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• 'I feel safe here': Dripping Springs veterans resource hub officially opens

  03-10-2024 23:40 via kxan.com
  
  DRIPPING SPRINGS, Texas (KXAN) –  Veterans from across Central Texas came to a ribbon-cutting ceremony, celebrating Patriot’s Hall’s official opening. The veteran’s resource facility was years in the making and cost over $10 million – $8.4 million of which was fundraised – to complete. The center is intended to support the military-to-civilian transition and provide education, employment opportunities, camaraderie and mental health support. &ldq
  
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• Historic Muny celebrates 100 years, hoping for 100 more

  03-10-2024 23:31 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Lions municipal golf course has a long history in Austin. The course celebrated 100 years with a big celebration Thursday.U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett as well as Austin Mayor Kirk Watson were just a few of the many speakers who spoke about the history and legacy the course has had over the years.The celebration included a parade with classic cars, a flyover and ended with a charity golf tournament.Watson ended the ceremony by proclaiming October 3 as “Lions Muny Golf Cours
  
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• August 2024: Which local restaurants received a perfect health inspection score?

  03-10-2024 23:10 via kxan.com
  
  Editor’s Note: The above video shows KXAN News’ top morning headlines from Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024.AUSTIN (KXAN) — Slow summer months for Austin Public Health's inspections of restaurants, medical facilities, schools and grocery stores are on the way out, with the city agency giving scores to 553 locations. July 2024: Which local restaurants received a perfect health inspection score?This is still down from 2023 when APH inspected 639 locations, and from 2022, when it checked 91
  
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• Which food, market vendors will be at ACL Music Festival this year?

  03-10-2024 22:50 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The 2024 Austin City Limits Music Festival kicks off Friday, and residents and visitors alike will be able to shop, nosh and sip their way through a host of food and market vendors.Many vendors at this year's festival are locally owned or located in Texas. Food options range from specialty beverages and sweet treats to a variety of different food palettes. On the market end of things, guests can pick out some new jewelry, find some vintage 'fits and ramp up their festival a
  
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• Panic at the Costco! People stocking up on water, toilet paper amid port strike

  03-10-2024 22:30 via kxan.com
  
  CEDAR PARK, Texas (KXAN) -- If the packed parking lot outside the Costco in Cedar Park on Thursday morning is any indication, people in Central Texas are not taking any chances with the latest port strike."People are already panic buying," Amy Garbade said. "Toilet paper is almost out, along with paper towels. They have a ton of water."Pallets of water and toilet paper, indeed, are a hot commodity. At one point this week, it was problematic enough that a sign still up read they were out for the
  
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• Paxton suing TikTok, referencing SCOPE Act violations

  03-10-2024 22:19 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — On Thursday, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced he had filed a lawsuit against the social media company TikTok.The lawsuit claimed the platform was operating "in a manner that puts the online safety and privacy of Texas children at risk and violates the Securing Children Online through Parental Empowerment (SCOPE) Act."Paxton said the SCOPE Act prohibits digital service providers from sharing, disclosing or selling a minor’s personal identifying information w
  
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• 'As goes Texas, so goes the country': Bernie Sanders on turning Texas blue

  03-10-2024 20:34 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (Nexstar) -- College lecture halls up and down Texas' "Blue Spine" attracted a who's-who of national progressive icons this week -- Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio Cortez headlined rallies with Greg Casar and Beto O'Rourke to drive youth turnout, spreading an unapologetically progressive message from which most Democrats running statewide in Texas have shied away.Colin Allred and Kamala Harris, for example, campaigned against fracking and for a Medicare-for-All plan when running in D
  
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• Bastrop ISD breaks ground on newest elementary school

  03-10-2024 20:29 via kxan.com
  
  BASTROP, Texas (KXAN) — On Tuesday, the Bastrop Independent School District held a groundbreaking ceremony for its ninth elementary school, which is set to open in August 2025.According to the district, the new 105,000-square-foot facility is set to be built near the Adelton subdivision.“This is not just the construction of a building,” said School Board Vice President, Chris Dillon. “It’s the creation of a space where young minds will grow, friendships will form, a
  
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• 108 Texas school districts have moved to four-day weeks, affecting more than 117,000 students

  03-10-2024 20:17 via kxan.com
  
  This story is part of the KXAN Data Hub, where numbers help tell the whole story.
  We've created several data-driven stories and databases on topics including weather and climate, politics, education, sports and growth in Texas. Each story in the KXAN Data Hub is updated as new data becomes available.Editor's Note: The video above is from March 6, 2023, when this story was first published.AUSTIN (KXAN) — At least 108 school districts across Texas have now switched to four-day school weeks,
  
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• PHOTOS: Crews take center stage setting up for ACL

  03-10-2024 19:58 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — With Weekend One of the Austin City Limits Music Festival (ACL) right around the corner, crews took to Zilker Park to begin preparations. Safety tips ahead of Austin City LimitsCrews begin setting up for 2024’s ACL Fest (KXAN photo/Tim Holcomb)Crews begin setting up for 2024’s ACL Fest (KXAN photo/Tim Holcomb)Crews begin setting up for 2024’s ACL Fest (KXAN photo/Tim Holcomb)Crews begin setting up for 2024’s ACL Fest (KXAN photo/Tim Holcomb)Crews beg
  
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• Remembering Austin's heaviest snowstorm

  03-10-2024 19:51 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) - Snow in Central Texas is nothing short of rare. The city of Austin averages 0.2" of snowfall per year with the snowiest month being February.Believe it or not, the heaviest snowstorm Austin ever recorded wasn't during the winter months. During Nov. 23 - 24 in 1937, the city of Austin picked up almost a foot of heavy wet snow, which to this day, holds the record for total snow accumulation in Austin for a single storm event.The city of Austin accumulated 11" of snowfall throughout
  
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• REPORT: How many cars were stolen in Texas last year?

  03-10-2024 19:39 via kxan.com
  
  TEXAS (KXAN) — There was a record number of vehicle thefts reported in the United States last year, and Texas nearly topped that list.Texas had the second-highest number of stolen vehicles reported last year among all U.S. states, according to MarketWatch Guides' September analysis of National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) data. More than 115,000 vehicle thefts happened in Texas in 2023, second only to California, which reported more than 208,000 stolen vehicles.NICB broke down the Top 10
  
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• E-scooter company Lime deploying more staff, resources for ACL

  03-10-2024 18:40 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — As festivalgoers gear up for the 2024 Austin City Limits Music Festival, electric scooter and e-bike company Lime will also be deploying more staff and resources to meet the demand.Lime announced Thursday that attendees will "strategically deploy and rebalance [their] fleet of e-scooters and e-bikes" during the festival. Lime staff will also set up a tent along Toomey Road where they'll pass out free helmets and be available to share safety and parking information with atte
  
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• Man sentenced to 1 year for 2023 auto-ped crash

  03-10-2024 17:53 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- A man was sentenced to just under a year in jail for his involvement in a deadly auto-ped crash that happened last October, according to court documents.
  Romel Diaz George was indicted for collision involving injury after pleading guilty to the charge.The charge, a third-degree felony, stems from a crash that happened on Oct. 22, 2023, in northeast Austin, where a woman died.
  George was sentenced to 364 days in a Texas Department of Criminal Justice facility. The sentence began
  
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• Live: How you can help after Helene

  03-10-2024 17:21 via kxan.com
  
  Editor's note: The video player above will be replaced by a live stream featuring rescue stories and relief updates from the Red Cross beginning at 3 p.m. ET.
  (NEXSTAR) - It's been nearly a week since Hurricane Helene unleashed deadly fury on the Gulf Coast and caused flooding, food shortages and power disruptions still being felt by communities in the storm's path.Donate now to Hurricane Helene relief efforts
  Nexstar, the parent company of this news station, covers the daily news in cities and
  
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• How you can help after Helene

  03-10-2024 17:21 via kxan.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) - It's been nearly a week since Hurricane Helene unleashed deadly fury on the Gulf Coast and caused flooding, food shortages and power disruptions still being felt by communities in the storm's path. Donate now to Hurricane Helene relief effortsNexstar, the parent company of this news station, covers the daily news in cities and towns across America, including several in the path of last week's storm. Our reporters in the field witnessed firsthand the heroism of emergency personnel and
  
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• Safety tips ahead of Austin City Limits, busy fall event season

  03-10-2024 17:07 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Each year in Austin, the fall season brings several events to Central Texas. Most notably, the Austin City Limits Music Festival and Formula 1.
  Austin public safety officials are providing safety tips Thursday morning ahead of the start of ACL this weekend.Austin’s busiest month is here. How booked are local hotels ahead of ACL, Formula 1?Representatives from Austin-Travis County EMS, the Austin Police and Fire Departments, and the Office of Homeland Security & Emergen
  
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• Austin law firm finds nearly $100M is spent on wrongful convictions

  03-10-2024 16:32 via kxan.com
  
  LUBBOCK, Texas - A new study done by the Michael & Associates Law Firm in Austin found that since 2009, the state of Texas has spend nearly $100 million in lump sum payments to wrongly convicted exonerees.
  The Tim Cole Act, which was signed by then-Gov. Rick Perry, provides compensation to Texans that were wrongly convicted of a crime. Since it became law, 93 exonerees or their families, have been compensated.Garza County’s Dalby Correctional Facility closes its doors, leaves 170 peopl
  
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• Suspected fentanyl dealer arrested in Cedar Park

  03-10-2024 15:21 via kxan.com
  
  CEDAR PARK, Texas (KXAN) -- Authorities in Williamson County earlier this week arrested a man who is believed to be a fentanyl dealer.
  The Williamson County Sheriff's Office said its Organized Crime Unit on Monday executed a search warrant for a "suspected fentanyl dealer" in the 1700 block of Bagdad Road in Cedar Park.According to WCSO, officers seized approximately 19.5 g of suspected crack cocaine and approximately 8.5 g of suspected fentanyl during their search.
  WCSO arrested Demarcus Tennis
  
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• APD asks for help identifying woman involved in two robberies across Austin

  03-10-2024 12:30 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The Austin Police Department is asking for the public's help in identifying a woman who was allegedly involved in two incidents of aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon at different locations in Austin several days apart.The first incident took place at Craigo's Pizza in west Austin at 5501 Balcones Drive on September 29 at around 4 p.m. APD said the woman entered the restaurant with a handgun demanding money and left with an unknown amount of cash.Police said the same woman o
  
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• Austin group fighting back against youth gun violence

  03-10-2024 03:28 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin police recently announced a 16-year-old boy has been arrested, accused of killing another 16-year-old.It happened on Monday night just off Northgate Boulevard in north Austin."The victim was pronounced deceased at 9:01 pm," said an Austin Police Officer at the scene. "This is being investigated as Austin's 48th homicide."In 2022, 74 juveniles were suspects in gun-related crimes including murder, assaults and robberies, according to Austin Police data, but efforts to
  
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• Austin senior community uses AI cameras for fall prevention

  03-10-2024 01:55 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) --- Senior living community Parmer Woods at North Austin recently incorporated SafelyYou, a technology-powered fall prevention program, to reduce the fall risk of senior residents.SafelyYou offers AI-powered cameras that offer real-time alerts and video analysis to help care teams respond quickly to a fall.According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, over 14 million older adults in the U.S. fall each year, which is about 1 in 4 seniors. The CDC says falls are a
  
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• Federal judge grants Wimberly environmental group right to intervene in groundwater pumping lawsuit

  03-10-2024 01:29 via kxan.com
  
  HAYS COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) –  A federal judge granted a Hill Country environmental nonprofit the right to intervene in an ongoing federal lawsuit between the Hays Trinity Aquifer Conservation District and water supplier Aqua Texas. In August, the Trinity Edwards Springs Protection Association, TESPA, filed a motion to intervene in the lawsuit to, “[protect] its members’ private property - their groundwater - from the further negative impacts of Aqua’s contin
  
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• Federal judge grants Wimberley environmental group right to intervene in groundwater pumping lawsuit

  03-10-2024 01:29 via kxan.com
  
  HAYS COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) –  A federal judge granted a Hill Country environmental nonprofit the right to intervene in an ongoing federal lawsuit between the Hays Trinity Aquifer Conservation District and water supplier Aqua Texas. In August, the Trinity Edwards Springs Protection Association, TESPA, filed a motion to intervene in the lawsuit to, “[protect] its members’ private property - their groundwater - from the further negative impacts of Aqua’s contin
  
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• Study: Travis Co. lacks CNAs, non-profit says

  03-10-2024 00:02 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- There is a growing problem across the country with a critical shortage of certified nursing assistants, or CNAs. It's especially troublesome in Travis County where a new study shows it's near last in the state for available CNAs."[CNAs] are a critical aspect of the healthcare ecosystem," said Dr. Serena Bumpus, Texas Nurses Association CEO.A new study from Dwyer Workforce Development shows a significant shortage of CNAs in Travis County.New nurse anesthesia program in Austin aim
  
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