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• Texas law enforcement looking for missing 24-year-old man out of San Antonio

  25-12-2022 23:01 via kxan.com
  
  BEXAR COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) -- Law enforcement are asking for your help finding Malik Johnson, reported missing out of San Antonio.What is a CLEAR Alert, and when is it issued?The Texas Department of Public Safety issued another continuation of its CLEAR Alert for Johnson Sunday afternoon.
  Johnson is 24-years-old. He is Black, weighs 190 pounds and is 5 feet 10 inches, according to Texas DPS.
  He was last seen wearing no shirt, blue and orange shorts and red slippers at the 7400 block of Kitty Haw
  
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• Two more freezing cold mornings, then a significant warm-up

  25-12-2022 22:15 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Christmas Day dawned with our third-consecutive hard freeze. Camp Mabry's low was 24° (18° colder than normal) and the low at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport was 17°.Following our recent 46-hour stretch of freezing temperatures over the weekend, we are tracking warmer temperatures coming to central Texas this week.Morning low temperatures both Monday and Tuesday will remain below freezing, so folks especially in rural areas would be wise to continue protecting
  
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• 'Better sense of understanding': Muslims and Jews gather for Christmas lunch

  25-12-2022 21:12 via kxan.com
  
  ROUND ROCK, Texas (KXAN) -- It's an opportunity to bridge faiths, while supporting one of the few businesses open on Christmas Day.
  It's called the Muslims and Jews Christmas Day lunch. This year it happened at Inchin's Bamboo Garden, a Chinese food restaurant, in Round Rock.
  "About ten years ago, we got together as Jews and Muslims in the Austin area, and we wanted to enjoy breaking bread together on Christmas Day," Zafar Choudhury, an organizer, said.
  The event started off with just a few fami
  
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• Man shot and killed by San Marcos police early Christmas morning

  25-12-2022 20:46 via kxan.com
  
  SAN MARCOS, Texas (KXAN) -- A man was shot and killed by San Marcos police early Christmas morning, according to the city.
  The City of San Marcos reported just after midnight, police were called to the Grand at Stonecreek apartments. It reported a woman called 911 and said a man assaulted someone in an apartment. They said the man, later identified as Kyle Lobo, 36, was drinking and had a gun.
  When police got there, they said Lobo had a kid in his arms. He handed that child to the female caller,
  
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• Former SMPD officer shot and killed by San Marcos police early Christmas morning

  25-12-2022 20:46 via kxan.com
  
  SAN MARCOS, Texas (KXAN) -- A former San Marcos police officer was shot and killed by San Marcos police early Christmas morning, according to the city.
  The City of San Marcos reported just after midnight, police were called to the Grand at Stonecreek apartments. It reported a woman called 911 and said a man assaulted someone in an apartment. They said the man, later identified as Kyle Lobo, 36, was drinking and had a gun.
  KXAN has previously reported that Lobo resigned from the department earlie
  
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• Pflugerville food pantry helping fill holiday food gap

  25-12-2022 16:01 via kxan.com
  
  PFLUGERVILLE, Texas (KXAN) - Saffron Trust’s food pantry is staying open through the week after New Year’s Day to fill the food gap caused by schools and other pantries being closed for the holidays. Stacey Fletcher is the program manager of the pantry and said continuing access to food is crucial. With Pflugerville ISD schools not returning to class until Jan. 9, Fletcher said staying open will help replace the meals a school-aged child would’ve received, and by exte
  
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• What Uvalde-related legislation has been filed in Texas?

  25-12-2022 15:00 via kxan.com
  
  UVALDE, Texas (Nexstar) — In the town square of Uvalde, all the signs of holiday cheer are present in decorations around the county courthouse. But with a closer look, there are obvious signs that something is painfully missing — 21 lives.
  Instead of celebrating with their families this year, the 19 children and two teachers killed in the May 24 mass shooting are represented by angel figurines under the county courthouse Christmas tree.
  Jesse Rizo, uncle of 9-year-old victim Jackie C
  
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• A bright and cool Christmas Day

  25-12-2022 14:15 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Merry Christmas from all of us at KXAN. Enjoy your day with family and friends.Afternoon highs Saturday did warm into the upper 30s to 41° at Camp Mabry. In all, Austin spent 46 hours below 32° as compared to what happened in February 2021.Comparing this freeze to February 2021The Hard Freeze Warning will expire at 10 a.m. following another overnight of temperatures that fell to the upper teens to the low/mid 20s.
  Christmas Day will be a little warmer than Christmas Eve
  
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• Road near Samsung site in Taylor officially named 'Samsung Highway'

  25-12-2022 04:41 via kxan.com
  
  WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — On Tuesday, the Williamson County Commissioners Court announced the road currently known as Future County Road (CR 404 to FM 973) near the Samsung site in Taylor was officially named "Samsung Highway."Construction crews work on Segment 1 of Samsung Highway (Williamson County photo)
  The roadway is set to connect Farm-to-Market 3349 to FM 973, and it will be constructed as a four-lane road to reduce curves on CR 404 and increase safety, according to Williams
  
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• Austin Fire Department responds to hundreds of weather related calls

  25-12-2022 04:34 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin Fire Department tweeted Saturday it received almost three times its usual call volume over 24 hours, a majority of which were directly related to freezing weather.The tweet said out of 823 calls, almost 500 were weather-related - further specifying many were about fire alarm activations or broken water pipes.
  We normally average 275 calls in a 24 hour shift. The last 24 hours was 823.Almost 500 of those calls were directly related to freezing weather. Fire Alarm
  
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• Smash-and-grab thefts increase during holiday season, police say

  25-12-2022 03:31 via kxan.com
  
  CEDAR PARK, Texas (KXAN) — Doing some last-minute holiday shopping? Police want to send a reminder about the spike in smash-and-grab robberies seen this time of year.Ahead of the holidays, the Cedar Park Police Department created a list on Facebook of “things you should leave in your car.” It was a bit of a parody since the phrase "nothing of value" was listed multiple times in the post.While the post generated laughs, police said criminals who target gifts left in the car coul
  
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• Arrest made after string of robberies across Austin

  25-12-2022 03:29 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — In Travis County court documents filed Monday, a man was charged in connection to a string of robberies between Nov. 21 and Dec. 11.Adolph Jesse Carmona, 42, was booked into the Travis County Jail Dec. 15 on seven aggravated robbery charges. As of Saturday, he remained in jail on a $350,000 bond—$50,000 per charge.Police accuse Carmona of robbing an America’s Best Contacts and Eyeglasses store and an Amazing Lash Studio in central Austin, a Cricket Wireless stor
  
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• State of Texas: Uncertainty on the border as temporary order keeps Title 42 in place

  25-12-2022 01:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (Nexstar) — Cities along the U.S.-Mexico border are preparing for a potential surge of asylum seekers, amid uncertainty over the future of Title 42 restrictions. Right now that rule, implemented as a COVID-19 pandemic precaution, allows the federal government to turn away many people seeking asylum.El Paso Mayor Oscar Leeser issued a disaster declaration on December 17, which he said was a response to seeing migrants sleeping outdoors in freezing temperatures. The move also came in
  
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• Missing Texas A&M student found dead in Austin Saturday

  25-12-2022 00:56 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The body of missing Texas A&M student Tanner Hoang was found in Austin, College Station police confirmed.
  Hoang was last seen Dec. 16 in College Station. His car was found in Austin near the Pennybacker Bridge Overlook, NBC station KAGS reported Friday.
  College Station police said Austin Police Department is investigating the death.
  "So sad to state that Tanner’s family reports that he was found deceased today in Austin not far from where his vehicle was recovered
  
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• Body found near Pennybacker Bridge, APD investigating

  25-12-2022 00:56 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin-Travis County EMS confirms that a body was found in the 5400 block of N Capital of Texas Highway, just north of the Pennybacker Bridge, around noon on Saturday.The on-duty Austin Police watch commander says that the person was "obviously deceased" and that they can't identify the body until after an autopsy.ATCEMS obtained a death pronouncement around 12:21 p.m.The Austin Fire Department also responded to the call.This is a developing story. Check back to KXAN for up
  
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• Two people transported from house fire on Ann Showers Drive

  25-12-2022 00:20 via kxan.com
  
  TRAVIS COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — Austin-Travis County EMS transported two people from a house fire near Elgin, according to the public information officer for Travis County Emergency Services District 12 (ESD 12).A photo of ESD 12 firefighters during the structure fire on Ann Showers Dr. (Courtesy Travis County ESD 12)
  Tweets from ESD 12 show a single-story structure aflame and said the structure was in the 22000 block of Ann Showers Drive. That road was closed for roughly two hours. Due to t
  
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