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• Mother loses her son tragically, but he saved lives as an organ donor; she now tries to get more registered

  12-04-2025 22:41 via kxan.com
  
  Content Warning: This article discusses suicide. Please return to the homepage if you are not comfortable with the topic. If you are in distress and need someone to talk to, please call 988, text HELLO to 741741, or visit the crisis hotline's website.AUSTIN (KXAN)— It's been over four years since Dr. Ro Schmidt's young son, Giovanni, 'Gino' Polleri took his own life.He did so, two weeks after his birthday. It was tragic, and shocking. And it's something that Schmidt carries with her every
  
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• LIVE: How extreme heat affects our national parks

  12-04-2025 18:31 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Time is fast approaching for summer vacations. For some people, it means a visit to a national park.More and more people are using their time off to visit our country's national parks. Numbers from the National Park Service (NPS) show a record 331.9 million visits in 2024. That's an increase of 6.36 million visits (2%) from 2023 and more than the previous record of 330.9 visits set in 2016.
  The week set aside for people to visit our nation's parks is National Park Week that begi
  
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• How extreme heat affects our national parks

  12-04-2025 18:31 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Time is fast approaching for summer vacations. For some people, it means a visit to a national park.More and more people are using their time off to visit our country's national parks. Numbers from the National Park Service (NPS) show a record 331.9 million visits in 2024. That's an increase of 6.36 million visits (2%) from 2023 and more than the previous record of 330.9 visits set in 2016.
  The week set aside for people to visit our nation's parks is National Park Week that begi
  
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• APD investigates homicide in north Austin

  12-04-2025 15:17 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin Police Department said its officers were investigating a homicide Saturday morning in north Austin.According to police, the incident was near the 12600 block of N. Lamar Blvd.APD is expected to hold a briefing to provide more details at a later time.This is a developing story. Check back with KXAN for more details.
  
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• Police investigating after body found near Brushy Creek in Round Rock

  12-04-2025 05:21 via kxan.com
  
  Editor's Note: If you or someone you know is in emotional distress or a suicidal crisis, call the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988. Crisis counselors are available 24/7.AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Police are investigating after a body was found near Brushy Creek in Round Rock Friday night, according to the Round Rock Police Department.The agency said on social media shortly after 10 p.m. that the body was found "in a wooded area just north of the QuikTrip at 1540 RM 620, near Brushy Creek."According to
  
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• Austin ISD accuses former principal, executive director of violating school policy, report shows

  12-04-2025 03:36 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN)—Austin Independent School District officials recommended terminating a beloved principal and her supervisor days before she turned in her resignation, according to an internal investigation report provided through an open records request.  The recommendation to fire the former Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders principal, Nicole Griffith, came after an Office of Professional Standards investigation determined that she and the executive director of secondary scho
  
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• 'Too good to be true': Fraud targets ads on Facebook Marketplace

  12-04-2025 03:18 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) --- Imagine paying for a good or service online, receiving what you paid for and told you owe more money.
  A local attorney tells KXAN more people are coming to him in that situation after losing money on Facebook Marketplace.
  Attorney George Lobb said not everything posted on the site is what it seems.
  "The ads will have a phone number that's not the business's phone number. It's the cellphone number for the scammer."George Lobb, AttorneyGeorge Lobb said it is important to ask a fr
  
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• Round Rock police searching for 2 suspects after 'attempted child abduction'

  12-04-2025 02:58 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The Round Rock Police Department is searching for two suspects after an attempted child abduction happened earlier this week in Round Rock, per a news release from the agency Friday.Around 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, officers responded to a report of a man who attempted to "lure children into a van" in the 1700 block of East Mesa Park Drive."The children told officers they were walking in the area when a vehicle with two suspects wearing masks pulled up beside them," police said.Accordin
  
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• Hutto PD investigating attempted child abduction

  12-04-2025 01:38 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Hutto Police Department said it was investigating a report of an attempted child abduction.According to police, a child was approached in the Riverwalk subdivision by two men driving a white Ford Transit-style van, and one of the men attempted to grab the child through the open side door of the van.HPD said the child described one suspect to a Texas DPS Forensic Imaging Specialist.Sketch of suspect in attempted child abduction (Hutto Police photo)
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• ‘Arrests are not enough’: UT leaders call out prosecutors, judicial system in letter about campus safety

  12-04-2025 00:51 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The University of Texas at Austin released a statement Friday regarding the safety and security of its students.In the statement, the university said families, students, faculty, staff and visitors were "rightly frustrated."“When individuals threaten student safety with violent and criminal behavior, our law enforcement have been steadfast in making necessary arrests to remove these threats. But arrests are not enough. We must be able to work hand in hand with prosecu
  
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