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Doorbell footage captures accused shooter leaving …

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Read more https://www.kxan.com/news/doorbell-footage-captures-accused-shooter-leaving-home-morning-of-shooting-spree/ A doorbell camera caught the moments a man now accused of killing six people left his home to embark on a shooting spree through Austin and San Antonio.

Austin neighborhood light show organizers worry it …

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Read more https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/austin-neighborhood-light-show-organizers-worry-it-could-be-events-last-year/ A neighborhood tradition of holiday lights returns Friday night for the season, but organizers said they worry it could be the event’s last year.

Austin city manager sits down to talk leadership …

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Read more https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/austin-city-manager-sits-down-to-talk-leadership-changes-new-work-from-home-policy/ After significant pushback from City of Austin employees earlier this year, Interim City Manager Jesús Garza recently announced a new work-from-home policy that he believes is a compromise.

Texas State’s anthropology director says department …

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Read more https://www.kxan.com/news/crime/apd-skeletal-remains-found-in-greenbelt-trail-considered-homicide/ Dr. Danny Wescott, director of the Forensic Anthropology Center at Texas State, said the anthropology department assisted the Travis County Medical Examiner’s Office with collecting the skeletal remains found on the greenbelt trail.

Texas Supreme Court temporarily halts ruling allowing …

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Read more https://www.kxan.com/news/texas/texas-supreme-court-temporarily-halts-ruling-allowing-pregnant-woman-to-have-emergency-abortion/ On Friday, the Texas Supreme Court said it needs more time to weigh in on a lower court ruling which would have allowed a Dallas woman to get an emergency abortion, the Center for Reproductive Rights said in a news release.

Doorbell footage captures accused shooter leaving …

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SAN ANTONIO, Texas (KXAN) — A doorbell camera caught the moments a man now accused of killing six people left his home to embark on a shooting spree through Austin and San Antonio.

Man carries long rifle in front of two Austin schools, …

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Parents of students at two north Austin schools told KXAN they are terrified from seeing a man with a long rife walk the path in front of their children’s schools for several days, sometimes twice a day, in December. While reporting on this strory, KXAN learned that the man, Isaiah Smith, 28, was arrested Friday on indecency with a child charges.

Austin city manager sits down to talk leadership …

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Read more https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/austin-city-manager-sits-down-to-talk-leadership-changes-new-work-from-home-policy/ After significant pushback from City of Austin employees earlier this year, Interim City Manager Jesús Garza recently announced a new work-from-home policy that he believes is a compromise.

Austin Police says storage unit burglaries increasing

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The Austin Police Department said it has seen an increase in storagte unit burglaries in the area and want to remind the community which valuable items should never be stored.

VIDEO: Bald eagle takes flight over Lake Austin

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Read more https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/video-bald-eagle-takes-flight-over-lake-austin/ A bald eagle graced onlookers with its presence on Lake Austin in the Tarrytown neighborhood Friday morning.

City breaks ground on Spicewood Springs Road expansion …

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Read more https://www.kxan.com/traffic/traffic-projects/city-breaks-ground-on-spicewood-springs-road-expansion-project/ The City of Austin broke ground Friday on the Spicewood Springs Mobility Project, marking the beginning of work to expand a section of the road to four lanes.

Kaitlin Armstrong to start 90-year sentence at jail …

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Convicted Austin murderer Kaitlin Armstrong is starting her 90-year sentence at a different detention facility. She's now at Plane State Jail in Dayton, which is northeast of Houston.

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