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Anderson County Man First Confirmed Case of West Nile Illness In Texas This Season
From Staff ReportsAn Anderson County man is the state's first confirmed case of West Nile illness this season, the Texas Department of State Health Services today confirmed in a news ...
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Police will arrest drunk boat operators
AUSTIN (KXAN) - Sgt. Len Snyder's work has just begun. Like dozens of other law enforcement officers Snyder will be looking for dangerous boat operators, and making sure boaters comply with required safety equipment. The first thing we want to do is identify the driver and ask him to provide the certificate of number, which is the registration card you get for your boat," said ...
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Corpus Christi couple embody Older Americans Month theme with compassion for patients
Rachel Denny Clow/Caller-Times Wayne Atzenhoffer, a volunteer at Christus Spohn Hospital Shoreline, gets Tina Peña a cup of coffee while she gets an infusion at the Cancer Center on Tuesday. Since 1994 the couple has volunteered at Christus Spohn Hospital ...
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Gang member arrested in Aransas Pass during raid Friday
Contributed Photo Aransas Pass police, U.S. Marshals and Texas Department of Public Safety officers arrested Reynaldo Eliserio Flores on suspicion of aggravated robbery and violating his parole ...
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Austinite helps reclaim Memorial Day
AUSTIN (KXAN) - Saturday, May 25, 2013, several thousand people are expected to gather at a Burnet County ranch to do a bit of walking. Some will walk just a mile or two, others up to 20 miles. The hope, though, is to go as far as you possible can, and then a little more. The point is to reclaim the true meaning of Memorial Day. The idea is to Carry the Load . You know, said Kim Kelsall, 36, ...
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Tech Wildcatters hosts largest program in its 5-year history
San Francisco residents Ben Jorgensen, left, and David Martin of Klick Push chose to participate in the Tech Wildcatters seed accelerator program in Dallas because they felt the community was more willing to foster the tech startup. Dallas Tech Wildcatters this week hosted its largest program since the group's inception five years ago. The seed accelerator, which works to develop companies, ...
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Double-killing investigated near Elgin
TRAVIS COUNTY (KXAN) - Two people were found dead inside a home in eastern Travis County on Friday afternoon in what the sheriff's office called a double-killing. Spokesman Roger Wade said the bodies were discovered around 2:35 p.m. at 23006 Hog Eye Road. "Sheriffs detectives arrived on the scene and are treating this case as a double homicide and have identified a person of ...
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No lesson plans means no state review for CSCOPE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- The State Board of Education is scrapping its special panel to review a controversial curriculum system, after its creators agreed to stop offering lesson ...
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Report Texas insurance commissioner stepping down
Her critics claimed she was too close to the insurance industry - though some of their complaints could be traced to clashes in windstorm insurance cases between Kitzman and trial lawyers who are also major political ...
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Perry staying mum as special session talk ramps up
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- Gov. Rick Perry wouldn't say Friday whether there is too much unfinished business at the Texas Legislature to adjourn next week as scheduled. His record the last 13 years says lawmakers aren't going ...
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APD Man kidnapped beaten in exs plot
AUSTIN (KXAN) - Two men have been arrested in connection to a kidnapping case that appears to be motivated by a relationship triangle. Russell Reed and Thor Pederson are in a relationship according to their Facebook pages and both were arrested for Aggravated Kidnapping charges for an alleged plot aimed at Pedersons ex-boyfriend. According to an arrest warrant, three men dressed in suits showed ...
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NuStar Greehey foundation supporting Oklahoma relief effort
Bill Greehey's family foundation is donating $250,000 to the American Red Cross to assist with relief efforts in Moore, Okla. NuStar Energy LPs philanthropic arm and The Greehey Family Foundation are donating $350,000 to the American Red Cross to support tornado relief efforts in Oklahoma. The Greehey Family Foundation is contributing $250,000, while the NuStar Foundation is donating ...
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Llano grad never missed a day of school
LLANO, Texas (KXAN) - Maybe he got used to the sound of his mother's voice every morning: "Hey! Wake up. Turn on the light." Or maybe it was the end-of-year recognition. Or maybe it was just stubbornness. But Llano High School senior Ryan West just completed 12 straight years without missing a single day of school. "Every day I don't want to go to school," Ryan said on ...
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Don’t leave children pets in cars
dianesmith@star-telegram.com Don’t leave little ones or pets inside parked cars during hot weather, Arlington police urge as part of a public ...
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After vote on gay youth Scouts face more turmoil
FILE - In this Monday, Feb. 4, 2013 photo provided by the family, Wes Comer holds the Boy Scout uniform of his son, Isaiah, outside their home in Knoxville, Tenn. Comer, whose family attends an Apostolic Pentecostal church which considers homosexuality sinful, had been wrestling with whether to pull his eldest son out of the Scouts if the no-gays policy was abandoned. "To be honest, ...
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A look at Netflix since stock plunged from peak
This undated publicity photo released by Netflix shows David Cross, left, and Portia de Rossi in a scene from "Arrested Development," premiering May 26, 2013 on Netflix. The sitcom, also starring Jason Bateman and Will Arnett, was canceled by Fox in 2006 after three ...
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Todays MLB starting lineups May 24
Below are starting lineups that have been made public by the clubs. A lineup is not official until it is handed to the umpire. Additional lineups will be added as they become available: Atlanta Braves: 1. ...
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Lawmakers set up endangered species task force
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- How the state responds to the listing of an endangered species in Texas will be coordinated by a special task force under a bill approved by the ...
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Texas Brine offers settlements for sinkhole
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- Texas Brine says it has started extending settlement offers to Assumption Parish residents who have been under an evacuation order since August because of a 15-acre ...
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NM senators want expanded hours for port of entry
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) -- New Mexico's U.S. senators are asking the federal government for 24-hour daily operation of a port entry at Santa Teresa along the international border with ...
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Texas baby born after her mother was technically dead
Elayna Nigrelli's birth story is almost unbelievable: The infant girl was born while her mother didn't have a pulse. "I have got, like, the best ammunition for the rest of her life," mother Erica Nigrelli ...
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Corpus Christi police child found unconscious alone in vehicle
CORPUS CHRISTI -- Authorities are investigating a case of a 1-year-old left in a vehicle in the 5700 block of Bonner Drive at 2 p.m. Friday. Corpus Christi Officer Kirk Stowers said detectives were sent to the home for a report of the child found unconscious. The child was taken to Driscoll Children's Hospital for examination. Stowers said he had not been notified of the child's ...
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Corpus Christi police are looking for a man who robbed a Check n Go
Corpus Christi police are looking for a man who robbed a Check 'n Go store in the 13400 block of Leopard Street with a knife May 17. Police said a female employee told them a man took money from a register and ran out of the store about 5:24 p.m. Police said the woman was not injured during the robbery. The man is described as 35 to 40 years old, Hispanic, between 5 feet 8 inches and 5 ...
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Line of thunderstorms sweeping through Texas
COASTAL BEND -- A line of storms from Laredo to the Hill Country is making its way east and will likely hit the Coastal Bend before 7 p.m. Friday. The National Weather Service forecast calls for an 80 percent chance of rain tonight. Some areas could see wind gusts of up to 55 mph and a quarter inch of rain. Once the storms pass, the weekend should be sunny and warm with daytime high ...
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Tony Parkers calf is doing just fine MAY 24
Golden State Warriors and underwent an MRI on Thursday to check on the recovery. The results? His calf seems to be recovering just fine and there will be no limitation on his workload in Game 3 on Saturday. Parker said that he's feeling better and believes he'll be fine on ...
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Dallas city core development hindered by roadways
The Dallas freeway loop is a series of highways that wrap round the center of Downtown Dallas, built at a time when the inter-connectivity of neighborhoods was not yet appreciated, but with changing attitudes, a series of projects are underway to enhance the appeal of downtown.
Downtown Dallas, it’s the heart of the city, which is the commercial hub of Dallas County and the third largest city in Texas and the ninth largest in the entire United States. Yet, this area’s full potential has been hindered by a zoning decision in the 1980s that saw major freeways routed through the city and created a complex ring of highways (the Dallas freeway loop) around the core downtown area. Read more
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