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• Central Texas schools to wear Uvalde CISD colors on 1st day back

  04-09-2022 23:52 via kxan.com
  
  CENTRAL TEXAS (KXAN) — Uvalde CISD students will return for the 2022-23 school year Tuesday, more than three months after a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers May 24.As Uvalde students prepare for their return back to the classroom, districts across Central Texas are asking students and staff to wear Uvalde's school colors in a show of support. More than 20 districts within the KXAN viewing area have requested students, faculty and staff wear maroon and/or white on Tuesday in solid
  
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• Texas YA, adult banned book clubs launched amid title challenges

  04-09-2022 22:43 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin resident Olivia DeVore, 16, was interning at Reverie Books in the spring of 2021 as conversations on challenged or banned books in classrooms began to emerge. She wanted to create a space where other teenagers could meet and think critically about the titles challenged, and how those perspectives could be a learning tool for people to access.That spring, she launched a young adult book club based out of Reverie to highlight these perspectives. It's a tactic other com
  
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• Austin manufacturer nominated for funds after helping build COVID-19 ventilators

  04-09-2022 22:10 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – The Austin City Council nominated an Austin manufacturer for funds from the state to help expansion plans. The manufacturer helped build thousands of ventilators to help COVID-19 patients, city officials said.Flex, an electronics manufacturing services provider and one of the top global manufacturers of medical devices, was backed by the Austin City Council to be eligible and apply for a refund of more than $1 million.The recommendation came from the City’s Economic D
  
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• 'Staff miscommunication': Taylor student-athlete participates in extracurricular after being prohibited by school

  04-09-2022 21:46 via kxan.com
  
  TAYLOR, Texas (KXAN) — Taylor Middle School released a statement after a student-athlete that was not at school during the day was "inadvertently allowed to participate in football practice after receiving serious consequences that prohibited their participation," district officials said Friday.“The mistake was due to staff miscommunication, and processes and procedures have been reviewed to ensure only eligible students are allowed to attend and participate in extracurricular activi
  
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• Kerlin BBQ food truck announces closure

  04-09-2022 21:10 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The owners of the Kerlin BBQ food truck said they were permanently closing the business after being in operation for nine years in east Austin.According to the owners, they are closing down the business for a few reasons, but the main one was that the lot where the food truck is parked is being sold.The owners also said they wanted to focus on their other business, Kerlaches — a restaurant where their smoked meat and barbeque are stuffed inside their homemade kolache
  
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• Texas Tuition Promise Fund enrollment now open until Feb. 28

  04-09-2022 20:02 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Enrollment in the Texas Tuition Promise Fund, the state's prepaid college tuition plan, began Thursday and runs through Feb. 28, Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar said in an announcement Friday.According to a release, the fund offers a way to prepay for a child's future higher education in Texas. The fund is administered by the Texas Prepaid Higher Education Tuition Board.“Participants in the plan purchase ‘tuition units’ that can be used later toward undergra
  
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• UT research study finds social media posting makes people overconfident in knowledge

  04-09-2022 19:27 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A new research study from the University of Texas at Austin found that sharing on social media makes people overconfident in their knowledge.According to the study, sharing news articles with friends and followers on social media can prompt people to think they know more about the articles’ topics than they actually do.“Social media sharers believe that they are knowledgeable about the content they share, even if they have not read it or have only glanced at a h
  
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• Can social media affect the outcome of an election?

  04-09-2022 18:41 via kxan.com
  
  WACO, Texas (FOX 44) — Social media has become a way of life in today's society and many use it to promote themselves, products, or messages. Politicians are starting to hop on the trend of targeting newer platforms to reach more voters."Social media is a ginormous component of how we win elections," Dr. Scott Varda said, a Communications Professor at BaylorSociety now lives in the digital world, with platforms like Tik Tok and Instagram, along with older platforms like Facebook and Twitte
  
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• SNAP benefits backlog continues; state workers say they need help too

  04-09-2022 18:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Miki Spurlock had grabbed her groceries.She was checking out when her Lone Star Card declined. She said she was supposed to have gotten food benefits already."Luckily, I was with my mom, and she paid for all of my groceries so I could feed me and my kids," explained Spurlock.Four months later, she said she was still waiting.The Texas Health and Human Services Commission oversees the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP food benefits.The agency said an incr
  
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• APD investigating downtown Austin suspicious death Sunday morning

  04-09-2022 13:35 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin Police are investigating a suspicious death Sunday morning in downtown Austin.
  It happened near East Sixth Street and Brazos Street.
  APD said it will provide more information.
  This article will be updated as information becomes available. Check with KXAN for updates.
  
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• APD investigates downtown Austin suspicious death Sunday morning

  04-09-2022 13:35 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin Police are investigating a suspicious death Sunday morning in downtown Austin.
  It happened near East Sixth Street and Brazos Street.
  At 2:30 a.m., the male victim flagged down an officer in the entertainment district and asked for medical help. The officer saw the victim was "bleeding profusely" from the stomach area. Austin-Travis County EMS transported the victim to the hospital where he died.
  Police said several subjects were involved in the incident, and two male
  
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• Instant Analysis: It was a huge win for the Texas Longhorns, but much bigger challenge lies ahead

  04-09-2022 06:54 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The first game is out of the way for the Texas Longhorns, and now the team can turn its focus to No. 1 Alabama in one of the season's most anticipated games early in the college football season.But how did the KXAN Sports crew feel about the 52-10 win over Louisiana-Monroe? KXAN's Roger Wallace and Noah Gross break it all down in this week's "Instant Analysis."
  
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• Four kids, one adult brought to hospital after wreck on Tuscany Way

  04-09-2022 06:46 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Four children and an adult are in the hospital after a two-vehicle collision on Tuscany Way near 290, according to Austin-Travis County EMS. The accident occurred around 10:30 p.m.Two of the children have serious injuries, and the other two children and the adult patient have "potentially serious" injuries. Ambulances brought the children to Dell Children's hospital and the adult to Dell Seton hospital.ACTEMS asks that drivers find alternate routes to avoid the area.The cau
  
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• Texas pounds Louisiana-Monroe 52-10, showdown with powerhouse Alabama looms

  04-09-2022 01:04 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Texas Longhorns did what they had to do Saturday night and pummeled Louisiana-Monroe 52-10 in the season opener at DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium.Quinn Ewers, the redshirt freshman quarterback who transferred from Ohio State, had a nice first game for the Longhorns with 225 yards on 16 of 24 passing. He overthrew a few deep passes, but he was great with intermediate routes over the middle and tossed a pair of touchdowns to Ja'Tavion Sanders and Bijan Robinson.UT Gameday Cen
  
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• Live updates: Texas Longhorns take on the Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks

  04-09-2022 01:04 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Football on the 40 Acres starts tonight.The Texas Longhorns host the Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks in the first game of the season for both teams. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium.UT Gameday CentralIt’s not about pressure for Sarkisian heading into season openerUT Football: What to expect if you’re going to a gameYour UT game day guide to parking, traffic issues, transit options‘Of all days’: UT football fans brav
  
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• Live updates: Texas Longhorns lead 24-3 over Louisiana-Monroe at halftime

  04-09-2022 01:04 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Football on the 40 Acres starts tonight.The Texas Longhorns host the Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks in the first game of the season for both teams. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium.UT Gameday CentralIt’s not about pressure for Sarkisian heading into season openerUT Football: What to expect if you’re going to a gameYour UT game day guide to parking, traffic issues, transit options‘Of all days’: UT football fans brav
  
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• Three children, one adult transported from rollover wreck

  04-09-2022 01:01 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin Travis County EMS said it got a call around 4:09 P. M. for a rollover crash between 3600 and 4525 northbound S.H. 130 resulted in injuries for 3 children and one adult.ATCEMS said the children were taken to Dell Children's Medical Center and their injuries were labeled as "potentially serious to serious," and the adult patient was transported to Dell Seton with serious injuries.Drivers are advised to look for alternate routes.
  
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• State of Texas: Juvenile justice waitlist delays treatment, rehabilitation for minors

  04-09-2022 01:00 via kxan.com
  
  SAN MARCOS, Texas (Nexstar) — In San Marcos, two kids in the Hays County Juvenile Detention Center are on their second month of waiting to be transferred to Texas Juvenile Justice Department state schools.They — and more than 100 other minors — are supposed to be starting their court-ordered rehabilitation and treatment programs on TJJD campuses.Instead, the agency is scrambling to develop and start treatment for kids stuck in 43 local juvenile detention facilities scattered ac
  
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