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Central Texas top stories for January 23, 2025. UT Austin students held an on-campus rally yesterday against President Donald Trump’s administration. Overnight cold weather shelters in Austin will be open again tonight. Officials at Austin Bergstrom International airport are still trying to attract a nonstop flight to somewhere in Eastern Asia. The Texas Senate and House have each unveiled their state budget proposals for the next two years.

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Central Texas top stories for January 22, 2025. This morning was the coldest of the season. First-responders say two people died as a result of the freezing temperatures. Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick indicated he was open to clarifying the exception for Texas’ near-total abortion ban. The Texas Department of Agriculture is now accepting applications for a summer program that makes free meals available to children statewide.

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Most students in the United States read Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter sometime during school. It’s the fictional story of Hester Prynne, who has a child out of wedlock and suffers consequences for it. Hester Prynne is based on a real person. And that real case, and the non-fiction book it inspired at the time, are chronicled in the new non-fiction book All the Sinners Bow: Two Authors, One Murder, and the real Hester Prynne. Author Kate Winkler Dawson is a professor of practice in journalism and media at the University of Texas at Austin and a true crime historian and podcaster. She talked recently with KUT’s Jennifer Stayton about the controversial case of Sara Maria Cornell, who was found hanging from a haystack pole in New England in 1832.

You can hear more from Kate Winkler Dawson about All the Sinners Bow Thursday night at 7:00 p.m. at First Light Books on Speedway in Austin. You can also find out more about her latest book in a KUT post about January reading recommendations from some Austin-area librarians.

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Central Texas top stories for January 22, 2025. The winter storm is behind us, but cold weather lingers as Austin sees the coldest temperatures registered this winter. Reproductive rights activists are considering how to move their cause forward in Texas. The median sales price of a home in Austin rose last month.

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Central Texas top stories for January 21, 2025. The winter storm has moved out and the snow that fell has been melting away. Austin and Travis County officials have been pleased with the response to winter weather warnings. Austin Travis County EMS has responded to nearly 40 weather-related calls since Monday morning, with two exposure-related deaths occurring overnight. Peoples’ reactions to the fleeting winter weather. The snow-sleet-graupel combo that fell in Austin has disrupted the city’s curbside collection services.

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Central Texas top stories for January 21, 2025. The Austin area is covered in snow this morning, some areas of the city got more snow than others. School districts are closed, and some City services will operate under modified schedules. Sales prices on homes in the Austin area rose, which is rare for this time of year.  

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Central Texas top stories for January 20, 2025. Winter weather hits the Austin area. The city of Austin is activating its 24-hour emergency operation center. Travel impacts are expected from tonight’s winter storm. Plumbers have not seen an uptick in burst pipes so far this winter. HEB is adjusting store hours ahead of tonight’s winter storm.

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Central Texas top stories for January 20, 2025. We might get some snow in the Austin area, but it might not linger for too long. Here’s how to protect your pipes from freezing weather. City closures are expected in observance of MLK day today and due to the winter storm tomorrow.

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Central Texas top stories for January 17, 2025. An arctic blast will hit Austin this weekend. When to drip your faucets. Austin’s annual MLK Day march is cancelled due to the cold weather. A professor at UT Austin is being inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame for his contributions to the development of vaccines against COVID-19 and RSV. Sebastian Driussi is leaving Austin FC.

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Central Texas top stories for January 17, 2025. Another artic blast is heading to the Austin area this weekend. A UT professor is being inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame.  

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