Category: AUSTIN

Stranded Delivery Driver Finds Home With Austin Couple After Her Car Got Stuck During Storms

February 25, 2021
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A Texas food delivery driver whose vehicle struck ice outside a couple’s home became their impromptu house guest. She ended up staying five nights in the couple’s guest bedroom, and now calls them her “guardian angels.” Storms encroached as driver Chelsea Timmons tried to complete her last grocery delivery in Austin on Feb. 14. She had…

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Lights Come Back on in Texas as Water Woes Rise in the South

February 18, 2021
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AUSTIN, Texas—Many of the millions of Texans who lost power for days after a deadly winter blast overwhelmed the electric grid now have it back, but the crisis was far from over in parts of the South, with many people lacking safe drinking water. More than 190,000 homes and businesses remained without power in Texas…

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Some Electricity Restored in Texas, but Water Woes Grow

February 18, 2021
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AUSTIN, Texas—Power was restored to more homes and businesses Thursday in states hit by a deadly blast of winter that overwhelmed the electrical grid and left millions shivering in the cold this week. But the crisis was far from over in parts of the South, where many people still lacked safe drinking water. In Texas…

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Texas Governor Announces Plan to Place Austin Police Under State Control

December 22, 2020
AUSTINCrime and IncidentsPolicyPoliticsTexasUS
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Legislation to place the Austin Police Department under state control has been drafted for lawmakers to consider in the coming January session, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced Monday. The Republican governor wrote on Twitter Monday afternoon that the Legislative Council has sent “draft language” for a proposed law that would transfer control of the Austin…

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