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• 2 kilos of cocaine found during traffic stop in Fayette County

  10-09-2022 21:35 via kxan.com
  
  FAYETTE COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) – During a traffic stop Tuesday, a Drug Interdiction Investigator with the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office “detected several criminal indicators associated with Drug Trafficking.”According to a release, the driver of the vehicle in the traffic stop consented to a vehicle search, and the investigator found two kilos that tested positive for cocaine hidden in the dash compartment.The driver, later identified as 34-year-old Jose Aguilar, and a pa
  
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• City of Austin Municipal Court announces temporary closure, new payment portal

  10-09-2022 21:20 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – On Friday, the City of Austin municipal court announced it would temporarily close Sept. 13-16 for a software system conversion. The court said it would reopen the following Monday, Sept. 19.According to the court, no court dates would be scheduled during the closure.The court said its public portal was retired Thursday, and the new portal would be activated Sept. 19.During that time, the court said online payments and case information would not be available on the website.
  
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• Texas QB Ewers leaves field after hard hit by Alabama

  10-09-2022 19:12 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas freshman quarterback Quinn Ewers left the field after taking a hard fall on his left shoulder at the end of the first quarter against No. 1 Alabama.Ewers was 9 of 12 passing for 134 yards and completed a 46-yard throw to Xavier Worthy that set up a touchdown that tied the game at 10-10.Ewers scrambled and was hit by Alabama's Dallas Turner, who landed on Ewers and was given a personal foul.Ewers laid on the field for several moments before walking off and going s
  
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• Police share how to exercise safely outdoors

  10-09-2022 18:02 via kxan.com
  
  WOODWAY, Texas (FOX 44) - Eliza Fletcher's murder has many wondering about staying safe, especially when it comes to an activity many enjoy such as running or walking.Joshua Barron at the Woodway Public Safety Department says don't let a situation like this scare you away from running or walking outside, just take steps to keep yourself safe."That Memphis jogger really brought a lot to life across a lot of communities that do this exercise like this," jogger Ashley Lee said.
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• No. 1 Alabama survives Austin and tops Longhorns 20-19 on late field goal

  10-09-2022 17:14 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Every season, the eventual Heisman Trophy winner has a so-called "Heisman Moment."It's very early in the season, but Alabama quarterback Bryce Young had one of those moments when he led the Crimson Tide on the game-winning drive in a 20-19 win over the Texas Longhorns on Saturday at DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium.MORE THAN THE SCORE: If you want to stay up to date on sports stories like these, sign up for our More than the Score sports newsletter at kxan.com/newslettersOn a 2nd
  
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• Live updates: With 7 minutes remaining, Alabama leads Texas 17-16

  10-09-2022 17:14 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A 20.5-point underdog at home, the Texas Longhorns have a chance to get back on the national radar if they can take down the No. 1 Alabama Crimson Tide at 11 a.m. Saturday at DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium.Can Quinn Ewers dissect the vaunted Alabama defense, led by 2021 Bronko Nagurski award winner Will Anderson? Can the Texas defense keep 2021 Heisman Trophy winner Bryce Young in check? Both scenarios seem unlikely, but that's why they play the game.Longhorns Gameday CentralA
  
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• Live updates: Texas and Alabama are tied at halftime 10-10

  10-09-2022 17:14 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A 20.5-point underdog at home, the Texas Longhorns have a chance to get back on the national radar if they can take down the No. 1 Alabama Crimson Tide at 11 a.m. Saturday at DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium.Can Quinn Ewers dissect the vaunted Alabama defense, led by 2021 Bronko Nagurski award winner Will Anderson? Can the Texas defense keep 2021 Heisman Trophy winner Bryce Young in check? Both scenarios seem unlikely, but that's why they play the game.Longhorns Gameday CentralA
  
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• Live updates: Can Texas pull off the upset? Longhorns hosting No. 1 Alabama Crimson Tide

  10-09-2022 17:14 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A 20.5-point underdog at home, the Texas Longhorns have a chance to get back on the national radar if they can take down the No. 1 Alabama Crimson Tide at 11 a.m. Saturday at DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium.Can Quinn Ewers dissect the vaunted Alabama defense, led by 2021 Bronko Nagurski award winner Will Anderson? Can the Texas defense keep 2021 Heisman Trophy winner Bryce Young in check? Both scenarios seem unlikely, but that's why they play the game.Longhorns Gameday CentralA
  
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• PD: Texas woman arrested for scanning fake barcodes at Wal-Mart self-checkout

  10-09-2022 13:33 via kxan.com
  
  BROWNSVILLE, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A Texas woman was arrested after attempting to scan fake barcodes in the Wal-Mart self-checkout line, police say.
  Mericarmen Gomez, 34, was taken into custody for the offense of fraud, destroy, removal, concealment of writing and theft.
  On Saturday, police responded to the Wal-Mart on Boca Chica where they were informed that Gomez was at the self-checkout line with some items. According to police, the suspect was scanning items with a barcode that she w
  
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• Spotty showers and storms today, but drier Sunday

  10-09-2022 13:10 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- We're seeing spotty showers and storms bubbling up with scattered coverage in the Hill Country with more isolated coverage in the Metro and Eastern Counties. We'll go with 20% rain chances through early evening with the highest chances staying west of I-35.High temperatures should peak in the low to mid 90s with sun and scattered clouds.
  Today's normal high is 93°Today is another Ozone Action Day for Bastrop, Caldwell, Hays, Travis, and Williamson Counties.
  A cold front will
  
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• Humidity drop on Sunday to bring cooler mornings

  10-09-2022 13:10 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Spotty showers are falling apart and we should all be dry by 9 p.m. or earlier.Tonight will be partly cloudy as a dry "cool" front approaches from the north into Sunday morning.Tonight's forecastThat cold front will will clear out any morning clouds and lower humidity levels through the day. While daytime highs won't be impacted too much by this front, nighttime temperatures will get much more comfortable.
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• Texas high school football scores for Friday, Sept. 9

  10-09-2022 06:18 via kxan.com
  
  TEXAS (KXAN) — It's hard to believe it, but the Lake Travis Cavaliers picked up their first win of the season in Week 3 with a 55-17 triumph over Buda Johnson on Friday at Shelton Stadium.The Cavs' tough schedule to start the season began with a 39-31 loss to Arlington Martin and a 35-28 loss to Cibolo Steele last week.
  Bowie picked up a big district win 64-0 over Del Valle and Liberty Hill topped Georgetown 49-35.Here are scores from both Central Texas and the State of Texas at large for
  
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• Coaching at Alabama gave Steve Sarkisian the opportunity he now has at Texas

  10-09-2022 05:49 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas Longhorns head coach Steve Sarkisian said Thursday that if it wasn't for Alabama, he probably wouldn't be a college football head coach.During media availability leading up to Saturday's showdown with the Crimson Tide, Sarkisian spoke about how Alabama head coach Nick Saban "gave him a chance," after he was fired midway through the 2015 season as the USC head coach amid allegations of alcohol abuse. He joined the Crimson Tide as an offensive analyst for the 2016 seaso
  
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• Texas Longhorns football: A look at the Week 2 opponent, the Alabama Crimson Tide

  10-09-2022 05:05 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The eyes of the country will be upon Austin on Saturday as college football's marquee matchup this week takes place inside DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium.The Texas Longhorns take on the No. 1 Alabama Crimson Tide at 11 a.m. in a game between a program trying to regain its identity as a national power and another that has been at the top for years. Even-keel Ewers didn’t let opening drive interception dictate his 1st gameBoth squads are coming off Week 1 blowout victories
  
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• 'Beer and breakfast tacos'; Bars prepare for early UT-Alabama kickoff

  10-09-2022 05:04 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — On a Friday before a UT home game, you can almost always find a Longhorns fan at Posse East."Game days have always been crazy here," said UT fan Mike Style.Style has been coming to the Posse East since the bar opened in 1971."This is probably, next to Scholz Beer Garten, one of the closest places to campus," said Style.On game days at Posse East you will see a sea of orange, but with Alabama fans coming to town, the bar is expecting even more people.That's why they sto
  
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• ATCEMS puts plan in place ahead of UT-Alabama crowds

  10-09-2022 04:17 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Austin-Travis County EMS is anticipating a busy day Saturday, with over 100,000 people expected to be downtown for the UT-Alabama game.
  ATCEMS has a plan in place to handle the influx downtown, including adding extra resources to the area. They're doing the same for another big event at the Circuit of the Americas.But with ongoing staffing shortages on top of those two large events, KXAN asked if ATCEMS is ready for the load.
  During last week's Longhorn game, five of EMS's 47 am
  
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• Afternoon heat this weekend as a cold front approaches

  10-09-2022 03:25 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- It's the day football fans have been waiting for as the Longhorns kickoff against Alabama at 11 a.m. The weather will be dry but the forecast will include a very slim chance of an afternoon shower. Sun and clouds will fill the sky over DKR Texas Memorial Stadium today. Hook 'Em!Nice weather for a Longhorn winThe rest of the area will have high temperatures in the lower to middle 90s with that low rain chance. Model runs are consistent with most of the rain being in the Hill Coun
  
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• Williamson County Animal Shelter again takes in influx of animals

  10-09-2022 02:55 via kxan.com
  
  WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) -- The Williamson County Regional Animal Shelter is once again at critical capacity after taking in an influx of animals. Just last month, WCRAS took in over 40 animals rescued from an animal cruelty case.Friday, the shelter was asked to help care for 45 animals from a single location. The case is still developing, but WCRAS is preparing to take in those animals.
  The shelter said it's at critical capacity for medium and large adult dogs. This includes some dogs fr
  
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• WATCH: 20-year anniversary brings monumental change to Austin Woman Magazine

  10-09-2022 02:26 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) - Since 2002, Austin Woman magazine has celebrated the women of Central Texas "who believe no dream is too big." 
  From Lady Bird Johnson and Camila Alves McConaughey to Brooklyn Decker and Lisa Su, the magazine continues to amplify the voices of women who are uplifting their communities.  For the past 20 years, founder Melinda Garvey has held true to her mission of giving a voice to women in and around Austin.   "I have served as the face and leader of Aust
  
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• Abbott: More than 10,000 migrants bused to sanctuary cities; D.C. declares public health emergency

  10-09-2022 02:11 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- In a statement Friday, Gov. Greg Abbott said Texas has sent more than 10,000 migrants to sanctuary cities through Operation Lone Star.Abbott said since the start of the operation, there have been more than 302,600 migrant apprehensions and more than 19,700 criminal arrests, with more than 17,200 felony charges reported."Texas has also bused over 7,900 migrants to our nation's capital since April and over 2,200 migrants to New York City since August 5. Since last Wednesday, more
  
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• U.S. baked in warmest August nights on record last month

  10-09-2022 01:15 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The fingerprints of manmade climate change are evident in NOAA's nationwide August weather summary as the country baked in record heat, experienced three different 1,000-year floods, and nearly 50% of the country's land area fell into drought conditions.Research suggests that climate change is leading to warmer temperatures, longer periods without rainfall, and heavier rainfall events in the United States.NOAA reports that the U.S. experienced its third-warmest meteorological su
  
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• A win in Seattle will put Austin FC into the MLS playoffs for the 1st time

  10-09-2022 01:03 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Is Saturday the day Austin FC gets it right and clinches a playoff spot?
  They've had shots to seal a postseason bid the past two games, but losses to Nashville SC and Portland have kept the party for the franchise's first-ever playoff bid on hold. Austin FC falls to Nashville for second straight lossThe attention now turns to the Seattle Sounders. The match begins at 7:30 p.m. Central time at Lumen Field in Seattle, and with a win, Verde is in the playoffs.
  The Sounders won
  
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• State lawmakers weigh how much money the state awards community colleges

  10-09-2022 01:02 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (Nexstar) — State lawmakers are considering a complete overhaul of how Texas divvies up funding to community colleges across the state.On Friday, the Texas House Appropriations Committee held a hearing to discuss access to and affordability of higher education.That included testimony from Higher Education Commissioner Harrison Keller, who also heads the Texas Commission on College Community Funding.The commission was established in the 87th legislature, tasked with evaluating how th
  
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• Beto O'Rourke nearing end of 'Drive for Texas' campaign tour

  10-09-2022 00:55 via kxan.com
  
  LOCKHART, Texas (Nexstar) — The race for Texas governor is hitting high gear. You've probably noticed more ads on air and online, as well as more phone calls and texts from the campaigns.For Beto O'Rourke, the campaign has new urgency. A poll released last week from the University of Houston and Texas Southern University shows him behind Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. In the poll, Abbott has support from 49% of likely Texas voters. O'Rourke trails with 42% support.
  O'Rourke faced an uphill battle
  
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• Beto O'Rourke finishes 'Drive for Texas' 49-day campaign tour

  10-09-2022 00:55 via kxan.com
  
  LOCKHART, Texas (Nexstar) — The race for Texas governor is hitting high gear. You've probably noticed more ads on air and online, as well as more phone calls and texts from the campaigns.For Beto O'Rourke, the campaign has new urgency. A poll released last week from the University of Houston and Texas Southern University shows him behind Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. In the poll, Abbott has support from 49% of likely Texas voters. O'Rourke trails with 42% support.
  O'Rourke faced an uphill battle
  
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• Commission takes up Austin code surrounding animal abortions during spay procedures

  10-09-2022 00:31 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Should the City of Austin undo a 2019 section of city code that prohibits Austin's city shelter from spaying a visibly pregnant animal (unless medically necessary) until rescue groups have had the chance to step in? It's something the Austin Animal Advisory Commission recently took up for consideration."I work really hard, and have taken extreme lengths that I'm pretty proud of to save lives of puppies and kittens but that's very different from the veterinarians and the exp
  
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• 12-year-old arrested after threat at Lockhart Junior High

  10-09-2022 00:26 via kxan.com
  
  LOCKHART, Texas (KXAN) -- The Lockhart Police Department arrested a 12-year-old girl in connection to a threat made at Lockhart Junior High School.
  Police said a threatening note was found in the school's bathroom, but they did not say what the threat was. Due to the nature of the threat, however, Lockhart Police and the Caldwell County Sheriff's Office increased police presence at all Lockhart ISD campuses earlier this week.Threat reported in bathroom at Lockhart Junior HighInvestigators said t
  
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