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  • Running Brushy Middle School evacuated after bomb threat

    Running Brushy Middle School has been evacuated while police investigate a bomb threat at the Cedar Park school, officials said.The school received a "possible bomb threat," and school officials immediately called the police department and evacuated the building about 2 p.m., Leander school district spokeswoman Veronica Sopher said.No other information was immediately ...

  • Travis County Commissioners discuss fate of D.A. Rosemary Lehmberg

    Travis County Commissioners take on the issue of whether District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg should lose her job. This is in response to her April DWI conviction. On Tuesday, Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg's supporters again came to her defense--this time in front of County Commissioners. "It seems like this is a political witch hunt against the first female ...

  • Local agencies head to Oklahoma to help victims Local agencies head to Oklahoma to help victims

    GEORGETOWN (KXAN) - Tuesday morning volunteers stood in a circle, held hands and prayed before driving off to Oklahoma to help people displaced by Monday's deadly tornado. The Austin Disaster Relief Network sent its assessment team to Moore to see what the area needs. "Our hearts are going out to them we know exactly what they are probably going through right now it's a lot of chaos ...

  • Austin man charged in wreck that killed motorcyclist

    A 66-year-old Austin man has been charged with criminally negligent homicide following a wreck on May 18 near the intersection of Parmer Lane and Dallas Drive.According to an affidavit filed in Williamson County court, John Hughes Vernon was driving north on Parmer Lane in a 2000 Buick Century and was turning left on Dallas Drive when he allegedly struck Hubert Ngoc Huynh, 21, who was riding a ...

  • Council puts plan for Austin Energy board on hold

    The Austin City Council won't establish an independent board any time soon to supervise Austin Energy.The council decided Tuesday that, rather than continue debating a proposal that Mayor Lee Leffingwell said had been "muddled up into an almost unrecognizable mess," it was best to put off the plan for the foreseeable future. In the meantime, council members said, the council ...


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Movie Review

Hardball

Harball is a sluggish, "uplifting" Hollywoodized account of a troubled man who finds unlikely redemption by coaching an inner-city baseball team. Adapted by John Gatins (Summer Catch) from Daniel Coyle's 1993 memoir and directed by Brian Robbins (Varsity Blues) as Boyz N the Hood meets The Bad News Bears, Hardball is one of those irritatingly "well-intent ... ...

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  • Students evacuated in Stony Point High fire

    Stony Point High School students were evacuated for about 45 minutes Tuesday afternoon because of a small fire in one of the boys bathrooms.Officials from both the fire and police departments remain at the school. The cause of the fire is undetermined."We're looking into the cause behind it," district spokeswoman JoyLynn Occhiuzzi said.Students were evacuated at 12:12 p.m. and ...

  • Riverside Drive near Auditorium Shores closures this week

    A portion of Riverside Drive near Auditorium Shores will be closed from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. through Friday and again on May 28 for a series of concerts for school-age children, city officials said.More than 30,000 Central Texas fourth-, fifth- and sixth-graders will attend daily activities at the Austin Symphony Orchestra Young People's Concerts, forcing the closure along Riverside Drive from ...

  • Photos Tornado damage from Oklahoma

    On Tuesday FOX 7's Rudy Koski traveled to Oklahoma to see first hand the devastation that a tornado caused in the town of Moore. He took these pictures at the ...

  • $900M for transportation wont cut it lawmaker says

    Putting about $900 million into Texas roadways over the next two years is not enough for the long term, said State Rep. Joseph Pickett, D-El Paso. As the final days of the session draw near, lawmakers are still wrestling over legislation to deal with Texas' transportation infrastructure challenges. Funding a $2 billion water plan and providing $1.8 billion in tax cuts are two issues that ...

  • Martha Stewart knows tech and its limits

    Martha Stewart spoke to ABJ Editor Colin Pope for about an hour during Tuesday's Face 2 Face event. Martha Stewart is a bit of techie. However, she knows its limits. Best known for recipes and flower arrangements, the model turned media mogul said in Austin Tuesday that she likes cutting-edge devices but they can cause problems. Im adventurous and I like technology. Im an early adopter, she ...

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