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Hoppy Hour allows adults to pet small creatures at Round Rock library
9+ min ago (158+ words) Abby Cadabby the African pygmy hedgehog gets some attention during the Round Rock Public Library's Hoppy Hour for adults during Noon Year's Eve'on Tuesday. Participants enjoyed mocktails, mingling with fellow animal lovers and cuddling some cute, small creatures, from chinchillas…...
Video shows stabbing in double homicide in Georgetown, police say
1+ hour, 31+ min ago (318+ words) Home security video helped police charge a man in the stabbing deaths of his boyfriend and his roommate in Sun City in Georgetown, an official said. Justice Marquez Washington, 28, was charged Tuesday with capital murder in the deaths of Kenneth…...
Ascension Texas, Blue Cross reach deal to stay in-network
1+ hour, 47+ min ago (217+ words) Dr. Kirsten Ross, a pediatric orthopaedic surgeon, performs a Velys robot-assisted spinal surgery at the Dell Children's Medical Center North Austin campus. The Ascension Texas hospitals and clinics will stay in network for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas…...
Daddy Days: Stuck in the middle
2+ hour, 8+ min ago (540+ words) I feel caught in the middle with Daddy Days, too. I feel like I'm caught between repeating myself and branching out into new territory that goes beyond the scope of the Daddy Days columns. Neither seems like a great option…...
George H.W. Bush Gallery makes this history museum the best in Texas?
2+ hour, 50+ min ago (1737+ words) On Dec. 6, four World War II veterans gathered onstage for the reopening of the George H.W. Bush Gallery at the National Museum of the Pacific War in Fredericksburg. Less than 1 percent of the war's veterans are alive today. FREDERICKSBURG " Pound for…...
Garza to appeal Christopher Taylor acquittal in 2019 Austin shooting
4+ hour, 51+ min ago (449+ words) Travis County District Attorney Jose Garza on Wednesday indicated he would appeal a ruling that cleared ex-Austin police officer Christopher Taylor of wrongdoing in a 2019 on-duty shooting, and took the rare step of acquitting him. "The conservative Amarillo-based 7th Court of…...
City of Austin names Monica Dangler new animal services director
6+ hour, 4+ min ago (491+ words) Monica Dangler will be Austin Animal Services' new director. Austin Animal Services, which oversees the city animal shelter, has a new top dog " Monica Dangler, an animal welfare veteran with 15 years of experience working in shelters. She will be charged…...
Editorial: Texas voucher law doesn’t allow religious litmus tests
8+ hour, 37+ min ago (920+ words) Acting Comptroller Kelly Hancock, who co-authored Texas' school voucher law as a state senator, is now asking the attorney general's office for guidance on excluding certain Islamic and Chinese-affiliated schools from the program. In his'Dec. 12 request for an attorney general's…...
When do students go back to school in Central Texas?
9+ hour, 43+ min ago (171+ words) Children return to school next week from winter break across Central Texas after a much-needed break from classes for families, students and staff. Now that children have opened their holiday presents and teachers have gotten" at least some" sleep, it's…...
Austin Energy unveils $735M 10-year grid resiliency plan
10+ hour, 43+ min ago (344+ words) Austin Energy has released a sweeping, 10-year plan to strengthen the city's electric grid, a move that comes in the wake of several catastrophic power outages that exposed weaknesses in the system and put the utility under intense public and…...