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Deborah Lynn McLemore, formerly of Austin, passed away 01/03/2025 after a short, yet courageous, battle with pancreatic cancer. Deborah graduated from Sidney Lanier High School in Austin, Class of 1977.

Jan 26, 2025 · On Inauguration Day, a sudden, hard-line shift in immigration and border security policy spread quickly across the vast Texas border. There was no shock and awe — instead disappointment for migrants and a time to celebrate for supporters of President Donald Trump and his Make America Great Again movement.

Jan 23, 2025 · A bill filed Wednesday by state Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer, D-San Antonio, would require Texas to hire an external agency every other year to audit the financial efficiency and practical effectiveness of Operation Lone Star and other state border security initiatives. The state comptroller would select the auditor, and the DPS would foot the bill. So far this legislative session, Texas ...

Jan 2, 2025 · El Paso CBP officers have taken in pups, so have Army veterans. El Paso's congresswoman rescued a border dog and called her Río; with Montana's help, they found her a home. Two former local photographers rescued border-crossing dogs; Lieu is living the good life in Austin, while Gringa has ridden out two hurricanes with his family in Florida. ...

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Jan 8, 2025 · Round Rock police reported an officer-involved shooting late Tuesday night, according to a department social media post. Interstate 35 South at Westinghouse Road was closed around 11 p.m. because of the shooting, police said. The road was reopened about an hour later, police said. Further details ...

Nov 29, 2024 · The claim: Smallpox was "never eradicated" and is being "held in check" by vaccines. A Nov. 15 Facebook post from the liberal group Occupy Democrats includes side-by-side images of a child infected with smallpox and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Health and Human Services secretary. “Say hello to smallpox,” reads text around the images.

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