Saturday, January 19, 2013

A dozen Central Texas roads among state?s top 100 road and bridge problems

  • KTBC - Friday 18th January, 2013

    Lance Armstrong came clean Thursday night, admitting to Oprah Winfrey that he did use performance enhancing drugs. He called the whole ordeal, one big lie. The exclusive interview was broadcast on ...

  • Senator wants to prohibit schools from tracking students with GPS

    KTBC - Friday 18th January, 2013

    Some Texas schools are requiring students to wear special I.D. tags that allow school administrators to track a child's movement while on campus. But one Texas lawmaker is saying ...

  • Amber Alert issued for 3 San Antonio kids

    KTBC - Friday 18th January, 2013

    An Amber Alert involving three children in San Antonio was issued Thursday night. The Department of Public Safety is trying to find the kids who were taken from their home around 3 p.m. They are ...

  • A dozen Central Texas roads among state?s top 100 road and bridge problems

    American-Statesman - Thursday 17th January, 2013

    Texas has 11 major bridges that need repair, 11 highly-traveled highway segments that need safety improvements and 38 road segments that suffer from unacceptable congestion, according to a national ...

  • Austin middle school band to play during presidential inauguration festivities

    American-Statesman - Thursday 17th January, 2013

    Left to right, Kristin Kitch, 13, Robert Brown, 13, and Zoe Green-Nolan, 13, trumpet players with the Bailey Middle School Wind Ensemble, rehearse on Thursday before their trip to Washington ...

  • Westwood Symphony Orchestra enjoys top state ranking

    American-Statesman - Thursday 17th January, 2013

    Westwood High School symphony orchestra Director Susan Williams leads her group of students through a morning class. The symphony orchestra has been asked to perform during a Texas Music Educators ...

  • Higher education leaders face uphill budget battle

    American-Statesman - Thursday 17th January, 2013

    Higher education leaders in Texas were hoping to recover considerable ground in the legislative session that began last week following cuts two years ago of nearly $1 billion in state ...

  • QA Should kids get credit cards for emergencies

    American-Statesman - Thursday 17th January, 2013

    It depends on your child?s maturity level, but I do think it?s a good idea for an at least fairly responsible high schooler to have a credit card for emergencies. One of our biggest ...

  • Texas top transportation challenges

    KXAN 36 - Thursday 17th January, 2013

    AUSTIN (KXAN) - Texas' Top 100 transportation challenges were released this week in a report from a national non-profit research group, TRIP. Their study revealed a dozen of those highway ...

  • Feliz Rangers avoid arbitration with one-year deal

    Texas Rangers - Thursday 17th January, 2013

    Neftali Feliz went 3-1 with a 3.16 ERA in eight games -- seven starts -- in 2012 after moving to the rotation. (AP) Neftali Feliz and the Rangers agreed to a one-year contract on Thursday, avoiding ...

  • I wouldnt have won without doping lied repeatedly admits Lance Armstrong in Oprah Winfrey show

    India Today - Thursday 17th January, 2013

    Armstrong said when Winfrey asked if he used a series of drugs to help his record run.Said Armstrong: "I made my decisions. They are my mistake."Sitting in a chair across from Winfrey, ...

  • Mended red-tailed hawk released

    KXAN 36 - Thursday 17th January, 2013

    AUSTIN (KXAN) - Two weeks ago, a 9-1-1 call led Austin police to Big Red on MoPac near the Southwest Parkway. The red-tailed hawk was dazed and confused, suffering head trauma. Officer George ...

  • Conservation Foundation tax money trickling in slowly

    American-Statesman - Thursday 17th January, 2013

    A taxing scheme designed to raise money for Williamson County?s habitat conservation plan has brought in less than $11,000 since it was approved by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2008 - ...

  • Bastrop ISD plans on redrawing maps

    KXAN 36 - Thursday 17th January, 2013

    BASTROP, Texas (KXAN) - As the Bastrop area continues to grow, the Bastrop Independent School District is turning their attention to crowding concerns and future growth at some of its schools. In ...

  • Bastrop County community new Parks Department to consider land trade

    American-Statesman - Thursday 17th January, 2013

    Parks commission to consider land trade The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is scheduled to consider a proposed land trade during a meeting Thursday.After the 2011 Bastrop Complex fire, the ...

  • Travis County community news Gorilla Run to affect Downtown Austin traffic Saturday

    American-Statesman - Thursday 17th January, 2013

    Gorilla Run to affect downtown traffic Several downtown streets will be closed Saturday for the third annual Austin Gorilla Run.The race is scheduled from 9 to 11 a.m. with the race starting and ...

  • Hays County community news Sheriff?s office requests updated gate codes

    American-Statesman - Thursday 17th January, 2013

    Sheriff?s office requests updated gate codes The Hays County sheriff?s office is requesting that county residents with private gates provide or update their gate code information with ...

  • Victor Galloway first deaf superintendent of the Texas School for the Deaf dies

    American-Statesman - Thursday 17th January, 2013

    Victor Galloway, the first deaf superintendent of the Texas School for the Deaf, died on Wednesday in Austin at the age of 84.He had suffered from Alzheimer?s disease.Having already built a ...

  • Man gets 20 years for assaulting child

    American-Statesman - Thursday 17th January, 2013

    A Travis County jury on Thursday found a man guilty of sexually assaulting a girl he met at a church.Elvis Cruz, 31, was convicted on two counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child and sentenced ...

  • Slow start some success for housing program for the homeless

    American-Statesman - Thursday 17th January, 2013

    Even though she has her own apartment, Judith Carreon -- who was homeless for six years -- still wakes up every morning at 3 a.m. and 5 a.m., thinking its time to move on. "Now I say to myself ...

  • Middle school band bound for D.C.

    KXAN 36 - Thursday 17th January, 2013

    AUSTIN (KXAN) - South Austins Bailey Middle School Wind Ensemble is bound for the nations Capital for the second presidential inauguration of Barack Obama. The group of seventh and eighth graders ...

  • Saying 1961 home is not historic Austin council OKs demo permit

    American-Statesman - Thursday 17th January, 2013

    A West Austin homeowner will be allowed to tear down her 1960s-era house, despite attempts by the city of Austin to designate it a historic landmark.The City Council decided Thursday that Ashley ...

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