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TX Game Wardens Get SAR Certified 27 Aug 2013 | 05:18 pm
Here in Texas flash flooding from big storms can quickly put lives in danger. Now there's a statewide effort to get game wardens search and rescue certified. "People joke a lot it doesn't really rain...
Pitonyak Hearing Tuesday For West Campus Murder 27 Aug 2013 | 03:49 pm
It's one of the most gruesome murders in Austin history: the murder of Jennifer Cave and dismemberment of her body. On Tuesday morning, Colton Pitonyak, the man convicted of killing Cave in a West Ca...
No AC Forces Early Release From Iowa Schools 27 Aug 2013 | 03:12 pm
Iowa schools forced to send students home due to hear on the first day. School Administrators say fifteen percent of schools in Monroe do not have air conditioning. The near triple digit temperature...
TxDOT Headed "Fleet Forward" To Save Money 27 Aug 2013 | 07:50 am
The Texas Department of Transportation is cutting costs and moving that savings back into the roads through a program called Fleet Forward. Between the next six to nine months the agency plans to auc...
Sidewalk Chalk Showdown In Buda 27 Aug 2013 | 07:14 am
Some Buda parents are pushing back against their homeowner association, claiming their kids' creativity is being killed by rules that don't exist. It's a way for Ana Jakuvauskas to express herself. ...
7th Big Cat Dies At Texas Animal Refuge From Virus 27 Aug 2013 | 05:43 am
A tiger described as the "soul" of a North Texas animal sanctuary has become the seventh big cat to die from an outbreak of a fatal virus. A spokeswoman for In-Sync Exotics Wildlife Rescue and Educat...
UT Law Enforcement Tracking Crime As Students Move In 27 Aug 2013 | 05:08 am
University of Texas is back in session and crime is going up. According to UT Campus Watch, theft, criminal mischief and public intoxication reports almost doubled from last weekend. The new UT Poli...
21 Measles Cases Linked To Texas Megachurch 27 Aug 2013 | 04:43 am
At least 21 cases of the measles have been linked to a North Texas megachurch where an official says they have been trying to contain the outbreak by hosting vaccination clinics. In a recent sermon p...
Austin Resident Contracts West Nile 27 Aug 2013 | 04:26 am
Andrew Ode's recovery has been slow. After several hours in the emergency room at the Heart Hospital of Austin, the diagnosis given to him by doctors shocked the 30-year-old when they told him he test...
Fort Hood Jury Hears From Soldier Shot In Head 27 Aug 2013 | 03:54 am
A soldier repeatedly shot during the 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood is detailing his injuries for the jury deciding whether to sentence the gunman to death. Staff Sergeant Patrick Ziegler testifi...
