Austin, TX
Austin College announces Spring 2024 Dean’s List
Nolan Adams from Savannah, Texas;
Kimberly Aguilar from Pflugerville, Texas;
Ben Allen from Sherman, Texas;
Ahana Apte from Plano, Texas;
Caroline Armstrong from Houston, Texas;
Miguel Avila from Dallas, Texas;
Heaven Barber from Los Lunas, New Mexico;
Brianna Barch from Princeton, Texas;
Adam Bel Hadj Kacem from McKinney, Texas;
Tyra Bennett from Sherman, Texas;
Saji Bhogal from Tyler, Texas;
Ashley Boatright from Sherman, Texas;
Kiara Bobb from Avondale Estates, Georgia;
Alicia Bohannon from Denison, Texas;
Gavin Brand from Plano, Texas;
Leena Brown from Garland, Texas;
Angie Butler Jr. from Southlake, Texas;
Paige Butler from Richardson, Texas;
Emma Cain from Anna, Texas;
Lee Campbell from Lubbock, Texas;
Devon Carrillo from Katy, Texas;
Nia Carter from Wylie, Texas;
Ashton Cason from Plano, Texas;
Cosme Catalan from Boadilla Del Monte, Spain;
Jose Cerda from Desoto, Texas;
Blume Cernero from Sherman, Texas;
Josie Cernero from Sherman, Texas;
Reet Choudhary from McKinney, Texas;
Thi Phuong Uyen Chu from Bien Hoa City, Vietnam;
Karsyn Clouse from Denison, Texas;
Coral Cohen from Plano, Texas;
Carson Cook from College Station, Texas;
Campbell Coon from Celina, Texas;
Anne Corrales from Little Elm, Texas;
Jonah Cowles from Sherman, Texas;
Alyssa Cox from Jenks, Oklahoma;
Riley Cregg from Blossom, Texas;
Megan Crocker from Pearland, Texas;
Chris Davis from Aubrey, Texas;
Sarah Davis from Frisco, Texas;
Amy Delgado from Robinson, Texas;
Megan Devaney from Austin, Texas;
Meztly Diaz from New Caney, Texas;
Leah Ding from Plano, Texas;
Bonnie Dong from Reno, Texas;
Zoe Doyle from Houston, Texas;
MC DuBose from Fort Worth, Texas;
Mattie Duncan from Lakeside, Texas;
Davis Durham from Sherman, Texas;
Corbin Dymek from Celina, Texas;
Drew Easley from Dallas, Texas;
Adam Elsayed from Allen, Texas;
Zach Ennis from Plano, Texas;
Morgan Evans from Houston, Texas;
Charlotte Evelyn from Austin, Texas;
Kate Fletcher from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma;
Elizabeth Funderburk from Wylie, Texas;
Jasmine Galdamez from Lubbock, Texas;
Isabel Garrison from Wichita Falls, Texas;
Emma Gibson from Crockett, Texas;
Elanor Goldsmith from Sherman, Texas;
Gabe Graf from Round Rock, Texas;
Samantha Graham from Denison, Texas;
Jack Graman from McKinney, Texas;
Eliazar Greer from Plainview, Texas;
Madison Grijalva from Lewisville, Texas;
Sammi Guffey from Camas, Washington;
Pragna Gundupalli from Frisco, Texas;
Kurt Gustafson from Bakersfield, California;
Lucy Guttery from Fort Worth, Texas;
Cameron Hammond from Euless, Texas;
Rahul Hanumandlu from Flower Mound, Texas;
Kailey Harshaw from Round Rock, Texas;
Murad Hassan from Plano, Texas;
Roy Herrera from Spring, Texas;
Hannah Herron from Hughes Springs, Texas;
Mason Hester from Cedar Park, Texas;
Gordon Hicks from Victoria, Texas;
Roberto Hinojosa from Missouri City, Texas;
Alyssa Holloway from Allen, Texas;
Jordan Hudgins from Wylie, Texas;
Sonja Huntwork from Plano, Texas;
Cole Imhoff from Coppell, Texas;
Abhigna Isukamatla from Machilipatnam, India;
Kurt Jacobson from Moraga, California;
Muskaan Jaiswal from Frisco, Texas;
Ismael Jasso from Irving, Texas;
Amie Johnson from Watauga, Texas;
Macey Johnson from Houston, Texas;
Melisa Koral from Dallas, Texas;
Christian Kyser from Flower Mound, Texas;
Kenedie Lane from Frisco, Texas;
Sarah Laredo from Rowlett, Texas;
Abby Larkin from Castle Rock, Colorado;
Ryan Laventure from Chandler, Texas;
Abigail Le from Allen, Texas;
Christian Le from Allen, Texas;
Mark Leonard from Frisco, Texas;
Cassidee Levine from Richmond, Texas;
Miguel Liuzzi from Mesquite, Texas;
Christian Luera from El Paso, Texas;
Joshua Magers from Sherman, Texas;
Lexi Martin from Sanger, Texas;
Britney Martin from Big Bend National Park, Texas;
Sebastiao Martin from Fort Worth, Texas;
Joseph McGuire from Sugar Land, Texas;
Emma McLemore from Denison, Texas;
Jed McPike from Austin, Texas;
Benjamin Meraz from Sherman, Texas;
Grace Milligan from Austin, Texas;
Grace Moothart from Melissa, Texas;
Mason Moreau from Howe, Texas;
Macyn Muir from Jenks, Oklahoma;
Hannah Mullens from Leander, Texas;
Trinity Naile from Sunnyvale, Texas;
Ainsley Nelson from Frisco, Texas;
Elyssa Nelson from Saginaw, Texas;
Taylor Nemeth from Laguna Niguel, California;
Cade Newbrand from The Colony, Texas;
Timmy Ngo from Dallas, Texas;
Elizabeth Nguyen from Richardson, Texas;
Joseph Nguyen from Richardson, Texas;
Sara Norton from Keller, Texas;
Ella Nunneley from Nocona, Texas;
Lily Ordonez from Benbrook, Texas;
Danny Orozco from Mesquite, Texas;
Ella Owens from Richardson, Texas;
Ireland Owens from Boerne, Texas;
Paola Paulin from Sherman, Texas;
Keely Perry from Frisco, Texas;
Evan Pezirtzoglou from Tomball, Texas;
Lexi Pietrasik from Murphy, Texas;
Marcia Pinto from North Richland Hills, Texas;
Savanna Polen from Carrollton, Texas;
Paulina Porter from Flower Mound, Texas;
Caitlyn Potraza from Dallas, Texas;
Stephen Proft from Austin, Texas;
Sarah Putnicki from Gunter, Texas;
Asier Quiroga from San Antonio, Texas;
Sam Rainey from McKinney, Texas;
Amsah Rauf from Coppell, Texas;
Hunter Richardson from Bellaire, Texas;
Abigail Roberts from Dallas, Texas;
Jocelin Robinson from Rowlett, Texas;
Alyssa Ross from San Jose, California;
Jewelia Ross from Sherman, Texas;
Mikayla Ross from Sherman, Texas;
Rachel Sadler from Trenton, Texas;
Danielle Saltzman from Sugar Land, Texas;
Trey Salyer from Frisco, Texas;
Emma Samaniego from Naples, Texas;
Noah Samuel from McKinney, Texas;
Josh Sangalli from Wharton, Texas;
Niharika Saran from Coppell, Texas;
Emma Schlomann from Katy, Texas;
Izzy Schultze from Round Rock, Texas;
Emie Shaw from Denison, Texas;
Rund Shehadeh from Southlake, Texas;
Kilroy Short from Denison, Texas;
Shea Simmons from Lewisville, Texas;
Emma Sinclair from Adkins, Texas;
Melody Smith from San Angelo, Texas;
Ria Srivastava from Frisco, Texas;
Grayson Stacey from Forney, Texas;
Catherine Stepaniak from Dallas, Texas;
Riley Stringer from Trenton, Texas;
Lydia Stuart from Norman, Oklahoma;
Kaitlyn Thai from Rockwall, Texas;
Sammi Thiele from Denison, Texas;
Asher Thompson from Dallas, Texas;
Jaiden Tocquigny from Bells, Texas;
Matthew Todd from McKinney, Texas;
Christine Tomasino from San Antonio, Texas;
Christan Tomy from Fort Worth, Texas;
Aidan Toombs from Mansfield, Texas;
Tatum Torres from Pantego, Texas;
Jessilyn Tran from Frisco, Texas;
Tara Tran from Lantana, Texas;
Brianne Tseng from Plano, Texas;
Marjan Tukdi from Frisco, Texas;
Danya Van Vuuren from Houston, Texas;
Cailey Varnell from McKinney, Texas;
Davin Vialpando from Longmont, Colorado;
Renatta Vincent from Sherman, Texas;
Alyssa Vyrva from Austin, Texas;
Tyler Ward from Bedford, Texas;
Skylar Watkins from Pottsboro, Texas;
Emeri Watson from Paris, Texas;
Aaron Welch from Sherman, Texas;
Micaiah Wetzold from Sherman, Texas;
Clemon White IV from Fort Worth, Texas;
Luke Wild from McKinney, Texas;
Nate Williams from Castle Rock, Colorado;
Macon Williamson from Naples, Texas;
Courtney Wise from Pottsboro, Texas;
Kayla Woods from Newry, United Kingdom;
Adeline Woodward from Frisco, Texas;
Maryam Zeeshan from Allen, Texas;
Michelle Zhu from Plano, Texas.
Austin, TX
Austin activists hold anti-ICE protests following the death of Renee Good in Minneapolis
Chants of “shame” and “ICE out of Texas” rang through the street as Austin-area activists joined thousands across the nation in protesting the killing of Renee Nicole Good, who was fatally shot Wednesday by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis.
The protest was held in front of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security building in Pflugerville.
Good, 37, was shot in her SUV while attempting to drive away from several ICE officers who ordered her to exit her vehicle.
Scarleth Lopez with the Party for Socialism and Liberation, the organization that led the protest, said the videos of the shooting in Minneapolis were “sickening.”
“Trump has lied and and said that Renee was a terrorist. She was a mother. She was an innocent bystander,” Lopez said. “We must organize to stop these people from kidnapping and murdering.”
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Elizabeth Bope, a retired Pflugerville ISD teacher, said the claims from federal and state lawmakers that Good was attempting to strike the ICE agent with her vehicle inspired her to attend the protest.
Such claims were posted online by Vice President J.D. Vance and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz. Attorney General Ken Paxton reposted a statement from DHS on X, formerly known as Twitter, that said the ICE agent “relied on his training and saved his own life.”
“It’s beyond really any words that they killed this woman for no reason, but also that they’re lying about it,” Bope said. “I’m not even a radical left person, I’m just a regular old Democrat.”
Other key Texas leaders, including Gov. Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, have not commented on the shooting.
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KUT News
Doug Tickner, who said he works for a home building company in Austin, said he felt it was important to show up in person for Good.
“I don’t really think of Minneapolis as being that far from here, and it’s not like what happened in Minneapolis was some sort of one off unique event,” Tickner said. “This is part of a pattern, and I feel folks better wake up and realize that this is becoming more and more serious.”
The news that federal immigration officers shot and wounded two people in Portland, Oregon, broke hours before the protest.
The gathering in Pflugerville is among the first of four anti-ICE demonstrations planned across the Austin area over the next few days.
Earlier on Thursday, protesters gathered at the intersection of 45th Street and Lamar Boulevard during rush hour. A protest on Friday will be held at the Capitol and another will be held Saturday at City Hall.
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KUT News
State and federal leaders are now sparring over who should conduct an investigation into the Minneapolis shooting, according to NPR.
Minnesota’s Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, which was originally asked to conduct a joint investigation with the FBI, said in a statement it was later told the investigation would be led solely by federal authorities.
Austin, TX
Flesh-eating screwworm may be moving closer to Texas on its own, ag commissioner says
AUSTIN, Texas – A Texas agency is concerned that the flesh-eating New World screwworm could be getting closer to Texas without commercial livestock movement.
Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller is sounding the alarm again for livestock owners to remain vigilant in watching for signs of the parasite in their animals.
Screwworm sighting near Texas
The latest:
Miller said in a Thursday release that a screwworm had been detected in a cow in González, Tamaulipas, a little more than 200 miles from the southern Texas border.
According to the commissioner, the cow had no reported history of movement outside Tamaulipas, and is the third active case reported there.
Officials in Mexico have not reported a known population of the worm in Tamaulipas. They’re working with U.S. authorities to investigate further into the new case.
What they’re saying:
“The screwworm now may be moving closer on its own, with no apparent link to commercial animal movement,” Commissioner Miller said. “Texas producers must act now—stay informed, stay vigilant, and prepare immediately. We cannot drop our guard for even a moment.”
Inspect livestock for screwworm
What you can do:
Miller urged immediate action from ranchers along the Texas border.
“Inspect your animals daily,” Miller said. “Check every open wound. If anything looks suspicious, report it right away. Better a false alarm than a delayed response—early detection and rapid reporting are our strongest defenses against this devastating pest.”
U.S. plan to fight screwworm in Texas
Big picture view:
The threat to cattle has been deemed so potentially devastating to the U.S. food supply that the federal government is committing $850 million to fight it.
Most of that money will be spent on building a sterile male fly production facility near the border.
The facility will produce 300 million sterile male flies a week to be dropped into target areas where the screwworm is now. Those male flies help to reduce the population size through mating without reproducing.
A much smaller portion of the funding will be used for screwworm detection technology.
In addition, the federal government has already spent $21 million on a sterile fly production facility in Mexico.
What are New World screwworms?
Dig deeper:
The insect gets its name because it’s only found in the Americas.
It lays its eggs in the open wounds of animals, and its larvae become parasites, threatening livestock, domestic animals, and even people.
The screwworm was mostly eradicated in Texas and the rest of the United States in the 60s. But now, it’s moving north up from Panama and has a known presence a little over 300 miles south of the Texas-Mexico border.
The Source: Information in this article comes from Sid Miller.
Austin, TX
LD Systems expands Texas Footprint with Austin Location and welcomes ILIOS Productions — TPi
For over two decades, ILIOS Productions has been a key part of the live events community in Austin, TX, transforming spaces and audience experiences with a vast range of lighting and video design, as well as event production services across a diverse client portfolio. Now, with the backing of parent company Clair Global, LD Systems, a Houston-based premier provider of audio, video, and lighting for event production and installed technology solutions, is welcoming ILIOS Productions to the team, marking the group’s fourth location in Texas. ILIOS Productions will now operate under the LD Systems brand.
LD Systems will further resource ILIOS’ existing Austin operation to include additional services such as audio and rigging for live events, as well as integration solutions and services. This addition helps round out LD Systems’ ability to locally serve major metropolitan areas across Texas, including Houston, San Antonio, Dallas-Fort Worth, and Austin and reflects Clair Global’s continued focus on offering global resources while maintaining strong local-market expertise and responsiveness.
ILIOS Productions’ experience spans the concert and festival sector, corporate and activations, and high-end private, philanthropic and charitable events. The company’s commitment to critical event delivery has established trust with major brands including Lollapalooza, SXSW, Austin City Limits, Google, YouTube, the University of Texas System and many more.
Founder, President & Sr Ops Manager of ILIOS Productions, Bryan Azar, said: “After many years of working alongside LD Systems in Austin and beyond, we are delighted to be joining their world-class organisation. This is an exciting new chapter for a bolder future together.”
Zach Boswell, General Manager, ILIOS Productions, added: “We are passionate about the work we do, and the community and business culture found at LD Systems is the ideal next step for our dedicated employees to progress as a united workforce.“
LD Systems co-founder and President, Rob McKinley commented: “We are delighted to amplify our service offerings in Austin with the addition of Bryan and his exceptional team of technology professionals. They have made a significant difference to many Texans with the work they undertake, and LD Systems is proud to welcome both their talent and ethos to the company.”
Building on this momentum, LD Systems also announced plans to expand its San Antonio facility into a new location in January 2026. Together with the addition of ILIOS Productions in Austin, this investment reinforces the organisation’s long-term investment in Texas and its dedication to meeting growing client demand with enhanced capacity and infrastructure.
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