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Yesterday | The Austin Chronicle

The Unexplained Death of Jennifer Cave

It's been two years since 21-year-old Jennifer Cave was brutally murdered and dismembered inside the West Campus apartment of her friend Colton Pitonyak.

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Related Topix: Austin, TX

Yesterday | The Austin Chronicle

The Future of Urban Agriculture

The Urban Farms Process and Code Coordination Working Group of the Austin/Travis County Sustainable Food Policy Board held its last of three working group sessions Wednesday night.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science

Thu May 16, 2013

Austin American-Statesman

Woman convicted in assault against ex-husband

A woman has been convicted on three felony charges in connection with a violent assault on her ex-husband in February 2012, Travis County officials said Thursday.

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WPXI

Randy Travis sues agencies over drunk driving arrest footage

Country music star Randy Travis has sued the Texas Department of Public Safety and the Office of the Attorney General after some evidence from his drunken-driving arrest last summer was ordered released to the public.

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Related Topix: Randy Travis, Grayson County, TX

KVUE.com

Planet Safe joins downtown Austin

Travis County and Austin leaders unveiled a new place Wednesday for families to go for supervised visitation and custody exchanges.

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Related Topix: Austin, TX

The Austin Chronicle

Lehmberg Saga ContinuesD.A. released from jail amid more calls for her removal

With good time credits under her belt, Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg was released from county jail on May 9 after serving 20 days of a 45-day sentence for drunk driving.

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Wed May 15, 2013

KVUE.com

Troubled teens art featured at Austin auction

It started in 1997 as a summer-only art program for kids at Gardner Betts Juvenile Justice Center.

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Related Topix: Austin, TX

Tue May 14, 2013

Austin American-Statesman

Central Health delays vote on partnership with Seton

A series of agreements are still being negotiated to define a closer partnership between Central Health, Travis County's public hospital district, and the private, nonprofit Seton Healthcare Family.

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Austin American-Statesman

Woman sentenced in fatal drunk-driving collision

A woman turned herself in to Travis County Jail on Monday after pleading guilty this month to two second-degree felonies in a drunk driving collision that took the life of her passenger in September 2011.

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Related Topix: Austin, TX

Austin American-Statesman

Bastrop sheriff announces 'Click It or Ticket' enforcement; mixed-use ...

The open house will be held from 3 to 7 p.m. May 22 at the Star Flight hangar at 7800 Old Manor Road.

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Related Topix: Bastrop, TX, Texas, Natural Disasters, Wildfire, Fire, Austin, TX

KVUE.com

APD investigating human remains

The remains were discovered Thursday May 9 near Sprinkle Cut Off and Samsung Boulevard by City of Austin employees servicing electric power lines in the area.

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Related Topix: Austin, TX

Dallas Morning News

Travis DA Lehmberg taking personal time to deal with issues that led to DWI

Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg said she has sought professional counsel in the aftermath of her arrest, guilty plea and 30-day jail term for DWI.

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Mon May 13, 2013

Your News Now

STAR Flight debuts new firefighting helicopter

It may seem like a high-price tag for a Vietnam-era helicopter, but STAR Flight pilot Willy Colberson couldn't be happier with the $2.2 million aircraft.

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Your News Now

Rifles in hand, gun rights advocates march on State Capitol

"We need to get 'concealed carry' on campus passed," Michael Cargill, a former candidate for Travis County constable and gun rights advocate said.

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Related Topix: Guns

KMID

Budget Negotiators Tentatively Restore CPRIT Funds

If the state Legislature approves reforms to the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas, the embattled agency should have its financing restored, budget negotiators decided on Monday.

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Related Topix: Flower Mound, TX, Criminal Defense Law, Law

CultureMap

AISD superintendent responds to election results

The superintendent says they know Austinites want to support schools, but they have a limit and had to be selective.

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Related Topix: Austin, TX

Sat May 11, 2013

KVUE.com

Travis Co. Taxpayers Union against AISD bond package

Opponents of the nearly billion-dollar AISD bond package watched election returns come in at the Boat House Grill in Austin Saturday night.

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Austin American-Statesman

Community news: Austin school district to host Latino achievement awards

The Austin school district is hosting the annual Latino Academic Achievement Awards from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday in the LBJ Auditorium at the University of Texas, 2315 Red River St.

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Related Topix: Education Etc., Texas, Life, Hobbies, Bird Watching, Pflugerville, TX, Commerce, TX

KXAN-TV Austin

Flash Flood Warning

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 831 PM CDT FRI MAY 10 2013 TRAVIS TX- 831 PM CDT FRI MAY 10 2013 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR TRAVIS COUNTY... AT 821 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED ... (more)

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Related Topix: Weather, Natural Disasters, Flood, San Antonio, TX, Barton Creek, TX

Fri May 10, 2013

Austin American-Statesman

The Blotter: Man pleads guilty in 2011 fatal wreck in Southwest Austin

A man has pleaded guilty to two felony charges in a fatal crash that took the life of a 20-year-old woman in Southwest Austin in July 2011.

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Related Topix: Austin, TX