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• Austin Police to run 'No Refusal' initiative this summer

  03-06-2024 23:37 via kxan.com
  
  Editor's note: The above video shows KXAN News' top morning headlines from Monday, June 3, 2024.AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The City of Austin will operate its No Refusal initiative each night in June, July and August in an effort to crack down on impaired driving, city leaders announced in the Austin Mobility newsletter Monday.No Refusal is done in collaboration between the Austin Police Department and the city's Vision Zero program, which aims to reduce the number of severe and fatal crashes on Austin ro
  
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• WCSO: 2 arrested in drug operation at Taylor senior apartment

  03-06-2024 22:43 via kxan.com
  
  WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) -- Two people were arrested after officials executed a drug operation at an apartment complex for older adults in Taylor earlier this week, the Williamson County Sheriff's Office said in a news release.On Thursday, officials responded to an apartment complex on 3700 N Main St. in Taylor, according to WCSO. Denise Pippin, 60, and Lesley Nettles, 66, were found with approximately 7.36 ounces of "suspected methamphetamine," scales, baggies and cellphones, according t
  
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• Students, teachers can get free entry to these Texas attractions — learn how

  03-06-2024 22:18 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Two Texas attractions are honoring students and teachers with free admission after a long school year.
  Typhoon Texas waterpark in Pflugerville is recognizing students with good grades for a few days this week, and teachers will be celebrated the whole month of June at the San Antonio Zoo.
  Here are the details of the events and how you can qualify.
  'Great Grades Days' at Typhoon TexasStudents who earned three "A" grades or more on their most recent report card can enjoy free
  
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• Man sentenced to 60 years in prison for 2022 fatal shooting

  03-06-2024 22:11 via kxan.com
  
  Editor's note: The above video shows KXAN News' top morning headlines from Monday, June 3, 2024.AUSTIN (KXAN) -- A man was sentenced to 60 years in prison for a fatal shooting that happened in north Austin in 2022.According to court documents, a jury found Yongyoon Kim, 33, guilty of two counts of murder, which is a first-degree felony.
  Kim has a jail credit of 859 days, or a little over two years, according to court documents. His 60-year and 50-year sentences will run concurrently.
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• LIVE Horns Report: Texas softball on brink of WCWS Finals, rowing team wins NCAA title

  03-06-2024 21:59 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — On this week's Horns Report, Roger Wallace and Billy Gates preview the Women's College World Series semifinal between the Texas Longhorns and Stanford Cardinal. If it seems like the teams have played each other recently, it's because they opened WCWS play against each other.The teams face off again at 6 p.m. CT Monday and Texas will advance to the WCWS Finals with one win while the Cardinal has to beat Texas twice to advance. If Stanford wins the first game, the second game
  
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• Horns Report: Texas softball on brink of WCWS Finals, rowing team wins NCAA title

  03-06-2024 21:59 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — On this week's Horns Report, Roger Wallace and Billy Gates preview the Women's College World Series semifinal between the Texas Longhorns and Stanford Cardinal. If it seems like the teams have played each other recently, it's because they opened WCWS play against each other.The teams face off again at 6 p.m. CT Monday and Texas will advance to the WCWS Finals with one win while the Cardinal has to beat Texas twice to advance. If Stanford wins the first game, the second game
  
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• Starlink satellite flickers over Central Texas Sunday

  03-06-2024 21:43 via kxan.com
  
  CENTRAL TEXAS (KXAN) — Some Central Texans witnessed some flickering lights in the sky late Sunday as a Starlink satellite passed over the area.A KXAN viewer in Dale reached out around 10 p.m. Sunday after spotting the lights twinkling faintly in the sky. Starlink provides internet coverage to more than 70 countries and is a subsidiary of aerospace company SpaceX.Historic coordinate data from online satellite tracking resource Find Starlink confirmed a Starlink satellite was visible around
  
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• Austin mom sentenced in toddler's death

  03-06-2024 21:35 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — An Austin woman was sentenced to 15 years in state prison in the death of her 22-month-old daughter in 2020.Tamara Calvery, 33, was sentenced in April after pleading guilty, according to court documents. She was charged with serious bodily injury to a child causing death in January 2020.PREVIOUS: 29-year-old Austin mom arrested after death of toddlerAustin police said Calvery called 911 on Jan. 17, 2020, saying her daughter struck her head on a dresser and was having troubl
  
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• LCRA goes back down to Stage 1 of drought response as lake levels increase after rain

  03-06-2024 21:07 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The Lower Colorado River Authority announced Monday it was able to loosen its water restrictions in Central Texas after recent rains have helped increase the region's water supplies.
  The LCRA on Monday moved from Stage 2 to Stage 1 of its drought response thanks to an increase to two water supply reservoirs — lakes Buchanan and Travis — whose combined storage has increased to more than 1.11 million acre-feet, or about about 56% of capacity after recent rainfall. That
  
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• Driver sentenced after hitting, killing wife in 2021

  03-06-2024 21:02 via kxan.com
  
  Editor's note: The above video shows KXAN News' top morning headlines from Monday, June 3, 2024.AUSTIN (KXAN) -- A man was sentenced to a year in jail related to the 2021 death of a woman police identified as his wife.
  Ricardo Vasquez-Lopez pleaded guilty to a third-degree felony collision involving injury charge, according to court paperwork. He received a one-year sentence and will get a credit for 170 days already served.PREVIOUS: Man drove his truck away after running over, killing wife in s
  
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• Pop icon Cyndi Lauper announces farewell tour — including an Austin stop

  03-06-2024 19:54 via kxan.com
  
  TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Legendary pop icon Cyndi Lauper is out to have fun again this fall with her newly announced farewell tour.Lauper's "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" Tour will begin on Oct. 18 - four decades after her 1983 breakthrough solo album "She's So Unusual" - with her performing at the Centre Bell in Montreal.The 70-year-old award-winning singer-songwriter rose to fame in the 1980s with such hits as “Girls Just Want To Have Fun” and “Time After Time.”
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• Rural Texas nursing program aims to help recruit and retain nurses

  03-06-2024 19:19 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A new state program is trying to help address the nursing shortage in rural Texas communities.
  On Monday, Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller and the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) announced applications are open for the Rural Nursing Recruitment & Retention Program (RNRR).This comes a few weeks after Gov. Greg Abbott announced $17 million in grant funding awarded to rural hospitals by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission. Abbott: $17M in grant fu
  
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• What to know about fawn season in Central Texas

  03-06-2024 19:14 via kxan.com
  
  Editor's note: The above video shows KXAN News' top morning headlines from Monday, June 3, 2024.AUSTIN (KXAN) — Doe, a deer, a female deer! It's the thick of fawn season here in Central Texas, and plenty of does are welcoming their newest bundles of joy. But amid the warmer weather and burgeoning wildlife, The Texas Parks & Wildlife Department is stressing Texans educate themselves on the dos and don'ts of fawn season.Here in Texas, TPWD estimates there are approximately 5.3 million wh
  
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• Is ADHD over diagnosed? UT pharmacy expert breaks down statistics

  03-06-2024 17:17 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found about one million more children received an ADHD diagnosis in 2022 than in 2016.
  Dr. Ashley Garling from the University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy dug into the new report with KXAN anchors Jennifer Sanders and Mike Rush.
  "Are we actually diagnosing it more because there's more education and awareness, or are we actually seeing more prevalence? And unfortunately, we don't really have a good ans
  
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• Under 40 Austinite of the Year winner announced

  03-06-2024 17:14 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The Austin Under 40 Awards named judge and community organizer Denise Hernandez the 2024 Austinite of the Year.
  Hernandez is the presiding judge of County Court at Law #6 in Travis County where she leads the Transformative Youth Justice program, a youth diversion initiative offering holistic, community-centered support for young people in the justice system.Judges selected Hernandez as the Austinite of the Year over hundreds of nominees and 45 finalists.Hernandez talked with KXA
  
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• How strong is a tornado? A closer look at measuring destruction

  03-06-2024 15:58 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- This severe weather season has been an active one, with dozens of tornados causing damage across the country. The National Weather Service uses a lot of tools to measure these storms, but only one scale: the Enhanced Fujita Scale.In this First Warning Weather University lesson, meteorologist Kristen Currie takes a closer look at the scale and how it has changed over time.In this FWWU lesson you will learn:
  Who invented the tornado measuring scale?How does it differ from measurin
  
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• Temperatures and heat index going up

  03-06-2024 14:30 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Afternoon highs reached the low to mid 90s Monday afternoon. Camp Mabry's high reached 95°, three degrees above normal. High temperatures Tuesday afternoon will heat to the upper half of the 90s at many locations.Hot times in the southwestCamp Mabry's low this morning was 80°, setting a record for the warmest low temperature. The previous record was 77° set in 2008.There was no rain today. There will be a low chance of a few isolated showers and thunderstorms th
  
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• Heat alerts issued as heat index values top 105 degrees

  03-06-2024 14:30 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The thermometer continues to rise as a ridge of high pressure takes a firmer grip on the region midweek.Afternoon highs will climb to the low to mid-90s through midweek, and with the addition of humidity, will feel more like the triple digits. Heat index values expected to reach 105°-112° has prompted a Heat Advisory today, in effect 1 p.m. to 8 p.m.Heat Advisory in effect 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. TuesdayStorms developing up in north Texas late today could potentially hold
  
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• Excessive heat the next five days

  03-06-2024 14:30 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Most afternoon temperatures peaked in the middle to upper 90s Tuesday afternoon. The high at Camp Mabry reached 97°, five degrees above normal. The high at Austin-Bergstrom peaked at 98°. Most highs Wednesday will shoot back up to the upper half of the 90s.Mid-week heat will find most highs in the upper half of the 90sA Heat Advisory remains in effect until 8 p.m. for much of Central Texas. Caldwell County remains under an Excessive Heat Warning also until 8 p.m.I w
  
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• Simone Biles wins 9th national title, boosts Olympic champ Sunisa Lee along the way

  03-06-2024 13:48 via kxan.com
  
  FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — There used to be a time when Simone Biles would find “beauty in the blindness” ahead of the Olympics, reveling in not knowing what she didn't know.That was eight years ago. Back when she was still just a teenager. Still kind of “ditzy.”Those days are long gone. The evidence isn't just on Biles drivers' license or her marriage certificate but in how the now 27-year-old is able to see beyond herself. The tunnel vision that most great
  
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• 1 dead, 24 injured after overnight shooting in Ohio

  03-06-2024 13:36 via kxan.com
  
  AKRON, Ohio (WJW) — One person is dead and at least two dozen are injured, some critically, after a shooting in Akron, Ohio early Sunday morning.According to a news release from Akron police, several 911 callers reported shots being fired just after midnight in the area of Kelly and 8th Avenues.
  Soon after, area hospitals reported numerous patients coming into emergency departments with gunshot wounds. As of Sunday morning, Akron police have tallied at least 25 victims, including a 27-year
  
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• Trump says he's 'OK' with prospect of jail time, house arrest after hush money conviction

  03-06-2024 13:31 via kxan.com
  
  (The Hill) — Former President Trump said he would be "OK" with being sentenced to either house arrest or jail time after he was convicted last week on 34 felony counts in New York.
  When asked on Fox News's "Fox and Friends" how he deals with the prospect of being sentenced to house arrest or jail, Trump said, "I'm OK with it."
  “I’m not sure the public would stand for it,” Trump said of house arrest or jail, in an interview with Fox News’s Will Cain, Pete Hegseth and
  
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• City begins treating Lady Bird Lake to reduce toxic algae

  03-06-2024 13:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The City of Austin will begin treating Lady Bird Lake for the fourth year in a row to reduce the presence of toxic algae, and this year it is adding a new area of the lake to treat.
  Crews will be spraying a grey slurry into the water around Red Bud Isle and the area around the Festival Beach boat ramp. The slurry is a lanthanum-modified clay and its main purpose is to take away one of the main food sources of the toxic algae.Austin to start 4th year of pilot program treating alg
  
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• 'There's a boat hurtling toward us': Multiple injured on Lake LBJ after empty boat rams into sandbar

  03-06-2024 04:36 via kxan.com
  
  KINGSLAND, Texas (KXAN) – Multiple people were injured Saturday afternoon at Lake Lyndon B. Johnson after the operator fell off a boat, which maintained power, and crashed into a crowded sandbar, according to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. Officials said three people were transported to hospitals and one person was arrested. A TPWD spokesperson said the investigation is ongoing. “It was one of the most terrifying experiences I've ever had,” said James Schlei
  
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• Multiple were injured after a man fell off his boat which crashed into a Lake LBJ sandbar

  03-06-2024 04:36 via kxan.com
  
  KINGSLAND, Texas (KXAN) – Multiple people were injured Saturday afternoon at Lake Lyndon B. Johnson after a driver fell off his boat, which maintained power, and crashed into a crowded sandbar, according to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Departmnet. Officials said three people were transported to hospitals and one person was arrested. A TPWD spokesperson said the investigation is ongoing. “It was one of the most terrifying experiences I've ever had,” said James Schleich
  
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• Texas falls in College Station regional with season-ending loss to Louisiana

  03-06-2024 01:24 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Texas Longhorns baseball season ended in College Station with a 10-2 loss to Louisiana on Sunday in the NCAA tournament.After falling 4-2 in 11 innings to Texas A&M in a Lone Star Showdown battle, the Longhorns had to beat the Ragin' Cajuns in order to get another shot at the Aggies in the regional final. However, the Sun Belt Conference regular season champions were too much and punctuated the win with a 3-run home run by catcher Jose Torres in the eighth inning. T
  
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