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• Legislature could eliminate police dishonorable discharges, create officer database

  12-01-2023 23:25 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Lawmakers with the Texas Sunset Advisory Commission voted to approve new recommendations Wednesday to reform the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement, which oversees peace officer licensing. The recommendations include eliminating dishonorable discharges, higher standards for creating new departments, offering a searchable database of officers online and more.TCOLE has been under Sunset Commission review for years and has been audited twice by the agency in that time. All the whi
  
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• 82% chance La Niña ends in spring; when could El Niño begin?

  12-01-2023 23:15 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Thursday brought the monthly update on the ENSO (El Niño Southern Oscillation) forecast from the Climate Prediction Center. This outlook helps explain the long term whether we are facing La Niña, ENSO Neutral or El Niño over the coming months.The latest forecast looked to answer two big questions: 1. When will La Niña finally end after three consecutive winters. 2. When, if ever, will we make the switch to an El Niño weather pattern.The ENSO pa
  
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• Rural freezes expected Friday and Saturday mornings

  12-01-2023 22:45 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Thursday morning's cold front brought the return of seasonably cool weather during what has been Austin's second-warmest start to January on record. Gusty winds will further relax overnight to just 5 to 15 miles per hour.Dry air, clear skies and lighter winds will set the stage for two colder mornings Friday and Saturday. Low temperatures will fall into the 30s areawide with many rural locations seeing a light freeze. Saturday morning will bring some 20s to rural valleys.Forecas
  
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• Travis, Williamson counties return to low COVID risk; Hays remains high

  12-01-2023 22:40 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — After one week in the medium risk category, Travis and Williamson counties have returned to low risk from COVID-19 in the weekly update from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Hays County remains at high risk.Each week since Feb. 24, 2022, the CDC has assigned a "COVID-19 Community Level" to every county nationwide based on how the virus is impacting local populations.
  In the Thursday, Jan. 12 update, Bastrop, Burnet, Lee and Llano counties also dropped to the
  
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• After a decade of anticipation, Round Rock library finally ready to open its doors

  12-01-2023 22:20 via kxan.com
  
  ROUND ROCK, Texas (KXAN) -- Nearly a decade after the project was approved, the $30 million Round Rock Public Library will open its doors at the end of the month.“This project had been a labor of love for almost ten years,” said Michelle Cervantes, Round Rock Public Library Director since 2011.  PREVIOUS: Round Rock breaks ground on new $30 million libraryIn 2013, Round Rock voters approved a $123.6 million bond package to fund new fire department facilities, parks and recreatio
  
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• Taylor murder suspect arrested following December shooting

  12-01-2023 22:11 via kxan.com
  
  TAYLOR, Texas (KXAN)-- A woman was arrested in connection with a deadly December shooting in Taylor, according to a news release from the U.S. Marshals.Esmerelda Alderete, 19, was identified as the suspect and was arrested Dec. 21, according to the officials.Just after 7 p.m., Dec. 12, 2022, the Taylor Police Department responded to the shooting in the 1400 block of Jones Street, where a man was found and later pronounced dead, the release said.According to an arrest warrant, the man was identif
  
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• 3 abortions were performed in Texas in August — all for medical reasons

  12-01-2023 21:20 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Three abortions were reported in Texas in the month of August, state data shows, a 99.9% decrease from June's total in the wake of the overturning of Roe v. Wade.More than 2,500 abortions were reported in June, the same month the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the nearly 50-year-old constitutional right to abortion.Texas' trigger law, banning most abortions, didn't go into effect until Aug. 22. Despite that, the number of abortions reported in the state dropped to just 68 i
  
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• Lisa Marie Presley on life support after suffering cardiac arrest: TMZ

  12-01-2023 21:17 via kxan.com
  
  Lisa Marie Presley, daughter of Elvis Presley, was on life support in a medically-induced coma Thursday afternoon after suffering cardiac arrest at her Southern California home, TMZ reports.Sources tell the celebrity news website that a housekeeper found Presley, 54, unresponsive inside her bedroom in Calabasas, a suburb of Los Angeles, Thursday morning.
  Presley's ex-husband, Danny Keough, arrived at the home moments later after taking their kids to school and performed CPR until paramedics took
  
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• Lisa Marie Presley hospitalized after going into cardiac arrest: TMZ

  12-01-2023 21:17 via kxan.com
  
  Lisa Marie Presley, daughter of Elvis Presley, was rushed to a hospital Thursday after suffering cardiac arrest, TMZ reported.Presley, 54, was taken from her Calabasas home to the hospital after paramedics performed CPR on her, helping her regain a pulse, TMZ added.The cause of the cardiac arrest is unknown, as is her condition.Presley, the daughter of the King of Rock 'n' Roll, is a musician herself, with her debut album "To Whom It May Concern" reaching No. 5 on the Billboard charts and earnin
  
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• Lisa Marie Presley dies at 54 after hospitalization for cardiac arrest

  12-01-2023 21:17 via kxan.com
  
  Lisa Marie Presley, the only child of music legend Elvis Presley, died Thursday at a Los Angeles area hospital hours after she was found unresponsive inside her home, her mother, Priscilla Presley confirmed."It is with a heavy heart that I must share the devastating news that my beautiful daughter Lisa Marie has left us," Priscilla Presley said in a statement to PEOPLE Thursday evening."She was the most passionate strong and loving woman I have ever known. We ask for privacy as we try to deal wi
  
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• Texas city renamed after federal vote bans derogatory term

  12-01-2023 21:09 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- A North Texas city was renamed following a vote to remove derogatory names from locations in the United States.The vote came after a year-long process to remove the term, which the Department of the Interior refers to only as “sq—”, from federal use. RELATED: Derogatory Native American term officially scrubbed from federal useThe term has historically been used as an offensive ethnic, racial and sexist slur, particularly for Indigenous women.On T
  
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• Refill of Lake Marble Falls begins Monday

  12-01-2023 20:38 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — After the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) lowered Lake Marble Falls nearly seven feet in October 2022, they plan to begin refilling it beginning Monday, Jan. 16. The lake has been lowered for more than three months to allow for work on the intake structure at Starcke Dam.
  For lakeside residents working/running maintenance on their personal docks or retaining walls, the LCRA is warning that all work equipment that is in the lakebed should be removed by Sunday.The
  
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• Round Rock ISD superintendent gives outlook for spring semester

  12-01-2023 20:21 via kxan.com
  
  ROUND ROCK, Texas (KXAN) — Round Rock ISD’s Superintendent says the outlook for the spring semester and 2023 is positive – with improvements on school safety, mental health resources, and staffing numbers planned.Dr. Hafedh Azaiez says the district is healthy despite the resurgence of flu cases and COVID in the area. He says those absences from teachers and students are relatively low - a wanted improvement from this time last year.“We were worried last year, last school
  
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• 2 more sentenced in 2019 murder of active-duty airman in Cedar Park

  12-01-2023 20:13 via kxan.com
  
  WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — On Dec. 6, the remaining two suspects connected to the 2019 murder of an active-duty airman in Cedar Park were convicted and sentenced to serve a combined 95 years in Texas prison.Williamson County court records showed that 23-year-old Darious Burdett-Hornsby and 24-year-old Cornelius Martin both plead guilty to the murder of Austin Burroughs.Burdett-Hornsby was sentenced to serve 55 years in prison with 1,397 days in jail credit, and Martin was sentenced
  
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• LCRA awards almost $1 million in grants to area first responders, community projects

  12-01-2023 20:06 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Almost one million dollars has been awarded to projects across the region in the latest round of the Lower Colorado River Authority's community grants program.The LCRA has awarded $986,031 to 46 projects across its electric, water and transmission service areas. The funds are part of the agency's Community Development Partnership Program (CDPP), which to date has awarded grants totaling almost $50 million.Five of the latest grants are for $50,000, including to Blanco County
  
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• Waitlists open up for Austin affordable housing --why not everyone will get on it

  12-01-2023 19:55 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — In a city grappling with a housing crisis, there's a small window of opportunity to — maybe — get an affordable home.
  The Housing Authority of the City of Austin (HACA) is opening up a few affordable housing building waitlists this week, which will all close at 5:00 p.m. on Jan. 17. Those include:Pathways at Northloop (1 and 2 bedrooms)
  Pathways at Santa Rita Courts (1-5 bedrooms)
  Pathways at Thurmond Heights (1-4 bedrooms)You can apply through the online portal
  
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• Waitlists open up for affordable housing in Austin

  12-01-2023 19:55 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — In a city grappling with a housing crisis, there's a small window of opportunity to — maybe — get an affordable home.
  The Housing Authority of the City of Austin (HACA) is opening up a few affordable housing building waitlists this week, which will all close at 5:00 p.m. on Jan. 17. Those include:Pathways at Northloop (1 and 2 bedrooms)
  Pathways at Santa Rita Courts (1-5 bedrooms)
  Pathways at Thurmond Heights (1-4 bedrooms)You can apply through the online portal
  
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• Bullock Museum unveils 100 years of Texas state parks exhibit

  12-01-2023 19:29 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — It's been 100 years since the 38th Texas Legislature established the Texas State Park System in 1923, which is now home to 89 sites and 640,000 acres of public land. Now, the Bullock Texas State History Museum is commemorating the milestone with its "Art of Texas State Parks" exhibit, created in coordination with the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department.Angie Glasker, the curator at the Bullock Texas State History Museum, said the exhibit features 34 paintings created by 3
  
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• H-E-B Meal Simple Chocolate Chunk Brownie recalled

  12-01-2023 19:21 via kxan.com
  
  HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The FDA and H-E-B announced the recall of H-E-B's Meal Simple Chocolate Chunk Brownies.Ameripack Foods LLC, based in Hughes Springs, issued the recall for 967 pounds of brownies due to undeclared soy and egg, a news release from H-E-B stated."People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to soy or egg run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reaction if they consume this product," the release stated.According to H-E-B, the recall was initia
  
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• Live: AG Garland speaks following Biden doc discovery

  12-01-2023 19:11 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (NewsNation) — President Joe Biden said Thursday that he's fully cooperating with the Justice Department's review after the president's legal team discovered "a small number" of additional documents containing classified markings from the Obama-Biden administration in the garage of Biden's Wilmington, Delaware home.When asked about the location of the documents at a press conference Thursday, Biden said the documents were not out in the open.Attorney General Merrick Garland is s
  
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• AG Garland appoints special counsel in Biden doc probe

  12-01-2023 19:11 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (NewsNation) — Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Thursday that he has appointed a special counsel to oversee the investigation into the classified documents found at President Joe Biden's office and Delaware home.
  Garland has named Robert Hur, a former U.S. attorney during the Trump administration, as special counsel.
  At a separate press conference Thursday, President Joe Biden said he's fully cooperating with the Justice Department's review after the president's legal
  
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• APD investigated call in downtown Austin near Travis County courthouse

  12-01-2023 18:51 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin Police Department investigated an incident in downtown Austin Thursday morning.Officers responded to a call around 10:24 a.m. at West 10th and Nueces Street. That location is directly behind the Blackwell-Thurman Criminal Justice Center.APD said the original call was for a potential shooting or stabbing. In a later update, police said the incident was determined to be a medical call.A person was taken to the hospital with potentially serious injuries, Austin-Trav
  
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• 1 shot in downtown Austin near Travis County courthouse

  12-01-2023 18:51 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin Police Department is investigating after a shooting in downtown Austin Thursday morning.Officers responded to a call around 10:24 a.m. at West 10th and Nueces Street. That location is directly behind the Travis County courthouse.An adult had potentially serious injuries from a gunshot. The person was taken to a hospital, Austin-Travis County EMS told KXAN.This developing story will be updated with more information as it becomes available.
  
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• Texas Republicans to chair 4 U.S. House committees

  12-01-2023 18:27 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Republican representatives from Texas, including one from the Austin area, will serve as chairs of four consequential committees in the new GOP-led Congress.AppropriationsRep. Kay Granger, R-Fort Worth, will now lead the House Appropriations Committee, which oversees government spending. She represents the 12th Congressional District in north Texas.
  In a statement released after Republicans chose her to become chairwoman, Granger said she is "humbled" to be the first woman
  
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• After giving handwritten note to Texas coach, Gutierrez's dream realized with Longhorns basketball

  12-01-2023 17:45 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Growing up in Mansfield, Texas, Anissa Gutierrez had a family that loved the University of Texas. Her grandmother wanted one of her grandkids to be a Longhorn. None before Gutierrez were, and for a while, it looked like Gutierrez wouldn't be either.After two years playing basketball at Division III Hendrix College in Arkansas, Gutierrez wanted to try to come to her home state and a school she'd thought about for a while. She was accepted to UT and soon after wanted to fulfi
  
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• City of Austin provides update on Tenant Relocation Program

  12-01-2023 15:46 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – On Tuesday, the City of Austin Housing and Planning Department provided its 60-day update of the Tenant Relocation Program for the Fiscal Year 2022-2023.In the recent memo update, the city said it held a briefing in September 2022 on the status of the program.The status update included previous actions related to the ordinance, anticipated services to be provided through the program, the current status of program implementation, the timeline, and the need to issue the City-
  
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• APD: Unidentified man dies after being hit by 18-wheeler in December

  12-01-2023 14:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – The Austin Police Department said the pedestrian involved in a collision Dec. 16 on the upper deck of Interstate 35 died from his injuries Jan. 5.APD originally reported that after the man was hit by the vehicle, he was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. In an update Tuesday, police said the vehicle involved was an 18-wheeler.As of Tuesday, the pedestrian involved remained unidentified, according to APD. PREVIOUS COVERAGE: 1 hit, injured after walking on
  
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• APD: Man dies after being hit by 18-wheeler in December

  12-01-2023 14:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – The Austin Police Department said Tuesday the pedestrian involved in a collision Dec. 16 on the upper deck of Interstate 35 died from his injuries Jan. 5.APD originally said after the man was hit by the vehicle, he was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. Police said Tuesday the man was hit by an 18-wheeler.
  Police have not identified the man as of Tuesday.PREVIOUS COVERAGE: 1 hit, injured after walking on I-35 upper deckPolice said the collision occurred a
  
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• Abbott supports new reliability design possible for ERCOT

  12-01-2023 13:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – Gov. Greg Abbott said he sent a letter Tuesday to the Public Utility Commission in support of the adoption of a reliability standard and new reliability design for the Electric Reliability Council of Texas market.“After an extensive 18-month stakeholder engagement process and a review of the market designs analyzed in the reliability study commissioned by the PUC last year, the Performance Credit Mechanism (PCM) must be given strong consideration,” Abbott said i
  
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• Abbott supports new reliability design for ERCOT

  12-01-2023 13:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – Gov. Greg Abbott said he sent a letter Tuesday to the Public Utility Commission in support of the adoption of a reliability standard and new reliability design for the Electric Reliability Council of Texas market.“After an extensive 18-month stakeholder engagement process and a review of the market designs analyzed in the reliability study commissioned by the PUC last year, the Performance Credit Mechanism (PCM) must be given strong consideration,” Abbott said i
  
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• New location for storage for those without a home in Austin

  12-01-2023 12:56 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- A storage space for those in Austin who experience homelessness will move indoors starting Jan. 18.The Violet KeepSafe Storage Program (VKS) provides daily access to free storage services.
  The City of Austin said Tuesday VKS was moving to the former Austin Municipal Court building at 700 E. 7th St.
  According to the city, VKS will open at 7 a.m. on Jan. 18 at its current location at 612 E. 12th St. in the former HealthSouth parking garage. VKS will close at 9 a.m. so crews can mo
  
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• High fire danger, uncomfortable allergy counts in wake of cold front

  12-01-2023 12:45 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Hold on to your hats! Our overnight cold front brings gusty winds to all of Central Texas today.Winds out of the north/northwest will reach sustained speeds of 15-25 mph while gusts top 30-40 mph. These gusty winds, in combination with dry air, low humidity and ongoing drought, will fuel very high fire danger across the area today. Please refrain from any open flame activities (barbequing, burn piles, fire pits, etc.)These gusty winds will bring in much cooler air compared to wh
  
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• City of Austin launches Flood Safety Video Contest

  12-01-2023 12:17 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The City of Austin is turning to middle and high school students to help drivers stay safe during floods.The city's Watershed Protection Department on Wednesday launched its first annual Flood Safety Video contest.According to the city announcement, all Austin area 6th through 12th-grade students can create a public service announcement showing drivers the importance of "Turn Around -- Don't Drown."Contest winners will receive a $100 gift card and other prizes.The city will anno
  
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• Police looking for driver after deadly hit-and-run in south Austin

  12-01-2023 12:14 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Austin Police are looking for the driver who left after a crash involving a pedestrian on Oltorf Street early Tuesday morning.
  The pedestrian later died at the hospital. Police did not identify the person who died.
  APD says the crash happened just before 2 a.m. in the westbound lanes of Oltorf Street near Burton Drive.Police ask anyone with information about the driver or the vehicle to call APD's Vehicular Homicide unit at 512-974-8111. You can give an anonymous tip online or c
  
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• State says crackdown saves millions in losses from credit card fraud

  12-01-2023 12:10 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- A new crackdown on credit card skimming prevented nearly $48.5 million in fraud losses in Texas and recovered nearly 400 credit card skimmers in the state, the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation announced Tuesday.The department lauded the work of the Financial Crimes Intelligence Center. The FCIC has operated out of Tyler in Smith County since January 2022.According to TDLR, the FCIC is the first of its kind in the US. It is a partnership between the TDLR and the Distr
  
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• Down big early, No. 10 Texas Longhorns come from behind to beat No. 17 TCU

  12-01-2023 05:22 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — With a minute left in the game, Texas senior guard Marcus Carr had some space between him and the TCU defender. Carr made sure he took advantage of it.Carr buried a 3-pointer to give the Longhorns their first lead of the game at 76-73, and then they hung on for a 79-75 come-from-behind win over the Horned Frogs on Thursday at Moody Center.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/
  
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• Pflugerville petition aims to transfer funds from ESD 2 to City with ultimate goal of city-run ambulance service

  12-01-2023 05:01 via kxan.com
  
  PFLUGERVILLE, Texas (KXAN) -- The argument over tax dollar allocation for emergency services in the City of Pflugerville went before the City Council this week.The city has received a petition that calls for transferring a portion of the sales tax dollars that currently go to Travis County Emergency Services District 2 to the city, so the city can use that money to start the process of creating an ambulance service that just covers the city limits of Pflugerville.The text of the petition reads:
  
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• APD says woman in south Austin homicide may be victim of road rage

  12-01-2023 04:20 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- A woman who was found shot in south Austin last week may have been the victim of a road rage incident, the Austin Police Department said in a news release Wednesday.Police identified the woman as Elizabeth Lopez, 22. PREVIOUS: APD investigating homicide on East Stassney LaneAt approximately 8:40 p.m. on Jan. 6, officers responded to a crash in the 500 block of East Stassney Lane and found Lopez unresponsive with a gunshot wound, according to police.The suspect left the area imme
  
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• El Paso musician sentenced to prison on pornography charges

  12-01-2023 03:31 via kxan.com
  
  EL PASO, Texas – The founder of El Paso’s “Bash the Band” was sentenced to 12 years in prison on child pornography charges and a lifetime of supervision release, according to court records.According to an affidavit obtained by KTSM, 29-year-old Peter Sebastian Felix was exchanging sexually explicit images with a minor.Homeland Security Investigations also found a USB belonging to Felix, containing several videos of minors engaging in sexual acts. A search of an external h
  
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• Cedar Park man sentenced to 45 years for girlfriend's murder

  12-01-2023 03:08 via kxan.com
  
  CEDAR PARK, Texas (KXAN) — A Cedar Park man pled guilty to the 2019 murder of his longtime girlfriend and was sentenced to 45 years in prison, according to Williamson County court records.Samuel Byrd, 35, pled guilty in November and was sentenced to 45 years in prison with nearly three years of jail credit.PREVIOUS: Boyfriend charged with murder in connection with death of Cedar Park momSamuel Byrd, 35. (Courtesy Williamson County Jail Records)
  Police said Byrd killed his girlfriend, Amand
  
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• Hays County expands conservation land to 3,200 acres

  12-01-2023 01:09 via kxan.com
  
  HAYS COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) - Hays County is now home to one of the state's largest area of wilderness, open space and water quality protection land.That's after it partnered with an organization and a developer to make sure an area in San Marcos remains untouched.Frank Davis with the Hill Country Conservancy said it all started when La Cima, a housing developer, approached them about 1,068 acres of land they owned."There are caves, sinkholes, cracks, fissures, all sorts of ways in which the water
  
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• Uvalde school police chief says he prioritized students over stopping gunman

  12-01-2023 01:05 via kxan.com
  
  UVALDE, Texas (Nexstar) — Former police chief of Uvalde CISD Pete Arredondo told investigators his priority was saving students and staff in other classrooms of Robb Elementary School, rather than stopping the gunman who had already entered a classroom, killing 19 students and two teachers.
  Arredondo told investigators on May 25, a day after the massacre, that he made the decision after the gunman went inside two classrooms, according to an interview video obtained by CNN. The embattled of
  
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• Cedar allergies flare, wildfire danger rises behind dry, windy cold front

  12-01-2023 01:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- A cold front moving through the area overnight will fail to produce any rain, but will bring gusty north winds on Thursday that cause cedar pollen levels to spike and wildfire danger to rise.Wind gusts ThursdayThursday afternoon's highs will be as much as 15 to 20° cooler with maximum temperatures reaching the low to mid 60s.
  High temperatures ThursdayAs winds settle Thursday night temperatures will drop much more with low temperatures Friday morning heading for the 30s. Som
  
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• External audit of Austin Water completed, report released

  12-01-2023 00:58 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) –Nearly a year after the Austin water boil notice that lasted three days, a report from an external audit of Austin Water has been released, detailing 53 recommendations for the utility company to improve. In the last five years, there were five significant water quality events – water boil notices and zebra mussels issues – that led to notable disruptions for Austin Water. In response to these, Mayor Pro Tem Alison Alter authored a resolution calling for an
  
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• Derrick Johnson, All-American linebacker for Texas Longhorns, to be inducted into College Football Hall of Fame

  12-01-2023 00:22 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — One of the best defensive players in Texas Longhorns football history got the call all players wait for following a successful career.** FILE ** Texas linebacker Derrick Johnson (11) puts pressure on Baylor quarterback Aaron Karas (2) during the first quarter in Waco, Texas, in this Oct. 25, 2003 photo. Johnson was selected in the first round, 15th overall, by the Kansas City Chiefs in the NFL Draft Saturday, April 23, 2005.(AP Photo/LM Otero)
  Linebacker Derrick Johnson is
  
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