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• Pair accused of robbing DoorDash driver for Chick-fil-A

  27-04-2024 19:32 via kxan.com
  
  MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WREG) — Two men are accused of robbing a Memphis DoorDash driver at gunpoint for his Chick-fil-A order.Devon Shead, 28, and Antonio Walker, 27, were both booked in the Shelby County Jail Thursday on a charge of aggravated robbery.According to police, the DoorDash driver was held up Wednesday night outside a home in Memphis' Fox Meadows neighborhood.The driver said when he arrived at the house, a silver Chevy Malibu pulled up. He said a man got out of the rear driver's side
  
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• City of San Marcos reports downed trees, downed power lines after storms

  10-05-2024 05:52 via kxan.com
  
  SAN MARCOS, Texas (KXAN) -- Severe storms wreaked havoc in multiple Central Texas counties on Thursday, with San Marcos and Johnson City taking considerable damage with wind-blown hail.The National Weather Service reported 5 inch hail from a meteorologist and storm chaser in Johnson City in Blanco County. NWS lists hail of that size as CD or DVD size.Huge hail in Johnson City (Courtesy KXAN viewer photo) Severe weather brings DVD-size hail in Central TexasThe majority of the rest of Central Texa
  
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• Severe weather brings DVD-size hail in Central Texas

  10-05-2024 05:20 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- After two large supercell thunderstorms wreaked havoc across multiple Central Texas counties on Thursday, multiple viewers began sending in videos and photos.The KXAN First Warning Weather Team reported San Marcos and Johnson City took considerable damage due to wind-blown hail.The National Weather Service even had a report of 5 inch hail from a meteorologist and storm chaser in Johnson City in Blanco County. NWS lists hail of that size as CD or DVD size!Take a look at the photo
  
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• Texas baseball has big opportunity at UCF to improve RPI, seeding for Big 12 tourney

  10-05-2024 05:13 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas baseball is hoping to ride the momentum of a big series win over Oklahoma State into Orlando for a 3-game set against Central Florida.Texas (30-19, 15-9 Big 12) is tied for second in the conference with Oklahoma State and West Virginia, and going into the series against the Knights on Friday, a win will help not only their league standings but also their postseason resumè.
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• Longhorns roll in Big 12 softball quarterfinals, thump Texas Tech 13-4

  10-05-2024 03:20 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Top-seeded Texas pummeled Texas Tech for the fourth consecutive game, this time by a score of 13-4 in the Big 12 Conference softball quarterfinals Thursday in Oklahoma City.After finishing the regular season with a 3-game sweep of the Red Raiders by a combined score of 50-7, the Longhorns belted three home runs in the second inning to put it away early. Mia Scott, Katie Stewart and Joley Mitchell hit balls out of the park in the frame to turn a 3-1 lead into 8-1. The game e
  
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• UT Austin students raise money for Latinx graduation cancelled by DEI cuts

  10-05-2024 03:04 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) --- A new state law left a group of Latino University of Texas students scrambling to make sure their graduation ceremony tradition went on as planned on Thursday.
  The university canceled several minority graduation events it previously hosted for years. A new Texas law banned diversity, equity and inclusion offices at public universities, which cut funding for the ceremony. RELATED COVERAGE: Students plan affinity graduations in just months after University of Texas banFacult
  
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• Austin FC hanging its hat on defensive end as Copa Tejas trip to Dallas looms

  10-05-2024 01:15 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — It's about to get busy for Austin FC with six matches in roughly three weeks, but as far as Verde and Black is concerned, the only match worth worrying about is the next one.Austin travels up Interstate 35 to take on FC Dallas at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in a Copa Tejas derby, and despite FC Dallas' poor form at the moment, manager Josh Wolff isn't taking anything for granted.VERDE LIGHTS: It's back for another season! Tune in at 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. Saturdays on CW Austin througho
  
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• Marijuana decriminalization stumbles in latest Texas election

  10-05-2024 00:49 via kxan.com
  
  LUBBOCK, Texas (KXAN) — An effort to decriminalize small amounts of marijuana appeared on the ballot recently in another Texas community, and the results turned out differently than similar initiatives, including here in Austin.This past weekend voters in Lubbock overwhelming rejected Proposition A by a margin of 30 percentage points — 65% opposed the measure, while 35% supported it. If approved, it would have told police to stop arresting people for having less than four ounces of m
  
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• San Marcos OKs incentives deal for new grocery store — before any negotiations

  10-05-2024 00:17 via kxan.com
  
  SAN MARCOS, Texas (Austin Business Journal) — As the population continues to swell in Central Texas, residents moving up, down and around the region's big cities have been clamoring for more grocery stores. One city between Austin and San Antonio is taking a unique step to try to give them what they want.The San Marcos City Council during a May 7 meeting approved the parameters of an incentives agreement to help lure a grocery store to the city. The unusual aspect of the move? It
  
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• Zilker shuttle services return this summer

  09-05-2024 23:36 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The City of Austin confirmed Thursday its free shuttle services will return to Zilker Metropolitan Park this summer.It marks the third summer of weekend and specialty holiday services. Shuttle operations will run from noon to 8:30 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays from May 25 through Sept. 2, including on Memorial Day, the Fourth of July and Labor Day.Zilker-Shuttle-Route-Map-revisedDownloadShuttle riders can utilize free parking at the One Texas Center garage at 505 Barton Spr
  
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• Legal fees related to DA José Garza removal petition could cost Travis County taxpayers $50K

  09-05-2024 23:20 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Travis County Commissioners Court approved up to $50,000 in legal defense costs for Travis County District Attorney José Garza related to a petition calling for his removal from office.The petition, filed in the 455th Travis County District Court, argues “incompetency and official misconduct” related to the policies enforced by Garza about who and what criminal offenses his office prosecutes.KXAN requested a comment from Garza and asked whether he has
  
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• Issues from cyber security event continue at Ascension

  09-05-2024 23:20 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – On Wednesday, Ascension, a healthcare company in Central Texas, announced that they detected unusual activity on network systems, which they believed to be a "cyber security event."In a statement, Ascension said: "Our care teams are trained for these kinds of disruptions and have initiated procedures to ensure patient care delivery continues to be safe and as minimally impacted as possible. There has been a disruption to clinical operations, and we continue to assess the im
  
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• Student from Cedar Park named 2024 U.S. Presidential Scholar

  09-05-2024 23:07 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Education announced the 2024 U.S. Presidential Scholars, which included a student from Cedar Park.According to the department, the White House Commission on Presidential Scholars selects students based on “academic success, excellence in the arts and in technical education, through essays, school evaluations and transcripts, as well as a demonstrated commitment to community service and leadership.”Cedar Park reside
  
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• Austin nonprofit provides free open-heart surgery for 2-year-old

  09-05-2024 22:33 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — An Austin pediatrician assisted in bringing a Ugandan boy and his mother to the United States for an open heart surgery, nonprofit HeartGift Foundation said in a release.HeartGift helps connect children from around the world with free heart surgeries with congenital heart defects. Dr. Lori Hines traveled to Uganda to bring two-year-old Aaron and his mother to Austin for Aaron's procedure at Dell Children's Medical Center.Austin pediatrician Dr. Lori Hines helped guide two-y
  
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• Paxton moves to shut down charity housing undocumented migrants

  09-05-2024 22:30 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (Nexstar) -- For nearly 50 years, Annunciation House has provided shelter, food, and education to refugees and undocumented immigrants in El Paso. The State of Texas is trying to shut them down, citing concerns they are harboring fugitives and thwarting law enforcement's efforts on the border.In a new legal filing, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton argues "Annunciation House is engaged in systematic conduct that constitutes illegal alien harboring and operation of a stash house, as a matt
  
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• Two political consultants plead guilty in Henry Cuellar bribery case

  09-05-2024 22:26 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (Texas Tribune) — Two political consultants agreed to plead guilty to charges that they conspired with U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar to launder more than $200,000 in bribes from a Mexican bank, according to recently unsealed court documents that show the consultants are cooperating with the Justice Department in its case against the Laredo Democrat.Cuellar, a powerful South Texas Democrat, was indicted with his wife Imelda on charges of accepting almost $600,000 in bri
  
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• WATCH: Truck likely deemed total loss after lightning strike in Hutto

  09-05-2024 22:20 via kxan.com
  
  HUTTO, Texas (KXAN) — "Zeus himself decided I no longer needed my truck."That's how Jeremy Jameson reacted after his truck was struck by lightning on April 28. The Hutto resident said he bought the truck — brand new — from Covert Ford in November, and it only had about 11,000 miles on it. Where and when are lightning deaths most common?Video Jameson posted to Instagram shows the lightning strike. The headlights can then be seen flashing. Jameson said he heard the loud crash aro
  
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• Texas group reports uptick of anti-LGBTQ+ incidents in 2023

  09-05-2024 22:03 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Statewide political advocacy organization Equality Texas responded to an uptick in anti-LGTBQ+ incidents each month in 2023 compared to 2022, officials told KXAN this week.It comes as leadership said they are preparing for additional LGBTQ+-related bills to be filed in the upcoming legislative session, beginning in January. That session will come on the heels of the 2023 session, where lawmakers filed 141 bills -- a historic high -- related to the LGBTQ+ community.Chloe Goo
  
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• Longhorns flip DT transfer Lole from Oklahoma

  09-05-2024 20:50 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Not many areas of the Texas football roster could realistically be considered question marks. The one position group that appears thinner than others was defensive tackle, but the Longhorns flipped a transfer to bolster their defensive front.Louisville transfer Jermayne Lole announced his commitment to Texas on social media Thursday. The 6-foot-3, 310-pound defensive tackle originally announced his intention to transfer to Oklahoma.The flip to Texas is big for a team that h
  
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• Affidavit: Warrant issued for man who allegedly shot, killed ex-girlfriend's new boyfriend

  09-05-2024 20:26 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The Travis County Sheriff's Office issued an arrest warrant for a man deputies said shot and killed a man at a bar in southeast Travis County early in the morning of Friday, May 3, according to court documents.TCSO said the homicide happened at a business located in the 5600 block of South U.S. 183, which is close to Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. Deputies said they initially responded to a call there at about 12:25 a.m. for reports about a “disturbance involving
  
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• Leaders to host grand opening for $305M Austin State Hospital next week

  09-05-2024 20:25 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Austin and state leaders will host a ribbon-cutting Wednesday as the new 240-bed replacement facility for Austin State Hospital is set to open soon after years of work and hundreds of millions of dollars spent.
  According to a release, the Texas Legislature and Gov. Greg Abbott approved roughly $305 million for the new psychiatric hospital, which will replace the facility that's been open since 1861.
  According to a release, that hospital offers inpatient mental health services to
  
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• Man arrested after carrying gun during UT protests, court documents say

  09-05-2024 20:14 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Police with the University of Texas at Austin arrested Michael David Maule, 26, after they said he carried a gun on UT's campus during a protest on April 29, according to an arrest affidavit.According to court documents, the Austin Police Department received a report of "two protesters armed with guns." DPS sent 115 personnel on first day of protests at UT AustinPolice received descriptions of the individuals and approached them separately near the Main Building at UT. Court doc
  
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• APD files search warrant after dead dogs found in south Austin creek

  09-05-2024 20:08 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Law enforcement officials filed a search warrant Wednesday in Travis County after multiple dead dogs were found near a south Austin residential area April 14.Neighbors previously told KXAN they found 11 dead dogs in South Boggy Creek.PAST COVERAGE | Neighbors say dead dogs found in creek, police investigatingThe warrant was for data that could connect a past resident of the area to an offense of cruelty to non-livestock animals.According to the warrant, the Austin Police De
  
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• Austin Ghost Bike Project memorializes cyclists killed in crashes

  09-05-2024 20:05 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — At intersections and roadways across Austin are white bikes—memorials honoring the memory of cyclists killed in traffic crashes. It's part of the Austin Ghost Bike Project's ongoing mission to raise public awareness about the number of cyclists killed while the organization advocates for improved safety infrastructure for bikers."Our goal, really, is to draw attention to and to start to prevent so many needless deaths, accidents, crashes in our city," said Rhodney Wil
  
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• Man sentenced in fatal 2023 hit-and-run

  09-05-2024 20:01 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A man was sentenced on two charges April 30 in connection with a fatal crash that occurred in March 2023. MAP: Where have Austin’s fatal crashes occurred in 2023?According to Travis County court documents, 26-year-old Milton Castanon-Villatoro pleaded guilty to intoxication manslaughter with a vehicle and accident involving death and was given seven years in prison for each charge.The sentence was related to the death of 57-year-old  Elias Saenz, which occurred t
  
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• MAP: Road closures, available parking for UT Commencement weekend

  09-05-2024 18:01 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Hook 'em!Thousands of students at the University of Texas at Austin will cross the stage and earn graduate status at this weekend's commencement ceremonies. With those celebrations comes plenty of proud family, friends and loved ones and — you guessed it — traffic.Here's a day-by-day breakdown of planned road closures and traffic changes amid this weekend's pomp and circumstance.For those driving to the ceremonies, the University of Texas at Austin Police Depart
  
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• Disney+, Hulu, Max team up for streaming mega bundle

  09-05-2024 17:56 via kxan.com
  
  (WXIN) - Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery are teaming up for a new streaming bundle to include Disney+, Hulu and Max.According to the announcement on the Walt Disney Company’s website, the services will be offered together this summer, providing an “unprecedented selection of content” from ABC, CNN, DC, Discovery, Disney, Food Network, FX, HBO, HGTV, Hulu, Marvel, Pixar, Searchlight, Warner Bros. and many more.People will be able to get the bundle from any of the three platfor
  
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• Torchbearers begin Olympic flame's journey across France

  09-05-2024 17:53 via kxan.com
  
  MARSEILLE, France (AP) — Joyful crowds gathered along the streets of France’s southern port of Marseille on Thursday to see torchbearers carrying the Olympic flame through the city's most emblematic sites, a day after it arrived on a majestic three-mast ship for a welcoming ceremony.It was the first leg of an 11-week journey across the country for the torch, which will be carried by about 10,000 bearers as it passes through more than 450 towns until the Games' opening
  
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• Texas ranch owner missing dozens of ostriches after extreme flooding

  09-05-2024 17:53 via kxan.com
  
  VALLEY MILLS, Texas (KWKT) – The flooding in Texas over the weekend has ruffled some feathers, and one ranch is seeking to find dozens of missing ostriches.The Superior Ostrich Company in Valley Mills is looking for many of its birds that got loose."I've always had a finger in the ranching operation here all my life and I've seen several floods, but this was one of the granddaddy of all floods," said Reg Lindberg, Superior Ostrich Company founder.Lindberg believes the floodwaters carried t
  
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• Austinites are getting a say in the city's 2024-25 budget, here's how

  09-05-2024 15:23 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- City of Austin residents have the opportunity this month to provide input on how the city's 2024-25 budget should be allocated.
  The city launched an interactive budget survey tool that people can use to choose their top priorities from a comprehensive list of options.
  City of Austin's 2024-25 budget survey (Screenshot of the City of Austin's website)
  The city said the tool aims to provide participants with a "meaningful opportunity to engage with the City and ensure that the bud
  
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