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• Austin to mark coldest spring equinox in 40 years on Monday

  19-03-2023 22:48 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The chilly air that has settled into Central Texas to wrap up spring break looks like it will stay with us for the first day of spring.Looking back at data for Austin's Camp Mabry — a dataset that stretches back to 1898 — this could be one of the coldest spring equinoxes ever.The spring equinox doesn't always fall on the same day each year. While most of the time it's on March 20, it can also fall on March 19 or March 21.To figure out the coldest spring equinoxes eve
  
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• Austin to mark coldest spring equinox in 30 years on Monday

  19-03-2023 22:48 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The chilly air that has settled into Central Texas to wrap up spring break looks like it will stay with us for the first day of spring.Looking back at data for Austin's Camp Mabry — a dataset that stretches back to 1898 — this could be one of the coldest spring equinoxes ever.The spring equinox doesn't always fall on the same day each year. While most of the time it's on March 20, it can also fall on March 19 or March 21.To figure out the coldest spring equinoxes eve
  
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• Austin records coldest spring equinox in 40 years on Monday

  19-03-2023 22:48 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The chilly air that settled into Central Texas to wrap up spring break stayed with us for the first day of spring.Looking back at data for Austin's Camp Mabry — a dataset that stretches back to 1898 — this was the fifth-coldest spring equinox ever.The spring equinox doesn't always fall on the same day each year. While most of the time it's on March 20, it can also fall on March 19 or March 21.To figure out the coldest spring equinoxes ever, we had to look at the high
  
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• TxDOT: Nightly I-35 closures at U.S. Hwy. 183 begin Sunday, delays expected

  19-03-2023 20:45 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – The Texas Department of Transportation said multiple parts of Interstate 35 would be closed at U.S. Hwy. 183 nightly, beginning Sunday evening.TxDOT said the closures would impact both northbound and southbound I-35 main lanes, frontage roads, entrance and exit ramps and flyovers.According to the department, the closures would last from Sunday through Thursday from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m.Delays should be expected, according to TxDOT.
  
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• TxDOT: Nightly I-35 closures at US 183 begin Sunday, delays expected

  19-03-2023 20:45 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – The Texas Department of Transportation said multiple parts of Interstate 35 would be closed at U.S. Highway 183 nightly, beginning Sunday evening.TxDOT said the closures would impact both northbound and southbound I-35 main lanes, frontage roads, entrance and exit ramps and flyovers.According to the department, the closures would last from Sunday through Thursday from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m.Delays should be expected, according to TxDOT.
  
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• Body cam footage shows Oklahoma police captain arrested for DUI: 'Turn the camera off, please'

  19-03-2023 20:17 via kxan.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - A police captain for the Oklahoma City Police Department was filmed repeatedly asking a sergeant turn off his body camera during a DUI stop earlier this week, as seen in new footage released by the department.On May 12, Captain James "Matt" French of the OKCPD's homicide investigation team was pulled over on suspicion of drunk driving.Sergeant Chris Skinner, a fellow police officer, stopped French just after 1:30 a.m. that morning. Captain French, a 32-year veteran on the
  
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• 3 of top 5 record-breaking days at Austin airport happened during 2023 SXSW

  19-03-2023 20:12 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – On Sunday, the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport provided information on the number of passengers arriving and departing from the airport since the beginning of the 2023 South by Southwest Conference & Festivals.The airport said three of the Spring/SXSW travel dates so far ranked in the top 10 for record-breaking days at AUS. Those days include March 10 at No. 2, March 13 at No. 3, and March 12 at No. 5.“Passenger numbers have been high, and the airport has b
  
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• Austin City Council could vote to bury power lines after February storm

  19-03-2023 20:01 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — After the February ice storm led to millions of damaged trees and hundreds of thousands of Austinites without power, city officials could pursue burying power lines.Austin City Council will consider the measure at its March 23 council meeting. If passed, the resolution would direct the interim city manager to create a plan for the conversion of overhead power lines to be relocated underground.If approved, the city will conduct a feasibility study and develop a long-term pla
  
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• Austin City Council could explore burying power lines after February storm

  19-03-2023 20:01 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — After the February ice storm led to millions of damaged trees and hundreds of thousands of Austinites without power, city officials could pursue burying power lines.Austin City Council will consider the measure at its March 23 council meeting. If approved, the city will conduct a feasibility study and develop a long-term plan to prioritize the conversions "for high-priority uses and areas without new construction opportunities."
  Key infrastructures that could receive those
  
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• Saving San Jose Cemetery I: Why the community is shouldering responsibility

  19-03-2023 13:45 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN)— Joaquin Rodriguez just found recently found out where his father was buried in Austin.
  His father, along with other relatives of Rodriguez, rests in the San Jose I Cemetery in East Austin."If you were low-income, and needed a place to put your relatives...this was known as this where you go," Rodriguez said.
  Joaquin Rodriguez leading cleanup at San Jose I Cemetery. (KXAN photos/Jake Sykes).That's why a few years ago, he founded the San Jose Montopolis Cemetery Association. I
  
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• Two more days of chilly air before a nice warmup

  19-03-2023 13:15 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The overnight was very tranquil, though cold. A combination of a dry air mass, very little wind and a fair sky sent morning temperatures falling to freezing in the northern and western Hill Country.
  This final full day of winter will feel like the middle of winter with afternoon temperatures rising to the upper 50s to some low 60s under a partly cloudy to mostly sunny sky. The wind will come out of the northeast to east around 5 mph.
  More sunshine this afternoon helps warm to ar
  
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• Cold spring equinox and then much warmer

  19-03-2023 13:15 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- This last full day of winter certainly was chilly, but abundant afternoon sun pushed temperatures back up into the upper 50s and low 60s.Clouds will thicken up tonight, but widespread 30s and low 40s can be expected to begin your Monday. NEW BLOG: April showers: Here's the outlook for Central TexasSpring arrives Monday afternoon at 4:24 pm. Expect a mostly cloudy to overcast sky with most temperatures in the mid to upper 50s. It will be colder for most of us thanks to the extra
  
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• 80s to make quick return ahead of late week storms

  19-03-2023 13:15 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- This last full day of winter certainly was chilly, but abundant afternoon sun pushed temperatures back up into the upper 50s and low 60s.Clouds will thicken up tonight, but widespread 30s and low 40s can be expected to begin your Monday. NEW BLOG: April showers: Here's the outlook for Central TexasSpring arrives Monday afternoon at 4:24 pm. Expect a mostly cloudy to overcast sky with most temperatures in the mid to upper 50s. It will be colder for most of us thanks to the extra
  
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• Health insurance coding change impacting a breast reconstruction surgery; what it means for patients

  19-03-2023 13:00 via kxan.com
  
  Vanessa Vance said she is thinking about her family as she navigates her cancer risks. (Courtesy Vanessa Vance)
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Vanessa Vance watched her mother and then aunt battle cancer. She often wondered about her own chances, especially after having her son. "My family has a long history of breast cancer. And so, when I think about my future as a person, I've always told myself, I will be a person who gets breast cancer," she said. She found out through genetic t
  
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• ATCEMS: 2 auto-pedestrian accidents reported overnight, 1 dead

  19-03-2023 12:30 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin-Travis County EMS responded to two separate auto-pedestrian crashes overnight Saturday into Sunday.
  The first crash happened in the 7900 block of Decker Lane near Lake Water E. Long around 9:48 p.m. ATCEMS said one person died at the scene.The second crash happened in north Austin around 5:30 a.m. Sunday on the North I-35 Service Road southbound near Barwood Park. ATCEMS said a person was struck by multiple vehicles and was taken to the hospital with critical life-th
  
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• Texas Longhorns hammer East Carolina Pirates 79-40 in 1st round of NCAA women's tourney

  19-03-2023 05:49 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Texas Longhorns women's basketball team left no doubt who was the better team Saturday night at Moody Center, pounding East Carolina 79-40 in the first round of the NCAA basketball tournament.Texas, seeded No. 4 in the second Seattle Regional, held the 13th-seeded Pirates to single-digit scoring in three of the four quarters and ripped a highly-ranked Pirates defense to shreds.East Carolina came into the game allowing 56 points per game, No. 22 in the country, and forci
  
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• Austin FC allows goals late in 2-0 loss to Houston Dynamo

  19-03-2023 04:38 via kxan.com
  
  HOUSTON (KXAN) — Austin FC fell on the road to the Houston Dynamo 2-0 on Saturday at Shell Energy Stadium.Amine Bassi connected on a penalty kick in the 71st minute for Houston following a handball in the penalty area by Austin FC defender Adam Lundkvist. Hector Herrera put the match away in the 86th minute after his left-footed shot found its way past Austin goalkeeper Brad Stuver. Griffen Dorsey served a short cross into the middle of the box for Herrera, and then he beat Stuver to the l
  
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• Fish killed by spill in Shoal Creek pile up at dam, City of Austin says it already cleaned up

  19-03-2023 03:47 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin Watershed Protection said it is sending spill investigators back out to Shoal Creek after being made aware that cleanup crews missed hundreds of dead fish at nearby dam.Earlier this week, viewers sent pictures of the creek to KXAN, which showed the blank eyes of dead fish staring up from cloudy, green water.AWP said the dead fish and unusual appearance of the water were caused by a major water leak that spilled drinking water and chlorine into Shoal Creek.Austin cree
  
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• Disu's huge night carries Longhorns to Sweet 16 with 71-66 win over Penn State

  19-03-2023 03:29 via kxan.com
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa (KXAN) — The Texas Longhorns couldn't hit water if they fell out of a boat from 3-point range Saturday against 10th-seeded Penn State, but senior forward Dylan Disu made up for that — and then some.Disu poured in a game-high 28 points on 14-of-20 shooting, and despite a 1-for-13 night from long distance by the Longhorns, they topped the Nittany Lions 71-66 to move on to the Sweet 16.MORE THAN THE SCORE: Stay up to date on sports stories like these, and sign up for ou
  
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• Austin FC's Owen Wolff named to U-20 US Men's Youth National Team roster

  19-03-2023 00:27 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin FC 18-year-old midfielder Owen Wolff has played well for his club to start the 2023 Major League Soccer season, and now he gets to play for his country.Wolff was named to the under-20 U.S. Men's Youth National Team's roster for international friendlies March 22-28 in Marbella, Spain as the team prepares for the FIFA under-20 World Cup this summer.MORE THAN THE SCORE: Stay up to date on sports stories like these, and sign up for our More than the Score sports newslett
  
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• State of Texas: Lawmakers battle over healthcare for transgender children

  19-03-2023 00:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (Nexstar) — A bill that would ban gender-affirming care for transgender Texas minors brought dozens of supporters and opponents to the Capitol on Thursday, for a Senate State Affairs Committee hearing that lasted several hours and often impassioned remarks from both testifiers and lawmakers.SB 14, authored by Sen. Donna Campbell, R-New Braunfels, would prohibit physicians from giving “procedures and treatments for gender transitioning, gender reassignment” for children u
  
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