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Award-winning Austin restaurant flies to Houston for one-night-only meal

Two top Texas restaurants are teaming up for a one-night-only pop-up that will feature creative cooking and thoughtful wine pairings. Houston’s Rosie Cannonball and Austin’s Birdie’s are uniting on Monday, September 14 for an evening they’re calling Birdie’s Cannonball. Held at Rosie Cannonball, the event...
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Austin ISD plans to immediately close Paredes Middle School

Every story comes with a passport. How we work · Corrections log. The decision to close Paredes Middle School has significant implications for the surrounding community, which is already served by the Austin Independent School District. Given that the city of Austin is entirely surrounded by the larger Austin metro are
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Austin’s Downtown Commission proposes ‘green room’ at church to support local musicians

On a typical weekday afternoon, Smoot Fellowship Hall at Central Presbyterian Church downtown might be hosting a refugee support program, preparing a meal for people experiencing homelessness or serving another community group. Under a proposal being pitched to Austin leaders, the space could take on a different role a
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At a Historic West Austin Church, Clarksville Is Still Home Sweet Home

Clarksville families used to fill Sweet Home Missionary Baptist, the little white church on West 11th Street, every Sunday. Most stopped coming as hostile developers turned the once all-Black neighborhood into one of Austin’s wealthiest, and whitest. Homecoming, the church’s annual anniversary celebration, brings them
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One of Texas’ most historic venues is getting a documentary

It was a place where "artists, outlaws, hippies, students, dreamers" came together.
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Inmate who escaped from Hays County Jail back in custody

The Hays County Sheriff’s Office said it was searching for an inmate who escaped from custody at the Hays County Jail on July 19 by posing as another inmate who was scheduled for release.
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Austin Freezer Shock As Protected Birds, Gator Parts Trigger Wildlife Charges

Texas Game Wardens say an Austin resident is facing a stack of wildlife charges after officers opened home freezers during a consent search and found protected birds and other animal parts tucked inside. The person has been cited on multiple counts, including unlawful possession of bird parts, an alligator violation ti
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Cracker Barrel gives up Texas biscuit brand with one Austin-area shop

Cracker Barrel is flaking out on its Maple Street Biscuit Co. brand. On Tuesday, July 21, Louisville, Kentucky-based brunch chain Biscuit Belly announced it had acquired 35 locations of the breakfast sandwich favorite. An additional 16 units will close altogether. Biscuit Belly published a list detailing which location
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14 jurors to get $26,700 each for just 5 days at court

Texas law requires county courts pay jurors at least $20 for their first day of service and $58 for each subsequent day.
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Jurors to receive thousands after case was dropped

After three days of work in a criminal case that took years to wrap up, 12 jurors and two alternates will each be getting nearly $27,000 from Travis County. It stems from the evidence tampering case against former Williamson County Sheriff Robert Chody and county attorney Jason Nassour.

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