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• Trifecta of viral illnesses leads to uptick in Austin respiratory infections

  13-11-2022 23:39 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — In the thick of the flu season, Austin pharmacists are seeing an upward trend in viral infections peaking earlier than previous years.Rannon Ching serves as pharmacist-in-charge of Tarrytown Pharmacy. Right now is one of the first winter seasons he said there are multiple respiratory illnesses competing at the same time, leading to a higher concentration of viral illnesses in the air.Flu season began Oct. 1 and runs through April, with traditional case peaks in January or F
  
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• Back at No. 1, Longhorns volleyball thumps Oklahoma in straight sets

  13-11-2022 23:34 via kxan.com
  
  NORMAN, Okla. (KXAN) — The Texas Longhorns volleyball team regained the No. 1 spot following the AVCA rankings release on Oct. 31, and they haven't lost a set since then.The Longhorns dropped Oklahoma in straight sets Saturday 25-14, 25-19, 25-10 at McCasland Field House behind a tremendous effort from the service line. Texas notched a season-high 12 aces including five by Keonilei Akana to lead the way.MORE THAN THE SCORE: Stay up to date on sports stories like these, and sign up for our
  
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• Roller coaster rankings ride continues for Longhorns, out after TCU loss

  13-11-2022 22:01 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — They're in, they're out, they're back in and now they're out again.The Texas Longhorns have been bouncing in and out of both the Associated Press Top 25 rankings and the USA Today Coaches Poll, and following the 17-10 loss to TCU at home on Saturday, they're on the outside once again.Full AP Top 25Full USA Today Coaches PollThe Longhorns dropped out of the AP Top 25 poll from the No. 18 spot but still received votes, sitting two spots below the top-25 mark. In the USA Today
  
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• Austin man rents out theater for free 50-kid 'Black Panther' screening

  13-11-2022 22:01 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — When Austin hair stylist Greg'ry Baladez first saw "Black Panther" in theaters four years ago, he said he was struck by seeing himself and his culture represented on the big screen and wanted the same for local children. Now he's bringing that years-old dream to life, partnering with the Boys and Girls Club of Austin to host a free screening of "Wakanda Forever" Sunday evening."Wakanda Forever" is the sequel to Marvel Studios' 2018 film "Black Panther." In the 2018 film, th
  
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• DPS: Texas teens arrested in human smuggling chase, ends in crash

  13-11-2022 21:50 via kxan.com
  
  MCALLEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Two Texas teens were arrested in connection to a human smuggling crash near a McAllen shopping mall, the Texas Department of Public Safety stated.According to a tweet from Lt. Christopher Olivarez with DPS, the agency assisted Border Patrol in a high-speed chase that ended in a one-vehicle crash near a shopping mall.At about 1 p.m. Wednesday, DPS and Border Patrol were in pursuit of a gray Ford truck that crashed into a cement building. After the crash
  
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• Texas' driest reservoir at 0.5% capacity — how others compare

  13-11-2022 21:26 via kxan.com
  
  HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Texas' system of reservoirs showed a slight increase in water levels Thursday, compared to a week ago.The Texas Water Development Board updated its data, showing all the state's reservoirs combined put the state's water supply at slightly higher than 68% capacity.But a year ago, the state's water storage was 15.5% higher than it is now, according to the TWDB. The difference between then and now is a little shy of 2.8 million acre-feet."An acre-foot is the
  
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• WEEKEND READ: Alignment changes, new firsts during 2022 midterm elections in Texas

  13-11-2022 19:30 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – During the 2022 midterm elections, Texans voted on a number of key statewide races.Here's what has changed across the state and in the Austin area over the past four years.
  Big cities swung left in Texas’ governor’s race, while smaller cities, rural areas moved rightRepublican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott easily won reelection to a third term in the Nov. 8 election, defeating Democratic challenger Beto O'Rourke by double digits.Abbott received almost 55% of the statew
  
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• SEED TO SELL: Medical marijuana business in Texas steadily growing

  13-11-2022 18:15 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KETK) - A topic seen as controversial to some is becoming a booming industry in the Lone Star State.More Texans are turning to medical marijuana, and this is only the beginning."We've sold medicine to more than 25,000 Texans," said Morris Denton, CEO of Texas Original.Texas Original first opened its doors on Feb. 8, 2018, and has continued to grow. They are one of three licensed medical cannabis operators in the state. The company is based in Austin but saw an opportunity in the Piney Wo
  
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• Man in Texas arrested in possession of thousands of fentanyl pills

  13-11-2022 17:53 via kxan.com
  
  EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) – A man who fell asleep in the driver’s seat of a car, was arrested Tuesday night after being found in possession of several thousand fentanyl pills and a handgun.The suspect was identified as 35-year-old Jevshua Muniz when patrol officers approached a car that was stopped facing against traffic with the engine running at 10:30 p.m. at the 100 block of Locust in south-central El Paso.Fentanyl, gun, ammunition and cash seized by EPPD on traffic search (Courtesy E
  
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• KFC employee accused of threatening customer with firearm at drive-thru window in Texas

  13-11-2022 17:20 via kxan.com
  
  ODESSA, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) -- An altercation at a Texas restaurant's drive-thru window ended with the arrest of a Kentucky Fried Chicken employee earlier this month.Nicholas Frieson, 21, has been charged with deadly conduct and unlawful carrying of a weapon. According to an affidavit, on November 3, officers with the Odessa Police Department responded to the KFC located at 1713 N County Road West to investigate after someone called 911 and reported that a man in the restaurant had a gun.At t
  
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• First RSV vaccine with UT ties expected to be available by next year

  13-11-2022 17:00 via kxan.com
  
  GEORGETOWN, Texas (KXAN) — Chelsa Carr said it started with a wet barking cough. "He'll wake up in the middle of the night, and he'll be coughing uncontrollably and almost unable to catch his breath," she explained.She added it didn't take long for the fever to come.
  "He had 102.3 fever, and he was just crying, and he was like inconsolable," Carr said.
  Carr said her son was diagnosed with respiratory syncytial virus or RSV and flu recently. The family was 
  
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• Investigation underway over midair crash at Dallas air show

  13-11-2022 14:44 via kxan.com
  
  DALLAS (AP) — National transportation officials are in Dallas on Sunday investigating the cause of the midair crash of two historic military planes during an air show that left six people dead.A World War II-era bomber and a fighter plane collided and crashed to the ground in a ball of flames on Saturday, leaving crumpled wreckage in a grassy area inside the Dallas Executive Airport perimeter, about 10 miles (16 kilometers) from the city’s downtown.
  The crash came three years after t
  
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• Dallas air show crash kills 6; bomber, fighter jet involved

  13-11-2022 14:44 via kxan.com
  
  DALLAS (AP) — Two historic military planes collided and crashed to the ground in a ball of flames during a Dallas air show, leaving six people dead, officials said.National transportation officials were investigating the cause of Saturday's collision between a World War II-era bomber plane and a fighter jet. The crash came three years after the crash of a bomber in Connecticut that killed seven, and amid ongoing concern about the safety of air shows involving older warplanes. The company t
  
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• 6 killed after vintage aircraft collide at Dallas air show

  13-11-2022 14:44 via kxan.com
  
  DALLAS (AP) — Six people were killed after two historic military planes collided and crashed to the ground Saturday afternoon during a Dallas air show, officials said.“According to our Dallas County Medical Examiner, there are a total of 6 fatalities from yesterday’s Wings over Dallas air show incident,” Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins tweeted Sunday. He said authorities are continuing to work to identify the victims.Emergency crews raced to the crash scene at the Dallas
  
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• From a cold morning to a chilly afternoon

  13-11-2022 14:15 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- A FREEZE WARNING remain in effect until 9 a.m. Sunday for most of our viewing area. Most temperatures at sunrise ranged from the upper 20s in some of the Hill Country to the middle/upper 30s in Bastrop, Caldwell, Lee, and Fayette Cos.Some of the area did freeze overnightToday starts sunny. Clouds will increase during the afternoon before thickening up overnight. Areas of fog will develop shortly before sunrise. Also, there will be pockets of light rain after 4 a.m. Monday with j
  
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• Clouds will arrive this afternoon leading to rain Monday

  13-11-2022 14:15 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The day dawned completely sunny with the coldest air of this young season as several reporting stations fell to below freezing. Thus, the freeze warning for this area was verified.Most areas did have a freeze Sunday morningThe lowest temperature we found was 26° at several locations in the Hill Country including reporting stations around Dripping Springs, Harper, Lampasas, Llano, Richland Springs, and Willow City.The instrumentation at Camp Mabry stopped working at 11 a.m. S
  
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• A rainy start to the work week

  13-11-2022 14:15 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- After a freezing cold Sunday morning for many, temperatures Sunday night will not be nearly as chilly with lows falling only into the middle 40s (Still well below average).Clouds will continue moving into the area tonight with a low chance of rain after 4 a.m. Monday. There will also be fog developing in some areas close to sunrise due to a light southeast wind.The better chance for rain with a few isolated thunderstorms happens after sunrise Monday. An upper-level low currently
  
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• KXAN wins 4 Lone Star EMMYs

  13-11-2022 13:51 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — On Saturday, KXAN was honored with four Lone Star EMMY awards during a ceremony held at Gilley's Dallas."Lone Star EMMY® represents the most experienced and talented television professionals from all disciplines of the industry and from all of Texas’ 19 television markets," organizers said.KXAN was nominated for 16 awards — the most of any station in the Austin area.The station was honored in the categories of Journalistic Enterprise, Continuing Coverag
  
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• ATV driver in Texas was smuggling drugs when he collided with trooper's vehicle, officials say

  13-11-2022 13:05 via kxan.com
  
  ESCOBARES, Texas (ValleyCentral) — An alleged drug smuggler injured his arm Nov. 5 in a rural area of Starr County after his all-terrain vehicle collided with a Texas Department of Public Safety vehicle, federal authorities said Monday.Surveillance cameras showed the ATV driver and two other people moving bundles north from the Rio Grande, according to a news release from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
  The bundles spotted on the surveillance camera contained marijuana weighing 182
  
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• Instant Analysis: Offense doesn't come through when defense shines against TCU

  13-11-2022 06:28 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Texas Longhorns defense played tremendously, but in their quest to play complimentary football as head coach Steve Sarkisian routinely puts it, the offense didn't hold up its end of the deal Saturday against TCU in a 17-10 loss at home.The Longhorns' lone touchdown came on a 48-yard fumble recovery by Jahdae Barron in the fourth quarter and it was the first time all year they didn't score an offensive touchdown.KXAN's Noah Gross and Roger Wallace break it all down from
  
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• Updates: No. 18 Texas Longhorns host No. 4 TCU with huge Big 12 Conference implications

  13-11-2022 01:23 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — For the first time since 2007, the Texas Longhorns and TCU meet both ranked in the Associated Press Top 25 poll, and for the Longhorns, it's a must-win if they want a shot at the conference title.No. 4 TCU comes into DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium undefeated at 9-0, 6-0 in the Big 12 Conference, needing just one more win to clinch a berth in the conference title game. It appears star wide receiver Quentin Johnston will be available for the Horned Frogs as his status was unknown
  
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• Updates: Defenses flex muscles in 1st half, No 4. TCU leads No. 18 Texas 3-0

  13-11-2022 01:23 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — That didn't go as most expected in the first half.Both defenses for the Texas Longhorns and TCU Horned Frogs dominated the action and neither offense could do much of anything. TCU put together a drive late in the second half to get a 34-yard field goal by Griffin Kell, but that was the only score of the half. It's 3-0 TCU over Texas at the half.MORE THAN THE SCORE: Stay up to date on sports stories like these, and sign up for our More than the Score sports newsletter at kx
  
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• Texas Longhorns offense falls flat in 17-10 loss to TCU

  13-11-2022 01:23 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Inconsistent offense doomed the Texas Longhorns in a 17-10 loss Saturday to No. 4 TCU at DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium.No. 18 Texas had just 199 yards of total offense, and TCU shut down a potent Longhorns running game allowing 28 yards on the ground. Texas came into the game averaging 192 rushing yards per game.MORE THAN THE SCORE: Stay up to date on sports stories like these, and sign up for our More than the Score sports newsletter at kxan.com/newslettersTexas was 1-for-13
  
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• No. 18 Texas Longhorns host No. 4 TCU with huge Big 12 Conference implications

  13-11-2022 01:23 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — For the first time since 2007, the Texas Longhorns and TCU meet both ranked in the Associated Press Top 25 poll, and for the Longhorns, it's a must-win if they want a shot at the conference title.No. 4 TCU comes into DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium undefeated at 9-0, 6-0 in the Big 12 Conference, needing just one more win to clinch a berth in the conference title game. It appears star wide receiver Quentin Johnston will be available for the Horned Frogs as his status was unknown
  
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• State of Texas: GOP gains could lead to immigration policy changes

  13-11-2022 01:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (Nexstar) — Election Day was good for Texas Republicans. While the "red wave" anticipated by some did not happen, GOP candidates still swept all statewide offices, continuing a streak that has lasted more than two decades.Gov. Greg Abbott led the Republican sweep. He and other state leaders are now watching what happens in Washington. The results could influence state policy moving forward.Abbott said he could "ratchet back" his multi-billion dollar border initiative, known as Opera
  
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