At around 7 a.m., EMS officials received a call that a vehicle was swept off the road into a creek in the 1100 block of Rutland Drive. AUSTIN, Texas — Officials with Austin-Travis County EMS (ATCEMS) conducted a water rescue Sunday morning after a vehicle was swept into a creek in north Austin. ATCEMS officials … Read more
One of the founding members of the Dixie Chicks was killed in a car crash in El Paso. Laura Lynch, 65, was killed around 5:45 p.m. on Friday on Highway 62, the Texas Department of Public Safety told multiple media outlets. DPS officials said Lynch was traveling eastbound when a driver traveling westbound attempted to … Read more
One person was reportedly hit while running from a crashed vehicle.
SAN ANTONIO – When Santa makes his rounds tonight, you can bet he’ll be stopping at the San Antonio Zoo. That’s what Santa himself told little Aluna, the zoo’s baby sloth. Aluna got to sit on Santa’s lap for the first time last week and the zoo posted the adorable video on its social pages. … Read more
Houston fell behind early and couldn’t recover, dropping to 8-7 on the season. HOUSTON — Amari Cooper set a franchise record with 265 yards receiving and scored two touchdowns and a 2-point conversion to move the Cleveland Browns closer to a playoff berth with a 36-22 win over the Houston Texans on Sunday. Cooper’s performance … Read more
Of the 10 teams picked for Christmas this year, 9 also played on Dec. 25 last year. A few other franchises have been waiting a while to be part of the lineup. MIAMI — Erik Spoelstra was part of 12 Christmas games as a staff member, assistant coach or head coach in his first 20 … Read more
It’s not a secret that Fantasia Barrino did not want to play Celie again. The “American Idol” winner hadn’t had the best time doing “The Color Purple” on Broadway. The protagonist of Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel tells her story of sexual, physical and psychological abuses in the early 20th century South in a series … Read more