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Today is the last day to give your feedback on Austin's Project Connect

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:39:04 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Time is running out to let transportation officials know how you feel about the redesigned light rail options for Austin's Project Connect.Building a light rail in Austin is proving to be an incredibly heavy lift. Flashback to November 2020, when voters approved drastic improvements to Austin's mass transportation system. The vision looked to include several light rail lines, a new downtown tunnel system and added bus routes. New Project Connect renderings feature light rail buildout opportunities in the future After skyrocketing construction costs, the Austin Transit Partnership has scaled back the plan significantly. ATP released in late March five options that should land closer to the $7.1 billion plan approved by Austin voters."We have three that are called on street and we have one that is called partially elevated, and another that was called partially underground," Jocelyn Vokes, ATP's public involvement manager, said.All five new routes have a portion of t...

$763M Leander ISD bond package on the ballot for voters this week

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:39:04 GMT

Editor’s Note: The video above shows KXAN News Today’s top headlines for May 2, 2023.LEANDER, Texas (KXAN) — An almost $763 million bond package will go before Leander ISD voters this week. The three propositions named in the district’s proposal lay out upgrades to campus security measures, renovations to school facilities and technology improvements.Prop A is the most expensive proposition listed in the proposal, at the cost of $698.33 million. It would allow the district to build two new elementary schools, buy land for future facilities and improve safety and security projects at every campus in LISD.Some of those improvements listed in the proposal include digital mapping systems, forced-entry-resistant film and lockdown button upgrades.This proposition, if passed, would also allow the district to buy new buses and other district vehicles.Prop B costs $50.82 million and centers around technology improvements at LISD. These include replacing student and staff devices as well as i...

Wild sign ‘spectacular’ winger Marcus Johansson to 2-year, $4 million contract

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:39:04 GMT

Marcus Johansson made himself clear on Monday after when asked if he would considering signing with the Wild.“I love everything about this place,” the 32-year-old winger said. “We have an unbelievable team.”It’s a team that Johansson will continue to be a part of after the Wild signed him to a 2-year, $4 million contract on Tuesday afternoon. The announcement from the Wild came via social media a few minutes before general manager Bill Guerin and coach Dean Evason addressed reporters.Asked about his plan of attack for this offseason, Guerin started off by praising Johansson and everything he brings to the table.“Just having him back will really help,” Guerin said. “I think him and Matt Boldy had some good chemistry together. He looks like a different player than when we had him before. He was spectacular, so we’re extremely excited about that.”The combination of Johansson as a left winger and Boldy as a right winger worked wonder...

The Jonas Brothers are the final act announced for the Minnesota State Fair Grandstand

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:39:04 GMT

The Jonas Brothers are the final act announced for the Minnesota State Fair Grandstand concert series. The reunited boy band will perform on Sept. 1.Tickets are priced from $207 to $77 and go on sale at 10 a.m. May 12 via Etix or by calling 800-514-3849.Siblings Kevin, Joe and Nick formed the Jonas Brothers in 2005 and rose to fame two years later when they signed a deal with Disney’s Hollywood Records. After making a guest appearance on Miley Cyrus’ Disney Channel show “Hannah Montana,” they hit the road with Cyrus as her opening act. Soon after, they began headlining arenas on their own.After releasing four albums, the trio canceled what was to be their fifth record together and a planned 2013 tour, citing a “deep rift within the band” over “creative differences.”The brothers then focused on their solo careers, with Nick Jonas finding the most success with his singles “Jealous,” “Levels,” “Close” and “Chains.”In February 2019, the Jonas Brothers announced they had reunited and rel...

Albany Pine Bush to celebrate annual Lupine Festival

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:39:04 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Come and enjoy the beauty of spring at the annual Lupine Festival at the Albany Pine Bush Preserve on May 20! Visitors can gaze upon fields of violet lupine flowers and observe Karner blue butterflies while exploring the nature trails. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! The Lupine Festival runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and is free to the public. There will be performances by live musicians, unique items for sale by Capital Region artists, and food. Other activities include games and crafts. Parking will be available at 302 Washington Avenue Ext. Shuttles will be provided. On-site parking will be available for people with disabilities only. No pets are allowed at the event.

'Not guilty' plea from man accused in execution-style killing in downtown St. Louis

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:39:04 GMT

ST. LOUIS – The man accused of a broad daylight execution-style killing in downtown St. Louis pleaded not guilty in St. Louis Circuit Court on Tuesday.DeShawn Thomas, 23, is charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action in the shooting death of David Saldana.The shooting happened around 10 a.m. on Feb. 27 along Tucker Boulevard, in front of the former Globe-Democrat newspaper building.The incident was captured on surveillance cameras and cellphone video, and shared millions of times across social media. 6 deaths in Illinois dust storm, police need help identifying 2 victims According to court documents, Thomas and Saldana got into an altercation at the Shell station at Tucker and Convention Plaza. Police claim Thomas first shot Saldana in the back as he ran across Tucker and, as Saldana begged for his life, Thomas shot him in the head. Saldana was 46.Thomas was arrested later that day at the St. Louis Public Library, which is about six blocks from the murder scene. H...

Hazelwood man arrested after 6-year-old found with burns on body

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:39:04 GMT

HAZELWOOD, Mo. - A Hazelwood man is in custody on allegations of child abuse after police found a 6-year-old in his care had been burned.According to Lt. James Taschner, a spokesman for the Hazelwood Police Department, police were contacted just after midnight on Tuesday and asked to conduct a welfare check in the 100 block of Grether Avenue.Officers discovered a 6-year-old at the residence had suffered burns to her back and arm, which occurred several days prior. 6 deaths in Illinois dust storm, police need help identifying 2 victims Taschner said the child was taken to a local hospital to be treated for her injuries and placed into protective custody.Jheri Clark, the child's father, was arrested. Police claim Clark admitted to causing the burns to his daughter.The St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney's Office charged Clark with first-degree child abuse. Clark is being held at the St. Louis County Justice Center on a $50,000 bond.

Travel: Sandhill cranes rule the roost in Nebraska each spring

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:39:04 GMT

I’m a full-fledged “craniac” now that I’ve spent four days awestruck at one of Earth’s most epic animal migrations — on, of all places, the wind-whistling prairies of central Nebraska.Every year — perhaps dating back eons — about 500,000 sandhill cranes roost along the Platte River, swooping down in spellbinding squadrons and resembling both prehistoric pterodactyls and the flying monkeys from “The Wizard of Oz.” Deeply stacked in shallow water and on sandbars, the cranes’ deafening cacophony will absolutely blow your mind — at times their nonstop racket sounded like raucous crowds cheering gladiators at Rome’s Coliseum.World-renowned anthropologist Jane Goodall, who has crane-watched here for 20 seasons, compares the feathered phenomena to the famed wildebeest migration in Africa. I too felt I was on another continent instead of in the Cornhusker State (and birthplace of Kool-Aid).Sandhill cranes are social with each other and entertaining to watch at roosting sites in Nebraska’s P...

Survey: Half of trans and nonbinary youth in the US ‘seriously considered’ suicide in the past year

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:39:04 GMT

Muri Assunção | New York Daily NewsAbout half of young trans and nonbinary youth in the U.S. seriously contemplated suicide in the past year, as a record-breaking number of bills restricting the rights of LGBTQ people — especially transgender youth — are enacted in state legislatures across the country.Overall, about four in 10 LGBTQ young people, ages 13 to 24, reported they “seriously considered” taking their lives in the past year, with transgender and nonbinary people reporting even higher rates than their peers. Nearly two in 10 actually attempted suicide.That’s according to the fifth annual survey on the mental health of LGBTQ young people living in the U.S. released by The Trevor Project, the nation’s leading suicide and crisis organization for LGBTQ youth.After hearing from nearly 29,000 respondents, researchers found that LGBTQ kids and young adults continue to report “significantly higher” rates of suicide risk.“Among transgender and nonbinary young people, half seriously ...

L.A. street takeover crackdown nets 21 arrests; 13 cars seized

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:39:04 GMT

Twenty-one people were arrested and more than a dozen vehicles were impounded in a street racing crackdown in Los Angeles over the weekend, according to police.The arrests took place early Sunday and involved officers with LAPD’s Street Racing Taskforce.In a video posted to Instagram, the Department showed officers arresting people and towing cars from unspecified locations in the city in “an operation to eliminate dangerous and disruptive takeover activity.”A total of 13 vehicles were impounded, 21 people were arrested on misdemeanor charges and 34 citations were issued, LAPD said.Twenty-one people were arrested and more than a dozen vehicles were impounded in a street racing crackdown in Los Angeles over the weekend, according to police. May 2, 2023 (LAPD)A total of 13 vehicles were impounded, 21 people were arrested on misdemeanor charges and 34 citations were issued, LAPD said. May 2, 2023 (LAPD)A total of 13 vehicles were impounded, 21 people were arrested on misdemeanor charge...