of most equitable Texas school districts, study shows

  31-08-2022 16:40 via kxan.com
  
  DEL VALLE, Texas (KXAN) — The Del Valle Independent School District ranks in the top 25 for most equitable districts in Texas, according to a recent WalletHub study.
  The school district comes in at No. 24 out of more than 1,000 school systems in the state and far beats out other districts in the Austin metro area.Del Valle ISD kicks off new school yearThe study released Aug. 23 looked at two main factors: average household income and expenditures for public elementary and secondary schools
  
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• Tex-Mex eatery El Arroyo planning statewide expansion, beginning in New Braunfels

  31-08-2022 15:48 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (Austin Business Journal) — Longtime Austin restaurant El Arroyo is taking its Tex-Mex fare across the Lone Star State.It is planning a multi-unit expansion across Texas, according to Ellis Winstanley, who owns the restaurant with his wife, Paige.That will begin in New Braunfels, where the Winstanleys last year bought with a college friend Rockin' R River Rides, a tubing and entertainment company that has become a destination for those looking to float the Guadalupe River. A tw
  
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• Lake Buchanan community concerned about water access as lease increases 500%

  31-08-2022 15:00 via kxan.com
  
  LLANO COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — After nearly 40 years at a lower price, a small retirement community on Lake Buchanan is being told it must pay substantially more to maintain its contract with the Lower Colorado River Authority, or LCRA, to keep its park access to the lake.In 1986, Buchanan Lake Village in Tow, Texas, signed a lease contract with LCRA: $100 a year for less than a quarter of an acre of lakefront land located in front of the South Street Park owned by Buchanan Lake Village, acc
  
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• Are more 'hard' license plate thefts linked to paper tag crackdown?

  31-08-2022 14:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — An unexpected and unintended consequence of Texas' crackdown on its paper tag problem — which has ballooned into a $200 million criminal black market — could be putting motorists at risk of fraud.Anecdotally, some in law enforcement, like Central Texas deputy David Kohler, are seeing an increase in the theft of "hard" aluminum license plates following efforts to stop temporary tag abuse."Every day is different. Sometimes, we'll have several victims in a neighbor
  
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• Flash flooding risk expanded to include Austin today

  31-08-2022 13:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Scattered showers and storms continue midweek... and really, through the middle of next week. Live weather radarScattered rain is still a good bet for the afternoon and evening hours. Those in the Hill Country and western Williamson County will be favored for the heaviest rain and highest flooding risk (2 out of 4), but a lower (1 out of 4) flash flooding risk has been expanded to include more of the Austin Metro and our eastern counties.Flash Flood Risk Today (Wednesday) Live u
  
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• Daily rain chances continue through holiday weekend

  31-08-2022 13:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Scattered showers and storms continue midweek... and really, through the middle of next week.Although we expect slightly fewer showers today compared to yesterday, scattered rain is still a good bet for the afternoon and evening hours. Those in the Hill Country will be favored for the heaviest rain and highest flooding risk (2 out of 4). Live weather radar Live updated rain totalsLike what we've seen recently, strongest storms can drop a quick 2"-4" in very isolated locations...
  
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• Pedestrian dead after crash on I-35 southbound at E. Cesar Chavez

  31-08-2022 12:55 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A deadly crash at Interstate 35 southbound at East Cesar Chavez Street in downtown Austin shut down lanes of the highway early Wednesday morning, according to Austin Police. Traffic backups stretched for miles.
  Austin Police said in an 8:30 a.m. update the main lanes were back open, and the crash was cleared.
  Traffic was being diverted to the I-35 southbound frontage road after a deadly crash on the main lanes of the highway at East Cesar Chavez. (KXAN Photo/Candy Rodriguez
  
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• I-35 southbound at E. Cesar Chavez reopens after deadly crash

  31-08-2022 12:55 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A deadly crash at Interstate 35 southbound at East Cesar Chavez in downtown Austin had previously shut down lanes of the highway early Wednesday morning, according to Austin Police. Traffic backups stretched for miles.But Austin Police said in an 8:30 a.m. update the main lanes were back open, and the crash was cleared.
  Before the crash was cleared, police said several downtown entrance ramps to southbound I-35 were also being closed off in addition to the main lanes being
  
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• Deadly crash shuts down I-35 southbound at E. Cesar Chavez

  31-08-2022 12:55 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A deadly crash at Interstate 35 southbound at East Cesar Chavez in downtown Austin is shutting down lanes of the highway, according to Austin Police.
  Police said several downtown entrance ramps to southbound I-35 are also being closed off in addition to the main lanes being blocked.
  Police said the deadly crash involved a pedestrian and occurred around 5:23 a.m.
  KXAN has reached out to Austin-Travis County EMS for more information.
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• Semi crash shuts down north 35 in Georgetown

  31-08-2022 11:32 via kxan.com
  
  GEORGETOWN, Texas (KXAN) -- A semi crash has all northbound lanes of Interstate 35 shutdown near the Westinghouse Road overpass in Georgetown Wednesday morning.
  A KXAN photographer at the scene said the semi was overturned just north of the overpass. It has since been turned upright.
  Drivers were being diverted off at the Frontage Road exit (259A), the KXAN photographer said.
  Northbound drivers were allowed back onto the interstate via an entrance ramp.The shutdown was first reported in a tweet
  
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• North I-35 in Georgetown reopens after semi-truck crash

  31-08-2022 11:32 via kxan.com
  
  GEORGETOWN, Texas (KXAN) — All northbound lanes of Interstate 35 in Georgetown reopened Wednesday morning after a semi-truck crash near the Westinghouse Road overpass.
  A KXAN photographer at the scene said the semi was overturned just north of the overpass. It has since been turned upright.
  Drivers were being diverted off at the frontage road exit (259A), the KXAN photographer said.
  Northbound drivers were allowed back onto the interstate via an entrance ramp.The shutdown was first reporte
  
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• In Pakistan, fears of waterborne diseases as floods recede

  31-08-2022 11:32 via kxan.com
  
  ISLAMABAD (AP) — Officials in Pakistan raised concern Wednesday over the spread of waterborne diseases among thousands of flood victims as waters from powerful monsoon rains began to recede in many parts of the country.
  Some doctors said initially they were seeing mostly patients traumatized by the flooding, but are now treating people suffering from diarrhea, skin infections and other waterborne ailments in the country's flood-hit areas.The development has forced the government to deploy
  
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• Murky drinking water still running in Rockdale 2 years after funding approved for new pipes

  31-08-2022 05:18 via kxan.com
  
  ROCKDALE, Texas (KXAN) -- "Feces brown," said Robert Spencer, holding his water filter."It gets clogged up," he said. "If this wasn't filtered, this would be in the drinking water. You fill up the bath and it looks like someone poured a cup of coffee in the bath water."His faucet water runs - mostly - clear, thanks to the filters, which Spencer said were a necessity.
  "Everyone is entitled to clean drinking water," he said. "I want to see some action." Locals fed up with Rockdale’s red wate
  
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• Texas Tribune Q&A: Dallas-Houston bullet train developer faces a leadership exodus as land acquisition slows

  31-08-2022 04:15 via kxan.com
  
  Texas (The Texas Tribune) -- Ten years ago, a company calling itself Texas Central High-Speed Railway announced plans for a trailblazing bullet train that would whisk passengers between Dallas and Houston in 90 minutes. Company leaders exuded confidence that the trains would be running up to 205 miles per hour by 2020.The potential for an American high-speed rail line captured the imagination of Texans and national train enthusiasts alike. At one point during an event celebrating the u
  
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• Police investigating armed robbery of Little Caesars in northeast Austin

  31-08-2022 03:03 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Police are looking for two suspects who were involved in an armed robbery at a Little Caesars in northeast Austin last month.
  It happened on July 28 between 10 and 10:30 p.m. Police said the suspects held store employees at gunpoint and robbed the register and safe, then fled the scene with an undisclosed amount of cash.One suspect is a Black man, around 22-26 years old, described as having an average build and around 6'0"-6'4" in height. He was last seen wearing a dark bucket h
  
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• Austin firefighters sent to south Texas for flooding risk

  31-08-2022 02:59 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Firefighters with the Austin Fire Department are being deployed to help with flooding around the state for the third straight week.
  AFD said six members were sent to Eagle Pass Tuesday as part of a Texas A&M Task Force1 boat squad deployment. FIRST WARNING WEATHER: Additional heavy downpours expected at times through Labor DayAFD said it is "honored" to help with the call. Captain Chris Layton, Fire Specialist Marcus Bradley, and Firefighters Jacob Brownlee, Nick Deno,
  
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• Gov. Abbott, TxDOT announce $85 billion transportation plan over 10 years

  31-08-2022 02:45 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (FOX 44) - Governor Greg Abbott has announced the adoption of the Texas Department of Transportation's 2023 Unified Transportation Program (UTP) - advancing a record $85 billion, ten-year statewide roadway construction plan.
  This news was announced Tuesday afternoon, where the Office of the Governor says the 2023 UTP reflects an unprecedented level of projected transportation funding dedicated to improving transportation safety, addressing congestion and rural connectivity, and preserving
  
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• Pedestrian dies after hit-and-run involving semi-truck on I-35

  31-08-2022 01:54 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A 24-year-old was killed in a hit-and-run early Saturday morning.
  The Austin Police Department said they responded to a crash between a pedestrian and a tractor-trailer just before 1 a.m. Saturday. It happened in the 3800 block of N. Interstate 35 Southbound, on the upper deck.That area is between 38th and 39th Streets.
  Ian Lewis died on the scene. The driver of the semi-truck left the scene and did not stop to render aid.
  Anyone with information regarding this case is aske
  
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• $2M Texas Lottery prize claimed by New Braunfels resident

  31-08-2022 01:32 via kxan.com
  
  NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas (KXAN) -- A New Braunfels resident claimed a winning ticket worth $2 million in the Texas Lottery after buying a Premier Cash scratch-off ticket at a gas station in the city.
  This was the second of four top prizes worth $2 million to be claimed in this game. The other winning ticket was sold in Sweetwater.$7.25M winning lottery ticket unclaimed in Texas, but it’s nowhere near the largest prize in historyThe New Braunfels winner chose to remain anonymous. According to a
  
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• New film production studio to be built on aquifer; Promises environmental measures in place

  31-08-2022 00:34 via kxan.com
  
  SAN MARCOS, Texas (KXAN) - A $5 billion industry is coming to Central Texas. Hill Country Studios announced its partnering with a virtual production company that'll bring this technology to San Marcos.
  The studio will be built at the La Clima development. PREVIOUS COVERAGE: San Marcos to get new film studio"We're looking to bring 12 sound stages to the Central Texas area, to provide an infrastructure for high-end productions to come in and produce film and TV," Blake Kotrla, the group's Chief Te
  
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• Additional heavy downpours expected at times through Labor Day

  31-08-2022 00:25 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Heavy thunderstorms in northwestern Williamson County dropped 4-5 inches of rain Tuesday afternoon while some other parts of Central Texas received more than 3 inches of rain.
  We expect cloudy skies with only light, isolated showers overnight, but additional periods of heavy rain continue each afternoon and evening through the holiday weekend. Live weather radar Live updated rain totalsAs an overall wetter, cooler than normal weather pattern continues for the next week or more,
  
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• Several Central Texas school districts no longer updating COVID-19 case dashboards

  31-08-2022 00:13 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — While some Austin-area school districts are still updating their COVID-19 case dashboards to track student and teacher cases, other local districts have stopped updating their dashboards after two full school years during the COVID-19 pandemic.Texas schools are no longer required to report cases on school campuses to the state, the Texas Department of State Health Services’ website reads. The last dashboard update was for the week ending July 31. Travis, Williamson Co
  
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