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• Third Eye Blind to perform ahead of Texas vs TCU game

  02-11-2022 23:20 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – University of Texas Athletics announced Third Eye Blind, a multi-platinum alternative rock artist, will headline Longhorn City Limits ahead of the Texas Longhorns game against TCU on Nov. 12.“Since 1997, Third Eye Blind has recorded five best-selling albums and assembled one career retrospective. Led by Stephan Jenkins, 3EB has earned worldwide success and are in the midst of celebrating 25 years of their self-titled debut album,” U
  
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• New UT Study shows impact of SB 8 on Texans seeking abortion care

  02-11-2022 22:31 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A new study published Tuesday found that Texas' SB 8 led to a reduction in the number of Texas facility-based abortions and an increase in Texans instead traveling for out-of-state abortions.SB 8 went into effect on Sept. 1, 2021, and banned abortions after "detection of embryonic cardiac activity," roughly five to six weeks after a pregnant person's last menstrual period. Before the law, Texas allowed abortions until 22 weeks of gestation. Austin woman trying for baby says
  
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• Nonprofit working to keep people on path to permanent housing

  02-11-2022 22:19 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — As the homeless crisis continues in Austin, nonprofits are finding themselves on the front lines trying to help people get off the streets.However, some people who go through the steps to get off the streets are ending back where they started, but The Other Ones Foundation is hoping the Esperanza Community can stop that from happening."The solution to homelessness is all about community," said TOOF executive director Chris Baker. "When someone has a sense of home, a sense o
  
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• Austin nonprofit working to keep people on path to permanent housing

  02-11-2022 22:19 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — As the homeless crisis continues in Austin, nonprofits are finding themselves on the front lines trying to help people get off the streets.However, some people who go through the steps to get off the streets are ending back where they started, but The Other Ones Foundation is hoping the Esperanza Community can stop that from happening."The solution to homelessness is all about community," said TOOF executive director Chris Baker. "When someone has a sense of home, a sense o
  
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• 'Pediatric crisis': RSV vaccine announced while Travis County cases of the illness surge

  02-11-2022 21:52 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – As pharmaceutical companies announce their progress in developing a vaccine for respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, severe cases of the illness continue to surge around the country and in Travis County. “We’re experiencing a pediatric crisis in our country and here in Travis County. And it’s very early in the season – we haven’t reached the peak yet,” said Dr. Desmar Walkes, the Medical Director and Health Authority of Austin Public
  
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• SWAT response in south Austin concluded

  02-11-2022 21:43 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – The Austin Police Department said one person was in custody after its SWAT unit responded to the south Austin area Wednesday afternoon.APD said the situation was in the 2300 block of Durwood, which is near the intersections of South First Street and West Live Oak Street.
  According to APD, the person was in custody on a federal warrant.The police department originally planned to hold a briefing, but it was later canceled.Officials urged people to avoid the area.This is a dev
  
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• SWAT response in south Austin

  02-11-2022 21:43 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – The Austin Police Department said its SWAT unit was responding to the south Austin area late Wednesday afternoon.APD said the situation was in the 2300 block of Durwood. This is near the intersections of South First Street and West Live Oak Street.
  The police department is planning to hold a briefing, and officials urged people to avoid the area.This is a developing story. Check back with KXAN for more details.
  
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• Warmer, windy weather as storm system approaches

  02-11-2022 21:20 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Plentiful moisture and a small amount of lift will allow for a few spots of sprinkles today, but no meaningful or widespread rain is expected.Thursday will look similar to today, the only difference being more wind (10-20 MPH) and warmer temperatures (mid-80s). By Friday, our next storm approaches from the northwest.Cold front swings through late Friday trigging a line of strong to potentially severe stormsThe timing of the storms and risk of severe weather continues to shift ea
  
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• Timing out Friday's severe storm threat

  02-11-2022 21:15 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Similar to what played out last Monday night and again Friday morning, yet another upper level storm system is expected to dive in from the Pacific Northwest late this week brining another round of storms and showers to Central Texas.As the strong storm system approaches the state late week, moisture surging in along southerly winds will help moisten up the atmosphere Thursday and Friday. Aside from a few isolated sprinkles, rain chances hold off until late Friday when a li
  
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• Friday's severe storm threat: Timing, biggest concerns

  02-11-2022 21:15 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — As a powerful upper level storm system approaches Central Texas, heat and humidity are building on gusty southerly winds. A risk of severe weather is increasing in our area Friday evening and night, with damaging winds and several tornadoes the biggest concerns.The KXAN viewing area is under a slight risk (level 2 out of 5) for scattered severe storms Friday evening, with a higher enhanced risk (3 out of 5) just to the northeast of Milam County. This threat level map will b
  
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• Friday severe storm threat: Timing, biggest concerns

  02-11-2022 21:15 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — As a powerful upper level storm system approaches Central Texas, heat and humidity are building on gusty southerly winds. A risk of severe weather is increasing in our area Friday evening and night, with damaging winds and several tornadoes the biggest concerns.The KXAN viewing area is under a slight risk (level 2 out of 5) for scattered severe storms Friday evening, with a higher enhanced risk (3 out of 5) just to the northeast of Milam County. This threat level map will b
  
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• Texas senator to discuss new policy proposal for Uvalde community

  02-11-2022 19:49 via kxan.com
  
  UVALDE, Texas (KXAN) — The Texas state senator who represents the community of Uvalde will announce a piece of legislation Wednesday that he intends to introduce when the legislature reconvenes next year.
  Sen. Roland Gutierrez, a Democrat, will hold a news conference alongside some of the shooting victims' families to explain what his policy proposal will entail. While specific details are not yet known, a news release announcing this event provided some hints that it would perhaps pertain
  
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• Texas senator proposes $300 million fund for Uvalde victims, families

  02-11-2022 19:49 via kxan.com
  
  UVALDE, Texas (KXAN) — The Texas senator who represents the community of Uvalde announced he'll file a bill to create a $300 million fund that would go to the shooting victims' families, the surviving students and others who are traumatized.
  Democratic Sen. Roland Gutierrez said Wednesday he'll introduce legislation later this month to start what he calls the Uvalde Victims Compensation Fund. Some of the victims' loved ones surrounded him at a news conference, as he shared details about th
  
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• Texas senator discusses new policy proposal for Uvalde community

  02-11-2022 19:49 via kxan.com
  
  UVALDE, Texas (KXAN) — The Texas state senator who represents the community of Uvalde will announce a piece of legislation Wednesday that he intends to introduce when the legislature reconvenes next year.
  Sen. Roland Gutierrez, a Democrat, will hold a news conference alongside some of the shooting victims' families to explain what his policy proposal will entail. While specific details are not yet known, a news release announcing this event provided some hints that it would perhaps pertain
  
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• LIVE: Texas senator discusses new policy proposal for Uvalde community

  02-11-2022 19:49 via kxan.com
  
  UVALDE, Texas (KXAN) — The Texas state senator who represents the community of Uvalde will announce a piece of legislation Wednesday that he intends to introduce when the legislature reconvenes next year.
  Sen. Roland Gutierrez, a Democrat, will hold a news conference alongside some of the shooting victims' families to explain what his policy proposal will entail. While specific details are not yet known, a news release announcing this event provided some hints that it would perhaps pertain
  
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• La Nina leaves many Texas reservoirs thirsty for water

  02-11-2022 19:44 via kxan.com
  
  HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Drought conditions in Texas are affecting state reservoirs, leaving them only 7% better than the drought of 2011.According to the Water Data for Texas, the state has 122 water reservoirs, most of them in East Texas. Water availability plays a big role in where the water reservoirs are located, said Mark Wentzel, a hydrologist with the Texas Water Development Board who spoke with ValleyCentral. Official NOAA winter forecast released: Here’s what to e
  
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• Records: Man attempts to break into APD HQ

  02-11-2022 19:37 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – A 25-year-old man was arrested and charged with a misdemeanor after he attempted to break into the main headquarters of the Austin Police Department on Friday, according to an arrest warrant affidavit.The affidavit said the man tried to bash the windows of the building with a metal pole.The affidavit said an officer saw the man hit the window twice with the pole after arriving at the scene.KXAN reached out to an attorney assigned to represent the man. This story will be upd
  
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• Private donors have pushed nearly $50 million to Austin's homeless effort

  02-11-2022 19:17 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin leaders announced Wednesday that Finding Home ATX — a collaboration between federal and local government and private companies — has raised roughly $460 million of its $515 million goal.
  Nearly $50 million of that comes from private donors, according to Dianna Grey, the City of Austin's homeless strategy officer.
  "A little over half is going to create new housing units for people exiting homelessness. Today, we were able to report that we are on track to
  
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• Photos released of person linked to West Campus kidnapping

  02-11-2022 18:22 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Police released new photos Wednesday of the suspect linked to a weekend kidnapping near the University of Texas at Austin campus.
  The pictures taken from surveillance footage captured in the area of 27th and Nueces Streets show a man in what looks like a long-sleeved orange shirt and black pants and driving a black sedan with darkly-tinted windows. Police said they believed this was the man who grabbed a female student walking early Sunday morning.
  Other students who live i
  
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• Photos released of person linked to West Campus attempted kidnapping

  02-11-2022 18:22 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Police released new photos Wednesday of the suspect linked to a weekend kidnapping attempt near the University of Texas at Austin campus.
  The pictures taken from surveillance footage captured in the area of 27th and Nueces Streets show a man in what looks like a long-sleeved orange shirt and black pants and driving a black sedan with darkly-tinted windows. Police said they believed this was the man who grabbed a female student walking early Sunday morning.
  Other students wh
  
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• Expect delays from Harris County reporting results on election night

  02-11-2022 18:18 via kxan.com
  
  HOUSTON (Nexstar) — After major reporting delays in election results during the March primary, Harris County's new elections administrator is striving to avoid a repeat but isn't guaranteeing zero delays in reporting next week's midterm election results.As Texas' largest county, election officials from the state to local level said it's not abnormal for Harris County to have delays in getting the results out. Legally, county election offices are required to report results within 24 hours o
  
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• Goals still in front of Longhorns despite struggles

  02-11-2022 18:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Coming off a bye week, the Texas Longhorns football team is staring down a very tough two-game stretch. Before No. 7 TCU comes to the 40 acres next week, the Longhorns ship up the Little Apple to battle No. 13 Kansas State this upcoming Saturday.The Longhorns fell out of the AP Top 25 after their defeat in Stillwater against Oklahoma State. It was the third loss of the season for Texas, all by just a combined 11 points. And while that number in the loss column is higher tha
  
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• Participants receive first payments from Austin's guaranteed income program

  02-11-2022 17:44 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The people chosen to participate in Austin's guaranteed income pilot program received their first payments in September, according to a newly-released memo from the city.
  The Austin City Council approved $1.1 million to fund the program in May. These taxpayer funds will give $1,000 a month to 85 families or individuals facing extreme financial hardship. Now city leaders are sharing how the effort is progressing six months later. At least 81 of those who received the money p
  
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• Nonprofit partners with 28 Austin restaurants to encourage climate-smart diets

  02-11-2022 16:59 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin Office of Sustainability and local nonprofit Planted Society partnered to recruit 28 restaurants to participate in an initiative that seeks to get people thinking about the link between their food and climate change to compel them to start choosing on occasion more “climate-smart” meals. Participating restaurants are offering specials, such as new vegan dishes, discounts on dairy and meat-free substitutions or promoting their existing plant-based
  
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• Who are the other candidates running for Texas governor?

  02-11-2022 16:20 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (Nexstar) — Recent polling from the Texas Politics Project places Gov. Greg Abbott and Democratic challenger Beto O’Rourke as the top two candidates in the upcoming Texas governor's election. While most coverage is devoted to those two candidates, Nexstar decided to talk to the other candidates for people who are looking for another option. The two other candidates on the ballot are Libertarian Mark Tippetts and the Green Party's Delilah Barrios. The latest Texas Politics
  
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• Man hit, killed by pickup truck on I-35 in central Austin identified

  02-11-2022 15:18 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin Police Department on Wednesday identified a man who was hit and killed by a pickup truck on Interstate 35 in central Austin last month.
  Police said he was Rogelio Alonso Puente, 35.
  APD said the crash took place the evening of Oct. 26 in the 5100 block of N. I-35 northbound. That's near 51st Street.PAST STORY: Person hit, killed on N. I-35 near 51st StreetA preliminary investigation shows Puente was crossing the highway going east to west when he was hit by the t
  
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• Texas monkey smuggler pleads guilty, could face 20 years, feds say

  02-11-2022 14:47 via kxan.com
  
  BROWNSVILLE, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A Texas woman could face 20 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to smuggling a spider monkey into the country and then fleeing from law enforcement, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced.
  Savannah Nicole Valdez, 20, of Katy, pleaded guilty to smuggling wildlife into the United States without first declaring and invoicing the animal, authorities said.Report: Missing 1-year-old from Houston area dead after father fatally stabs child, himselfValde
  
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• Zilker Holiday Tree to be installed Wednesday for 2022 season

  02-11-2022 14:35 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A longtime Austin tradition is set to go up Wednesday morning for its 56th year — the Zilker Holiday Tree at Zilker Park.
  Austin Energy crews will work to string lights to transform the Zilker moonlight tower into holiday mode.
  The tree stands 155 feet tall when fully constructed and is adorned with 39 strings of LED bulbs, each containing 81 red, yellow, green and blue bulbs.
  The intentional placement of the yellow bulbs gives the tree a "distinctive and dizzying swi
  
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• Pedestrian killed in crash in southern Williamson County

  02-11-2022 14:03 via kxan.com
  
  WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — A pedestrian was killed in a crash in southern Williamson County Wednesday morning, the Williamson County Sheriff's Office confirmed.
  The crash took place at FM 734 (Parmer Lane) and Amberglen Boulevard. That's close to FM 620.KXAN reached out to the Texas Department of Public Safety for more details. We will update this story once a response is received.
  
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• How to get tickets for a sneak peek of the Trail of Lights at Zilker Park

  02-11-2022 13:29 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Trail of Lights Foundation on Wednesday morning revealed plans for its ninth annual Night Lights Preview Party on Friday, Dec. 2.The party serves as the official fundraiser for the foundation and gives guests a preview of the 58th annual Austin Trail of Lights.  MORE: Austin’s annual Trail of Lights returns to walking trailAccording to the foundation, a ticket will get you access to the trail, Ferris wheel, carousel rides, food and drink and live music f
  
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• 'It's something good for Lockhart': Students sprouting food forest near campus

  02-11-2022 13:07 via kxan.com
  
  LOCKHART (KXAN) — Students at Pride High School have begun branching out to create a food forest.Thus far, they’ve raised over $1,800 through community donations to purchase plants and transform a 3,000-square-foot fenced-in area across from campus into an edible landscape.Ethan Peters is the principal at Pride High, a smaller specialized school offering individualized learning. He said their goal is to grow a garden for all four seasons. Next threat of severe weather expected Friday
  
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• Texas woman assaulted, left homeless after state funding delay

  02-11-2022 13:01 via kxan.com
  
  LUMBERTON, Texas (KXAN) – High turnover, vacancies and a "toxic" environment at the Texas Attorney General's Office are slowing the release of millions of dollars owed to victims of violent crimes across Texas, a months-long KXAN investigation found. As a result, survivors and their families are forced to wait months, sometimes years, to rebuild their lives. EXPLORE: Click here to read the full, multimedia investigationPhotojournalist Richard Bowes, Graphic Artist Aileen Hernandez, Directo
  
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• ‘Retraumatizing:' State staffing woes punish Texas crime victims

  02-11-2022 13:01 via kxan.com
  
  LUMBERTON, Texas (KXAN) – High turnover, vacancies and a "toxic" environment at the Texas Attorney General's Office are slowing the release of millions of dollars owed to victims of violent crimes across Texas, a months-long KXAN investigation found. As a result, survivors and their families are forced to wait months, sometimes years, to rebuild their lives. EXPLORE: Click here to read the full, multimedia investigationPhotojournalist Richard Bowes, Graphic Artist Aileen Hernandez, Directo
  
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• Crime victims wait months, years for help they're owed

  02-11-2022 13:01 via kxan.com
  
  LUMBERTON, Texas (KXAN) – High turnover, vacancies and a "toxic" environment at the Texas Attorney General's Office are slowing the release of millions of dollars owed to victims of violent crimes across Texas, a months-long KXAN investigation found. As a result, survivors and their families are forced to wait months, sometimes years, to rebuild their lives. EXPLORE: Click here to read the full, multimedia investigationPhotojournalist Richard Bowes, Graphic Artist Aileen Hernandez, Directo
  
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• Austin to host 2 virtual community meetings on homelessness response

  02-11-2022 11:43 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The City of Austin is hosting two virtual meetings this week to give a progress report on the effort to combat homelessness in Austin.The Homeless Strategy Division is hosting two public sessions:
  Public Session One: Wednesday from 6:30 – 8 p.m.Public Session Two: Thursday from 6:30 – 8 p.m.“These quarterly sessions serve as a critical avenue to communicate, provide updates on the City’s work, and to hear from the community and service providers,&rdq
  
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• Rabid fox found, killed in Hays County

  02-11-2022 11:36 via kxan.com
  
  WOODCREEK, Texas (KXAN) — The Hays County Sheriff's Office warned people Tuesday about a rabid fox found in Woodcreek last week. That town is just northwest of Wimberley off Highway 12.
  According to a social media post from HCSO, the fox was found on Friday, Oct. 28 at 10:30 a.m. outside a home on Westwood Drive.After the fox was put to death, it was tested by the Texas Department of State Health Services which yielded a positive result for rabies.
  HCSO asks everyone who may have come in c
  
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• Late week warm up ahead of severe storm risk

  02-11-2022 11:20 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- It's been awhile since we've talked about fog here in Central Texas... but recent rain and calm overnight winds are marking the return of the low clouds. Be sure to factor in extra time for this morning's commute and avoid using your high beams if you do encounter an area of low visibility.Fog will clear late morning but clouds overhead will stay with us through the day. Plentiful moisture and a small amount of lift will allow for a few spots of sprinkles today, but no meaningfu
  
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• 'Felt like a prisoner inside my own home,' Resident feels blocked in by construction

  02-11-2022 04:27 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) - Dirt, construction workers, and a whole lot of noise. That's how Alicia Taliaferro describes the scene right outside her house in Northeast Austin.
  "I got a headache this morning from this. The houses actually shook and that scared me because I'm thinking, 'What damage could be done?' " Taliaferro said.
  Taliaferro said she has concerns on how she'll get around with construction directly in front of her house.She said it started Tuesday morning. When she looked out her window, Tal
  
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• 'Felt like a prisoner inside my own home': Austin resident feels blocked in by construction

  02-11-2022 04:27 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Dirt, construction workers and a whole lot of noise — that's how Alicia Taliaferro describes the scene right outside her house in northeast Austin.
  "I got a headache this morning from this. The houses actually shook and that scared me because I'm thinking, 'What damage could be done?'" Taliaferro said.
  Alicia Taliaferro said she has concerns about how she'll get around with construction directly in front of her house.She said it started Tuesday morning. When she looke
  
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• Report: Missing 1-year-old from Houston area dead after father fatally stabs child, himself

  02-11-2022 03:23 via kxan.com
  
  ROSENBURG, Texas (KXAN) — Police said the 1-year-old at the center of a Houston-area Amber Alert is dead after the suspect in her abduction, her father, fatally stabbed her and himself, KPRC in Houston reported.An Amber Alert was issued Tuesday evening for 1-year-old Leylani Ordonez, who was taken from Rosenberg, Texas, a city southwest of Houston. Alexander Ordonez, 24, was named the suspect.KPRC reported officers found the suspect's vehicle, a 2004 F-450, near an H-E-B around 2 a.m. Wedn
  
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• Amber Alert issued for missing 1-year-old from Rosenberg

  02-11-2022 03:23 via kxan.com
  
  ROSENBURG, Texas (KXAN) -- An Amber Alert was issued Tuesday evening for a 1-year-old who was taken from Rosenberg, Texas, a city in the western portion of the Houston metropolitan area.Leylani Ordonez was last seen wearing a red Whataburger onesie. She has brown eyes and black hair. Authorities say she was taken by Alexander Barrios Orodonez, a 24-year-old Hispanic man.
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  Alexander Ordonez is described as 5'7" weighing 178 lbs and has black har and brown eyes. He
  
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• Texas volleyball match at TCU cancelled

  02-11-2022 03:00 via kxan.com
  
  The top-ranked Texas Volleyball team will have an extended break between taking the court as their upcoming match against TCU has been canceled. Originally slated for Wednesday, November 2, the match will not happen due to a non-COVID-19 related illness within the TCU program.Per Big 12 Conference rule, Texas will gain a win in the league standings for the match as a school unable to field a team will forfeit, excluding extraordinary circumstances. The win for the Longhorns is their 10th of the
  
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• Texas volleyball match at TCU canceled

  02-11-2022 03:00 via kxan.com
  
  (KXAN) -- The top-ranked Texas Volleyball team will have an extended break between taking the court as their upcoming match against TCU has been canceled. Originally slated for Wednesday, November 2, the Longhorns' match against TCU will not happen due to a non-COVID-19 related illness within the TCU program.Per Big 12 Conference rule, Texas will gain a win in the league standings for the match as a school unable to field a team will forfeit, excluding extraordinary circumstances. The win for th
  
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• 'I’m so scared': 911 recordings reveal fear and urgency of those trapped in Uvalde elementary school

  02-11-2022 02:53 via kxan.com
  
  Editor’s note: This story contains audio of people calling 911 during a mass shooting incident.UVALDE, Texas (Texas Tribune) — Audio obtained by The Texas Tribune and ProPublica shows just how long police and dispatchers likely knew that children and teachers were in danger before taking action at Robb Elementary School.The first two 911 calls came in at 11:29 a.m.A man had crashed his truck into a ditch by Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, and he was rushing toward the school with a
  
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• “I’m so scared”: 911 recordings reveal fear and urgency of those trapped in Uvalde elementary school

  02-11-2022 02:53 via kxan.com
  
  Editor’s note: This story contains audio of people calling 911 during a mass shooting incident.UVALDE, Texas (The Texas Tribune) -- Audio obtained by The Texas Tribune and ProPublica shows just how long police and dispatchers likely knew that children and teachers were in danger before taking action at Robb Elementary School.The first two 911 calls came in at 11:29 a.m.A man had crashed his truck into a ditch by Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, and he was rushing toward the school with a
  
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• Austin FC's Driussi finishes second in MLS MVP race

  02-11-2022 02:14 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- It was a historic season for Sebastian Driussi and Austin FC, but not enough for the Argentine striker to earn the MVP Award. Nashville SC's Hany Mukhtar is the recipient of the 2022 Landon Donovan MLS Most Valuable Player.Driussi finished behind the Nashville attacker with second in all voting categories; players, media and clubs. The Austin FC leader averaged to have 16.80% of the vote, behind the 48.03% of Mukhtar.The 22 goals by Driussi were more than double anyone else this
  
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• Leftover pumpkins? Farm and zoo animals would love to eat them

  02-11-2022 01:11 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Nov. 1st may mark the end of jack-o-latern season, but you don't have to send your pumpkins to the landfill. Pigs, goats, and even hippos would be happy to eat them for you.The Central Texas Pig Rescue and Capital of Texas Zoo will be accepting leftover pumpkin donations for the rest of the season.What to do with your costumes after HalloweenPumpkin patches often donate their extra stock to local farms and zoos as well. Farmers said that the gourds make a nice treat fo
  
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• Georgetown man with no next of kin to be cremated. What happens to unclaimed indigent remains?

  02-11-2022 00:41 via kxan.com
  
  GEORGETOWN, Texas (KXAN) — Georgetown Police say they are still looking for possible relatives of Jason G. Gait, 83, who died in his home in late September. With no next of kin yet found, the disposal of his body is now up to Williamson County.At Tuesday's commissioner court meeting, commissioners considered authorizing the cremation of Gait in accordance with Texas Health and Safety Code.Because Gait has no identified next of kin, his body, which is currently awaiting autopsy for an offic
  
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• October weather: Central Texas too dry, too many days above normal

  02-11-2022 00:40 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — It should come as no surprise that October ended with below-normal rainfall as the La Nina pattern remains in place. The tenth month of the year saw only five days with rain of .01" or higher. The final total of 2.18" is 1.73" below the normal of 3.91".Still trending drier than the averageOctober 2022 goes down as the 56th driest October since records started being kept.If rainfall was below normal then chances are excellent that temperatures trended above normal, something
  
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• South Austin: Aggressive dog attacks multiple dogs, kills one and injures owners

  02-11-2022 00:24 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Warning signs about an aggressive dog are going up in a South Austin neighborhood after multiple attacks."Ran out of his house, ran out of his yard and ran across the street to attack us," said Jessica Boston, who said her dog Ladybird was attacked in August. "Puncture wounds all up and down her legs, around her head and in her ears and also the dog had clamped onto her neck."Boston said she took the dog to the emergency vet after the attack, but after filing a report, she said
  
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