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San Marcos CISD votes to look into creating district police department

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 13:00:25 GMT

SAN MARCOS (KXAN) -- San Marcos Consolidated Independent School District at a meeting Monday night voted to create a subcommittee that would weigh what it takes to create a district police department.The school district does not currently have a police department, but it did recently roll out a school marshal program, which is new this school year. Every elementary school now has a school marshal on campus. SMCISD also already had school resource officers at every secondary campus. What San Marcos CISD wants parents to know about school marshals on campus The agenda item approved at Monday night's meeting was the "discussion and possible action to form a subcommittee to investigate actions needed to create an SMCISD police force." This would be different than the school marshal program already in place within the district. This is in response to House Bill 3, a school safety bill that goes into effect Sept. 1 and requires an armed officer at every school. The bill was a response t...

Georgetown ISD to seek exception for armed guard legislation

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 13:00:25 GMT

GEORGETOWN, Texas (KXAN) – The Georgetown ISD Board of Trustees voted Monday night to seek a "good cause exception" to a new law requiring the presence of an armed, "qualified" security officer on each school campus during regular school hours. District leaders cited a lack of "available qualified personnel and a lack of available revenue" as reasons for the request. KXAN spoke with several districts earlier in August that said they were struggling to come up with the money and personnel to comply with the new law by the time it goes into effect Sept. 1.According to the resolution adopted Monday night, the Georgetown Police department provides Georgetown ISD with seven school resource officers (SROs). Those are commissioned peace officers including an SRO stationed at six of the district's secondary school campuses and a supervising sergeant of the SRO Unit. The resolution also said the SROs also serve as needed in other areas. They serve at other campuses as mutually agreed upon be...

Affordable housing program launches in Austin

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 13:00:25 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) – A new City of Austin program to help small-scale real estate developers grow their businesses and create more affordable housing and job opportunities in the Austin area launched in July and will continue through October, organizers said Monday. The Austin Housing Finance Corporation said 20 participants were selected for the Austin Small Developer Training Program. It said the program, led by Capital Impact Partners and HousingWorks Austin, will provide small developers with training, mentorship, networking and potential pathways to financing for eligible real estate projects in Austin. The city said in April the money for the program came from the City of Austin Housing Finance Corporation.The Austin Small Developer Training provides opportunities to historically excluded and overlooked small-scale real estate developers, helping to create more affordable housing and job opportunities locally.The city said participants will learn ways to fi...

Austin animal shelter seeking fosters for distemper dogs

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 13:00:25 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A deadly dog disease is on the rise in Austin.In August alone, the Austin Animal Center has recorded 39 positive test results for canine distemper virus.Some symptoms of this sickness include watery eyes, fever or vomiting.To help ease the burden, Austin Pets Alive! has taken 33 of these dogs — 15 of which have the canine distemper virus — into its own shelter.This partnership was put in place to avoid overcrowding while helping slow the spread of this deadly disease.Some of the critical puppies are fighting for their lives and in need of round-the-clock care while requiring IV fluids to help get them through the day.Yet, Austin Pets Alive! medical director Dr. Alexis Bardzinski says that the dogs’ odds of survival increase dramatically when they’re healing in a home."The distemper virus is very bad, there's a high chance that they're going to die,” she said. “But we do see success, which gives us the hope to try and go forth with treatment."Dr. Bardzinski added that...

Opening day of the 2023 Dutchess County Fair

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 13:00:25 GMT

RHINEBECK, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- August 22 marks the opening day of the 2023 Dutchess County Fair. Now in its 177th year, the fair runs through August 27. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! The gates open at 10 a.m. daily. The fair includes livestock shows, rides, a petting zoo, vendors, lots of food, and daily entertainment."We’re still one of the oldest and largest agricultural fairs in New York State," said Dutchess County Agricultural Society’s Chairman of the Board Tim Coon. "It’s all about promoting and educating the fairgoer. Not as many kids are growing up on farms these days. The numbers are decreasing, but they’re still doing a tremendous job of it." Everything happening at the 2023 Washington County Fair AgricultureGoat ShowHorse Shows4-H Rabbit & Cavy Showmanship4-H Hog Showmanship, Bred & Owned, Market Show4-H Dairy Showmanship4-H Canine Agility & Rally4-H Rabbit & Cavy Breed Show4-H Sheep ShowPoultry Sho...

Breaking: Justice Center guard being held hostage

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 13:00:25 GMT

ST. LOUIS - Police have confirmed that prisoners have taken a 70-year-old guard hostage at the city Justice Center.Officers say there is no riot happening. It's unknown if anyone has been injured. The guard was unarmed. East St. Louis man gets shocking bill, calls FOX 2 to investigate Several police vehicles are on scene. Tucker is currently closed between Market and Clark, between the Justice Center and City Hall.FOX 2 will update this story with more information as it becomes available.

Woman stabbed to death in West End neighborhood

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 13:00:25 GMT

ST. LOUIS - A woman was stabbed to death in the West End neighborhood of St. Louis.Officers made a quick arrest in the case. That attack happened Monday just before 3:00 p.m. on Goodfellow Boulevard at Delmar Boulevard. Missouri updates timetable for implementing new 235 area code She was taken to a nearby hospital, where she later died. The police did not reveal how the man they arrested was connected to the woman.

Man shot in Gravois Park neighborhood overnight

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 13:00:25 GMT

ST. LOUIS -  One man was injured overnight in a shooting in the Gravois Park neighborhood of south St. Louis.That shooting happened just before midnight on Iowa Avenue near Cherokee Street. Police said that the victim was shot several times but was alert when taken to the hospital. Missouri updates timetable for implementing new 235 area code No word on any arrests. FOX 2 will update this story with more information as it becomes available.

“The Bitter Past” and two other mystery novels to read right now

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 13:00:25 GMT

“The Bitter Past,” by Bruce Borgos (Minotaur Books)“The Bitter Past,” by Bruce Borgos (Minotaur Books)As sheriff of a small Nevada town near Las Vegas, Porter Beck spends most of his time on trivial crimes — until a retired FBI agent is found tortured and murdered. Within hours, a gorgeous (of course) female FBI agent shows up and confides that the dead man had been gathering information on a KGB spy who stole secrets from a Nevada test site 60 years earlier.  It seems the Russian, who was supposedly killed in a nuclear accident, may not be dead after all, and he’s living in Beck’s jurisdiction.So Beck has to find the aging Russian before the assassin does. He’s aided not only by the glamorous FBI woman but also his sister, a crack shot, and his father, the former sheriff, who is suffering from dementia.  Beck’s suffering from his own ailment, an eye disease that makes it hard for him to see at night.“The Bitter Past” is the first in a series featuring ...

From art galleries to yoga studios, Denver’s small businesses struggling to pay rent

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 13:00:25 GMT

Many small business around Denver are struggling to make rent each month in an economy that, despite producing low unemployment, faces uncertainty with still-high inflation and the prospect of interest rates rising even higher.Finding a way to pay the monthly bills is forcing small-business owners to consider all options: from cutting back staff and hours of operation, to changing a business’ focus and raising prices, to moving into a smaller space, and even to making the difficult decision of closing up shop.The historic Denver neighborhood of Bonnie Brae is an example of a retail area noticeably impacted by the strain of rising rents on small businesses.The Saucy Noodle, an iconic Italian joint established in 1964 at 727 S. University Blvd., shuttered its doors for good in August 2022. At the time, co-owner Erin Markham told The Denver Post that the family business was struggling to make rent under its new landlord, Otto Petty of Endurance Real Estate Partners, and was ̶...