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Overnight fire burns east Austin apartment complex

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:52 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The Austin Fire Department says no one was hurt early Wednesday morning during a fire at a apartment complex in east-central Austin.According to AFD, the call came in at 2:19 a.m. for the fire at building 4 of the Mueller City View Apartments on Relini Street between Interstate 35 and Cameron Road. The fire was on the outside of the building and spread to the attic and one interior unit, AFD said. AFD did not have any information if anyone was displaced by the fire.The cause is under investigation. AFD says crews brought the fire under control around 2:37 a.m., 18 minutes after the call came in.

Who is Colgate and can they upset Texas?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:52 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) - No college basketball team is safe when the calendar flips to March. The Texas men's basketball team is playing outstanding, heading into the NCAA Tournament fresh off a Big 12 Tournament Championship.The Longhorns earned a two-seed after impressing in the country's toughest conference: the Big 12. Their opponent is Colgate, winners of the Patriot League and No. 15 seed in the Midwest region. 2023 March Madness first-round schedule, how to watch, what channels games are on While this may be the first time many fans have heard of Colgate, the program is no stranger to the NCAA Tournament. Four straight men's NCAA Tournaments (no tournament in 2020) have featured the Raiders representing the Patriot League.What threat does Colgate pose?The last time Colgate was a 15-seed was in the 2019 tournament when they faced off against a Rick Barnes-led Tennessee squad. The Raiders played the Volunteers extremely tough, falling by just seven points.The Raiders have played two o...

OGS celebrating St. Patrick's Day at state plaza Wednesday

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:52 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- The New York State Office of General Services (OGS) will celebrate St. Patrick's Day at the Empire State Plaza south concourse on Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The celebration will take place between the main food court and the entrance to the Corning Tower. Get all of the latest news, weather, sports, and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! The celebration will include a musical performance by Maggie's Clan, Irish dance performances by Bethlehem Traditional Irish Dance, a St. Patrick's Day lunch from PRIME at the Plaza, displays from the Irish American Heritage Museum of Albany, vendors, and more. Admission to the event is free.

2023 St. Louis Zoo sea lion training taking place through March 26

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:52 GMT

ST. LOUIS - The Cardinals aren't the only ones in spring training these days.The sea lions at the St. Louis Zoo are also getting ready for their spring performances. Weather permitting, the spring training shows are taking place daily through March 26 at 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. Trending: Daughter roasts Alton dad in sweet and funny obit Tickets are $2 per person for those ages two and up. Children under two are free. FOX 2's Chris Regnier spoke with sea lion trainer Angela Hamburg about what goes into the trainer and how the weather affects the sea lions at this time

1 person injured in overnight crash

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:52 GMT

ST. LOUIS - An overnight crash in north St. Louis left one person injured.FOX 2's Nissan Rogue Runner reporter Nic Lopez was at the scene around midnight. Police said an SUV and a car crashed in the northbound lanes at North Broadway and Keber Avenue. Top story: Deadline for Kim Gardner to respond to ousting effort today No word on the condition of the injured person. FOX 2 will update this story with more information as it becomes available.

Letters: Grieving parents fight to protect other students from shootings

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:52 GMT

Castillo parents fighting for safety of studentsRe: “Parents seeking records, not cash,” March 14 news storyInstead of taking the money and running, the Castillos are choosing to honor their son, Kendrick, by getting and sharing information that may save other students. Good for them!Peggy Caughlan, Fort CollinsAssault rifle lapel pins disrespectfulRe: “GOP’s filibuster sought to stall gun, safe-drug-use bills,” March 11 news story and “GOP digs in against gun bills,” March 7 news storyIn light of the near-daily shootings and killings of Americans at our own hands, often with assault-type weapons, doesn’t it seem insulting to the dead and wounded, both present day and past, that any elected representative of any party would wear an assault rifle insignia on their lapel?It is a disrespectful affront to any survivor to vaunt the instrument of destruction that deprived them of loved ones. Parents and school children fear attending what should b...

Scorpion tamales, larvae tacos and worm tostadas are on the menu at Denver’s La Diabla this week

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:52 GMT

Growing up in Mexico City, it was common for Jose Avila to snack on the edible bugs at the markets around town with his grandma and mom after school.So, the James Beard-nominated chef didn’t think it would be odd to ship 22 pounds of dried crickets, Chicatana ants, escamoles, scorpions, stink bugs and maguey worms in thermic boxes with iced gel packs from his hometown to Denver, where he’d planned to host a Festival de Bichos (Bug Festival) at his downtown restaurant, La Diabla Pozolería y Mezcalería, earlier this month.But U.S. Customs and Border Protection had other plans.“The bugs ended up getting stuck in Customs for three days,” Avila said. “All I was told was that they were sent to the lab, but I think they just wanted to make sure the bugs were actually bugs and not something else.”Chef Jose Avila cooks insects at La Diabla on Monday, March 13, 2023. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post)Luckily, for all the adventurous foodies or history lovers who want to eat like...

Coloradans may see the Northern Lights more often in the coming months

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:52 GMT

The sighting of the Northern Lights in northern Colorado two weeks ago may be a mere glimpse of what’s in store in the coming months, judging by “space weather” predictions generated in Boulder that anticipate increasing solar storm activity through 2024.The magnetic field of the sun reverses polarity every 11 years, meaning its magnetic north and south poles flip. Sun spots, solar flares, and the Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) that cause the Northern Lights reach peak levels midway through the cycle, which is predicted to occur in late 2024 or early 2025.Fort Collins resident Michael Charnick took this photo of the Northern Lights on Feb. 26, a few miles north of town, using a long exposure on an iPhone. (Provided by Michael Charnick, @charnick_wx)That means the likelihood of more opportunities to see the Northern Lights, also known as the aurora borealis, is strong. They occur when the charged particles ejected by the sun are deflected to earth’s north and s...

Editorial: With Dave Williams, Colorado’s GOP can quit the charade

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:52 GMT

The GOP staffers at the party’s state headquarters in Greenwood Village should go ahead and take down the American and Colorado flags and run up the Trump and Q flags that they hid in the closet for 2022.The party is done pretending in this state to reject the extremists’ lies that fueled an attack on the U.S. Capitol and caused a constitutional crisis. It’s a shocking decision following an election where even their most anti-Trump candidates got trounced at the polls.Last week Dave Williams, an election conspiracy theorist who maintains without evidence that the 2020 election was stolen, was regretfully nominated the head of the Colorado Republican Party.Williams certainly hasn’t come a long way since his college days when he used his position as student body president to discriminate against an LGBT student group at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.Since being ousted from student council in 2007, Williams has served as the chair of the El Paso County Repu...

Thefts of Kias, Hyundais in Colorado chase away auto insurance companies

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:52 GMT

With car thefts spiking in Colorado the past few years, three auto insurance carriers are now declining to cover certain vehicles, leaving at-risk owners with fewer options.Allstate, State Farm and Progressive are passing over new owners of some Kia and Hyundai vehicles, as thieves steal those cars at higher rates. In 2021, Colorado held the No. 1 spot in the nation for motor vehicle thefts – and those rates continued to skyrocket in the first half of last year, according to the Rocky Mountain Insurance Association.In 2022, the top 10 U.S. cities for car thefts included Denver, Aurora, Westminster and Pueblo, according to the nonprofit.From July through September of last year, the majority of the state’s most-stolen vehicles were either Kia models – Sportage, Optima, Sorento and Soul – or Hyundai – Tuscan, Sonata and Elantra. Truck owners were also targeted, with Chevy Silverados, Ford F-250s and GMC Sierras making the list.Some of these thefts are blamed on a social media tre...