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5 hrs ago | KVUE

Accused drunk driver slams into shop

Wedding dresses meant for a special day are instead covered in mud and torn by flying glass.

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Related Topix: Wedding, 9

Sat Nov 07, 2009

Austin American Statesman

Perkins, Travis County's longest tenured judge, won't seek re-election

State District Judge Bob Perkins, Travis County's longest tenured district judge, announced today that he would not seek re-election next year.

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Fri Nov 06, 2009

Austin American-Statesman

Travis settles with fired worker

More than two months after Travis County commissioners fired the county's human resources director, they approved a $40,000 settlement with her Tuesday, in part to head off a potential lawsuit, the county judge said.

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Thu Nov 05, 2009

Grits for Breakfast

Travis County jail expansion results in few new beds

Travis County opened a massive new jail wing last week with 1,336 beds, though those will mostly replace so-called "variance" beds that the Texas Commission on Jail Standards previously authorized because of jail overcrowding.

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San Marcos Daily Record

Austin officer suspended 15 days over May shooting

An Austin police officer is suspended for 15 days for not turning on his patrol car camera during an altercation in which a teen was fatally shot.

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Related Topix: Austin, TX

Wed Nov 04, 2009

ClipSyndicate

H1N1 Vaccines Still in Short Supply

Six people have died from the H1N1 flu in Travis County so far according to health officials.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Medicine, Influenza, Video

Kentucky.com

Some Texas gubernatorial candidates call online poll flawed

A new poll blasted as deeply flawed by some candidates in the 2010 governor's race shows that incumbent Rick Perry holds a 12-point lead over Republican primary challenger Kay Bailey Hutchison and that author-entertainer Kinky Friedman is the front-runner among Democrats.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, Texas, Rick Perry, US Governors, Wharton County, TX, Houston, TX

Tue Nov 03, 2009

Austin American-Statesman

Guns, drugs found during arrest; cyclist killed on Texas 71 identified

A 29-year-old man is in the Travis County Jail after being arrested with nearly 3 pounds of cocaine and two handguns, according to an arrest affidavit.

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Related Topix: Hays County, TX, Austin Metro, Austin, TX, Buda, TX

Mon Nov 02, 2009

The Dallas Morning News

Lottery: Grand Prairie man won't get $1 million prize

As if things weren't confusing enough for a man named Willis Willis. During a meeting on Monday, the Texas Lottery Commission told the 67-year-old Grand Prairie man that he is not the rightful winner of a $1 million prize - even though its own investigators have told police he bought the winning ticket.

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Related Topix: Lottery

Sun Nov 01, 2009

Austin American-Statesman

Mexico extradites man to face murder charges in Travis County;...

A man sought in an Austin killing is among 11 fugitives extradited from Mexico to face trial in the United States, the U.S. Justice Department said Sunday.

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Related Topix: Austin, TX, Drugs, Killeen Metro, Killeen, TX

Austin American Statesman

1 killed, three injured in overnight accident

An 18-year-old Del Valle mechanic was killed and three others were injured when the car they were riding in swerved to avoid an animal in the road and struck a tree, Department of Public Safety officials said today.

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Related Topix: Del Valle, TX

Sat Oct 31, 2009

MyFoxAustin

Man Killed Overnight, Suspect on the Run

At around 3:44am Saturday morning, Sheriffa s Deputies were called to 6716 Starcrest Lane in Northeast Travis County.

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Related Topix: Austin, TX

Fri Oct 30, 2009

Austin American Statesman

Third man charged in armed robbery

A third man is being held today at the Travis County Jail in connection with the shotgun robbery of two roommates in the early morning Oct.

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Austin American Statesman

Deputies investigating murder-suicide

Travis County Sheriff's deputies said today that man and a woman were found shot to death in a murder-suicide Monday evening in the 10000 block of McAngus Road in southern Travis County near the Austin-Bergstrom Airport.

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Related Topix: Austin, TX

Thu Oct 29, 2009

Austin American-Statesman

Sixth H1N1 virus death in Travis County; girl says man assaulted her in park

The man had underlying health conditions, based on a review of his medical chart, department spokeswoman Carole Barasch said.

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Related Topix: Austin, TX, Prison, Houston, TX

Mortgage Fraud News

Two charged in Austin area scheme that targetted Hispanic home buyers

In the following press release it was announced that Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott today charged Fern Hernandez Realty, Inc ., with defrauding Hispanic home buyers.

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Related Topix: Housing, Williamson County, TX

Wed Oct 28, 2009

WHDH

Murder counts tossed in Texas yogurt shop slayings

A judge on Wednesday dismissed murder charges against two men awaiting retrial in the 1991 slayings of four teens at an Austin yogurt shop, after prosecutors admitted they weren't ready to take the case to a jury.

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Related Topix: Prison, Criminal Defense Law, Law

Austin American Statesman

Troopers identify victim in fatal Northwest Travis County wreck

One person was killed this morning in a collision between truck and a motorcycle at Round Mountain Road and Big Sandy Drive in Northwest Travis County west of Leander, officials say.

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Related Topix: Leander, TX

MyFoxAustin

Murder Suicide Leaves 2 Dead

Two people are dead in southeast Travis County after an apparent murder suicide.

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Tue Oct 27, 2009

KVUE

Arrest made in South Austin bank robbery

Austin police made a quick arrest in the city's latest bank robbery. APD Bobby Lynn Frisinger Investigators say Bobby Lynn Frisinger, 37, walked into the Wells Fargo branch at 501 South Congress Monday and demanded cash.

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