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 City Council members ask to begin process of renaming Cesar Chavez Street
AUSTIN, Texas — Some members of the Austin City Council are calling on the city manager to develop a plan for renaming Cesar Chavez Street after allegations of sexual abuse came out against the late labor leader earlier this year.
According to a memo on Friday to City Manager T.C. Broadnax, José Velásquez, Vanessa Fuentes, José “Chito” Vela and Zohaib “Zo” Qadri requested Broadnax develop a community outreach plan to gather input and assess the cost to the city, residents and businesses on renaming the street.
“The City of Austin is committed to upholding the dignity and safety of all people and affirms its unwavering support to survivors of sexual violence,” the memo said.
The council members outlined how the outreach plan should be developed and what should be included.
For the development of the plan, council members asked Broadnax to do the following steps:
- Work with the Equity Office, Transportation and Public Works Department, and other appropriate departments as needed.
- Engage Latino Community Leaders, labor unions, City Commissions and residents, businesses, neighborhood associations located on East and West Cesar Chavez Street.
- Assess estimated renaming costs to the city.
- Assess estimated renaming costs to residents and businesses on East and West Cesar Chavez Street.
- Follow additional guidelines provided by the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO).
And the council members said the outreach plan should include:
- A series of hybrid listening sessions with at least two in-person sessions and one virtual session.
- An online survey for the public.
- A stakeholder survey for residents and businesses on East and West Cesar Chavez Street to understand the impacts of renaming the street.
The council members requested that Broadnax come up with a report by May 26 that included a plan, cost estimates and a proposed timeline for the renaming, according to the memo.
César Chávez was known for his work with the farmworker movement and co-founded the National Farm Workers Association, which later became the United Farm Workers of America, with Dolores Huerta. Huerta said she was one of the young women and girls who were groomed and sexually abused by Chávez, which resulted in two pregnancies. She gave birth to the two children and sent them to live with other families.
In her statement, Huerta said she did not know about the other women and girls and that she stayed silent for 60 years because she worried that her coming forward would hurt the farmworker movement.
Other Texas cities have already distanced themselves from Chávez. In Fort Worth, the city removed the street toppers that honored Chávez.
The Cesar E. Chavez Legacy & Educational Foundation — the foundation that hosted the nation’s largest César Chávez march in San Antonio for 29 years — announced it will soon dissolve. The City of San Antonio moved the Cesar Chavez city holiday to Good Friday, and it is requesting the public’s feedback on renaming César E. Chávez Boulevard.
Also, the Texas Education Agency (TEA) has directed all public schools to suspend any instruction or activities related to Chávez.
Chávez died on April 23, 1993, at the age of 66.
Austin, TX
Family of Round Rock student hit by car Wednesday asking for prayers from community
ROUND ROCK, Texas — The family of a Round Rock ISD student that was hit by a car Wednesday issued a statement asking for prayers from the community following the incident.
The incident occurred just after 3:30 p.m. Wednesday at the intersection of Teravista Club Drive and Teravista Parkway.
The child was riding a bicycle when he was struck by a vehicle while crossing in a crosswalk. He suffered from “incapacitating injuries,” according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.
According to the family statement, the victim sustained major injuries to his brain and neck. The family asked for prayers on Easter Sunday in support of the victim.
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The family of the victim are “asking the Lord to perform a miracle” on their son. They also stated that he “walked through life as everyone’s friend. He is a kind person that would help friend’s in need and with great confidence and strength, stick up for others who couldn’t stick up for themselves.”
Round Rock ISD confirmed that the student was a Teravista Elementary School student. The principal stated in the shared statement that counselors are available to help support students during this time.
The lead agencies on the Wednesday incident are the Round Rock Police Department and Texas DPS.
Austin, TX
Rare ‘albino’ bluebonnets discovered in Central Texas state park
AUSTIN (KXAN) — “Albino” bluebonnets were spotted Friday at Inks Lake State Park in Burnet.
Inks Lake said park rangers found the unique bluebonnets beside the park’s headquarters.
Bluebonnets, or Lupinus texensis, in the U.S. are found in Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Florida. The species is one of the six Lupinus species that are collectively designated the State Flower of Texas, according to the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center.
“This rare variation is the result of a recessive gene that must be carried by both parent plants, so it’s pretty cool to see,” the park said.
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