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• Georgetown music festival features Zach Bryan, Tyler Childers, Wynonna Judd — oh, and T-Pain

  01-11-2022 21:06 via kxan.com
  
  GEORGETOWN (KXAN) — A new music festival is coming to Georgetown. Think Stagecoach but in Central Texas.The first-ever Two Step Inn will take place April 15-16, 2023 at San Gabriel Park in Georgetown. The brand new festival is "where old school and new school country unite with everything in between to come together and embrace the genre," said the event description. Remembering Takeoff: When did rap group Migos perform in AustinThere will be over 40 bands across three stages during the tw
  
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• Grass fire extinguished in southeast Austin near airport

  15-04-2025 09:54 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) —  A growing grass fire was extinguished by Austin firefighters in southeast Austin Tuesday morning.Close to 2 a.m., AFD posted on social media about a fire in the 2700 block of Lyle Road. That's off SH 71, opposite of Austin-Bergstrom International Airport.Austin Fire says that grassy area is close to an embankment. Crews used an aerial apparatus to spray water on the fire. There may be some traffic delays with emergency vehicles in the area of Lyle Road and the westbou
  
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• 3 cases of rare brain disease reported in Oregon

  15-04-2025 05:28 via kxan.com
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Three cases of a rare, fatal brain disease have been reported by public health officials in Oregon's Hood River County.The cases of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease have been confirmed over the last eight months, and it's unclear if these cases are linked at this time, according to the Hood River County Health Department on Friday.The Oregonian/OregonLive, which was the first to report on the cases, says two of the cases have resulted in deaths. Nexstar's KOIN reached out
  
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• Nexstar honors remarkable women with Hollywood trip

  15-04-2025 05:11 via kxan.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (NEXSTAR) — 125 women arrived in Hollywood on Sunday as part of the 2025 Remarkable Women trip. The celebration, organized by Nexstar Media Group, honors the impact each woman has had on communities across the country.The women were welcomed at the Loews Hollywood Hotel with applause and celebration. Over the next 36 hours, they'll enjoy a luxury stay, an exclusive tour of Hollywood, a red carpet awards show and plenty of surprises!This event marks the sixth year of the Remarka
  
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• What you'll need to board a plane after May 7

  15-04-2025 04:34 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The clock is ticking as the United States prepares to require a "REAL ID" from those looking to ride on planes or visit federal facilities after May 7.What is a REAL ID?According to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the REAL ID Act was passed by Congress in 2005 following the September 11 terrorist attacks.
  "The Act established minimum security standards for state-issued driver's licenses and identification cards and prohibits certain federal agencies from accepting for
  
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• 'We are struggling': Georgetown FD announces celebration of life for firefighter who died in crash

  15-04-2025 04:13 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The Georgetown community is grieving the loss of a city firefighter who died in a motorcycle crash last week.On Monday, the Georgetown Fire Department identified the firefighter as Kurt Lentz.Off-duty Georgetown firefighter killed in motorcycle crashThe agency announced on social media that a celebration of life is happening at 10 a.m. Friday at Celebration Church, located at 601 Westinghouse Road in Georgetown."As a close-knit fire family, we are struggling through this loss. D
  
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• AFD investigating after 'abandoned structure' fire out in southeast Austin

  15-04-2025 03:02 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The Austin Fire Department said a fire wasout after crews responded to a report of a structure fire in southeast Austin Monday. No injuries were reported, according to AFD.The agency said on social media around 7 p.m. it responded to the 7800 block of Burleson Road for a report of "black smoke coming from" the structure.When units arrived on the scene, they initially reported it was a "residential structure on fire and residents evacuating."Around 7:30 p.m., AFD said the fire wa
  
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• First responders, neighbors assess damage after home explosion in northwest Austin

  15-04-2025 02:02 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) --- On Monday, people started assessing the damage after an explosion leveled a house in northwest Austin over the weekend.
  The home is on Double Spur Loop near US-183 and Spicewood Springs. Several people said they felt the explosion miles away.On Sunday, first responders received several calls about a loud explosion in the area. According to the Austin Fire Department, a house collapsed from an explosion. 6 injured after house explosion in northwest Austin, cause under investigat
  
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• Bastrop County approves study to expand Highway 290 Toll Road

  15-04-2025 02:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- On Monday, Bastrop County Commissioners approved an agreement with the Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority (CTRMA) to conduct a study regarding the expansion of the Highway 290 Toll Road.
  The 290 Toll Road would extend from State Highway 130 Toll before Manor to State Highway 95 past Elgin, according to the agenda item report. Currently, the Highway 290 Toll Road ends just before reaching Manor.
  On Monday, Bastrop County Commissioners approved an agreement with the Central
  
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• Longhorns women's basketball signs 6-foot-6 Swedish center from Florida Atlantic

  15-04-2025 01:30 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas head coach Vic Schaefer's Final Four team got a little bigger Monday in more ways than one.The program announced the transfer signing of Lovisa Asbrink Hose, a 6-foot-6 center who played her freshman season at Flordia Atlantic University in 2024-25. Hailing from Stockholm, Sweden, Hose averaged 14.4 minutes per game, scoring 3.4 points and grabbing 3.8 rebounds per game. LIST: Texas Longhorns men’s basketballtransfer portal updates, players returning to program"
  
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• Advocates blast IRS deal to share data on undocumented immigrants

  15-04-2025 01:11 via kxan.com
  
  EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – It’s called an ITIN, and for the past three decades it has allowed undocumented immigrants to file an income tax return even if they lack work permits or a Social Security number.The Internal Revenue Service’s rationale is that all wage earners regardless of immigration status must pay taxes. The Individual Taxpayer Identification Number provided such a vehicle – on the promise the immigrant’s information wouldn’t be shared wit
  
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• 5.2 magnitude earthquake shakes Southern California

  15-04-2025 01:11 via kxan.com
  
  (KSWB/KUSI) — A preliminary 5.2 magnitude earthquake shook Southern California at 10:08 a.m. Monday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.The quake's epicenter was around two miles south of the community of Julian, about 60 miles east of San Diego. The quake struck at a depth of about 8 miles, the USGS said, and was felt as far north as Los Angeles.A series of aftershocks shook the region in the hour after, with some stronger than magnitude 3.0.
  A San Diego County firefighter wh
  
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• Federal government pulls back $60M grant for Texas high-speed rail

  15-04-2025 00:58 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- More than $60 million in federal funding previously set aside to help connect Texas cities through high-speed rail, is being nixed, according to a news release from Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy.
  The Amtrak Texas High-Speed Rail Corridor project would have connected Houston and Dallas. Duffy says the projected cost of that connection ballooned to more than $40 billion.
  KXAN has reached out to Amtrak and will update this story when we get a response.
  "The Texas Central Rail
  
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• After Texas receiver says he'll enter transfer portal, Longhorns pick up Stanford pass catcher

  15-04-2025 00:58 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Coaching turnover on the West Coast benefitted the Texas Longhorns in the transfer portal.Emmett Mosley V, a wide receiver at Stanford last season, is now part of the Longhorns pass-catching corps, according to the 247Sports transfer portal tracker. He was allowed to enter the transfer portal after head coach Troy Taylor was fired in March. After 10 spring practices, Sarkisian focusing on growth, ‘being intentional’ as Longhorns wind downStanford wide receiver E
  
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• After Texas receiver says he'll enter the portal, Longhorns pick up Stanford pass catcher in portal

  15-04-2025 00:58 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Coaching turnover on the West Coast benefitted the Texas Longhorns in the transfer portal.Emmett Mosley V, a wide receiver at Stanford last season, is now part of the Longhorns pass-catching corps, according to the 247Sports transfer portal tracker. He was allowed to enter the transfer portal after head coach Troy Taylor was fired in March. After 10 spring practices, Sarkisian focusing on growth, ‘being intentional’ as Longhorns wind downStanford wide receiver E
  
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• KXAN wins multiple accolades at the Texas Broadcast News Awards

  15-04-2025 00:12 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- On April 12, KXAN received multiple awards at the Texas Broadcast News Awards in Austin.The award program, which was introduced in 2022, "recognizes  outstanding broadcast journalism produced by member Radio and TV stations serving local communities throughout the state."
  On April 12, KXAN received multiple awards at the Texas Broadcast News Awards in Austin.On April 12, KXAN received multiple awards at the Texas Broadcast News Awards in Austin.On April 12, KXAN received mu
  
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• Appraisal notices are in the mail -- will it impact your property tax bill?

  14-04-2025 23:55 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The Travis County Appraisal District is sending Notices of Appraised Values to property owners over the next few weeks. You can find them online now.“Once you get that notice, they have the opportunity to check their characteristics of their property, check their exemptions, all that important information, make sure it's correct. And if they disagree with anything on that notice they can protest their property," said Chief Appraiser Leana Mann.Inside Austin’s Agenda:
  
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• LIVE Horns Report: After 10 spring practices, Sarkisian focusing on growth, 'being intentional' as Longhorns wind down

  14-04-2025 21:30 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — It's near the end of the spring practice period for the Texas Longhorns football team, and head coach Steve Sarkisian is trying to get his team to train with a sense of urgency.The team doesn't play its first actual game until Aug. 30 against the defending national champion Ohio State Buckeyes, but what the team does with practice time now will influence what happens at "The Horseshoe" in four months. Texas Longhorns to host special fan day April 26 replacing spring footbal
  
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• After 10 spring practices, Sarkisian focusing on growth, 'being intentional' as Longhorns wind down

  14-04-2025 21:30 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — It's near the end of the spring practice period for the Texas Longhorns football team, and head coach Steve Sarkisian is trying to get his team to train with a sense of urgency.The team doesn't play its first actual game until Aug. 30 against the defending national champion Ohio State Buckeyes, but what the team does with practice time now will influence what happens at "The Horseshoe" in four months. Texas Longhorns to host special fan day April 26 replacing spring footbal
  
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• Reported intruder arrested near UnitedHealthcare headquarters months after CEO's killing

  14-04-2025 21:23 via kxan.com
  
  MINNETONKA, Minn. (AP) — A person was arrested near UnitedHealthcare’s headquarters in Minnesota after reports of an intruder, months after the company's CEO was killed, authorities said Monday.Police in the Minneapolis suburb of Minnetonka said the suspect was arrested outside of the United Healthcare corporate campus.The Minnetonka Police Department confirmed the arrest after initially tweeting just before 11:30 a.m. that there was a large police presence at the health insurance co
  
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• South Congress toy shop relocating after 20 years, hopes to 'sidestep' gloom of area changes

  14-04-2025 20:20 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- There aren't many storefronts on South Congress Avenue that have been open for business for two decades anymore. The iconic, ever-buzzing strip of businesses and restaurants has proven to be ever-changing over the years.
  That's a sentiment Brandon Hodge, owner of the toy shop Monkey See, Monkey Do! and confectionary Big Top Candy Shop, can attest to.
  Hodge announced Monday that his toy shop will be relocating after 20 years of serving SoCo as the "purveyors of funky stuff you ne
  
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• Ahead of pivotal vote, Texas leaders share unfiltered thoughts on future of education

  14-04-2025 19:49 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (Nexstar) — This week, a two-and-a-half-year saga over the future of Texas education may come to an end. Two consequential pieces of legislation are expected to be taken up on the House floor. Most eyes are on Senate Bill 2, which would create an education savings account (ESA) program to allow families to help pay for private school with taxpayer dollars.In conjunction, the House will likely vote on House Bill 2, which increases funding for public schools. However, many critics say
  
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• STEM programs face uncertain future amid potential NASA budget cuts

  14-04-2025 19:23 via kxan.com
  
  PFLUGERVILLE, Texas (KXAN) -- "Titania. Explore future of life on Titan. I want to explore Saturn's largest moon, Titan, in case a huge comet could crash into Earth," read Anika Lal, a third-grader at BASIS Pflugerville, from her recent essay.Anika Lal wants to work for NASA and be an astronaut when she grows up. (Todd Bailey/KXAN)
  Lal is one of two semifinalists from the region in the Future Engineers' fourth annual Power to Explore Challenge. Her essay explores a proposed trip to Saturn's moon
  
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• Texas Longhorns rise to top of D1Baseball.com Top 25

  14-04-2025 19:11 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — College baseball has a new No. 1.Coming off a series victory on the road over Kentucky, the Texas Longhorns moved into the top spot in the latest D1Baseball.com poll released Monday.
  See the full D1Baseball.com Top 25
  Last week's top team, Arkansas, traded spots with the Longhorns and slipped to No. 2 after losing a series 2-1 to Georgia. Both of the Razorbacks' losses were by one run, and the second loss was in 12 innings. Texas lost one game to the Wildcats in 15 innings
  
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• Elementary school damaged after home explodes in Austin; operations mostly normal

  14-04-2025 17:45 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — An elementary school in northwest Austin was damaged when a presumed explosion in a nearby neighborhood destroyed a home and damaged several others. 6 injured after house explosion in northwest Austin, cause under investigationLaurel Mountain Elementary School was one of many buildings that were damaged as a result of the blast Sunday. The school was planning to operate mostly as usual Monday, with a few exceptions and additional support available for families affected by t
  
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• Ballet Austin to finish season with 'Romeo and Juliet'

  14-04-2025 15:37 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Ballet Austin is closing out its season with a rendition of the iconic love story "Romeo and Juliet."Rehearsals are underway now before the production hits the stage at Austin's Long Center May 9-11 during Mother's Day weekend.Tickets range from $20-$125, with performances Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday at 3 p.m.Artistic Director Stephen Mills said the dancers rehearse the dozen scenes for six hours each day.
  "It's just an incremental process of teaching one step,
  
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• Blue Origin launches all-female crew into space

  14-04-2025 14:22 via kxan.com
  
  (NewsNation) – Six women launched into space on Monday, marking the first all-female flight into space in over half a century.Members of the high-profile group — recording artist Katy Perry, journalists Gayle King and Lauren Sánchez, former NASA scientist Aisha Bowe, civil rights activist Amanda Nguyen and movie producer Kerianne Flynn — blasted off on the quick up-and-down trip in Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket.
  Their trip, from launch to landing, lasted a l
  
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• All-female Blue Origin spaceflight prepares for liftoff

  14-04-2025 14:22 via kxan.com
  
  (NewsNation) – Six women are scheduled Monday to take the first all-female flight into space in over half a century.Members of the high-profile group — recording artist Katy Perry, journalists Gayle King and Lauren Sánchez, former NASA scientist Aisha Bowe, civil rights activist Amanda Nguyen and movie producer Kerianne Flynn — have been in West Texas for a few days for training and getting fitted for space suits.Blue Origin, the rocket company owned by Amazon founder Je
  
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• Next front arrives tonight bringing a drop in temperatures

  14-04-2025 12:00 via kxan.com
  
  Editor’s Note: The video above shows the latest forecast from the KXAN First Warning Weather team.AUSTIN (KXAN) -- It's something we have been waiting for, the chance of rain returning to Central Texas.Rain chances this weekHigh temperatures will soar well above normal for this time of year with the majority of us above 90°.A dry cold front will blow through overnight with minimal impacts. Temperatures will drop to the 80s Tuesday and Wednesday, cooler than today but still wa
  
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• Dry cold front moves in overnight

  14-04-2025 12:00 via kxan.com
  
  Editor’s Note: The video above shows the latest forecast from the KXAN First Warning Weather team.AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Finally... rain chances are back in the 7-day!Morning clouds will clear shortly after sunrise to allow for plenty of sunshine this afternoon. High temperatures will soar well above normal for this time of year with the majority of us above 90°.Monday forecast high temperaturesA dry cold front will blow through overnight with minimal impacts. Temperatures will dro
  
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