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• Does H-E-B's South Congress shop have a grand opening date set?

  26-09-2024 21:45 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Austin residents still have a bit of time before H-E-B's new storefront on South Congress Avenue opens shop.Rumors swirled on in an Austin subreddit post this week about a supposed grand opening date set for Dec. 17. In an email, one H-E-B spokesperson confirmed that alleged grand opening date wasn't true.A second spokesperson confirmed the Texas grocer hasn't yet finalized the opening date for the South Congress location, adding the site remains under construction. The spokespe
  
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• Police continue to testify in officer's deadly conduct trial, bodycam vid shown

  27-09-2024 16:02 via kxan.com
  
  Editor's note: This video is from Thursday's news coverage of court proceedings.
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The fourth officer who was with Officer Christopher Taylor during the 2019 911 call for Mauris DeSilva will continue his testimony at Taylor’s trial Friday morning.911 callers said DeSilva was walking on the street and in his condo complex with a knife to his throat. One caller repeatedly requested a mental health officer.The call ended with Taylor and another officer, Karl Krycia, shooti
  
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• Free spays, neuters for pets in Travis County for limited time

  27-09-2024 16:01 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Beginning Friday morning, Travis County and Austin Animal Center said they would offer free spays or neuters for dogs and cats.The opportunity will be available at the Travis County Expo Center at 7311 Decker Lane from 7:30 to 10 a.m. Friday and Saturday.“Appointments are first come, first serve. Pet owners are encouraged to arrive early,” organizers said.In order to qualify, pet owners must be Travis County residents and show proof of residency, which can be ve
  
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• Map: When will the leaves change color in Texas?

  27-09-2024 14:15 via kxan.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) — It's that time of year again. Football is back, it's almost time for sweater weather, and pumpkin-flavored drinks and treats are being sold everywhere you look.But the one thing missing is those beautiful colors in the trees when the leaves start changing and, well you know, falling.While states up north are slowly starting to see those pretty red, orange, and yellow leaves, Texans are forced to wait. So when exactly will Texas see the leaves begin to change?A foliage map from
  
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• 'Saving a Generation' special program aims to put faces on the fentanyl crisis

  27-09-2024 14:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (Nexstar) - Fentanyl poisonings are killing thousands of people across the country.While recent data shows a decrease in drug deaths, the numbers remain at crisis levels.The deaths highlight the importance of awareness and education to help save lives.A special program airing Oct. 4 on KXAN and Nexstar stations across the country aims to put faces on this national crisis. "Saving A Generation: The Fentanyl Crisis" tells the stories of families who have lost loved ones and turned that pain
  
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• Texas high school football scores for Thursday, Sept. 26

  27-09-2024 05:40 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Dripping Springs easily put Akins away 63-0 and Liberty Hill thumped Navarro 64-0 in high school football action around Central Texas on ThursdayPflugerville Connally beat Crockett 63-7 and Travis won 55-8 over Eastside. Westwood used a strong second half to top Manor 28-16 in the KBVO Game of the Week.
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• Dak Prescott throws 2 TD passes and Cowboys win 7th straight over Giants, 20-15

  27-09-2024 05:39 via kxan.com
  
  EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Dak Prescott threw one of his two touchdown passes to CeeDee Lamb and the Dallas Cowboys taunted the Giants yet again, winning 20-15 on Thursday night for their seventh straight victory over New York and 14th in 15 games.
  Prescott, who has won his last 13 starts against the Giants, hit running back Rico Dowdle on a 15-yard screen pass for a touchdown to put Dallas ahead in the first quarter. He then found Lamb for a 55-yard catch-and-run TD on a play that ended
  
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• APD identifies 33-year-old in deadly crash between CapMetro bus and motorcycle

  27-09-2024 05:19 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- On Thursday, the Austin Police Department identified a 33-year-old man who died after a crash between a CapMetro bus and motorcycle in north Austin Tuesday, the agency said in a news release Thursday.Around 7:40 a.m., officers responded to the 100 block of East Koenig Lane for the crash. The motorcyclist was identified as Joshua Lee-Michael Babb. He was pronounced dead on the scene, according to police. There was also a passenger on the CapMetro bus who was transported to the ho
  
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• Texas Supreme Court leaves State Fair’s gun ban in place

  27-09-2024 04:30 via kxan.com
  
  (AUSTIN) -- The Supreme Court of Texas on Thursday night denied Attorney General Ken Paxton's emergency filing seeking to overturn the State Fair of Texas’ policy banning all firearms from its fairgrounds. The fair is set to start Friday."It should go without saying—though perhaps it cannot be said often enough—that a judge’s role in this case is not to decide whether the State Fair made a wise decision. Our job, instead, is to decide whether Texas law allowed the State F
  
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• Helene strengthens to a Category 4 hurricane as it nears Florida's Gulf Coast

  27-09-2024 01:44 via kxan.com
  
  CRAWFORDVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Hurricane Helene strengthened into a Category 4 storm hours ahead of its expected landfall on Florida’s northwest coast Thursday night as forecasters warned that the enormous system could create a “nightmare” storm surge and bring dangerous winds and rain across much of the southeastern U.S.Helene, which had strengthened into a Category 3 storm earlier Thursday, prompted hurricane and flash flood warnings extending far beyond the coast up into n
  
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• 1,200 volunteers needed for Austin homelessness count

  27-09-2024 01:14 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The Ending Community Homelessness Coalition (ECHO) is looking for around 1,200 volunteers to help conduct surveys for the biannual Point In Time (PIT) Count for January 2025, the nonprofit said in a news release Thursday.The PIT Count is scheduled for Jan. 25, 2025, the release said. How many people are homeless in Austin? City commits to more transparencyThe PIT Count is a one-night survey to count the amount of people who are experiencing homelessness in the Austin area. ECHO
  
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• Watch: Moose swims alongside paddleboarders at Colorado reservoir

  27-09-2024 01:08 via kxan.com
  
  DENVER (KDVR) — Paddleboarders at Chatfield State Park in Littleton, Colorado, were joined by an unexpected guest looking to cool off in the water.A moose was spotted swimming in Chatfield Reservoir just mere feet from people on paddleboards. Barb Delong captured the amazing video and posted it to Nextdoor.According to Delong, the massive animal spent around 30 minutes swimming and walking around the reservoir.‘Disappeared into thin air’: Colorado family offers $200 for return
  
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• Ewers' status still in flux for SEC opener, Sarkisian said decision to come Friday

  27-09-2024 01:08 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian said Thursday the decision on whether quarterback Quinn Ewers plays in the Longhorns' Southeastern Conference opener will come Friday.Ewers is recovering from an abdominal strain that kept him out of the 51-3 home win over Louisiana-Monroe, allowing redshirt freshman Arch Manning to make his first career start. Ewers is officially listed as questionable on the SEC injury report released Wednesday. How Texas’ defense became one of the b
  
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• Disney+ cracking down on password sharing, raising subscription fees: What to know

  27-09-2024 01:05 via kxan.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) — Disney CEO Bob Iger wasn't goofing around last month when he warned the company would be going after password sharing on its streaming services "in earnest" in September. In addition to its crackdown, Disney+ is raising subscription fees for some plans.On Wednesday, Disney+ representatives said the service has "expanded its paid sharing program to give its users ways to enjoy their Disney+ subscription along with a family member or friend, through the management of de
  
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• USPS wants to raise stamp prices 5 times over the next 3 years

  27-09-2024 01:02 via kxan.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) -- A standard first-class stamp costs 73 cents today, but that price could go up five times within the next three years.
  The United States Postal Service proposed raising the price of postage stamps in a document submitted to the Postal Regulatory Commission on Monday.
  The price hikes would begin in July 2025, followed by additional increases every January and July through the end of 2027. The agency said these adjustments are necessary for it to meet its "legal obligation to be financ
  
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• Helene now a 'very dangerous' Category 4 hurricane

  27-09-2024 01:01 via kxan.com
  
  TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – Hurricane Helene is now a "very dangerous and large" Category 4 hurricane, according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC).Helene is expected to bring "catastrophic" storm surge and wind when it makes landfall on Florida's northwestern coast Thursday evening, according to the National Hurricane Center.At 6:20 p.m. EDT, Helene was located 120 miles west of Tampa and 165 miles south of Tallahassee, moving at 23 mph with maximum sustained winds at 130 mph.Helene is expec
  
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• Helene now a 'very dangerous' Cat 4 hurricane

  27-09-2024 01:01 via kxan.com
  
  TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – Hurricane Helene is now a "very dangerous and large" Category 4 hurricane, according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC).Helene is expected to bring "catastrophic" storm surge and wind when it makes landfall on Florida's northwestern coast Thursday evening, according to the National Hurricane Center.At 6:20 p.m. EDT, Helene was located 120 miles west of Tampa and 165 miles south of Tallahassee, moving at 23 mph with maximum sustained winds at 130 mph.Helene is expec
  
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• Helene makes landfall as 'very dangerous' Category 4 hurricane

  27-09-2024 01:01 via kxan.com
  
  TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – Helene made landfall in Florida’s Big Bend region on Thursday night, according to the National Hurricane Center. Forecasters warn that the enormous system could create a “nightmare” storm surge and bring dangerous winds and rain across much of the southeastern U.S.At 11 p.m., the NHC reported that Helene had maximum sustained winds of 140 and was located 65 miles west of Cedar Key while moving north-northeast at 24 mph. It made lan
  
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• Watershed Protection investigates impact of Spicewood Springs water main break

  27-09-2024 00:06 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Monday's water main break on Spicewood Springs Road has had an impact on the nearby watershed, according to Austin Water. Previous: Water line repairs expected to complete ThursdayAn Austin Water spokesperson said Thursday that the department has been collaborating with the city's Watershed Protection Department (WPD) since the main broke. On Wednesday, that team-up found around 100 dead fish in the vicinity.
  That area is also home to the Jollyville Plateau Salamander, a fe
  
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• Travis County Attorney's Office warns of phone scammers impersonating office

  26-09-2024 23:22 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The Travis County Attorney's Office has a warning for county residents - beware of phone calls claiming to be TCAO and demanding money to remove warrants.The TCAO said it recently received reports from residents who have received such scam calls. According to TCAO, the scammer will claim there is a "warrant or criminal charge" against the victim, then demand money from them to remove it.
  The caller will then either send the victim a QR code to pay at, or will tell the victim to
  
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• APD alleges man killed his wife, self at northwest Austin apartment complex

  26-09-2024 23:09 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The Austin Police Department provided more details in an incident where a man allegedly killed his wife and then himself in a northwest Austin apartment complex Tuesday, the agency said in a news release Thursday.Around 12:15 p.m., Austin 911 received a call from a woman saying she had not heard from her niece or her niece's husband in the last 24 hours. Then around 1:15 p.m., the woman called again and said she was at the her niece's apartment complex in the 5700 block of Diehl
  
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• Texas search and rescue team on standby as Hurricane Helene approaches

  26-09-2024 22:54 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – The state of Florida won't be alone as it prepares for Hurricane Helene to make landfall as some Texans will be on hand to help.The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) requested help from Texas A&M Task Force 1. After approval from Gov. Greg Abbott, crews are headed to Florida.
  "Being in place before the storm starts allows us to be close and yet safe to where we are staged, so that we are ready to get to impacted residents as quickly as possible," Christy Borman
  
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• Texas A&M Task Force 1 on standby as Helene approaches

  26-09-2024 22:54 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) –The state of Florida won't be alone as it prepares for Hurricane Helene to make landfall as some Texans will be on hand to help.The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) requested help from Texas A&M Task Force 1. After approval from Gov. Greg Abbott, crews are headed to Florida."Being in place before the storm starts allows us to be close and yet safe to where we are staged, so that we are ready to get to impacted residents as quickly as possible," Christy Bormann
  
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• City of Austin releases details of tentative contract agreement with Austin Police Association

  26-09-2024 22:49 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The City of Austin has publicly released its tentative five-year agreement with the Austin Police Association (APA).The contract includes a 28% pay raise for officers over the course of the contract, additional field training officer pay and a stipend for officers working the night shift, according to the city of Austin. Previous: City, Austin Police Association reach tentative labor agreementThe agreement also appears to allow the public to submit anonymous complaints and
  
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• KBVO Game of the Week: Westwood's strong 2nd half defense leads to first win 28-16 over Manor

  26-09-2024 22:24 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Westwood picked up its first win of the season 28-16 Thursday over Manor in a District 25-6A matchup at Kelly Reeves Athletic Complex.The Warriors trailed 14-6 in the second quarter after Manor's Xavier Hill rushed for a 35-yard touchdown, but after that, Westwood kept the Mustangs out of the end zone.MORE THAN THE SCORE: Stay up to date on sports stories like these, and sign up for our More than the Score sports newsletter at kxan.com/newslettersAfter intentionally snappin
  
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• KBVO Game of the Week: Manor's high-octane offense heads to Westwood in district matchup

  26-09-2024 22:24 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Westwood is looking for its first win Thursday, hosting Manor in a District 25-6A matchup at Kelly Reeves Athletic Complex as the KBVO Game of the Week.The Warriors (0-4, 0-1) lost in a tight ballgame 35-28 last week to Cedar Ridge despite 142 rushing yards from senior Xavion Suttion and 177 receiving yards out of junior Drew Norrell. Norrell also rushed for two touchdowns and added 56 yards on the ground.How to find KBVO
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• Biden to sign executive order to reduce trauma of school shooter drills

  26-09-2024 21:57 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (Nexstar) -- On Thursday, President Biden and Vice President Harris will announce a new executive order meant to address gun violence and, in part, the potentially traumatic impact of school shooter drills on young students.The order will direct the Departments of Education and Homeland Security to provide guidance for schools aimed at reducing trauma during shooting drills, The Hill reported early Thursday. Biden to sign executive order focused on 3D printed guns, school shooter drills"T
  
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• NYC Mayor Eric Adams charged with bribery in federal indictment

  26-09-2024 20:26 via kxan.com
  
  NEW YORK (WPIX) – Charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams were unsealed Thursday following a federal criminal indictment.The charges stem from a federal investigation into his 2021 mayoral campaign, and the indictment was unsealed Thursday morning before a news conference outlining the charges.The charges include bribery, solicitation of a contribution by a foreign national, wire fraud, and conspiracy to defraud the United States (conspiracy to commit wire fraud, federal program bri
  
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• APD searches east Austin game room after 'joint investigation'

  26-09-2024 20:25 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Austin police raided a east Austin game room Wednesday after receiving "numerous complaints" about the business.Luck 4 Ever, located on East 7th Street, has seen a "high number" of arrests, according to an APD statement Wednesday. Austin police said that it had received "numerous complaints" about the business, which led to a joint investigation between APD's patrol division and its organized crime unit.Police executed a search warrant at the business on Wednesday. A KXAN viewer
  
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• What's a National Blue Ribbon School? These 31 Texas schools just won the honor

  26-09-2024 20:17 via kxan.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) - Each year, the U.S. Department of Education recognizes hundreds of schools across the country as National Blue Ribbon Schools. But what exactly does this prestigious title even mean?The Department of Education receives applications from schools around the U.S. every year for the honor of being named a Blue Ribbon School. The application details a school's culture, programs, assessments, instructional practices, professional development, leadership, family, and community involvement.
  
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