May 27 2012 - Highlight catch put Wates in spotlight
Austin Wates knew right away he had made an impressive grab. The former Richmond resident and Virginia Tech baseball player just didn't realize how many people would be impressed. |
May 26 2012 - Drive safely! 2.8 million Texans expected on roads for holiday
AUSTIN -- The holiday travel crunch is getting under way as millions of Texans head out for a long Memorial Day weekend. The big rush started slowly Thursday night and will pick up on Friday and continue through Monday. According to AAA Texas, some 2.8 million Texans will drive at least 50 miles to celebrate Memorial Day. More than 213,000 others will fly and 138,000 or so will take a bus ... |
May 25 2012 - Biz Buzz: New business will light up the area
Lori Anderson is working on the premise that business begets business. When Austin's newest business, Ellumilite, opens its doors June 4, it'll also be providing a boost to an existing company. |
May 23 2012 - Man Charged In Rape, Stabbing Of Teenager In Hays Co.
A Hays County grand jury has indicted a man in the brutal attack of a 17-year-old girl, who was left for dead on the side of a highway. Willie Griffin is charged with attempted murder and aggravated sexual assault. In March, investigators say, Griffin lured the girl into his car from a bus stop in Austin near 51st Street and Manor Road. ... |
May 23 2012 - Man indicted in Hays County sex assault
A suspect arrested in what police called a brutal sexual assault of a 17-year-old girl after she was picked up at an Austin bus stop and then later stabbed multiple times has been indicted. |
May 18 2012 - CapMetro: Driver did not run red light in 'foam sword' collision
The CapMetro driver whose bus struck UT freshmen Nick Engmann on Guadalupe Street last Friday did not run a red light as originally reported. Cap Metro spokesperson Erica McKewen said in a statement released Tuesday that cameras on the bus indicated it was "moving though the intersection before the light turned red." Austin police reviewed the tape and found the bus passed through the Guadalupe ... |
May 18 2012 - Toxicology report negative for Cap Metro driver who hit UT student
AUSTIN -- The toxicology report for a Capital Metro bus driver who hit a University of Texas student last week has come back negative. Nick Engmann was taking part in a UT tradition when he stepped in front of the Cap Metro bus on Guadalupe Street last Friday. At first, the bus driver was cited for running a red light, but now Cap Metro says that video shows the driver had the right-of-way. Cap ... |
May 18 2012 - Cap Metro releases bus video from accident with UT student
AUSTIN -- Capital Metro released video Tuesday taken from inside the Cap Metro bus that struck a University of Texas student last week. The video clears the driver of running a red light but still gets him into trouble. The video shows the bus traveling northbound on Guadalupe. The light was yellow when a student stepped in front of it. That student, 22-year-old Nick Engmann, survived. He ... |
May 16 2012 - Cap Metro bus driver who hit UT student did not run red light
AUSTIN -- There were several major developments Monday in the accident involving a Capital Metro bus and a University of Texas student. On Guadalupe last Friday, Nick Engmann was taking part in a UT tradition. Students fight with foam swords. It turned tragic when he stepped into the bus' path. The driver was ticketed for running a red light, but Cap Metro says the video tells a different story ... |
May 16 2012 - Caught On Camera: Cap Metro Bus Hits Pedestrian On UT Campus
A man was hit by a Capital Metro bus on the University of Texas campus Friday afternoon. According to Austin/Travis County EMS, it happened at around 1 p.m. in the 2200 block of Guadalupe Street, next to the Co-op. Video of the incident shows the man wearing a President Obama mask waving a foam sword at a group of people across the street chanting âOU sucks!â before stepping into the street and ... |
May 16 2012 - Cuts park buses
AUSTINTOWN - Citing financial constraints, the school district is cutting busing for out-of-district private and charter schools. They will instead providing public transit passes to residential students who attend those schools. |
May 11 2012 - Man accused of assaulting, stabbing Austin teen extradited to Texas
HAYS COUNTY, Texas -- A man accused of sexually assaulting and stabbing an Austin teen has arrived in Texas after being extradited from Florida. Hays County officials say Willie Griffin, 46, has been charged with the incident that occurred on March 15. Griffin reportedly picked up the teen at an Austin bus stop, assaulted her and stabbed her several times. He then dropped her off in Dripping ... |
May 07 2012 - MRDD bus rear ended in Austintown
Authorities say a recent hip surgery patient using a walker was swept away and drowned in southeast Ohio when rising water stalled her vehicle. More >> |
May 05 2012 - Accused rapist back in Texas on charges
A man accused of luring a teenage girl from an Austin bus stop, driving her to Hays County where he sexually assaulted her before leaving her on the side of the road is back in Texas, extradited from Florida to face charges in the brutal attack. |
May 05 2012 - UT student walks away after being struck by CapMetro bus
AUSTIN -- A University of Texas student is hit by a Capital Metro bus and walks away. It is all caught on camera. KVUE News spoke to the student, 18 year-old Nick Engmann, by phone. He was not feeling well enough to do an interview, but the cell phone video of the crash posted on YouTube tells the story. It shows UT students about to take part in their massive foam sword fight that marks the ... |
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