Austin, TX
Gas line break prompts evacuations in Northeast Austin
AUSTIN, Texas – Austin firefighters are on the scene of a gas line break in Northeast Austin.
On Thursday morning, AFD says they got the hazmat task force call after a crew reportedly hit a gas line with a dozer on East Yager Lane near Copperfield Drive east of I-35.
Crews evacuated the immediate area and firefighters are monitoring gas levels near the leak.
Texas Gas Service has been notified.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
Austin, TX
Adobro’s Filipino-Fiesta-meets-Texas-Dancehall “Right Here, Right Now” Album Release Party
AUSTIN, Texas – Barton Springs Pool will reopen to visitors this week.
What they’re saying:
The City of Austin said the pool will reopen on Tuesday, June 23, for the early morning regularly scheduled “swim at your own risk.”
The pool had closed on June 15 due to severe weather.
City staff removed large tree branches, aluminum cans, fishing hooks, and other debris from the water.
The team also cleaned off decks and reinstalled the diving board in preparation for the pool’s reopening.
The Source: Information from the City of Austin
AUSTIN, Texas — A high-stakes vote this week could shape what Texas public school students learn in social studies for the next decade, as the State Board of Education considers proposed new standards that supporters say will strengthen civics instruction and critics call deeply flawed.
The board begins its meeting Monday morning to review the proposed social studies standards and is expected to vote Friday.
FULL STORY | Texas education board to vote Friday on proposed social studies standards
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