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• Oilfield companies helped to craft Texas’ new waste rules for 2 years before the public got to see them

  04-10-2023 23:25 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (Texas Tribune) — State regulators on Monday released their draft rules for what to do with all the hazardous oilfield waste that’s left over once a well is drilled. The announcement gives the public one month to comment on the new rules — while some industry representatives started giving input more than two years ago, documents and interviews show.Oilfield waste executives and consultants helped write the regulations beginning in 2021. Oil and gas business advocates al
  
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• Excessive heat, drought hindered Texas' pumpkin crops this season

  04-10-2023 23:17 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- It's all tricks and no treats this Halloween, as this summer's excessive heatwave and the ongoing drought have negatively impacted pumpkin crops in the Lone Star State.This season's pumpkin yields are far below average crop loads, a Texas A&M AgriLife Extensive Service expert said in the latest Texas Crop and Weather Report released Tuesday.Mark Carroll serves as the AgriLife Extension agriculture and natural resources agent for Floyd County. He said this year's pumpkin prod
  
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• Son of Buc-ee's co-founder arrested on 28 invasive visual recording charges

  04-10-2023 22:45 via kxan.com
  
  Editor’s Note: The video above shows KXAN Live’s top headlines for Oct. 4, 2023.AUSTIN (KXAN) — The son of a co-founder of the nationally renowned Buc-ee's convenience store was arrested Tuesday in Travis County and faces 28 separate state jail felony charges of invasive visual recordings.Mitchell Wasek, 28, was released one hour after being arrested on a $10,000 bond on the condition he not contact the complainants, according to Travis County jail records.KXAN reached out to a
  
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• LIVE: How to find help, medical assistance while at Austin City Limits music festival

  04-10-2023 22:28 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Several agencies are expected to share public safety recommendations Wednesday ahead of the Austin City Limits music festival.According to the Austin Police Department, the discussion will take place at APD Headquarters in downtown Austin at 4 p.m.KXAN will livestream the press conference in this story and on Facebook. Where 2023 ACL Festival attendees are coming from, according to AirbnbIn addition to APD, the Austin Fire Department, Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical
  
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• How to find help, medical assistance while at Austin City Limits music festival

  04-10-2023 22:28 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Several agencies are expected to share public safety recommendations Wednesday ahead of the Austin City Limits music festival.According to the Austin Police Department, the discussion will take place at APD Headquarters in downtown Austin at 4 p.m.KXAN will livestream the press conference in this story and on Facebook. Where 2023 ACL Festival attendees are coming from, according to AirbnbIn addition to APD, the Austin Fire Department, Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical
  
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• $300K in enhanced bike facilities, bus stops planned in northwest, east Austin

  04-10-2023 21:11 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Construction on new transit facilities and cycling infrastructure is underway off Lakeline Boulevard and Loyola Lane in northwest and east Austin.The projects are being done in collaboration between the City of Austin and CapMetro. Both projects are designed to improve transit access for those walking, biking and catching a bus in the area, city officials said in an Austin Mobility newsletter Monday.Construction on new transit facilities and cycling infrastructure is underway of
  
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• $100K in enhanced bike facilities, bus stops planned in northwest, east Austin

  04-10-2023 21:11 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Construction on new transit facilities and cycling infrastructure is underway off Lakeline Boulevard and Loyola Lane in northwest and east Austin.The projects are being done in collaboration between the City of Austin and CapMetro. Both projects are designed to improve transit access for those walking, biking and catching a bus in the area, city officials said in an Austin Mobility newsletter Monday.Construction on new transit facilities and cycling infrastructure is underway of
  
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• After McCarthy, Texas Speaker Phelan to face challenge for gavel

  04-10-2023 20:59 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (Nexstar) -- Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan is expected to weather a challenge to his post when lawmakers return for the third special session on Monday, in an intraparty GOP feud fueled by the same kind of animus that cost former U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy his position on Tuesday.Phelan was elected for a second term as speaker on an overwhelming and bipartisan 145-3 vote in January. Since then, his relationship with some of the most hardline members of the Republican Party has wi
  
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• Buying vs. renting housing in Austin, which is better? ABoR weighs in

  04-10-2023 20:44 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- If you live in or are considering moving to Austin, housing has certainly been on your mind. The key question when it comes to finding a place to live is buying vs. renting: which is better?
  The Austin Board of Realtors, or ABoR, released a report looking into the topic earlier this year.
  "Simply put, homeownership has been proven to be the best way to create generational wealth, as home buying is a long-term investment that poses significant benefits over time," ABoR said in a
  
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• 'Big Border Rivalry' pregame shows gets you ready for Texas, Oklahoma

  04-10-2023 20:44 via kxan.com
  
  Editor's Note: The above video is the latest episode of KXAN Live: Horns Report.AUSTIN (KXAN) — The pageantry of college football will be on full display at the Cotton Bowl on Saturday for the 119th Red River Rivalry, and KXAN Sports wants to get you ready for it. By the numbers: Stats to know about the Texas Longhorns’ 2023 seasonThe "Big Border Rivalry" pregame show takes you inside the matchup between bitter rivals playing in one of college football's most storied matchups. Unlike
  
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• 'Big Border Rivalry' pregame show gets you ready for Texas, Oklahoma

  04-10-2023 20:44 via kxan.com
  
  Watch Horns Pre-Game: Big Border Rivalry in the video player above.AUSTIN (KXAN) — The pageantry of college football will be on full display at the Cotton Bowl on Saturday for the 119th Red River Rivalry, and KXAN Sports wants to get you ready for it. By the numbers: Stats to know about the Texas Longhorns’ 2023 seasonThe "Big Border Rivalry" pregame show takes you inside the matchup between bitter rivals playing in one of college football's most storied matchups. Unlike a lot of oth
  
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• How barring medical debt from credit scores could impact borrowers

  04-10-2023 19:45 via kxan.com
  
  (The Hill) — A White House proposal to bar medical bills from being used in credit reporting won’t get rid of the debt itself or prevent future debts from being accrued, but the move could be transformative for many.The Biden administration and debt advocates argue medical debt is not a good predictor of a person’s credit worthiness, hence why it should be excluded from the information creditors can use. Biden aiming to scrub medical debt from people’s credit scores, whic
  
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• Group pitches last-chance plan to save historic Barton Springs tree Flo

  04-10-2023 19:29 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- With hours left before a celebration of life ceremony for the 120-year-old pecan tree "Flo" at Barton Springs, a local group is pitching a plan to save it by adding structural reinforcements.Save Our Springs, or SOS, said that its "Pergola Concept" provides an alternative to removing the historic tree. SOS added it plans to pay the bill for the project."With SOS’s offer to pay for the artful enhancements needed to make certain Flo’ cannot hurt any person or property,
  
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• Austin restaurants eager for ACL festival crowds after slow summer

  04-10-2023 19:14 via kxan.com
  
  Editor’s Note: The video above shows KXAN Live’s top headlines for Oct. 4, 2023.AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Restaurants in Austin are gearing up for a busy couple of weekends with Austin City Limits music festival approaching.
  It comes at a time when restaurant owners said they've been struggling over the summer with fewer customers dining in.PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Central Texas’ triple-digit heat wave slams restaurants, food trailersPreviously, the Texas Restaurant Association told KXAN the
  
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• Rep. Lloyd Doggett files legislation to revamp federal vaccine injury compensation

  04-10-2023 19:08 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) has filed legislation to update the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program to incorporate any pending COVID-19 vaccine injury claims.Currently, COVID-19 vaccine injury claims are filed into the Countermeasures Injury Compensation Program. Under Doggett's latest legislative proposal -- the Vaccine Injury Compensation Modernization Act, filed alongside U.S. Rep. Lloyd Smucker (R-PA) -- those COVID-related claims would file into the Vaccine Injury Compen
  
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• Kali Uchis no longer performing at ACL 2023; Major Lazer added to Weekend 1 lineup

  04-10-2023 18:41 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin City Limits music festival begins Friday, but last-minute adjustments are being made to the lineup.Kali Uchis, a R&B/soul singer-songwriter, said she would no longer be performing at ACL. Major Lazer was added to the time slot Uchis was originally slated for during Weekend One, according to a social media post from ACL Festival.What to know before attending the 2023 Austin City Limits Music FestivalIn a social media post, Uchis said her Wednesday show in El P
  
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• Kali Uchis no longer performing at ACL 2023

  04-10-2023 18:41 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin City Limits music festival begins Friday, but last-minute adjustments are being made to the lineup.Kali Uchis, a R&B/soul singer-songwriter, said she would no longer be performing at ACL. What to know before attending the 2023 Austin City Limits Music FestivalIn a social media post, Uchis said her Wednesday show in El Paso would be the final stop on her “Red Moon in Venus” tour.“Austin I will not be going to ACL,” Uchis said.According
  
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• Tropical Storm Philippe dumping heavy rain in parts of the Caribbean

  04-10-2023 18:24 via kxan.com
  
  TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The National Hurricane Center continues to track Tropical Storm Philippe as it brings heavy rain and flash flooding to parts of the Caribbean.The NHC said Philippe remains disorganized as it slowly moves northwestward.The storm is currently dumping heavy rain across portions of the British and U.S. Virgin Islands. Its maximum sustained winds are near 45 mph. What’s causing that smoke over the Tampa Bay area?Philippe is forecast to turn toward the north-northwest
  
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• Tracking the Tropics: Caribbean waters primed for more hurricane activity

  04-10-2023 18:24 via kxan.com
  
  TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The National Hurricane Center continues to track Tropical Storm Philippe as it brings heavy rain and flash flooding to parts of the Caribbean.The NHC said Philippe remains disorganized as it slowly moves northwestward.The storm is currently dumping heavy rain across portions of the British and U.S. Virgin Islands. Its maximum sustained winds are near 45 mph. What’s causing that smoke over the Tampa Bay area?Philippe is forecast to turn toward the north-northwest
  
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• 3 injured after scaffolding collapse in Austin neighborhood

  04-10-2023 18:19 via kxan.com
  
  Editor’s Note: The video above shows KXAN Live’s top headlines for Oct. 4, 2023.AUSTIN (KXAN) — Three people were injured after scaffolding collapsed in a neighborhood near Rollingwood Wednesday morning, Austin-Travis County EMS said on social media.ATCEMS said the collapse happened on Honey Tree Lane, which is near Walsh Tarlton Lane and Bee Caves Road.The three adults injured in the collapse are considered "trauma alerts" and were taken to local trauma facilities, ATCEMS said
  
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• A new communications tool helps to prepare for floods

  04-10-2023 17:55 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Flooding continues to be the most frequent severe weather-related threat in Central Texas and across the country. It's not just a major threat but a costly one as well.The National Weather Service has a new tool designed to help emergency and water managers be better prepared for and respond to flooding. This new feature being added to the NWS' suite of products will work to support flash flood watch information and warnings.
  It's a product that will provide near-real-time, high
  
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• National Taco Day 2023: Where to score free tacos, deals on Wednesday

  04-10-2023 17:02 via kxan.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) – It might be hard to imagine needing another reason to eat tacos, but on Wednesday, Oct. 4 restaurants across the nation will be rolling out deals for National Taco Day.To the chagrin of some, Oct. 4 is not a Tuesday, which is traditionally paired with tacos. According to the National Day Calendar, Oct. 3, however, is National Techies Day, National Boyfriend Day, National Fruit at Work Day and World Temperance Day. Taco Bell brings back Taco Lover’s Pass: 30 days of tacosW
  
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• LIVE: Inside the Investigations: Family calls for change after nursing home 'error'

  04-10-2023 15:55 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Each week the in-depth reporting from the KXAN Investigates team will get a spotlight on KXAN Live.A conversation will happen Wednesday morning about this week’s top stories with investigative reporter Kelly Wiley and KXAN Live anchor Will DuPree. People can watch the live stream starting after 9 a.m. in this story and on the station's Facebook page.Inside the Investigations: Texas patient safety law concernsThe story they'll discuss this week will include:
  
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• Inside the Investigations: Family calls for change after nursing home 'error'

  04-10-2023 15:55 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Each week the in-depth reporting from the KXAN Investigates team will get a spotlight on KXAN Live.A conversation will happen Wednesday morning about this week’s top stories with investigative reporter Kelly Wiley and KXAN Live anchor Will DuPree. People can watch the live stream starting after 9 a.m. in this story and on the station's Facebook page.Inside the Investigations: Texas patient safety law concernsThe story they'll discuss this week will include:
  
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• City of Austin schools participate in National Walk to School day

  04-10-2023 15:01 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The City of Austin held an event Wednesday in honor of National Walk and Bike to School Day.
  Parents and students were invited to participate by walking or biking from the Twin Oaks Branch Library to Becker Elementary starting at 7 a.m. 2022 Walk to School Day event to mark pedestrian improvements in Austin neighborhoodThe city has in place a program, called Safe Routes to School, dedicated to helping kids make it to school safely on foot, by bikes, or other modes of micro-trans
  
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• Police investigating homicide in south Austin; City's 50th of the year

  04-10-2023 12:40 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The Austin Police Department is investigating the city's 50th homicide of the year after a body was found in south Austin late Tuesday night.
  APD officers began investigating the scene, which was in the 1100 block of Cumberland Road, around midnight after a person flagged officers down in a park saying they found a man's body in a car.
  EMS declared the man dead, and according to police, there was trauma to his body. It's unclear how the trauma was caused.Police investigating hom
  
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• Multiple people have been shot on campus of Morgan State University in Baltimore, police say

  04-10-2023 04:57 via kxan.com
  
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Multiple people were shot at Morgan State University in Baltimore on Tuesday, police said.The Baltimore Police Department said officers were on the scene for an “active shooter situation” on the campus of the historically Black university. The address given for the shooting appeared to match a residential building.“We’re asking everyone to shelter in place and avoid the area,” police said on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.Police spo
  
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• 5 wounded in shooting after homecoming event at Morgan State University in Baltimore

  04-10-2023 04:57 via kxan.com
  
  BALTIMORE (AP) — A shooting interrupted a homecoming week celebration at Baltimore's Morgan State University on Tuesday, wounding five people and prompting an hourslong lockdown of the historically Black college.Students hunkered down for about four hours, as police went room to room looking for suspects. No arrests were made.Police Commissioner Richard Worley said the five victims, four men and one woman, are between the ages of 18 and 22. Their injuries were not life-threatening, he told
  
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• INSIGHT: Monarch butterfly migration underway in Central Texas

  04-10-2023 04:55 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- It is that time of year again: butterflies are migrating through Central Texas.
  On Monday, Andrea DeLong Amaya, director of horticulture at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, interviewed with KXAN Chief Meteorologist David Yeomans to provide insight as the monarchs continue making their way through this month.Read a full transcription of the discussion below or watch the interview in the video player above.YEOMANS: It's been a while since I've seen you. Great to have you o
  
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• Warm today, but a stormy start to Thursday

  04-10-2023 04:20 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Unseasonably hot weather persists for one last day with high temperatures climbing into the middle 90s. Factoring in the very high humidity expect "feels-like" temps to be in the triple digits. But finally some prolonged relief is heading our way! Two strong cold fronts and a rain-making storm are approaching Texas.The Rain and TimingIsolated to scattered showers and storms will be possible Wednesday through the evening. The chance of rain however remains relatively low (30%). T
  
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• Storms Thursday morning bring cooling relief

  04-10-2023 04:20 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Hopefully today was our last day of the year in the mid 90s. It's not impossible we could get into the 90s again by mid-October, but it's very unlikely it'll be this hot again this year.The Rain and TimingSlim rain and storm chances continue this evening, but only 20% rain chances continue through the evening hours, generally favoring areas east of I-35.After 3 a.m. rain chances rise as storms form a broken line. That line will move southeast through the morning, likely arriving
  
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• Rain and autumn-like temps are heading our way

  04-10-2023 04:20 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Unseasonably hot weather persists for one last day with high temperatures climbing into the middle 90s. Factoring in the very high humidity expect "feels-like" temps to be in the triple digits. But finally some prolonged relief is heading our way! Two strong cold fronts and a rain-making storm are approaching Texas.The Rain and TimingIsolated to scattered showers and storms will be possible Wednesday through the evening. The chance of rain however remains relatively low (30%). T
  
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• LIVE: Warm today, but a stormy start to Thursday

  04-10-2023 04:20 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Unseasonably hot weather persists for one last day with high temperatures climbing into the middle 90s. Factoring in the very high humidity expect "feels-like" temps to be in the triple digits. But finally some prolonged relief is heading our way! Two strong cold fronts and a rain-making storm are approaching Texas.The Rain and TimingIsolated to scattered showers and storms will be possible Wednesday through the evening. The chance of rain however remains relatively low (30%). T
  
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• Yelp files motion to stop Texas attorney general's suit for crisis pregnancy disclaimers

  04-10-2023 03:41 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- On Monday, Yelp filed a motion in federal court in an attempt to stop Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton from prosecuting the company for its statements about crisis pregnancy centers.In the statement, a Yelp spokesperson said "those statements were always intended to help members of the public make informed decisions about their reproductive care."Crisis pregnancy centers offer women and families pregnancy support. They do not provide abortions. Before abortions were banned in T
  
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• Texas House releases new evidence not admissible during Ken Paxton's impeachment trial

  04-10-2023 02:02 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (Nexstar) — Nearly three weeks after Attorney General Ken Paxton's acquittal in the Senate, the House impeachment managers released piles of evidence on Tuesday, many of which were deemed inadmissible during the 10-day impeachment trial.The hundreds of pages of documents provide more information about the Paxtons' home renovations central to one of the impeachment articles, as well as a behind-the-scenes transcript that details why Laura Olson — the woman Paxton is accused of
  
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• New law could mean fewer parks, less services as Austin continue to grow

  04-10-2023 01:52 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Over the next few years, Austin could see fewer and smaller parks as the city continues to grow."Up to 97% less park acreage," Robynne Heymans, with the City of Austin's Parks and Recreation Department, said.HB 1526 recently passed which requires Austin to make changes to the current parkland dedication ordinance.City rules used to require 9.4 acres of parkland in a development for every 1,000 residents."This new bill reduces that," Heymanns said.Now depending on where a de
  
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• 'Comfortable': Quinn Ewers enters Red River Rivalry different than last year

  04-10-2023 01:34 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — It doesn't get bigger than Texas vs. Oklahoma for a native Texan who grew up watching the Red River Rivalry."I'd been to that game growing up," Longhorns sophomore quarterback Quinn Ewers said. "I was always in the stands. Being able to run out there was a pretty good experience. I wanted to soak it in because I know how long I wanted to be there in that position." Texas RB Jonathon Brooks honors father’s memory with every touchdown for No. 3 LonghornsEwers grew up in
  
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• Elon Musk facing defamation lawsuit in Texas over posts that falsely identified man in protest

  04-10-2023 01:21 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (AP) — A California man who says he was harassed after Elon Musk amplified posts on his social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, that falsely placed the man at a confrontation involving far-right protesters sued the billionaire for defamation in a lawsuit filed Monday.Benjamin Brody, 22, is represented by Mark Bankston, a Texas attorney who won a defamation case last year against conspiracy theorist Alex Jones in a lawsuit brought by families of the Sa
  
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• Texas RB Jonathon Brooks honors father's memory with every touchdown for No. 3 Longhorns

  04-10-2023 01:14 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (AP) — When Texas running back Jonathon Brooks gets to the end zone, he celebrates with a tap of his right forearm.It is a quick and subtle gesture that can be easy to miss, but it's a powerful one for Brooks. His arm is tattooed with the Roman numerals for 3-28-22, for March 28, 2022, the date his father James “Skip” Brooks died at age 49 after long struggles with kidney failure. ‘The best setting in college football’: Red River Rivalry week begins
  
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