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• 'A mud pit': Concerns raised over Reed Park water quality improvement project

  15-05-2024 23:47 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A project meant to improve water quality in a popular Austin Park has some people concerned that their park could turn into a mud pit."When I was a young kid I played here all the time," said James Page, a member of Friends of Reed Park. "We would park our bikes over there and just play football for hours."Reed Park has a large field near the entrance, but with plans being discussed for a water quality improvement project, some neighbors fear the field's size will be g
  
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• How leaky pipes help trees thrive on UT Austin's campus

  15-05-2024 23:42 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Who knew leaky pipes could be a good thing? That's the findings from new research out of The University of Texas at Austin's Jackson School of Geosciences.Researchers found between 25% to 50% of the water running through Waller Creek — which crosses along UT Austin's campus — is the product of leaky city pipes, UT officials said in a release. Those leaks provide a gift, allowing the creek to help nourish trees along its banks, even during drought conditions.The
  
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• Austin to celebrate Bike to Work Day Friday

  15-05-2024 23:16 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The City of Austin and local organizations will celebrate Bike to Work Day Friday with festivities at Austin City Hall, the Austin Transportation and Public Works Department announced in a release.That department is collaborating with Get There ATX, Ghisallo Cycling Initiative, Movability and CapMetro's MetroBike on the festivities. Beginning at 8 a.m. Friday is a planned celebration at city hall with free food and coffee, giveaways and mobility-specific vendors. There will
  
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• No. 25 Texas winds down last Big 12 regular season with home series vs. Kansas

  15-05-2024 23:08 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas head baseball coach David Pierce said while he's comfortable with the resumé his ballclub has put together for the NCAA tournament, there's still work to be done.The No. 25 Longhorns will play their final Big 12 Conference series against the Kansas Jayhawks beginning Thursday and are currently tied for third with West Virginia at 17-10. The Jayhawks are two games behind the Longhorns, but with at least a series win, Texas could improve their standing to second
  
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• Some Austin Antique Mall vendors moving to Taylor, Round Rock after closure

  15-05-2024 22:27 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) --- Austin is losing a piece of its history. Wednesday marked the last day in business for the 40-year-old Austin Antique Mall. PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Austin Antique Mall closes after 40 years in businessThe owner of the space is making room for an extension of the Playland Skate Center next door, according to vendors.
  The Austin Antique Mall announced its imminent closure earlier this year, saying its final day for sales is Wednesday, May 15.
  We have had an amazing run,
  
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• Then-18-year-old sentenced in 2022 homicide investigation

  15-05-2024 22:11 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A man was sentenced May 1 in connection with a March 2022 homicide investigation, according to Travis County court documents.Documents showed 20-year-old Omar Martinez-Desiderio pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and was sentenced to serve 20 years in state prison. Toward his sentence, Martinez-Desiderio received a jail credit of 777 days.The sentence was related to the death of 42-year-old Alberto Cortes-Rodriguez, which occurred March 17, 2022, in the 6500 block of Por
  
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• Simple Health: Benefits of staying fit at every age

  15-05-2024 22:02 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A new effort gets underway Wednesday to highlight stories that focus on inspiring health journeys or sharing information to improve people's lives.
  Each week digital anchor Will DuPree talks with KXAN producer Jose Torres for a Simple Health conversation. People can watch a live stream in this story or on the KXAN News Facebook page starting at about 3 p.m.
  The stories they'll discuss this time is:Jose Torres will talk about how 2020 became a transformative year in his life
  
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• LIVE: Simple Health: Benefits of staying fit at every age

  15-05-2024 22:02 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A new effort gets underway Wednesday to highlight stories that focus on inspiring health journeys or sharing information to improve people's lives.
  Each week digital anchor Will DuPree talks with KXAN producer Jose Torres for a Simple Health conversation. People can watch a live stream in this story or on the KXAN News Facebook page starting at about 3 p.m.
  The stories they'll discuss this time is:Jose Torres will talk about how 2020 became a transformative year in his life
  
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• DPS unveiling Fallen Officers Memorial in north Austin

  15-05-2024 21:59 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The Texas Department of Public Safety will unveil its new Fallen Officers Memorial on Thursday at the Austin DPS headquarters.The service will begin at 10 a.m. at 5805 N. Lamar Blvd., according to DPS.Special guests attending the ceremony include Gov. Greg Abbott, DPS Director Steven McCraw and retired DPS director Lamar Beckworth, the agency said in a news release.Additionally, DPS said it will unveil its new memorial display, which will be in the DPS headquarters main lobby, t
  
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• Austin musician DJ Chicken George dies after cancer battle

  15-05-2024 21:42 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Jeffrey Henry, better known as DJ Chicken George, died Friday after a cancer battle, his band announced on social media.
  DJ Chicken George was known for his "unique Jazztronica! style" that blended hip-hop with other genres of music, according to Visit Austin.
  "Words can't describe how much we'll miss him," the Instagram post from Third Root said. "We ask for prayers of healing at this time."DJ Chicken George died Friday after a cancer battle. (Courtesy Austin Boogie Crew |
  
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• Applications open soon for Austin Live Music Fund grants, $4.5M to be dispersed

  15-05-2024 21:09 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Austin musicians, producers, and music venues will soon be able to apply for tens of thousands of dollars in grants through the Austin Live Music Fund.
  The program offers grants of $15,000 or $30,000 for professional Austin musicians, bands and independent producers. There are also $30,000 or $60,000 grants available for live music venues. The money is meant to support eligible music activities, according to a release from the city.
  The city said the Austin Live Music Fund&
  
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• LIVE: Austin FC selected to host 2025 MLS all-star game

  15-05-2024 21:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The best of Major League Soccer will play at Q2 Stadium next year.MLS commissioner Don Garber, alongside Austin FC owner Anthony Precourt and Austin Mayor Kirk Watson, made the announcement Wednesday at Antone's Nightclub ahead of Verde and Black's midweek match against Houston.VERDE LIGHTS: It's back for another season! Tune in at 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. Saturdays on CW Austin throughout the season.Austin has been in MLS since 2021 and will host the star-studded event for the f
  
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• Austin FC selected to host 2025 MLS all-star game

  15-05-2024 21:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The best of Major League Soccer will play at Q2 Stadium next year.MLS commissioner Don Garber, alongside Austin FC owner Anthony Precourt and Austin Mayor Kirk Watson, made the announcement Wednesday at Antone's Nightclub ahead of Verde and Black's midweek match against the Houston Dynamo.VERDE LIGHTS: It's back for another season! Tune in at 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. Saturdays on CW Austin throughout the season."This is a professional major league sports town because of Austin FC
  
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• Patients can move into the new Austin State Hospital summer 2024, officials say

  15-05-2024 20:56 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – State and local leaders came Wednesday to celebrate the completion of the new Austin State Hospital, which took years and cost hundreds of millions of dollars to build. It’s not quite ready for new patients – officials told KXAN people will move in sometime during the summer – but many are hopeful this $305 million facility will help patients get better faster. “The new facility’s person-centered design and approach will ensure that f
  
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• Austin awarded $75K grant for artist to aid in highway coverings program

  15-05-2024 20:18 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The City of Austin is using a $75,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to hire a local artist for its upcoming Our Future 35 highway coverings program.The NEA revealed more than 1,000 recipients had been selected for the awards on Wednesday, with more than $37 million in grant funding available through the second round of its Fiscal Year 2024 grants, per a city news release.The City of Austin's Transportation and Public Works Department, Cultural Arts Division
  
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• Barge hits a bridge in Galveston, Texas, damaging the structure and causing an oil spill

  15-05-2024 19:48 via kxan.com
  
  A tugboat works to maneuver a barge away from the Pelican Island Bridge in Galveston, Texas, on Wednesday, May 15, 2024, after the barge crashed into the bridge shutting down the only road access to and from the island. (Jennifer Reynolds/The Galveston County Daily News via AP)A tugboat works to maneuver a barge away from the Pelican Island Bridge in Galveston, Texas, on Wednesday, May 15, 2024, after the barge crashed into the bridge spilling oil into surrounding waters and shutting down the on
  
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• Records: Man charged after bringing gun to April 29 protest at UT

  15-05-2024 19:38 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A man was charged with a third-degree felony after he was found to have a gun while participating in a rally at the University of Texas at Austin campus April 29, according to Travis County court documents.Records showed 26-year-old Michael David Maule had an active warrant out for his arrest related to a charge of “Places Weapons Prohibited” for carrying the gun on the premises of the university without having a License to Carry permit. As of May 15, Maule is n
  
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• Is yoga the key to keeping teachers in Austin ISD?

  15-05-2024 19:31 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin Independent School District said it hoped a new program that uses practices common in yoga will improve its recovering teacher retention rates. The district said the course gives teachers and students new ways of coping with stress.AISD Executive Director of Talent Strategy Amie Ortiz said the district worked with its health insurance provider, Aetna, to bring the Breathe for Change program to several schools."We received funding for our inaugural cohort of 30 teache
  
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• Austin ISD looks to yoga as way to keep teachers in district

  15-05-2024 19:31 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin Independent School District said it hoped a new program that uses practices common in yoga will improve its recovering teacher retention rates. The district said the course gives teachers and students new ways of coping with stress.AISD Executive Director of Talent Strategy Amie Ortiz said the district worked with its health insurance provider, Aetna, to bring the Breathe for Change program to several schools."We received funding for our inaugural cohort of 30 teache
  
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• Police investigate deadly train, vehicle crash in Round Rock

  15-05-2024 18:35 via kxan.com
  
  ROUND ROCK, Texas (KXAN) — Police are shutting down two Interstate 35 frontage roads in Round Rock while investigating a deadly crash involving a train and a vehicle.
  The Round Rock Police Department posted on X late Wednesday morning that this happened on I-35 near McNeil Road. Both frontage roads on the northbound and southbound sides are now closed, police said.
  Officers advised drivers to find other ways to get around that area because there are expected to be significant delays due to
  
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• 1 dead after Amtrak train struck SUV in Round Rock

  15-05-2024 18:35 via kxan.com
  
  ROUND ROCK, Texas (KXAN) — One person is dead after police said an Amtrak train struck an SUV Wednesday morning in Round Rock.
  The Round Rock Police Department shared it shut down the Interstate 35 frontage roads on both the northbound and southbound sides near McNeil Road to further investigate. Officers are advising people to find other ways to get around that area.
  Police said they received a call about the deadly crash at about 11 a.m. It's unclear whether anyone else was injured when
  
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• Texas wants to get tough on squatters

  15-05-2024 18:24 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas' legal statutes has problems dealing with squatters, according to some state lawmakers, who heard testimony on Wednesday from people affected by the issue.Lt. Governor Dan Patrick brought this problem to the Texas Senate with his interim charges for the body ahead of the 2025 regular session.
  The item, titled "Secure Texas Against 'Squatters,'" calls on the Senate's Local Government Committee to review the state's adverse possession laws. It also tasks the committee t
  
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• Texas Senate to examine state laws around squatters

  15-05-2024 18:24 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — What the Texas Property Code calls "adverse possession," more commonly known as squatting, will come under review by state lawmakers in a hearing Wednesday afternoon.Lt. Governor Dan Patrick brought the issue to the State Senate with the April 11 release of his interim charges for the body ahead of the 2025 regular session.
  The item, titled "Secure Texas Against 'Squatters,'" calls on the Senate's Local Government Committee to review the state's adverse possession laws. It
  
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• UT police investigating after vehicles stolen from campus parking garage

  15-05-2024 17:59 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- University of Texas police are investigating the theft of two vehicles from a campus garage.
  The UT Police Department posted on X Wednesday that officers responded shortly before 11 p.m. Tuesday to reports of damage to a garage gate in the 2400 block of San Antonio Street.
  When officers arrived they found that two stolen vehicles had exited the gate, which caused the damage.
  Police searched the area and found the vehicles, but the suspects had already left the area.
  UTPD said de
  
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• Biden and Trump agree on presidential debates on June 27 and in September

  15-05-2024 17:49 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump on Wednesday agreed to hold two campaign debates in June and September — the first hosted by CNN, the second on ABC — setting the stage for the first presidential face-off in just weeks.
  The quick agreement on the timetable to meet followed the Democrat's announcement that he will not participate in fall presidential debates sponsored by the nonpartisan commission that has organized them for more than three
  
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• Trump, Biden reach deal on two debates in Wednesday whirlwind

  15-05-2024 16:56 via kxan.com
  
  President Biden and former President Trump on Wednesday quickly reached an agreement on two presidential debates that will have the main party candidates in one head-to-head confrontation on national television ahead of the national political conventions this summer.Trump and Biden will now meet in a June 27 debate to be hosted by CNN, a battle that is historically early for an American general election battle.The whirlwind few hours started with a campaign video from Biden in which he dared Tru
  
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• Trump, Biden reach deal on 2 debates in Wednesday whirlwind

  15-05-2024 16:56 via kxan.com
  
  President Biden and former President Trump quickly reached an agreement Wednesday on two presidential debates that will have the main party candidates in head-to-head confrontation on national television ahead of the national political conventions this summer.Trump and Biden will meet in a June 27 debate to be hosted by CNN — a battle that is historically early in the general election calendar — and will meet onstage again Sept. 10 for an debate hosted by ABC.The whirlwind few hours
  
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• Trump, Biden agree to first debate on June 27

  15-05-2024 16:56 via kxan.com
  
  President Biden and former President Trump have accepted an invitation to a presidential debate June 27 hosted by CNN, setting the stage for the first showdown between the two major party candidates ahead of the 2024 election and each party's convention.“I’ve received and accepted an invitation from @CNN for a debate on June 27th. Over to you, Donald. As you said: anywhere, any time, any place,” Biden posted on the social platform X.Trump told Fox News Digital in a subsequent s
  
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• The positives of harvesting rainwater

  15-05-2024 16:27 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — We should be doing anything and everything we can to help our environment. One good way is to purchase a rain barrel to collect precious rainwater.
  Texas is one state that encourages its residents to harvest rainwater to help reduce the drought conditions that lead to an already limited water supply. As we get closer to summer, the driest time of the year in Central Texas, there are several cities that have enacted water restrictions to preserve our precious water resource.
  
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• Louisiana moves to criminalize possession of abortion pills

  15-05-2024 15:49 via kxan.com
  
  (The Hill) - Louisiana could soon become the first state to criminalize possession without a prescription of mifepristone and misoprostol, the two drugs used to induce a medicated abortion.  The move opens a new front in the fight over abortion pills and could threaten to further restrict access in a state that bans almost all abortions.  It’s the latest attempt by anti-abortion politicians in Louisiana to control access to one of the most common methods of abortion in the c
  
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• LIVE: Inside the Investigations: Status of Texas LGBTQ+ policies

  15-05-2024 15:30 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 with investigative reporter Kelly Wiley and KXAN Live anchor Will DuPree to break down one of this week’s top stories. People can watch the live stream in this story or on the KXAN News Facebook page starting at about 9 a.m.Inside the Investigations: Botox injections in TexasThe story they’re talking about this
  
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• Inside the Investigations: Status of Texas LGBTQ+ policies

  15-05-2024 15:30 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 with investigative reporter Kelly Wiley and KXAN Live anchor Will DuPree to break down one of this week’s top stories. People can watch the live stream in this story or on the KXAN News Facebook page starting at about 9 a.m.Inside the Investigations: Botox injections in TexasThe story they’re talking about this
  
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• Austin Antique Mall closes after 40 years in business

  15-05-2024 14:36 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Wednesday marks the last day in business for a long-time staple in the vintage world of Austin.
  The Austin Antique Mall announced its imminent closure earlier this year, saying its final day for sales is Wednesday, May 15.The Austin Antique Mall, an iconic institution for over 40 years, is closing the doors. We have had an amazing run, but we have reached the end. Thanks to Austin and all of our amazing customers and friends for making us a very successful, locally owned and ope
  
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• Why KXAN visited 34 Central Texas hospitals to check security barriers

  15-05-2024 14:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – When a sedan rammed into the emergency room waiting area at St. David’s North Austin Medical Center in February, it left the driver dead, at least five injured, and crystalized security gaps at hospitals in Texas and across the country, a KXAN investigation found.To find out how protected medical facilities in Central Texas are, KXAN investigators visited 34 major area hospitals with emergency rooms over the course of several days. We found 18 hospitals had bollards,
  
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• Watch: Texas-tested security barriers could prevent ER crash disaster

  15-05-2024 14:00 via kxan.com
  
  BRYAN, Texas (KXAN) — On a cloudy April morning, KXAN investigators arrived at the World War II-era air field about 100 miles east of Austin. Following a caravan through a maze of side streets, the team entered through a security gate and park across from a hangar that read, in large capital letters: TEXAS A&M TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE.Bryan Army Air Field trained pilots during the war and, later, a handful of future astronauts, including Buzz Aldrin, whose statue stands a short drive f
  
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• Preventing Disaster: Austin hospital crash among 300+ in U.S. since 2014

  15-05-2024 14:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- When a car slammed into an Austin emergency room in early 2023, killing the driver and injuring five others, KXAN investigators dug into the safety concerns surrounding a hospital without security barriers at its entrance. Over the next three months, KXAN investigators traveled to dozens of hospitals across Central Texas, analyzed similar crashes across the state and broadened the scope of our research nationwide. We learned of more than 300 such crashes at medical cen
  
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• KXAN’s sharing its ER security barrier findings with Texas lawmakers

  15-05-2024 14:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas lawmakers have filed more than 101,000 bills in the past three decades, according to the Legislative Reference Library. While many dealt with public safety, a review of those measures shows none appear to have ever proposed rules regarding traffic security barriers, or bollards, outside buildings.A KXAN analysis of legislative records during that timeframe resulted in no apparent bills addressing the installation or benefits of bollards — reinforced po
  
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• Federal student loan interest rates highest in more than a decade

  15-05-2024 12:47 via kxan.com
  
  (The Hill) -- The Department of Education announced Tuesday that federal student loan interest rates for the 2024-2025 school year hit 6.53 percent, up from 5.5 percent the previous year.  Higher education expert Mark Kantrowitz told CNBC the new undergraduate interest rate is the highest it has been in a decade.  Graduate student loans hit 8.08 percent, up from 7.05 percent the previous year and the highest in 20 years, Kantrowitz said. Parent plus loans have earned the highest intere
  
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• How fast is bird flu spreading in US cows? ‘We have no idea’

  15-05-2024 12:41 via kxan.com
  
  Avian flu is spreading rapidly among cattle, but public health and infectious disease experts are concerned the United States is too limited in its testing, leaving an incomplete picture of the virus’s spread.  The threat to the general public is currently low, health officials say, and the country’s milk supply is safe. Just one person has been infected.“It’s critical that we are well-positioned to test, treat, prevent this virus from spreading. I think that&rs
  
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• Thunderstorm watch: Risk of hail, damaging winds, tornadoes today

  15-05-2024 12:30 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Scattered to widespread storms and showers are possible this afternoon into tonight with a severe thunderstorm watch in effect until 5 p.m.
  A few spot showers may come before noontime, but the majority of the inclement weather comes after 2 p.m. Storms will fill in, particularly over the northern counties, late afternoon into the evening with the potential to bring very large hail, damaging winds and isolated tornadoes.
  Thursday's severe storm threat: enhanced risk (3 out o
  
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• Storms, possible severe weather expected Thursday

  15-05-2024 12:30 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — An area of upper-level low pressure is found in the northern Baja Peninsula this afternoon. It will move to the east landing in El Paso by midday tomorrow. This is the system that will lead to the rain and thunderstorms in Thursday's forecast.Strong thunderstorms possible Thursday during the afternoon commuteThere was a slight adjustment this morning to Thursday' Slight risk area.Nearly all of Central Texas will in the Slight risk area ThursdayThere was a major increase in
  
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• Severe weather possible on Thursday

  15-05-2024 12:30 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Another hot day on tap but the focus remains on the risk for severe weather tomorrow.Clouds will be on the increase today but outside of the potential for a stray afternoon storm, the majority of us will stay hot and dry with afternoon highs in the low 90s.A storm system pushing across our region tomorrow will up our rain chances and drop our temperatures. Scattered to widespread storms and showers are likely at times on Thursday, some of which could be strong to severe wit
  
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• Risk of hail, damaging winds, tornadoes today

  15-05-2024 12:30 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Scattered to widespread storms and showers are possible this afternoon into tonight.A few spot showers may come before noontime but the majority of the inclement weather comes after 2 p.m. Storms will fill in, particularly over the northern counties, late afternoon into the evening with the potential to bring very large hail, damaging winds and isolated tornadoes.Thursday's severe storm threat: enhanced risk (3 out of 5) for much of Central TexasAll modes of severe weather
  
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• Looking at a severe storms potential tomorrow

  15-05-2024 12:30 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — An area of upper-level low pressure is found in the northern Baja Peninsula this afternoon. It will move to the east landing in El Paso by midday tomorrow. This is the system that will lead to the rain and thunderstorms in Thursday's forecast.Strong thunderstorms possible Thursday during the afternoon commuteThere was a slight adjustment this morning to Thursday' Slight risk area.Nearly all of Central Texas will in the Slight risk area ThursdayThere was a major increase in
  
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• Three arrested in connection with north Austin homicide

  15-05-2024 05:07 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Three people were arrested in connection with a shooting that happened last month in north Austin, according to the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force.Around 8:40 p.m., April 29, the Austin Police Department responded to a shooting at the Villas Del Sol apartment complex on Rutland Drive. That's near Metric Boulevard and West Rundberg Lane. One dead in north Austin shooting, APD saysOfficers arrived on the scene and found 39-year-old Lowen Alberto Ordonez Lobo outside with "obvio
  
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• Nearly 100 Red Lobsters marked 'closed' on restaurant site: See the full list

  15-05-2024 02:24 via kxan.com
  
  Related video: Prices at this fast-food restaurants increased the most(NEXSTAR) – Red Lobster locations across the country started closing abruptly Monday, surprising residents and, at least in one case, a city official.As of Tuesday, 90 locations in 27 states were listed as "closed" on the restaurant's website.Residents in Florida, New York, Iowa and Illinois, among others, found the stores suddenly shuttered.“I was just notified by one of our local Red Lobster managers that after 3
  
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• Airman killed after ejection at Sheppard Air Force Base

  15-05-2024 01:34 via kxan.com
  
  WICHITA FALLS (KFDX/KJTL) — A pilot from Sheppard Air Force Base who was hospitalized after a plane seat ejected on Monday has died.According to a press release from Sheppard Air Force Base, the victim was an Air Force instructor pilot with the 80th Flying Training Wing. PREVIOUS: Ejection at Sheppard Air Force Base sends aircrew member to hospitalOn Monday, May 13, 2024, an emergency response was called on base when an ejection seat in a T-6A Texan II activated during ground operations, i
  
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• Student makes accusation against UT professor during Senate antisemitism hearing

  15-05-2024 00:35 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A hearing Tuesday at the Texas Capitol focused on recent protests at university campuses, the law enforcement response to those and allegations of Jewish students now feeling unsafe.Levi Fox, a freshman at the University of Texas at Austin, got invited to testify at the Senate subcommittee on higher education about some examples of antisemitism he witnessed on campus recently. He shared a troubling claim about a professor and explained this happened during a protest last mo
  
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• Austin City Council to vote on HOME part 2, land use rules for Project Connect

  15-05-2024 00:31 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Austin City Council worked through amendments Tuesday to several major Land Development Code (LDC) changes the body will vote on later this week.
  Among the proposed LDC changes: An Equitable Transit-Oriented Development (ETOD) overlay on and near the proposed Project Connect light rail line and implementing HOME part two, which could drop minimum lot size requirements from 5,750 square feet to a recently amended 1,800 square feet. Why did the City of Austin send you a purple sli
  
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• ‘For lease’ sign at Valentina’s Tex Mex BBQ is new twist in saga

  15-05-2024 00:24 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (Austin Business Journal) -- The 6,000-square-foot site of the embattled Valentina's Tex Mex BBQ in Buda is on the market.Just days after the business missed a self-imposed reopening date that had been set by husband-wife owners Miguel and Modesty Vidal, a red "For Lease" sign has appeared in the front window of the business at Buda Mill & Grain Co. at 308 S. Main Street.On May 14, two notes remained taped to the door that informed passersby of default on the restaurant's lease agreem
  
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