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Dozens rescued from flooded San Antonio area
The San Antonio International Airport by Saturday afternoon had recorded nearly 10 inches of rain since midnight. The highest amount of rainfall since midnight was 15.5 inches at Olmos Creek at Dresden ...
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Heavy rain turns deadly in San Antonio
By Patrick Garrity, NBC News The wet weather plaguing many parts of the U.S. this holiday weekend has turned fatal in sodden San Antonio.One person is dead, another is missing and nearly a hundred more have been rescued as heavy rain has pummeled the Texas city, causing flash ...
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Former Aransas County Sheriff killed in auto accident
Aransas County Sheriff Mark Gilliam jokingly offers up his hot dog to McGruff the Crime Dog in 2008 during the National Night Out Against Crime at the Rockport ...
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Cisterns serve useful purpose in yards
AUSTIN (KXAN) - This week John visits with ACC Permaculture instructor Caroline Riley, who showed us how she has implemented many techniques in her gardens that catches precious rainwater. A very important lesson in permaculture is to learn how to retain the water that falls on your property. And it is very easy to do the same things that Caroline has done! Rain barrels are a great way to get ...
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Cyclists kick off Anchorage ride
AUSTIN (KXAN) - A determined group of cyclists from the University of Texas will kick off a 70-day trip to Anchorage, Alaska, with the goal of raising awareness for cancer. The Texas 4000 is actually more than 4,000 miles across the country over summer break. On Saturday morning, team members and an organizer visited KXAN News Today to talk about the ride. The Texas 4000 website previews the ...
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Grizzlies coach defends flagrant foul but not flop
The Grizzlies want to make sure everyone know that just because Tony Allen was fined $5,000 for flopping by the NBA, doesn't mean that the key foul he drew in Game 2 of the Western Conference finals wasn't a ...
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Battle Saint carries message of hope
AUSTIN (KXAN) - Karen LeMay was in the KXAN studio on Saturday morning to share the Battle Saint bracelet. The bracelets and scarves were the brainstorm of a military mother who wanted to provide comfort and hope to families of armed services members. "The BattleSaint project was hatched by a military Mom at a recent family reunion. She hosted 7 of her immediate relatives who were enlisted ...
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High-water rescues reported in San Antonio area
SAN ANTONIO - San Antonio firefighters have pulled people from submerged cars and rescued passengers whose bus was swept away in flood waters from torrential rains.Officials say numerous roads have been closed because of flash flooding.The city's transit agency says firefighters on a boat were able to rescue the three bus passengers and driver early Saturday. A spokeswoman says nobody was ...
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U.S. 181 in Pettus closed after flooding
PETTUS -- Northbound U.S. 181 in Pettus was shut down Saturday after heavy rains caused the road to flood, said Rickey Dailey, with the Texas Department of Transportation. The detour is Farm- to-Market road 623 in Pettus to Farm-to-Market 673 in Mineral to State Highway 72 in Pawnee back to U.S. 181 to Kenedy. See Caller.com for more ...
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Perry Texas Legislature honor fallen soldiers
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- Gov. Rick Perry has addressed a joint session of the Legislature to honor Texans killed in combat, saying the duty to honor the fallen goes beyond ...
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New Braunfels rivers closed to tubers
NEW BRAUNFELS, Tx (KXAN) - The City of New Braunfels has closed the Guadalupe and Comal rivers on an opening weekend of summer. The area is not immune to flooding. During the summer of 2010, a man was killed and a number of people were rescued when the rivers overflowed their banks. Today's advisory comes during a heavy rain storm. "Due to recent heavy rains received overnight and ...
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In far North Texas authorities are searching for a prisoner from Florida who escaped from a transport van this morning
The search for an escaped prisoner out of Florida has spanned an enormous swath of North Texas this morning — from south of Wichita Falls all the way to Terrell, where police were briefly involved in the manhunt. But right now, according to Texas Department of Public Safety spokesman Lonnie Haschel, the search for 33-year-old Michael Rimmer of Bay County, Florida, is concentrated in and ...
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Pet of the Week Hunter
AUSTIN (KXAN) - Hunter, a treeing walker coonhound , is KXAN's Pet of the Week. Edward Flores of Austin Dog Rescue brought Hunter to KXAN on Saturday morning. According to the Austin Dog Rescue website, Hunter socializes well with other dogs. "Hunter is a sweet, affectionate, easy going boy that was rescued from a rural shelter on acold winter day in early January. He had only been at ...
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Pet of the Week Hunter
AUSTIN (KXAN) - Hunter, a treeing walker coonhound , is KXAN's Pet of the Week. Edward Flores of Austin Dog Rescue brought Hunter to KXAN on Saturday morning. According to the Austin Dog Rescue website, Hunter socializes well with other dogs. "Hunter is a sweet, affectionate, easy going boy that was rescued from a rural shelter on acold winter day in early January. He had only been at ...
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Despite tornado festival kicks off in Texas town
ENNIS, Texas-One of the largest Czech festivals in the U.S. is taking place this weekend in a North Texas town still recovering from a tornado. The 47th annual National Polka Festival is expected to bring 50,000 people to Ennis, about 30 miles southeast of Dallas. Officials say the Ennis parade route had to be changed because the downtown area remains closed to traffic. But Chamber of Commerce ...
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Corpus Christi child dies after being left unattended in hot car Friday
If it was not done on purpose,as some form of sick punishment, which is child cruelty, then, perhaps, they were on drugs. How else could this tragedy happen? Poor child, so ...
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Former Corpus Christi municipal court employee faces another count of tampering with records
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Apple Loop Macs Made In Texas iOS 7 Goes Black And White Microsoft Mocks Siri
Washington , D.C. this week to address a bi-partisan Senate subcommittee that criticized the company for using tax loopholes and keeping the majority of its cash overseas to avoid paying billions of dollars in U.S. taxes. Sen. Carl Levin and Sen. John McCain had harsh words for Apple in their opening statements and in the report assembled by the committee's staff detailing why Cook and co. ...
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No-refusal numbers 24 overnight
AUSTIN (KXAN) - Austin police report that Saturday night's no-refusal initiative netted 24 people. The Austin Police Department has begun implementing no-refusal weekend during major events and holidays. Last night, 24 people were picked up on suspicion of driving will intoxicated. Of those 24, 11 consented to breath tests and 13 involved blood draws. Of the 13 blood draws, 2 gave consent ...
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Flash flood watch in effect all day
AUSTIN (KXAN) - The rainy pattern we saw across central Texas on Friday is persisting Saturday. A series of disturbances continue to rotate through the area riding an upper-level trough. These disturbances are interacting with plentiful low and mid-level moisture, combining to form scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms for the second day in a row. Rainfall totals Friday were the ...
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May 1 2013 security engineering class
MICHAEL ZAMORA/CALLER-TIMES Graduate student Pranav Phadke (left) helps junior Arianna Arevalo get the DJI Phantom off the ground May 1 during a security engineering class at Texas A&M University-Kingsville. A new minor degree program on campus is enabling students to pursue careers in the growing field of security ...
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Attorney fatally shot in Southlake represented Mexican drug cartel
dianesmith@star-telegram.com A 43-year-old Mexican citizen gunned down this week at Southlake Town Square had represented members of a powerful drug cartel whose leaders were recently sentenced to U.S. federal prison, according to media reports on both sides of the ...
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Holland matches up with Felix in Seattle
Their once-heralded future of the franchise has been sent to the Minors, and they've lost seven in a row. The Mariners have seen better days. How quickly they must forget if they're to move on from their 20-28 start to the season and begin a fight back up the standings in the American League West. "People have really short memories," said manager Eric Wedge. ...
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Amnesty International USA Governor Rick Perry Must Halt Medellin Execution Immediately
Texas Goes 'Beyond the Pale if it Insists on Going Forward' With Execution WASHINGTON - August 4 - Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) today urged Texas Governor Rick Perry to stay the execution of ...
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Texas Clean Air Cities Coalition and Environmental Defense Fund Reach Milestone Agreements With NRG Texas on Limestone Station Expansion
Environmental Defense Fund media contact: Chris Smith, 512.691.3451 TCACC media contacts: Frank J. Librio (Director, Public Information Office, City of Dallas) 214.670.3322 Frank Michel (Director of Communications, City of Houston) 832.393.0800 NRG media contacts: Meredith Moore 609.524.4522 David Knox (Texas) 713.795.6106 NRG Investor Relations contacts: Nahla Azmy ...
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San Antonio planning facelift for downtown
River North is widely considered to be one of the most rundown, neglected and unsafe areas of the city. It has stood for years at the edge of downtown like a blight on the conscience of San Antonio, reminding city officials and the community constantly that something must be done. But, finding the money to proceed with a redevelopment project has proven difficult, until recently.
River North will be entirely overhauled in a new project that aims to revamp the area and make it an integral part of the life and culture of the city’s core, rather than a ghost town that people avoided at all costs. The project is finally underway following the injection of over US$24 million in funding for the overhaul. Read more
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