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• Gourdough's Donuts airstream stolen

  31-12-2022 22:23 via kxan.com
  
  BASTROP COUNTY (KXAN) — An iconic Central Texas donut shop is asking for help after saying one of its locations was stolen. Yes, a whole location.Gourdough's Donuts posted online that its airstream was stolen over the Christmas holiday from Bastrop County.Previous: Gourdough’s Public House to close location on South LamarThe post asks that anyone who may have information to contact the Bastrop County Sheriff's Office, and message Gourdough's for any cash reward.
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• LIST: Iconic Austin businesses we said goodbye to in 2022

  31-12-2022 22:22 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Supply chain issues, soaring rents and a changing culture are among the reasons owners cited as what drove them to close the doors of these iconic Austin businesses. Here are a few that Austinites will undoubtedly miss in the New Year. La Mexicana Bakery After more than three decades in business, Jesús Martinez Becerra decided to close his south Austin Baker, La Mexicana Bakery, in February. At the time, Becerra said he chose to close the doors because
  
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• Unspent COVID relief funds to be used for infrastructure, disaster relief

  31-12-2022 21:49 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – On Friday, U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) said the State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial Fiscal Recovery, Infrastructure, and Disaster Relief Flexibility Act was signed into law.Cornyn said the law would provide additional flexibility to spend Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds on improvements such as infrastructure investments and disaster relief.“Under this legislation, the cap on how much of the COVID money can be spent on these new purposes w
  
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• Watch: Lone Star NYE fireworks show from Dallas

  31-12-2022 21:38 via kxan.com
  
  DALLAS (NEXSTAR) -- The day has arrived to kick 2022 out the door with a bang - or a few thousand of them!Dallas marks the beginning of 2023 with a massive 360-degree fireworks show on top of the iconic Reunion Tower.The fireworks display will be part of Saturday's Lone Star NYE broadcast featuring music from country star and Texas native Casey Donahew.The broadcast, which begins at 11:30pm CT, will stream in a player at the top of this story.
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• Live soon: Lone Star NYE fireworks show from Dallas

  31-12-2022 21:38 via kxan.com
  
  DALLAS (NEXSTAR) -- The day has arrived to kick 2022 out the door with a bang - or a few thousand of them!Dallas marks the beginning of 2023 with a massive 360-degree fireworks show on top of the iconic Reunion Tower.The fireworks display will be part of Saturday's Lone Star NYE broadcast featuring music from country star and Texas native Casey Donahew.The broadcast, which begins at 11:30pm CT, will stream in a player at the top of this story.
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• Live: Lone Star NYE fireworks show from Dallas

  31-12-2022 21:38 via kxan.com
  
  DALLAS (NEXSTAR) -- The day has arrived to kick 2022 out the door with a bang - or a few thousand of them!Dallas marks the beginning of 2023 with a massive 360-degree fireworks show on top of the iconic Reunion Tower.The fireworks display will be part of Saturday's Lone Star NYE broadcast featuring music from country star and Texas native Casey Donahew.The broadcast, which begins at 11:30pm CT, will stream in a player at the top of this story.
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• Alamo Bowl ratings second-highest of ESPN's bowl games before NYE

  31-12-2022 21:20 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — With Valero Alamo Bowl attendance at its highest since 2015 to witness Washington's 27-20 win over Texas on Dec. 29, the television audience also showed up.According to ESPN, 4.8 million people tuned in to the game, the second-highest viewership for a bowl game not considered a New Year's Six game. Typically, the bowl gets a time slot all to itself, but this year and for only the second time ever, the game had competition. The Cowboys and Titans played the NFL's Thursday ni
  
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• Shaq dines at Houston restaurant, pays for meals

  31-12-2022 17:42 via kxan.com
  
  HOUSTON (KXAN) – Shaquille O’Neal went to a popular Houston restaurant known for its deli sandwiches and paid for all of the meals in the room he was dining. “Our friend Shaq paid us a visit today. This was his first time at the new store, and (he)  loved it! He is such a Mench - he bought everybody’s meal in The Schmooze Room! What a great guy,” said Kenny & Ziggy’s New York Delicatessen in a Christmas Eve Facebook post. The Basket Ball Hal
  
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• Breweries with the highest ranked beers in Texas

  31-12-2022 16:35 via kxan.com
  
  (Stacker) – In a world where just a small number of massive companies dominate the beer market, sipping on a brew created close to home can be all the more satisfying.The last decade has seen an explosion of breweries that operate on a smaller scale and offer a wider, and sometimes more experimental, selection of beer. While craft beer often has a higher price tag than your average domestic beer, consumers are clearly willing to pay more: In 2020, craft beer accounted for almost a quarter
  
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• 2 ways to watch the spectacular NYE fireworks show

  31-12-2022 15:53 via kxan.com
  
  DALLAS (NEXSTAR) -- Everyone is talking about the end of 2022 and the new beginnings that come with 2023.Why not celebrate a new year with a bang -- or a few hundred!Saturday's “Lone Star NYE: Countdown to 2023” broadcast will include the “Over the Top NYE” live fireworks spectacular.You can watch the show on our station at midnight or stream it right here on our website.We'll make sure the link is easy to find. Watch: Casey Donahew on why Texans are ‘just different
  
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• KXAN's top 15 trending social stories for 2022

  31-12-2022 15:03 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The year is coming to a close, and KXAN took a look back at 2022 to see which of our Facebook posts were the most engaging for our viewers.Here's a list of our page's top 15 trending social stories for 2022.15. Deer enjoying the rain in Dripping Springs — August
  After weeks of Central Texas experiencing a drought, the area finally saw rain in August, and the wildlife in Dripping Springs certainly enjoyed it too. Thanks, Tina Rounsaville for the video!14. Aerial photo of th
  
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• Warm to both end 2022 and start 2023

  31-12-2022 14:15 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Clouds cleared late Friday night into the overnight hours as an upper-level area of low pressure moved to the northeast. This will leave sunshine for Central Texas on this final day of 2022.
  Today's normal high is 62°. Sunshine and a warm southwest wind will send many highs in the mid to upper 70s.
  A bright warm weather day to end 2022Tonight will be clear, as will the overnight hours. Fog is forecast to develop after midnight for much of the area especially east of the inte
  
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• New Year's Eve tradition? Texas lawmaker looks to target celebratory gunfire

  31-12-2022 14:15 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — There is no shortage of clamorous noises at the stroke of midnight ringing in the new year. Some shoot off fireworks, others take to the streets to bang pots and pans and some folks may shoot celebratory gunshots into the air. On Jan. 31, 2016, Texas State Rep. Armando Martinez (D-Weslaco) almost lost his life to the latter. See the changes in the housing market across TexasThat evening, he remembered feeling a little under the weather but decided to go out into the co
  
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• 2023 starts warm and then cools off

  31-12-2022 14:15 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- After a warm final day of 2022, we'll be ringing in the New Year with clear skies and temperatures in the upper 50s.Most of the night will be clear, but a few hours after midnight some fog could develop, especially along and east of I-35.
  The fog will burn off between 8 and 11 a.m. for those that see it.
  Fog mainly east of I-35 Sunday morningIN-DEPTH: Friday marks highest cedar count of the season so far
  The rest of your New Year's Day will feature of a mix of sun and clouds alo
  
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• A positive in Austin's housing market heading into 2023

  31-12-2022 14:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- It's been another tough year for people in Austin's housing market.KXAN has been sharing your struggles throughout 2022.
  "I have a rental property and I was able to leverage some of that and figure out a way to turn that into a down payment on a house, but not everybody has resources like that," Tony Baker told us in January.
  He moved out of Austin and into Pflugerville.
  "Being in your mid-20s and purchasing a $500,000 home just really isn't our -- it's just not feasible," Jacob
  
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• Keeping veterans in mind during New Year's Eve celebrations

  31-12-2022 13:41 via kxan.com
  
  PHARR, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The sounds of fireworks can resemble gunshots, and that can add to the stress of veterans suffering from PTSD."The simple thing of just the smell of gunpowder can trigger something. It doesn't necessarily have to be the noise," Marine veteran Alfredo Ortiz said.Every year, people across the world celebrate the end of the year with fireworks. What some don’t realize is these colorful lights can bother some of your neighbors, who happen to be veterans.
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• Benedict XVI, first pope to resign in 600 years, dies at 95

  31-12-2022 10:52 via kxan.com
  
  VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, the shy German theologian who tried to reawaken Christianity in a secularized Europe but will forever be remembered as the first pontiff in 600 years to resign from the job, died Saturday. He was 95.Pope Francis will celebrate his funeral Mass in St. Peter's Square on Thursday, an unprecedented event in which a current pope will celebrate the funeral of a former one.Benedict stunned the world on Feb. 11, 2013, when he announced, in his typica
  
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• Knowing where to improve, Texas Longhorns looking to build off 2022's momentum

  31-12-2022 05:32 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — In a program that's steeped in tradition as much as Texas is, it could come across as odd to talk about a change in culture, but that's where Longhorns head coach Steve Sarkisian began the conversation Thursday night following a 27-20 loss to Washington in the Alamo Bowl in San Antonio.In his first season last year, Texas went a disappointing 5-7 and didn't have the opportunity to play in a postseason game. Sarkisian said this year's senior class had a lot to do with the co
  
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• The real buzz: When should you bet on Texas sports?

  31-12-2022 04:23 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN)-- As legislators prepare for the next legislative session to begin in less than two weeks, Texas gamblers and special interest groups hope this is the year for legalized sports betting."There's real buzz for the 2023 legislative session, that something could get done in Texas thing year," regulatory reporter Robert Linnehan said. "There is a long way to go. You're not going to be able to bet on March Madness or anything like that. But in 2024, you could see sports betting in Texas.
  
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• Barbara Walters, trailblazing TV journalist, dies at 93

  31-12-2022 03:58 via kxan.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) — Late Friday evening, ABC News confirmed the death of one of its longtime pillars, broadcasting trailblazer Barbara Walters. The television icon and first female network news anchor was 93.Few details about the journalist's death, including the cause, have been released.
  In a tweet, the network said Walters, "shattered the glass ceiling and became a dominant force in an industry once dominated by men."GOP doubts grow over Kari Lake’s future in ArizonaWalters was born in 19
  
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• Roommates return from holiday trips to find apartment destroyed by water line break

  31-12-2022 02:35 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Two Austin women say they came back to town after the holidays to find a pipe had burst in the unoccupied unit above theirs. Their apartment was destroyed.
  They say even though maintenance went in and put fans in their apartment, they didn't notify the tenants. It made for a shocking return to Austin for the two.
  "Why didn't I get an email? Why am I walking into a completely destroyed...and like, I can't live here. This is my apartment, but I can't live here anymore," Mfon
  
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• APD searching for suspect in south Austin jugging incident

  31-12-2022 01:37 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin Police Department is investigating another "jugging" theft that occurred at a south Austin bank, according to a APD press release.APD said the crime occurred around noon Thursday at a Bank of America location on South Congress Ave.According to police, the suspect drove a dark gray Ford Fusion with dark tinted windows during the incident. The male suspect exited the vehicle and attacked an older woman, causing multiple injuries before stealing a large amount of mo
  
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