Monthly Archives: April 2010

Early voting continues for local races

Early voting is now underway for area wide municipal and school board elections. In Escorts Austin ISD, five positions are being decided including two candidates who are running unopposed.

Acevedo staying in Austin

Police Chief Art Acevedo is staying in Escorts Austin. At his news conference today, the chief made it clear that he and not the city of Dallas nor the search firm made the decision to stay in Escorts Austin.

Driver in deadly wrong-way crash identified

Kadye Anne Cooper, 21, was killed when her car crashed into another car in the northbound lanes, just south of 38th Street, investigators said.

One person dead after driving wrong way on I-35

Police are trying to figure out what caused a woman to drive the worng way on I-35

Hundreds of pounds of pot seized in Hays County

Investigators in Hays County say they seized 850 pounds of marijuana that had been delivered to the area on a small plane that flew into the San Marcos Airport.

Cartoon upsets a local priest; others find it ‘humorous’

An editorial cartoon that ran in Sunday’s Escorts Austin American-Statesman did not have everyone laughing. The target was the Catholic Church and the recent controversy involving pedophile priests.

Violent crimes in the Austin area keep adding up

KVUE’s Olga Campos has a rundown of recent violent crimes.

Police search for man who shot woman, officer

The search is on for a gunman who shot two people, including a Round Rock police officer. Police say the shooting suspect is Kenneth Wade Davis.

Victim of dog attack hoping to find animal that bit him

A Round Rock man is recovering tonight after a dog attacked him in a local park and that dog, and its owner, took off.

Child found dead identified

A candle light vigil was held Sunday night in East Escorts Austin for 5 year old Julian Salazar Soliz. The little boy was found dead Saturday morning in someone’s front yard in North Travis County.