Another day of record temperatures
ANOTHER DAY OF RECORD HEAT. FOR THE SECOND STRAIGHT DAY SAN JOSE SET A NEW HEAT RECORD. THE MERCURY CLIMBED TO 90 DEGREES YESTERDAY BREAKING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 89 SET IN 2003. TEMPERATURES...
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Bomb squad training
THE SAN ANTONIO BOMB SQUAD WILL CONDUCT TRAINING EXERCISES TODAY. THERE WILL BE A TOTAL OF FIVE DETONATIONS, AND POLICE DON’T WANT YOU TO BE ALARMED. THE EXERCISE WILL GET UNDERWAY AT NOON AT...
Tutor faces sexual assault charges
A NORTHSIDE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT TUTOR IS FACING SEXUAL ASSAULT CHARGES AFTER AN 11-YEAR-OLD GIRL’S GRANDPARENTS READ HER DIARY. SEVENTY-FIVE-YEAR OLD LUIS LOPEZ IS ACCUSED OF SEXUAL ASSUALT OF A CHILD. THE DIARY INDICATES...
San Antonio being sued for removing confederate monument
THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IS BEING SUED FOR THE REMOVAL OF A CONFEDERATE MONUMENT IN TRAVIS PARK. THE UNITED DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY CLAIM THE CITY FAILED TO HOLD A PUBLIC DISCUSSION ABOUT...
Austin police have a tentative contract
THE CITY OF AUSTIN HAS REACHED A TENATIVE 5-YEAR CONTRACT AGREEMENT WITH THE AUSTIN POLICE ASSOCIATION. THE CONTRACT INCLUDES A 9-AND-A-HALF PERCENT PAY INCREASE OVER FIVE YEARS. THE CONTRACT ADDRESSES THE “180 DAY” RULE,...
Texas House Speaker won’t run for re-election
TEXAS HOUSE SPEAKER JOE STRAUS SAYS HE WILL NOT RUN AGAIN AFTER HIS CURRENT TERM ENDS. HE MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT IN A FACEBOOK POST YESTERDAY SAYIING, “THOSE WHO SERVE IN PUBLIC OFFICE SHOULD DO...
Baby found in a dumpster
A NEWBORN GIRL IS IN FAIR CONDITION AT DELL CHILDREN’S MEDICAL CENTER. SHE WAS FOUND WEDNESDAY MORNING IS A NORTH AUSTIN DUMPSTER. A MAN COLLECTING RECYCLABLES AT THE MIRA VISTA APARTMENT COMPLEX FOUND THE...
Walgreens closing 600 stores
DEERFIELD BASED WALGREENS PLANS TO CLOSE 600 STORES STARTING NEXT YEAR. THE PHARMACY GIANT WILL SHUT DOWN MOSTLY RITE AID DRUG STORES THAT WERE RECENTLY PURCHASED. THE COMPANY PLANS TO CLOSE STORES WITHIN A...
Former Evanston High School teacher accused of sexual abuse
A FORMER EVANSTON HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER IS ACCUSED OF SEXUAL ABUSE. TWO MEN FILED A LAWSUIT CLAIMING BRUCE SIEWERTH GROPED OR FONDLED THEM WHEN THEY WERE STUDENTS. THE MEN GRADUATED IN 1979 AND 1980....
Worker dies in a sewer pipe
A CONSTRUCTION WORKER IS DEAD AFTER GETTING STUCK IN A SEWER PIPE IN STREAMWOOD.THE VICTIME GOT TRAPPED LAST NIGHT IN A SANITARY SEWER NEAR PARK BOULEVARD AND PARKSIDE CIRCLE. THE MAN WAS UNDERGROUND FOR...