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• Central Texas students design Earth Day-themed CapMetro buses

  18-04-2023 23:34 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- In recognition of Earth Day, a group of Central Texas elementary school students helped design artwork that'll cover two new zero-emission CapMetro buses.The transit authority collaborated with Creative Action -- an art-based youth development nonprofit -- on the project. Students at Graham Elementary School, Camacho Elementary School, Smith Elementary School and Pioneer Crossing Elementary School were selected to design the final piece.Students at Graham Elementary School, Cama
  
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• Clinic prioritizing Hispanic healthcare to open permanent location in south Austin 

  18-04-2023 23:31 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – Suvida Healthcare, a clinic focused on serving Hispanic seniors, announced it will open a permanent south Austin site in June. Representatives from the clinic said they hope their services will make it easier for this population to access healthcare. “We want to be a valuable resource in the neighborhoods that we're placing our centers in. It is really important for us to be mutually beneficial for our entire community. And we understand that it's going to be a g
  
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• UTPD dispatchers, dog serve campus community

  18-04-2023 23:27 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- It's National Telecommunicator Week, and the University of Texas at Austin Police Department (UTPD) wants to introduce to the community to Widget.Widget is one of the dispatcher's dogs. You'll often find the pup at the station.
  "Widget is a great part of our team," said Officer Gabriel Gallegos. "He's available for all of the officers to come in and say hi to, especially if we're having a long stressful day, lots of calls happening."The only thing Widget can't do is answer the p
  
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• Storm chance increasing late Thursday

  18-04-2023 23:15 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Mainly cloudy skies and a few sprinkles continue until the storm threat ramps up late Thursday.A weak disturbance combined with southerly flow ahead of a broad western storm continue this mainly cloudy, humid and breezy weather pattern. A few light rain showers remain possible, but will not add up to much in the rain gauge through Thursday morning.As the western storm makes its closest pass to Texas late Thursday, several clusters of late-day thunderstorms are expected to develo
  
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• Austin City Council to discuss possible license plate reader reinstatement this spring

  18-04-2023 23:08 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- City leaders will discuss the reinstatement of Austin Police Department's license plate reader (LPR) program during a public safety committee meeting next week before bringing the item back for council approval.In an APD memo Monday, Chief Joseph Chacon said the LPRs had previously been used in Austin to help with AMBER and Silver Alerts, missing person reports, abduction cases and locating vehicles connected to other crimes.APD License Plate Reader Program memoDownloadIn the me
  
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• Texas softball rising in polls, Morgan named Big 12 pitcher of the week

  18-04-2023 22:18 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Ahead of a top-10 Big 12 Conference showdown with Oklahoma State, voters in the four national softball polls moved the Texas Longhorns up in their rankings.The Longhorns moved up one spot to No. 7 in two of the polls — ESPN/USA Softball and NFCA/USA Today Coaches — stayed at No. 9 in the D1Softball.com poll and moved up three to No. 10 in the Softball America poll.MORE THAN THE SCORE: Stay up to date on sports stories like these, and sign up for our More than th
  
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• Former San Marcos CISD educator accused of improper relationship with student

  18-04-2023 21:56 via kxan.com
  
  SAN MARCOS, Texas (KXAN) -- A former staff member of San Marcos Consolidated Independent School District was arrested Monday after he was accused of having an improper relationship with a student, according to a news release from the City of San Marcos.Carl Anthony Thompson, 26, was identified as the former educator, according to the city.Image of Carl Anthony Thompson provided by the City of San MarcosOn Feb. 28, the school district received information regarding a "code of conduct violation wi
  
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• Austin on track with 2019 lifeguard hiring goal, eyeing 850 total workers

  18-04-2023 21:56 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The Austin Parks and Recreation Department aims to hire 850 lifeguards to work at city-run pools this summer, with nearly 300 already ready for work.PARD Director Kimberly McNeely provided the update during an Austin City Council work session Tuesday. She said this year marks the first time since 2019 the department is on track to hits its hiring goal. City staff: Lifeguard hiring going well, all pools expected to open this summerIt comes as the city upped its minimum wage to $2
  
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• SWAT scene cleared at Round Rock home, police say

  18-04-2023 21:25 via kxan.com
  
  ROUND ROCK, Texas (KXAN) -- The Round Rock Police Department said a SWAT situation was contained Tuesday after officers tried to serve an arrest warrant, RRPD said on Twitter.Furthermore, RRPD planned to hold a media briefing to provide more details into the incident, the agency said via tweet.Previously, police said the person was armed and was not coming out of the residence, located near 1900 Denfield Drive.RRPD said the suspect was wanted on felony assault-family violence charges. The suspec
  
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• SWAT on scene at Round Rock home, RRPD says

  18-04-2023 21:25 via kxan.com
  
  ROUND ROCK, Texas (KXAN) -- SWAT is on the scene at a Round Rock home Tuesday afternoon as officers tried to serve an arrest warrant, Round Rock police said on Twitter.Police said the person is armed and isn't coming out of the residence near 1900 Denfield Dr.RRPD said the suspect is wanted on felony assault-family violence charges. The suspect has a previous conviction.Police are asking people to avoid the area. If you are in the area, police said you should stay indoors.This developing story w
  
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• Man dies of apparent gunshot wound after SWAT situation in Round Rock

  18-04-2023 21:25 via kxan.com
  
  ROUND ROCK, Texas (KXAN) -- One person is dead as the result of an apparent gunshot wound during a SWAT situation in Round Rock Tuesday, RRPD confirmed in a media briefing.Previously, officers tried to serve an arrest warrant at a home in the 1900 block of Denfield Drive, RRPD said on Twitter.According to RRPD, the suspect, who was identified as a 40-year-old man, was wanted on felony assault-family violence charges.
  Police said the suspect fired one round at officers during the incident, and of
  
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• Teen cheerleader injured after shooting at Elgin H-E-B parking lot, suspect arrested

  18-04-2023 20:39 via kxan.com
  
  ELGIN, Texas (KXAN) — A well-known Central Texas cheerleader is in the hospital Tuesday night after a shooting in Elgin.
  Elgin Police said a 25-year-old man fired shots into a car at an HEB parking lot an injured two people.
  Lynn Shearer, owner of Woodland's Elite Cheer Co., said four cheerleaders that go to her gym were involved in that shooting.
  "It was unfortunate. These girls were just trying to get home," Shearer said.
  Shearer said the cheerleaders carpool from the Austin area to her
  
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• Police: Man arrested, 2 shot after Elgin parking lot fight

  18-04-2023 20:39 via kxan.com
  
  ELGIN, Texas (KXAN) — A 25-year-old man was arrested after two people were shot during a fight in an H-E-B parking lot early Tuesday morning, the Elgin Police Department said in a release.Police said multiple shots were fired into a vehicle in the parking lot at 1080 East U.S. Highway 290, hitting two people. One person was taken to the hospital by helicopter with serious injuries. Another person was treated at the scene, EPD said.Officers initially responded to the shots fired call around
  
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• Father of teen cheerleader injured after shooting at Elgin H-E-B parking lot says she's stable

  18-04-2023 20:39 via kxan.com
  
  ELGIN, Texas (KXAN) — A Central Texas cheerleader is in the hospital after a Tuesday shooting in Elgin.
  Elgin Police said a 25-year-old man fired shots into a car at an H-E-B parking lot and injured two people.
  Lynn Shearer, owner of Woodland's Elite Cheer Co., said four cheerleaders who go to her gym were involved in that shooting.
  "It was unfortunate. These girls were just trying to get home," Shearer said.
  Shearer said the cheerleaders carpool from the Austin area to her gym.
  "These kid
  
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• 'It was moving': Austin-area mom finds worms in 8-month-old baby's formula

  18-04-2023 19:46 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — After weeks of feeding her baby boy formula, Jessica Chavez noticed something wasn't right.
  "I was scooping up some formula and then I noticed something black inside the powder," she said. "So, I got it out, and it was moving. "That's when I noticed it was a worm."Chavez said she bought "Enfamil NueroPro Gentlease Infant formula—Brain Building Nutrition, Clinically Proven to Reduce Fussiness, Gas, Cryng in 24 hours, 35.2 oz, Power Refill Box (Pack 4)," on Amazon on Fe
  
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• In a rare move, Texas lawmakers hear more than a dozen firearm safety bills

  18-04-2023 19:38 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (Nexstar) — In a rare move, a group of Texas lawmakers are hearing more than a dozen bills related to firearm safety in a committee hearing on Tuesday.More than 100 people signed up to testify during the House Select Committee on Community Safety, including families members of victims from the Uvalde and Santa Fe school shootings.Lawmakers will consider 18 different bills that all pertain to firearm safety and creating certain penalties for misuse of such weapons.Several Uvalde fami
  
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• Bills' Damar Hamlin 'fully cleared' to return to football

  18-04-2023 18:21 via kxan.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Bills safety Damar Hamlin has been fully cleared to return to football and "is in a great headspace to come back," Bills General Manager Brandon Beane said Tuesday.Monday Night Football came to a halt on Jan. 2 when Hamlin went into cardiac arrest while tackling a Cincinnati Bengals receiver.
  The 25-year-old saw three different specialists in the aftermath, including most recently on Friday, and all of them gave the OK for Hamlin to return to the field, according to
  
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• 'Technology issues' snarl Southwest Airlines flights across the country

  18-04-2023 16:28 via kxan.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) – A representative for Southwest Airlines confirmed that “intermittent technology issues” were interrupting the carrier’s operations Tuesday morning.“As a result of the intermittent technology issues that we experienced, we should hopefully be resuming our operation as soon as possible,” a representative for Southwest wrote in response to a Twitter user complaining of a “nationwide grounding" around 9 a.m. CT.“We apologize for any inconve
  
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• 'Technology issues' at Southwest Airlines are snarling flights across the country

  18-04-2023 16:28 via kxan.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) – A representative for Southwest Airlines confirmed that “intermittent technology issues” were interrupting the carrier’s operations Tuesday morning.“As a result of the intermittent technology issues that we experienced, we should hopefully be resuming our operation as soon as possible,” a representative for Southwest wrote in response to a Twitter user complaining of a “nationwide grounding" around 9 a.m. CT.“We apologize for any inconve
  
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• Southwest Airlines resumes operations after 'data connection issues' snarl flights nationwide

  18-04-2023 16:28 via kxan.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) – Southwest Airlines has blamed "data connection issues resulting from a firewall failure" for interrupting the carrier's nationwide operations on Tuesday morning.Operations have since resumed, the airline said."Early this morning, a vendor-supplied firewall went down and connection to some operational data was unexpectedly lost. Southwest Teams worked quickly to minimize flight disruptions," a representative for Southwest wrote, in part, in a statement shared with Nexstar."We as
  
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• APD: East Austin resident shot man in self-defense after he broke into home

  18-04-2023 16:27 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- A death in east Austin Tuesday morning was determined to have occurred out of self-defense.
  The Austin Police Department said on Twitter it happened in the 7600 block of Bethune Avenue.
  The area is close to the St. Johns neighborhood, just south of U.S. Highway 183 and east of Interstate 35.
  A spokesperson for APD said a woman in the home called 911 around 5:31 a.m. reporting a man was trying to break into her house.
  The woman told police the man was banging on the door trying t
  
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• Person hit, killed by car near Lamar Boulevard, 12th Street intersection

  18-04-2023 15:50 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- A person has died after they were hit by a car near the intersection of North Lamar Boulevard and 12th Street.
  Austin-Travis County EMS tweeted at 8:38 a.m. that one person was pronounced dead on the scene of an auto-pedestrian collision in the 1100 block of North Lamar Boulevard.MAP: AutoPed deaths endemic along I-35, US-183, Ben White Blvd.Police said on Twitter there are road closures in the north and southbound lanes of Lamar near 12th Street.
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• More than a million guns stolen in 5 years nationwide: TPW, DPS remind gun owners to securely store weapons

  18-04-2023 15:35 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and the Texas Department of Safety are teaming up to remind hunters and gun owners to securely lock their weapons to keep them from getting into the wrong hands."A substantial amount of firearms are taken out of vehicles and taken from homes. And where do they end up usually? On our streets,” said Sgt. Deon Cockrell with DPS.According to a report released earlier this year from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, 1,074,022 f
  
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• More than a million guns stolen in 5 years nationwide: Reminder to securely store weapons

  18-04-2023 15:35 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and the Texas Department of Safety are teaming up to remind hunters and gun owners to securely lock their weapons to keep them from getting into the wrong hands."A substantial amount of firearms are taken out of vehicles and taken from homes. And where do they end up usually? On our streets,” said Sgt. Deon Cockrell with DPS.According to a report released earlier this year from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, 1,074,022 f
  
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• APD: Son charged with murder in father's death

  18-04-2023 15:15 via kxan.com
  
  Editor’s Note: The video above shows KXAN News Today’s top headlines for April 18, 2023.AUSTIN (KXAN) – Austin Police said Monday a man faces a murder charge after allegedly striking and stabbing his father on April 13.
  According to the Austin Police Department, officers responded to a call on Mickelson Drive around 8:15 p.m. April 13. Mickelson Drive lies just east of Onion Creek and Interstate 35 in far southeast Austin.PREVIOUS: APD investigating homicide in southeast Austin
  
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• Austin City Council to receive briefing on DPS partnership

  18-04-2023 15:06 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- During the Austin City Council work session Tuesday, council members will receive an update on the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) collaboration with the Austin Police Department (APD).According to DPS, the AVCTF is a data-driven violent crime suppression task force composed of troopers, special agents and intelligence-level policing.Some council members, like Vanessa Fuentes (District 2) and Ryan Alter (District 5), told KXAN they received questions and concerns fr
  
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• APD: More than 4,000 traffic stops made since DPS partnership began

  18-04-2023 15:06 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- During the Austin City Council work session Tuesday, council members received an update on the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) collaboration with the Austin Police Department (APD), which included statistics on the number of traffic stops DPS made and how response times have decreased.According to DPS, the AVCTF is a data-driven violent crime suppression task force composed of troopers, special agents and intelligence-level policing. DPS: Nearly 200 arrests made sin
  
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• How to help dwindling Monarch butterfly population in Central Texas

  18-04-2023 14:54 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Central Texas is home to many types of pollinators that each play an important role in our ecosystem. Perhaps one of the most recognizable, the Monarch butterfly, populate our skies every spring and fall as they migrate to and from Mexico and Canada. But recent studies show a concerning decline in the number of Monarch butterflies, an insect that has been on the brink of being listed as endangered for years.PHOTO: Thomas Dunkerton | United States Fish & Wildlife ServiceMonar
  
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• APA! cat shelter getting makeover, needs foster homes for cats

  18-04-2023 14:14 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The Feline Leukemia Adoption Center inside the Austin Pets Alive! shelter is getting a makeover and needs to find foster homes for the cats that are currently staying there.
  The last day for cats to get fostered before construction begins is Tuesday. Anyone interested in fostering the animals can visit APA's website or visit its Cesar Chavez location.
  Feline Leukemia Adoption Center
  The FLAC opened in 2016 and acts as the designated area for cats diagnosed with the feline leukem
  
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• LIVE: How are animal shelters addressing their overpopulation issues?

  18-04-2023 14:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – Long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic trickled down into multiple aspects of our lives, and the lives of our pets. Around March 2021, animal shelters in Austin and surrounding areas felt the reality of people going back to work, realizing they had less time to take care of their pets. Overcrowding of animal shelters, though, goes deeper than people returning “pandemic pets.” In talking to shelters around the community, many found, for some owners, the
  
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• How are animal shelters addressing their overpopulation issues?

  18-04-2023 14:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – Long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic trickled down into multiple aspects of our lives, and the lives of our pets. Around March 2021, animal shelters in Austin and surrounding areas felt the reality of people going back to work, realizing they had less time to take care of their pets. Overcrowding of animal shelters, though, goes deeper than people returning “pandemic pets.” In talking to shelters around the community, many found, for some owners, the
  
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• Austin middle schoolers engineer tool for visually impaired

  18-04-2023 13:56 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — What started off as a middle school science project could soon make a major impact helping those who are visually impaired.Two 8th-graders at the Harmony School of Endeavor have engineered a ‘smart cane’ with sonar sensors that detect obstacles up to five feet away.Ahyan Hassan and Hasan Rizvi call it their Pathfinder Project.Not only did they win the middle school division on their own campus, but they also finished first at the Austin Energy Regional Science F
  
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• Georgetown High School students getting jump on summer job opportunities

  18-04-2023 13:12 via kxan.com
  
  GEORGETOWN, Texas (KXAN) – The Georgetown Independent School District will host a job fair for students at one high school Tuesday.Georgetown High School students looking for summer work and internship opportunities will be able to meet with more than 100 local businesses.The job fair will be at the school Tuesday from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.This was the second of two job fairs the district held in April. It held one on Monday at East View High School.
  The district also has an online tool for
  
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• AISD: 120+ recommended for jobs after teacher job fair

  18-04-2023 12:54 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The Austin Independent School District said Monday its teacher job fair on April 15 was a "tremendous success."According to an e-mail sent to parents Monday afternoon by interim superintendent Matias Segura, more than 360 people attended the event and more than 120 were recommended for jobs.AISD said last week it has nearly 225 openings to fill for the 2023-24 school year.Arnoldo Gutiérrez, Assistant Superintendent of Human Capital for Austin ISD, told KXAN April 11 that
  
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• How would school choice vouchers affect high school sports in Texas?

  18-04-2023 04:31 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) - Public high school sports in the state of Texas are a big reason why Hutto Athletic Director Brad LaPlante is where he is. He feels that legislation being discussed in Texas right now could threaten the future of the system he believes in so much."If you're not getting the same funding that you're used to doing to provide what you think you need to do for your coaching staff and the great kids that you work with every day, it hurts," said LaPlante. Senate bill gives detailed look
  
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• How could school choice vouchers affect high school sports in Texas?

  18-04-2023 04:31 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) - Public high school sports in the state of Texas are a big reason why Hutto Athletic Director Brad LaPlante is where he is. He feels that legislation being discussed in Texas right now could threaten the future of the system he believes in so much."If you're not getting the same funding that you're used to doing to provide what you think you need to do for your coaching staff and the great kids that you work with every day, it hurts," said LaPlante. Senate bill gives detailed look
  
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• San Marcos CISD board to vote on school marshal program

  18-04-2023 04:21 via kxan.com
  
  SAN MARCOS, Texas (KXAN) - Monday night, the San Marcos CISD school board discussed the possibility of a school marshal program for the district. The school board is currently in executive session but is expected to vote when they finish.PREVIOUS COVERAGE: San Marcos CISD school board discusses school marshal programAt the meeting, several parents and community members spoke out against the idea.
  "We can do better than just more guns," said one SMCISD parent.
  What is the school marshal program?I
  
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• San Marcos CISD board approves school marshal program

  18-04-2023 04:21 via kxan.com
  
  SAN MARCOS, Texas (KXAN) - Monday night, the San Marcos CISD school board approved to begin the process of implementing a school marshal program for the district.PREVIOUS COVERAGE: San Marcos CISD school board discusses school marshal programAt the meeting, several parents and community members spoke out against the idea.
  "We can do better than just more guns," said one SMCISD parent.
  What is the school marshal program?It's a licensing program under the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement that a
  
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• Longhorn baseball moves up in 3 of 4 major national polls

  18-04-2023 04:20 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Coming off their wild 2-1 series win over Baylor in Waco, the Texas Longhorns baseball team impressed poll voters enough to rise in all four major polls released Monday.Texas moved up five spots to No. 14 in the D1Baseball.com poll and Baseball America moved the Longhorns up one spot to No. 14. Collegiate Baseball Newspaper kept the Longhorns at No. 12 from last week and the Longhorns rose four spots to No. 14 in the USA Today coaches poll.
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• Humidity & showers return to our area

  18-04-2023 04:15 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Periods of mist, light rain showers and even an isolated thunderstorm are expected in many areas through the day Tuesday. While damp weather will be fairly easy to come by, rain totals will remain very light -- under 0.10" for most. Expect cloudy, breezy and cool conditions with highs staying into the low and middle 70s.Heat and humidity build midweek as rain chances dip lower on Wednesday, but a broad western storm slowly approaching the Plains will increase rain chances locall
  
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• A few days of wet weather

  18-04-2023 04:15 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Pre-dawn showers and thunderstorms raced across Caldwell, Bastrop, and Fayette Counties with brief heavy rain and lightning. The "highest" rain total measured was .16" at the Fayette Power Plant.Light rain moved north over Hays, Bastrop, Travis, and Williamson Cos. during the noon hour. More areas of light rain are expected this afternoon with only a few hundredths of an inch measured.Scattered areas of rain will affect some of the area Wednesday morning. Decreasing clouds are f
  
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• Tim Tebow scheduled to speak at Austin church event April 22

  18-04-2023 03:20 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Heisman Trophy winner and former professional football and baseball player Tim Tebow is slated to appear at a worship event April 22 in Austin.Tebow, a devout Christian who is also a New York Times best-selling author, is part of the lineup of speakers for Life Surge, an event at Shoreline Church, located at 15201 Burnet Road.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/newslettersTe
  
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• Inmate dies while in custody at Travis County Jail, TCSO says

  18-04-2023 03:06 via kxan.com
  
  TRAVIS COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) -- On Monday, the Travis County Sheriff's Office confirmed an inmate died in-custody while in the Travis County Jail Sunday, according to a news release from TCSO.At approximately 5:30 p.m. Sunday, 27-year-old Timothy Roberts, of Austin, was brought into the Travis County Jail Central Booking Facility without incident and was charged with a parole violation, TCSO said.According to the release, Roberts became unresponsive during the booking process. TCSO staff immediat
  
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• Former Austin ISD PE teacher faces felony drug charges

  18-04-2023 02:38 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A man who had worked as a PE teacher in Austin ISD for five years was arrested in December and accused of having drugs he intended to distribute, according to Travis County court records.Drugs found in the man's car during a traffic stop in December included Adderall as well as smaller amounts of cocaine, alprazolam and MDMA, according to an arrest affidavit.Abraham Allen Ligon faces a Possession of a Controlled Substance in group 1/1-B of between 1-4 grams and a Manufactur
  
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• No exceptions coming for Texas abortion ban, both parties say

  18-04-2023 02:28 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (Nexstar) -- With just 21 days left to pass House bills out of committee, there is no sign in the Texas legislature that any changes are coming to the state's strict abortion ban.On Monday morning, lawmakers who authored the legislation that made providing abortion a felony stood with activists to denounce any possible changes to the law."The origin of the conception is not what determines the value of life," State Sen. Angela Paxton said. "I am the result of an unplanned pregnancy."Rep.
  
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• Claudio Reyna no longer listed on Austin FC's website as technical advisor

  18-04-2023 00:50 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Former Austin FC sporting director Claudio Reyna is no longer listed on the team's website as part of the technical staff.Reyna resigned from his post as Austin FC's sporting director in January in the fallout of abuse allegations he and his wife Danielle made to the U.S. Soccer Federation following the 2022 FIFA World Cup about U.S. Men's National Team head coach Gregg Berhalter. Reyna moved into a technical advisor role alongside Nolan Sheldon, but Reyna's name and title
  
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• Semi fire caused traffic delays near U.S. 183/I-35 interchange in central Austin

  18-04-2023 00:41 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- A semi tractor-trailer was on fire in central Austin Monday, causing delays with traffic.The crash occurred on the Interstate 35 south exit ramp off southbound U.S. Highway 183.KXAN viewers began sending in images and video of the semi on fire with black smoke also visible.A tractor-trailer on the southbound Interstate 35 exit ramp off southbound U.S. Highway 183 Monday, April 17. | Photo courtesy Katie RoyA tractor-trailer on Interstate 35 Monday, April 17. | Photo courtesy Kat
  
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