Новости за 06.07.2020

The Fourth of July weekend looked very different for one Austin man — spending the holiday inside his room at the City's isolation facility with COVID-19.

The average loan amount for the entire program was $107,000, the Treasury Department said in a broad summary of the program.

According to the university's website, The Texas State University System Board of Regents approved the electronic course fee in November 2005.

"There is so much value of having those professional educators, who are involved in teaching children those basic core subjects, but it's also more than that," Dr. Camp said. "Kids have so many social-emotional developmental processes that take place at school. Those interactions are so critical to their growth as an individual."

On June 30, the Williamson County Commissioners Court signed an agreement to improve service, which includes more testing sites and a scheduling process where people will not have to wait for a call back to get an appointment. The two had originally signed an agreement April 27, which provided two testing locations in Round Rock and Cedar Park.

ATC EMS, the Elgin Fire Department, Travis County ESD 12 and STAR Flight are responding.

Leo DeSantis, a visually impaired Austin student, qualified as a finalist to compete in the July finals. The freshman is one of the 50 selected from around the world — each placed into five categories based on their age.

The Round Rock Police Department has shut down the road outside its police station after a suitcase was left outside the building.

The case has been dismissed "pending further investigation" by the Austin Police Department cold case unit, according to the Travis County District Attorney's Office.

The Black national anthem was born more than a century ago, but the popular hymn within the African American community called “Lift Every Voice and Sing” has resurrected a beacon of hope during nationwide protests.

The chart ranks common activities from 1 (low risk) to 10 (high risk). Low-risk activities include opening the mail (1), getting takeout from a restaurant (2) or pumping gas (2).

"The entire mission is to work with small business here in Fredericksburg, then take their iconic products and put them in boxes," he said.

Title III of the ADA says businesses, which are referred to as public accommodations, "may impose legitimate safety requirements that are necessary for safe operation." Those safety requirements have to be based on actual risks, said Diego Demaya, the Director of ADA Technical Assistance with the Southwest ADA Center.

These two new testing sites are for residents of those neighborhoods and specifically for those who are uninsured and may not be able to access a test elsewhere.

On Sunday, Adler said one option, considered to be a last resort at this time, would be a 35-day shutdown in the city.

Crews from the Bastrop County Emergency Services District No. 2 recovered a body from Lake Bastrop on Friday.

Pflugerville police said two people have died after a chase with officers led to a crash on Friday.

A preemptive agreement is in place between Hays County and Texas State University to house quarantining COVID-19 first responders at a student housing facility through July.

The Gillespie County Sheriff's Office will not enforce Gov. Greg Abbott's statewide face mask order and will not require deputies to wear a mask while on duty, according to the GCSO's Facebook page.

The Guillen family attorney Natalie Khawam confirmed to FOX 44 in Waco on Sunday that the remains found along the Leon River in Bell County have been positively identified as Specialist Vanessa Guillen.

The surge of new COVID-19 cases that led Gov. Greg Abbott to put a statewide mask order in place also has state leaders defending the response to the virus.

An Austin man is accused of using a Molotov cocktail to start a fire at an east Austin apartment, according to an arrest affidavit.

A little girl from central Texas is up against a big fight with cancer. But that is not stopping her from spreading joy and inspiration wherever she goes.

Correa spoke at length after Sunday’s workout about the importance of personal responsibility among the players if they hope to get through this 60-game season.

Construction began this week on a joint Austin Fire Department and Austin-Travis County Emergency Services station in an effort to boost emergency response times in a southwest Austin community.