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• APD offering free training to local counselors in exchange for their services

  01-04-2023 22:29 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – The Austin Police Department Victim Services Unit is offering free trauma training to local counselors in exchange for their expertise. APD has $50,000 available to train local counselors in a therapy called Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing in exchange for offering sessions to trauma victims. The therapy focuses on disturbing emotions and symptoms resulting from traumatic events and assists the brain’s information processing system in moving org
  
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• New Study says people in these 2 Texas cities are the most unfaithful

  01-04-2023 21:32 via kxan.com
  
  DALLAS (KDAF) — In Dallas and Fort Worth, people don't seem to want to be tied down, at least not according to a new study. They would rather be "Texas two-steppin'!"On a new list of the most unfaithful cities in America, Dallas, and Fort Worth topped the list.MyDatingAdviser.com has a thing it calls the Infidelity Index. The study looked at divorce, separation, and marriage rates in 200 U.S. cities.
  In addition, it took into account the number of places to meet for an affair, Google searc
  
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• AISD has until April 17 to appeal TEA conservatorship decision over special education services, what's next?

  01-04-2023 21:15 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN)— We're getting somewhat of a better idea of what a conservatorship would look like, for the Austin Independent School District's special education programs.The Texas Education Agency (TEA) announced late Friday, it's planning to implement this, because it said AISD hasn’t done enough to help its students with special needs. TEA plans to implement conservator team for Austin ISD special education departmentAs some families might be concerned by this news, AISD said it is
  
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• APD releases video of shooting, robbery at south Austin gas station

  01-04-2023 20:51 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — On Friday, the Austin Police Department released a video related to a Wednesday shooting and robbery at a gas station in south Austin.According to detectives, the armed robbery occurred at 4:30 a.m. in the 100 block of East Stassney Lane.The surveillance video showed three armed juveniles entering the gas station store and rushing toward the clerk as they ransacked the store.APD issued a viewer discretion warning for the video, saying it contained foul language and disturbi
  
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• Records: Facebook Marketplace seller attacked with knife while trying to sell PlayStation

  01-04-2023 20:50 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin police have charged a 19-year-old woman with a felony for allegedly pulling a knife on a man Tuesday after she agreed to buy his PlayStation 4 on Facebook Marketplace, according to police documents. The victim posted his PlayStation 4 on Facebook Marketplace for $200 and received a message from an interested buyer Tuesday afternoon. They agreed to meet at a north Austin location later that evening, according to APD. The victim arrived at the agreed-upon loc
  
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• Trellis, major employer in Round Rock, to lay off more than 100

  01-04-2023 19:05 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (ABJ) — A Round Rock-based nonprofit that has been a major employer in the city intends to shed more than 100 employees, nearly one-third of its staff.Trellis Company, a student loan guarantor that for more than four decades has helped college students navigate higher education financing, informed the state in a March 9 letter about next month's planned layoffs.The "mass layoff" — which came to light in what's known as a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act letter
  
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• 367 acres of 'vital' land donated for conservancy in Hill Country

  01-04-2023 18:57 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – A Central Texas nonprofit announced Thursday it received a 367-acre land donation in Hill Country to be saved and protected from development.
  Scott Shannon of Scott Shannon Ranch donated a conservation easement, roughly the size of Zilker Park, along U.S. Highway 290 between Johnson City and Fredericksburg, which will be permanently protected, the Hill Country Conservancy said.
  "This is an important milestone for the Hill Country region, where unincorporated growth is rapid
  
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• Family still searching for answers in 2020 murder of a 51-year-old woman

  01-04-2023 18:33 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – Pflugerville Police department is still searching for answers in a 2020 murder of a 51-year-old woman. Sharon Selman was found with multiple gunshot wounds at the Century Stone Hill South Apartments near Stone Hill Town Center on March 31, 2020. She was pronounced dead on the scene. MORE: Pflugerville police identify woman killed in deadly March shootingFriday marked the third anniversary of the incident, but PPD and Selman’s family remain steadfast in findi
  
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• Forecasting a wetter April

  01-04-2023 17:40 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Once again, Central Texas had a month of above-normal high temperatures and below-normal precipitation. But there is a glimmer of hope that one of these will change with April's forecast.March began with twelve consecutive days of a high above average. There were a few days starting on the 13th where afternoons were below normal, with a "low" high of 57° on the 20th.But seven of the last ten days had warmer-than-normal highs including a record-tying on the 31st.
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• Case dismissed of a man sentenced to 60 years in prison over 'unreliable' DNA analysis

  01-04-2023 17:18 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – Travis County District Attorney José Garza announced this week that his office would dismiss a case of a man who was accused of attacking a woman with a brick in a downtown office building over a decade ago. The man was accused of the offense in Feb. 2011 and was indicted by a Travis County Grand Jury shortly after. One year later, a Travis County Jury convicted the accused of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and sentenced him to 60 years in prison. Howev
  
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• 'Texas things' you'll miss most when you leave

  01-04-2023 17:00 via kxan.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) — What makes you Texan?
  No matter where your life takes you, you'll always be a product of your environment to some degree. If you grew up in Texas, there are just some Lone Star State traditions and favorites you'll always miss.Here's a list of some of the "Texas things" you'll miss if and when you ever leave. While many of these things aren't only in Texas, Texans know they're better in Texas. This is the most remote area in all of TexasKolaches and klobasnekCzech influence on
  
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• 'Heavy congestion' expected near UT, downtown due to multiple concurrent events

  01-04-2023 15:16 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The City of Austin released a memo Thursday to bring awareness to the many concurrent events scheduled near the University of Texas and the downtown Austin area Saturday.Drivers should be prepared to expect traffic delays due to the multiple events around the area.“Staff anticipates very heavy congestion around the university and in the downtown area during and after these events. Staff have been working with the various events organizers to plan for the ingress and e
  
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• 1 dead after 2-vehicle collision in southeastern Travis County, traffic delays expected

  01-04-2023 14:45 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — One person died early Saturday morning in southeastern Travis County as a result of a two-vehicle collision, according to Austin-Travis County EMS.First responders said a vehicle rescue call came in at 4:22 a.m. for a collision in the 6200 block of Kellam Road. ATCEMS originally said in a tweet the collision had a pin-in and a possible fatality.According to officials, Travis County STAR Flight was also assigned to the call.In an update, ATCEMS said the pinned patient was fr
  
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• Isolated severe storms possible Sunday

  01-04-2023 14:15 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- After a warm first day of April, clouds rolled in and even a few sprinkles late in the day. The limited rainfall is now done and the rest of the night will be partly to mostly cloudy. Overnight lows drop to near 60 making for a mild night. UPDATED April forecast increases chances for rainSunday's weather should be more active as a cold front reverses course and heads north through the area as a warm front. It should make for a warm day with highs in the middle to upper 80s, but
  
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• A nice start to April

  01-04-2023 14:15 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The last day of March featured a record high tied at Camp Mabry. The high of 90° equaled the record first set in 1946 and tied in 1974. There will be no record today though afternoon highs will be above normal.Highs this afternoon at or above normal (78°) UPDATED April forecast increases chances for rainToday will be dry. A sunny to partly cloudy sky this morning is followed by increasing clouds especially during the late afternoon. The weather will cooperate for the 95t
  
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• VOTE: Help us choose the best KXAN viewer photo of March 2023

  01-04-2023 14:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Here at KXAN, we get hundreds of photos sent to us each month by viewers just like you.We want to showcase some of the best pictures we receive, so we narrowed them down to our 10 favorites for the month. March's picks inevitably feature lots of bluebonnets, as well as photos of the incredible lightning Austin saw in the middle of the month.Help us choose the best viewer photo of March 2023. Look through the 10 pictures below, then vote for your favorite. The winning photo
  
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• RESULTS: This is the best KXAN viewer photo of March 2023, as voted by you

  01-04-2023 14:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Here at KXAN, we get hundreds of photos sent to us each month by viewers just like you.We want to showcase some of the best pictures we receive, so we narrowed them down to our 10 favorites for the month. March's picks inevitably featured lots of bluebonnets, as well as photos of the incredible lightning Austin saw in the middle of the month.The winning photo will move on to represent March in the best viewer photos of the year competition once 2023 is said and done. Here a
  
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• TEA plans to implement conservator team for Austin ISD special education department

  01-04-2023 02:44 via kxan.com
  
  Editor’s Note: The video above shows KXAN News Today’s top headlines for March 31, 2023.AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The Texas Education Agency outlined plans to implement a conservator management team to improve Austin ISD's special education services, according to a 31-page TEA report obtained by KXAN. It comes after a years-long TEA investigation into the school district backlog of special education evaluations.
  The agency report stated it reviewed 43 investigations of the districts special e
  
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• TEA plans to implement conservator team for AISD special education department

  01-04-2023 02:44 via kxan.com
  
  Editor’s Note: The video above shows KXAN News Today’s top headlines for March 31, 2023.AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The Texas Education Agency outlined plans to implement a conservator management team to improve Austin ISD's special education services, according to a 31-page TEA report obtained by KXAN. It comes after a years-long TEA investigation into the school district backlog of special education evaluations.
  The agency report stated it reviewed 43 investigations of the districts special e
  
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• 'Tremendous drop in interest': Austin Fire recruitment down, union chief says

  01-04-2023 01:27 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Nearly 2,000 fewer people applied for the 2023 Austin Fire Department recruitment process than the previous one in 2021, the chief of the Austin Firefighters Association says. The application process was open from March 15-29.
  "We're seeing a tremendous drop in interest in the fire department right now," Association Chief Bob Nicks said.
  Roughly 1,370 applications were received during the recruitment period this March, Assistant Chief Richard Davis, who oversees our recruiting d
  
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• APD makes arrest in January north Austin homicide

  01-04-2023 01:16 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The Austin Police Department arrested a man wanted for a January homicide in north Austin, APD said in a news release Friday.The man was identified as Demonte Harris, 26, police said. Victim identified in North Lamar homicide, APD continues investigatingAt approximately 1:15 a.m., Jan. 5, officers responded to a crash in the 8600 block of North Lamar Boulevard, the release said. When officers arrived on the scene, they found the driver of the vehicle, Fritzgerald Bissereth, 20,
  
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• Transgender Day of Visibility still vital as legislative threats loom

  01-04-2023 00:47 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- This year's Transgender Day of Visibility (TDOV), an event that celebrates the international transgender community, comes during a time of heightened legislative attacks against the transgender community. Despite the political rhetoric, local leaders in the transgender community still see this year's TDOV as a time for joy.TDOV occurs annually on March 31. It was created by Michigan transgender activist Rachel Crandall in 2009 to balance out the somber Transgender Day of Remembr
  
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• Man arrested in Austin after 2 die in Elgin shooting

  01-04-2023 00:06 via kxan.com
  
  Editor’s Note: The video above shows KXAN News Today’s top headlines for March 31, 2023.ELGIN, Texas (KXAN) — The U.S. Marshals Lone Star Fugitive Task Force arrested a man believed to be connected with a double homicide in Elgin, according to an Elgin Police Department release.Terrence Wayne Lewis, 35, was arrested Friday around noon in southeast Austin on Fairway Street, the release said. He will be charged with two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, a second-
  
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