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New tradition marks return of UT, Texas A&M rivalry game

29-11-2024 17:32 via kxan.com

AUSTIN (KXAN) — After a 13-year hiatus, the University of Texas Longhorns will travel to College Station to play the Texas A&M Aggies in the renewed Lone Star Showdown rivalry.
The "Ruck Across the Brazos" kicked off Friday in Austin as a new tradition between the universities. Groups of cadets and student veterans will walk and drive a game football to College Station along with traditional military ruck packs, according to UT.RELATED: Texas vs. Texas A&M rivalry resumes, but Hex

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Scholarship honors unity between UT, Texas A&M after 1999 bonfire tragedy

29-11-2024 17:29 via kxan.com

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A historic rivalry game renews Saturday between the University of Texas at Austin Longhorns and the Texas A&M University Aggies.However, a scholarship program between the two Texas universities aims to highlight the unity between the rival schools.RELATED: Texas A&M marks 25th anniversary of campus bonfire collapse that killed 12Texas A&M launched the Bonfire Unity Endowed Presidential Scholarship in 2000 "in remembrance of the spirit displayed by UT Austin stud

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Burnet Police using new drones, drug detectors to fight crime

29-11-2024 14:30 via kxan.com

BURNET, Texas (KXAN) – New range equipment, drones and devices that can detect illicit drugs are helping the Burnet Police Department in a big way.Burnet Police Chief Brian Lee said, from improving officer safety to helping with investigations, this technology can help in a big way.The TruNarc device uses a laser to break down the substance presented."The laser goes in there and detects two different molecules, it will break them down and it will let us know, if there is fentanyl in this a

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Georgetown nonprofit loses $95K after fraudulent check donation

29-11-2024 14:00 via kxan.com

GEORGETOWN, Texas (KXAN) — A nonprofit in Georgetown lost thousands of dollars from what they thought was a generous donation. It turned out to be a bogus check.Motorcycle Missions is an organization that helps veterans and first responders with post-traumatic stress disorder.It offers programs like:WeldingTrack daysMotocrossBuild mentorshipMotorcycle Safety Foundation training
Krystal Hess founded the nonprofit nearly a decade ago.
Motorcycle Missions has served 500 veterans and first res

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'It's a sad situation': Organization gets record requests for meals this Thanksgiving

29-11-2024 03:09 via kxan.com

AUSTIN (KXAN) – An organization that provides meals to those who need them on Thanksgiving said it had its busiest day on Thursday. Operation Turkey has been delivering Thanksgiving meals to low-income individuals since 2000. Executive Director Brian Tolbert said that in a typical year, his organization will provide 10,000 meals throughout the Austin area. “This year, we did 15,000 and we could have done a lot more meals today,” Tolbert said. “Unfortunately, we

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