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• RRPD: Officer fired gun responding to disturbance, one arrested

  17-02-2025 22:54 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- One person was arrested after officers investigated a disturbance in Round Rock Monday, during which one of the officers fired a gun.
  According to the Round Rock Police Department, the officer discharged their firearm, but there were no injuries. Per department protocol, the officer was placed on leave. Police did not share the suspect's name or what their charge was.Around 4 a.m., RRPD officers responded to a report of a domestic disturbance at the MAA Round Rock Apartment comp
  
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• Here's when CapMetro's new rapid bus lines debut this year

  17-02-2025 22:35 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- All aboard: CapMetro will debut its newest rapid bus lines later this month as part of the Project Connect mass transit system's expansion work.The two new MetroRapid lines are the 800 Pleasant Valley and 837 Expo Center lines. Riders will be able to begin taking those routes on Feb. 23, CapMetro officials confirmed in a Monday release. PAST COVERAGE: CapMetro gears up for new Pickup, MetroRapid bus services in 2025Both the 800 and 837 lines focus on expanded transit access east
  
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• 'Very concerned': Parents, disability advocates worry lawsuit could dismantle Section 504 protections

  17-02-2025 22:13 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) –  A growing number of parents and disability advocates are worried a lawsuit filed in September 2024 will dismantle a law that protects and helps people with disabilities. Seventeen state attorneys general joined a lawsuit to remove gender dysphoria from a list of disabilities protected under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act – a law designed to help people with disabilities in federally funded programs, such as schools or some hospitals and government pr
  
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• Sarkisian to make $12.3M in final year of 7-year contract extension with Texas Longhorns

  17-02-2025 22:04 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas' Steve Sarkisian is getting a hefty pay raise in a restructured 7-year contract extension that cements him as one of college football's highest-paid coaches.After declining interviews with at least two NFL teams this winter, Sarkisian parlayed them into a 3.85% pay increase and an extra year on his contract, keeping him in Austin until the end of 2031. By 2031, Sarkisian is set to make $12.3 million annually. He'll receive a $400,000 raise this year, moving his salary
  
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• LIVE Horns Report: Sarkisian to make $12.3M in final year of 7-year contract extension with Texas Longhorns

  17-02-2025 22:04 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas' Steve Sarkisian is getting a hefty pay raise in a restructured 7-year contract extension that cements him as one of college football's highest-paid coaches.After declining interviews with at least two NFL teams this winter, Sarkisian parlayed them into a 3.85% pay increase and an extra year on his contract, keeping him in Austin until the end of 2031. By 2031, Sarkisian is set to make $12.3 million annually. He'll receive a $400,000 raise this year, moving his salary
  
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• Hundreds show up to protest on Presidents Day at Texas Capitol

  17-02-2025 22:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Hundreds of people showed up to protest Project 2025 and other topics on Presidents Day Monday at the Texas Capitol. This comes after activists nationwide launched a protest campaign after the Trump administration pushed to "gut federal health, education and human services agencies."According to the AP, hundreds of protests were scheduled to happen "outside congressional offices and Tesla dealerships" as a way to send a message to members of Congress. Those members are on recess
  
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• Multiple people hurt after Delta flight crashes, lands upside down at Toronto airport

  17-02-2025 21:33 via kxan.com
  
  Live above: Authorities respond to the Delta Air Lines flight that crashed and landed upside down in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.(NEXSTAR) — At least eight people are injured after a Delta Air Lines flight from Minneapolis experienced an "incident upon landing" in Ontario, Canada, authorities have confirmed.Videos posted to social media and a live feed from the airport show the flight upside down on a tarmac as people walk away and crews doused the plane. Television news reports say the Delta
  
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• Delta flight crashes at Toronto airport, lands upside down

  17-02-2025 21:33 via kxan.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) — A Delta Air Lines flight from Minneapolis experienced an "incident upon landing" in Ontario, Canada, airport officials have confirmed.
  Videos posted to social media and a live feed from the airport show the flight upside down on a tarmac as people walk away and crews douse the plane."Toronto Pearson is aware of an incident upon landing involving a Delta Airlines plane arriving from Minneapolis. Emergency teams are responding. All passengers and crew are accounted for," the airp
  
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• Child among those hurt after Delta flight flips while landing at Toronto airport

  17-02-2025 21:33 via kxan.com
  
  Live above: Authorities respond to the Delta Air Lines flight that crashed and landed upside down in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.(NEXSTAR) — At least 15 people, including a child, are injured after a Delta Air Lines flight from Minneapolis experienced an "incident upon landing" in Ontario, Canada Monday afternoon.Videos posted to social media and a live feed from the airport show the flight upside down on the tarmac as people walk away and crews douse the plane. Television news reports say th
  
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• Child among 17 hurt after Delta flight flips while landing at Toronto airport

  17-02-2025 21:33 via kxan.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) — Seventeen people, including a child, were injured after a Delta Air Lines flight from Minneapolis experienced an "incident upon landing" in Ontario, Canada, Monday afternoon.
  While the cause of the incident remains under investigation, an audio recording revealed the pilots had been warned of a possible air flow bump in its path because of an aircraft in front of it.Videos posted to social media and a live feed from the airport showed the plane resting on its roof on the tarmac
  
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• Austin bike tour explores city's historic Black sites with community rides

  17-02-2025 21:18 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- As Austinites celebrate Black History Month, residents are welcomed to take a spin through local historic sites with a guided community bike tour this weekend.The Black History Bike Ride group will host a community ride from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, beginning at the George Washington Carver Museum at 1165 Angelina St.
  Talib Abdullahi launched Black History Bike Ride back in 2019 as a means of connecting friends and community members with Austin's Black history. Some of the sto
  
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• Vic Schaefer, Texas Longhorns agree to 3-year contract extension, pay raise

  17-02-2025 21:02 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas Longhorns head women's basketball coach Vic Schaefer is getting a raise and a contract extension.According to contract details for approval by the UT System Board of Regents in its February 19-20 meeting, Schaefer is getting a three-year extension and a 4.3% raise starting in the 2027-28 season. No. 3 Texas grinds out 65-58 win over No. 5 LSU with ‘really special’ 4th quarterSchaefer's current annual salary of $2.3 million will continue through the 2026-27
  
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• AISD plans hiring, spending freeze as budget deficit hits $110M

  17-02-2025 21:02 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The Austin Independent School District is implementing some new strategies to try to cut spending as its projected deficit for the 2024-25 Fiscal Year has hit $110 million, according to information shared during a Board Information Session last week.
  Katrina Montgomery, interim chief financial officer for AISD, provided an update to the Fiscal Forecast at the session Thursday evening.
  The district in June adopted an operating budget of $954 million for the 2024-25 Fiscal Year, w
  
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• Several injured in crash on SH 71 in southeastern Travis County

  17-02-2025 19:59 via kxan.com
  
  TRAVIS COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) -- Several people were hurt in a crash in southeastern Travis County Monday afternoon, according to Austin-Travis County EMS.
  ATCEMS posted on X at 12:44 p.m. that there was a crash involving a vehicle rescue in the 5200 block of East State Highway 71 westbound. That's near Garfield, southeast of Austin.
  ATCEMS said one person was trapped. There were a total of five patients; one was in critical condition and the other four had serious but not life-threatening injurie
  
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• 'Air to water' innovative tech comes to Texas amid water crisis

  17-02-2025 19:58 via kxan.com
  
  The machine on the right sucks air in, which then turns into water. On the left, a storage tank and spout to drink from. (Credit: Todd Bailey/KXAN)
  MANOR, Texas (KXAN) — With a growing population and an increase in droughts, Texas is more desperate for water than ever before. New technology may provide a possible solution, and it comes from the air around us."There are 39 million billion gallons of water in the atmosphere around us," said Brian Sheng, co-founder of water technology compan
  
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• No. 16 Texas wins Shriners Children's College Showdown at Globe Life Field

  17-02-2025 19:36 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas hasn't been particularly good at Globe Life Field over the past five seasons, but the Longhorns capped a 2-1 weekend in Arlington with a victory over a former Big 12 Conference foe Sunday.No. 16 Texas smacked 15 hits, six for extra bases, in a 14-8 win over No. 19 Oklahoma State to end the Shriners Children's College Showdown with a 2-1 record and the tournament championship. Texas lost to Louisville 4-3 in 10 innings to open the event Friday and thumped Ole Miss 10-0
  
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• Which industries grew the most in Texas last year?

  17-02-2025 19:12 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas' economy remains strong but slowed more than economists expected in 2024, experts with the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas said in a 2025 Texas Economic Outlook presentation released Feb. 7.The report found Texas' 2024 job growth ended up being 1.7% lower than the forecast figures, with contributing factors including higher interest rates, lowering oil and gas prices as well as election uncertainties. The 2025 analysis anticipated this year will continue in a similar t
  
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• Texas women move to No. 2 in AP poll, highest ranking since 2017

  17-02-2025 18:01 via kxan.com
  
  Notre Dame is the new No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 women's basketball poll, ascending to the top spot Monday for the first time since 2019.The Fighting Irish replaced UCLA, which lost its first game of the season last week, falling to rival USC, 71-60. Notre Dame was last No. 1 on Jan. 21, 2019. Vic Schaefer, Texas Longhorns agree to 3-year contract extension, pay raise“It’s definitely an honor to be the nation’s top team, but we are just focused on getting better every
  
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• Leander cat rescue in need of new home

  17-02-2025 15:00 via kxan.com
  
  LEANDER, Texas (KXAN) — Help for feral and friendly stray cats in Williamson County could soon be on pause if Ferallife Guards, a group that traps, neuters and rehomes cats, is unable to find a new home in the coming months.Laurie Frederick, president of Ferallife Guards, said the group was told by its landlord late last year that its lease was ending sooner than anticipated.Frederick said the group planned to move to a new location where it could expand in the near future, just not quite
  
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• Sober festival planned during SXSW to benefit SIMS Foundation, Recovery ATX

  17-02-2025 14:40 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- A spring festival showcasing live music and interactive art is set to benefit two local foundations dedicated to substance abuse recovery.
  The third annual "Sober X South East Recovery Takeover" is scheduled for Sunday, March 16 at Empire Control Room & Garage. (Photo courtesy: Recovery ATX)
  The third annual "Sober X South East Recovery Takeover" is scheduled for Sunday, March 16 at Empire Control Room & Garage. All proceeds from the festival will benefit the SIMS Founda
  
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• Prepare for Tuesday's arctic air mass

  17-02-2025 12:15 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Clouds will continue to increase during the day leading to a partly to mostly cloudy, perhaps overcast sky. Afternoon high temperatures are still expected to climb into the upper 50s to low 60s because of a south wind 5 to 10 mph and occasionally gusty.Overnight temperatures will drop by sunrise to the 50s (with a few upper 40s scattered here and there) but those will not be the lows for the calendar day.That's because of the arctic air that will move south during the late after
  
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• Next big front arriving Tuesday behind showers

  17-02-2025 12:15 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Temperatures today were nice and fresh taking us up into the 60s. It's the last outdoor type of day before rain and extremely cold temperatures take over for a few days.Tonight will be a cool night with temperatures back down into the low 50s for a majority of us. Rain chances start to pick up around midday on Tuesday just after midday with a few isolated showers before the next front pushes through with extremely cold air behind it.The front should enter San Saba and Lampasas C
  
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• Bombogenesis: Nature's explosive weather phenomenon

  17-02-2025 05:32 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Bombogenesis, also known as a bomb cyclone, is a fascinating weather phenomenon. It occurs when a low-pressure system intensifies rapidly, dropping at least 24 millibars of pressure within 24 hours. This sudden pressure is also known as cyclogenesis, which is the strengthening of a mid-latitude cyclone.Bombogenesis exampleLow-pressure systems typically "bomb-out" during the winter season, when warm, moist air meets cold, dense air. This usually happens when the jet stream dips i
  
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• City creates plan to keep downtown 'vibrant' amid large-scale construction projects

  17-02-2025 04:37 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – The Austin City Council has established the Downtown Austin Strategic Initiative so that downtown remains safe, accessible and vibrant while transformative projects are underway.Large-scale downtown private and public projects – such as the I-35 Capital Express Central Project and the Austin Convention Center remodel  – have already started or will start soon. The city unanimously approved Thursday the new office to oversee those projects. “We ha
  
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• Texas softball stays unbeaten, tops Texas Tech twice behind Kavan's arm at Bevo Classic

  17-02-2025 04:06 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Top-ranked Texas softball capped another perfect weekend on the diamond, going 5-0 during the Bevo Classic at McCombs Field on Sunday with an 11-0 win in five innings over No. 11 Texas Tech.Texas jumped out to a 4-0 lead after the first inning highlighted by a 2-run triple by Joley Mitchell. Katie Stewart drove in a pair with a single, and then really got it going in the third inning by blasting a 3-run home over the center-field wall.No. 3 Texas grinds out 65-58 win over N
  
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• Texas gets much-needed victory, knocks off No. 15 Kentucky 82-78

  17-02-2025 03:09 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Freshman Tre Johnson scored 32 points, and senior Tramon Mark had 26, season bests for both, and Texas defeated No. 15 Kentucky 82-78 on Saturday night, snapping a three-game losing streak.Texas (16-10, 5-8 Southeastern Conference) trailed 69-64 with less than four minutes remaining before making a 14-1 push. Johnson and Mark scored 12 of the 14 for a 78-70 lead with 34 seconds remaining.Texas guard Tramon Mark (12) celebrates scoring against Kentucky during the first
  
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• No. 3 Texas grinds out 65-58 win over No. 5 LSU with 'really special' 4th quarter

  17-02-2025 01:43 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) —After trailing by as much as 12 points and needing to find an answer for their offensive struggles, No. 3 Texas got it done from the foul line against No. 5 Louisiana State.The Longhorns were perfect from the stripe, going 21-for-21 including 17-for-17 in the second half, to help erase a double-digit deficit and top the Tigers 65-58 in Southeastern Conference women's basketball action Sunday at Moody Center.Texas head coach Vic Schaefer celebrates a win over LSU during an NC
  
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• LIVE: Abbott to hold briefing on severe weather preparations across the state

  17-02-2025 00:30 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday morning will hold a press conference in Austin on Texas' preparation and response ahead of winter weather set to impact the state.KXAN's First Warning Weather Team anticipates Tuesday evening will bring the coldest air of the season. Areas of Central Texas will see rain, with the rain forecasted to end before midnight.As of Sunday, there are no issues with ice to be expected, according to the First Warning Weather Team.Abbott will be joined by:
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• Abbott to hold briefing on severe weather preparations across the state

  17-02-2025 00:30 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday morning will hold a press conference in Austin on Texas' preparation and response ahead of winter weather set to impact the state.KXAN's First Warning Weather Team anticipates Tuesday evening will bring the coldest air of the season. Areas of Central Texas will see rain, with the rain forecasted to end before midnight.As of Sunday, there are no issues with ice to be expected, according to the First Warning Weather Team.Abbott will be joined by:
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• Abbott holds briefing on severe weather preparations across the state

  17-02-2025 00:30 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday morning held a press conference in Austin on Texas' preparation and response ahead of winter weather set to impact the state.KXAN's First Warning Weather Team anticipates Tuesday evening will bring the coldest air of the season. Areas of Central Texas will see rain, with the rain forecasted to end before midnight."Today is a stereotypical example of how weather can change dramatically in the state of Texas," Abbott said.During the press conference, Abb
  
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