Austin DWI News
- Authorites urge safe lake use over holiday weekend 2013-05-24
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- 21-year-old denies Senior Center theft 2013-05-24
- A suspect linked with thefts from the Mower County Senior Center denied charges against him Thursday in Mower County Court. Brennon Scott Randall, 21, of Austin, pleaded not guilty to felonies for third-degree burglary and theft and not guilty to petty misdemeanor charges for marijuana and drug paraphernalia possession. An Austin Police officer stopped a [...]
- Community News: Austin police announce no-refusal weekend 2013-05-23
- TRAVIS COUNTYAUSTINPolice announce no-refusal weekendAustin police are enforcing a no-refusal initiative for Memorial Day weekend beginning at 9 p.
- Police Chief, attorney discuss DWI on Austin morning show 2013-05-23
- AUSTIN -- In the United States, the legal limit for drinking and driving is a blood alcohol content of .08. However, the National Transportation Safety Board has recommended lowering that to .05. That proposal brought about an interesting discussion Thursday as Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo and a DWI attorney sat in on an Austin radio show. It led to a spirited discussion about DWI on KLBJ-FM ...
- No refusal weekend for drivers, boaters starts Friday 2013-05-23
- The Austin Police Department is conducting one of their no refusal weekends this Memorial Day weekend. That mean that if you're pulled over either in a vehicle or a boat for suspicion of driving or boating
- APD enforces No Refusal weekend for drivers, boaters 2013-05-23
- AUSTIN -- Police have announced they will enforce a No Refusal Initiative for drivers as well as boaters over Memorial Day weekend. APD's DWI Enforcement and Lake Patrol Units will be out in full force to make sure people aren't driving or boating while drunk. The initiative will begin Friday, May 24, at 9 p.m. and will continue through Tuesday, May 28, at 5 a.m. Under the No Refusal Initiative ...
- Headlines 2013-05-23
- › City Council meets today (May 23) on a hefty agenda with perhaps some disappearing items; most specifically, it looks like the attempt to create an independent governing board for Austin Energy has finally come a cropper.
- Letters to the editor 05/23 2013-05-22
- Re: May 20 article, “Weather decimates peach crop.”Here is yet another article documenting the effects of climate change without even once mentioning the term.
- Central Texas law enforcement joins forces to end distracted driving 2013-05-21
- Law enforcement agencies across Central Texas are joining forces to end distracted driving to make sure drivers and their passengers arrive to their destinations safely. The first "Arrive Alive" initiative
- Travis County Commissioner calls for DA's resignation 2013-05-21
- AUSTIN -- Only one member of the Travis County Commissioners Court is calling for District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg to resign. Gerald Daugherty said it would be best for the community if Lehmberg quit. During their meeting Tuesday morning, the county's legal office told commissioners they don't have the power to force Lehmberg to leave. Most, however, supported the embattled DA and said she ...
- Travis County Commissioners discuss fate of D.A. Rosemary Lehmberg 2013-05-21
- Travis County Commissioners take on the issue of whether District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg should lose her job. This is in response to her April DWI conviction.
- Commissioners discuss authority over DA Lehmberg 2013-05-21
- AUSTIN -- On Tuesday Travis County Commissioners began discussing their authority over District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg. Lehmberg pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated in April, served jail time, then went to a treatment facility. Many people think she will step down from office. Last week protesters held a banner over Interstate 35, reading "Honk if Rosemary Should Resign." Lehmberg ...
- Police reports: May 20 2013-05-21
- Monday —Animal complaint at County Road 19 north of Rose Creek. —Adams Ambulance dispatched to the 14800 block of Highway 56 in Adams. —Subject arrested on a Nicollet County warrant in Mower County. —One arrested for second-degree DWI in the 100 block of Oakland Avenue East. —Report of harassment in the 700 block of 21st [...]
- Texas DPS adds patrols for Memorial Day weekend 2013-05-20
- AUSTIN -- More Texas troopers will be on patrol over the Memorial Day weekend watching for speeders, drunken drivers and travelers not wearing seat belts. The Department of Public Safety says increased holiday patrols will begin Friday and run through the Monday holiday. DPS troopers last Memorial Day weekend arrested 609 DWI violators and wrote more than 6,000 speeding citations. DPS also had ...
- Austin man rescued from sinking car 2013-05-18
- An Austin man is in jail after an accident in New Braunfels Saturday sank his car in a pond.
