2008-09-05: 4B Approves DT Master Plan Funding
     City Council must now decide if they want to fund more than 60% of a nearly 200-thousand dollar study, looking at downtown issues like parking, hotels, and space management, now that the 4B Board has ...
     -KGNB News

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2008-09-05: Rabies Alert for South Texas
     In Austin, where health officials have issued a rabies exposure warning to all Central Texans. The Austin American Statesmen reports that a bat found in downtown Austin this week has tested positive ...
     -KGNB/AAS

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2008-09-05: WurstBowl: Shuttles and Stadium Rules
     Well, it's Friday and tonight, two local high school teams will take the field in search of city-wide bragging rights, when the New Braunfels Unicorns face the Canyon Cougars in what has become known ...
     -KGNB News

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2008-09-05: New Light Active on FM 306 in CC
     A new traffic signal was turned on near Canyon Lake High School, hopefully increasing the safety of students and parents in that area north of Canyon Lake. TXDOT Area Engineer Greg Malatek says that ...
     -KGNB News

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2008-09-05: Hays Deputy Dies Following Wreck
     The San Marcos Daily Record reports that the Hays County Sheriff's Deputy that was hit by a truck while he rode his bicycle to work last week has died in the hospital. Initial police reports indicate...
     -KGNB/SM-DR

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2008-09-05: EAA Filing Deadline is Today
     Today is the deadline to apply for one of the 9 seats up for grabs on the Edward's Aquifer Authority Board of Directors. The filing period began back at the beginning of July, and wraps up today at 5...
     -KGNB News

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2008-09-05: Guad. Deputies Stumble on Crime
     Now to Seguin: The Gazette reports that a pair of Guadalupe County Sheriff's deputies, on an early-morning trip to Walmart, stumbled across a crime in progress, and ended up with a busy morning. Abo...
     -KGNB/S-G

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2008-09-05: Some Want a Later "Last Call"
     Last call for alcohol. You normally hear that just before midnight at local drinking establishments. But out in the county, there are some that have recently begun looking at changing when you hear ...
     -KGNB News

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2008-09-05: 4 Arrested for Robbing 93-yr Old
     Out of Hays County: The American Statesmen reports that bond has been set at 45-thousand dollars each for 4 young Hays County males accused of restraining and robbing a 93-year old man in Buda in bro...
     -KGNB/AAS

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2008-09-05: San Marcos Fire Chief Taking New Job
     Now to San Marcos: The Daily Record reports that San Marcos Fire Chief Mike Baker has accepted the position of Fire Chief for the city of Copperas Cove. Baker, whose son Josh, by the way, is a New B...
     -KGNB/SM-DR

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2008-09-05: Funeral for NBMS Student This Weekend
     Funeral services for a 14-year old New Braunfels Middle School student who died this week will begin this weekend. Visitation for 14-year old Jamie Sanchez begins on Sunday, from 8am o 9pm, with a ro...
     -KGNB News

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2008-09-05: Gustav Evacuees Remain in NB
     While portions of the Gulf Coast recover from the damages left by Hurricane Gustav, there are still over 60 evacuees here in New Braunfels at the New Beginnings Christian Center, while the portion of ...
     -KGNB News

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2008-09-05: Mid-Texas Symphony Show This Weekend
     If you're looking for something to do this weekend, you might check out the Mid-Texas Symphony as they kick-off their 08-09 season this Sunday with Beethoven and Brahms, a performance featuring an awa...
     -KGNB News

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2008-09-05: Texas Immunizations Up
     A new national survey shows that 19% more Texas children are being immunized compared to 5 years ago. The US Centers for Disease Control says Texas' immunization rate was 77.4% in 2007, up from 65% i...
     -KGNB News

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2008-09-05: Bank Robber Sentenced to 57-months
     Out of San Antonio: An admitted bank robber, 38-year old Raymond Abreu Jr. was sentenced to 57-months in federal prison and 3-years of supervised release yesterday in federal court. The man pled gui...
     -KGNB News

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2008-09-05: Loop 410 Closures in SA this Weekend
     TXDOT says they are planning to close a big section of Loop 410 this weekend. The westbound main lanes of Loop 410 will be closed from Exchange Parkway to Culebra beginning at 10 o'clock tonight. Al...
     -KGNB News

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2008-09-05: NCAA Eyes SA for Final 4 Again
     San Antonio remains one of 10 finalists in the running to host one of five NCAA Men's Basketball Final Four tournaments. The NCAA is considering the cities for the 2012 to 2016 Final Fours, and site ...
     -KGNB News

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2008-09-05: Perry Petitioned to Stay Execution
     Out of Houston: More than 20 judges have signed a letter asking Texas Governor Rick Perry to delay the execution of Charles Dean Hood by 30 days. Hood was recently granted a hearing that is set to t...
     -KGNB News

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2008-09-05: Southwest Cuts Cash for In-Flight Drinks
     Starting next week, the policy will be no cash allowed on Southwest Airlines flights. From their Dallas headquarters, executives say credit or debit cards will be the only way to pay for in-flight co...
     -KGNB News

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2008-09-04: New NB Library Director Chosen
     More news out of City Hall today: City Manager Michael Morrison announced his selection for the new director of the Public Library. Gretchen Pruett has been named as the new director, replacing form...
     -KGNB News

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2008-09-04: 4B Looks at DT Master Plan Study Funding
     The New Braunfels 4B Board will take a hard look at funding 95-thousand dollars for a downtown master plan study when they meet tonight at City Hall. The study would look at parking needs, hotel need...
     -KGNB News

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2008-09-04: Former Marion PD Chief In Court for DWIs
     In Seguin: The Gazette reports that the former police chief for Marion, Tony Plaid, was back in court yesterday, on the two drunk driving charges he's facing. If you'll remember, the Gazette origina...
     -KGNB/S-G

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2008-09-04: Calling on O-Neg Blood Donors
     The South Texas Blood and Tissue Center is putting out a call for more O-negative blood donors, and they say they need Hispanic donors, since they have a better than 50% chance of carrying the O-negat...
     -KGNB News

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2008-09-04: DT Elgin Fire Destroys Cleaners Building
     Now to Elgin: The American Statesmen reports that a fire in downtown Elgin severely damaged a clothes cleaning business and caused evacuations of other nearby businesses yesterday. Just the Modern C...
     -KGNB/AAS

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2008-09-04: NB Wrapping Up Budget Process
     New Braunfels City Council is wrapping up this year's budget cycle, and they'll hold the final public hearing on the tax rate tonight at 6 in Council Chambers at City Hall. The final vote on both the...
     -KGNB News

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2008-09-04: Comal County Comm's Court Notes
     Don't forget about this morning's Comal County Commissioners Court meeting in downtown New Braunfels. As we told you yesterday, there is an item on the agenda to look at re-instating the burn ban, bu...
     -KGNB News

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2008-09-04: SM Man Arrested for Road Rage Incident
     Now to San Marcos, where the Daily Record reports that a 29-year old man was arrested over the Labor Day Holiday for an apparent road rage incident where the man brandished a gun, pointing it at the o...
     -KGNB/SM-DR

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2008-09-04: SM Man Tasered During Stop
     Now to San Marcos: The Daily Record reports that a 21-year old man who refused to stop for a police officer was tasered and then arrested near downtown San Marcos. Styron Hale was reportedly involve...
     -KGNB/SM-DR

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2008-09-04: Guad. Deputy Chases Down Suspect
     The Seguin Gazette reports that an illegal immigrant, running from a police officer along Westbound I-10, almost got away, but the officer in the end, was the one who wasn't giving up. Guadalupe Coun...
     -KGNB/S-G

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2008-09-04: SM Ag Assault/Child Endangerment Arrest
     The San Marcos Daily Record reports that an 18-year old man was charged with aggravated assault and endangering a child this past Sunday afternoon. 18-year old Edward Sanchez is accused of choking hi...
     -KGNB/SM-DR

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2008-09-04: Fred/Gillespie Co. Tax Notes
     Up to Fredericksburg: Their City Council is finalizing their budget and tax rate, like most other government agencies this time of year. The Express News reports that a public hearing will be held t...
     -KGNB/SA-EN

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2008-09-04: * Dogs Die in Hot Animal Control Truck
     Out of Houston: The Express News reports that 8 dogs died last week in a hot animal control truck when the animal control officer left them in their cages in the modified bed of the truck while she w...
     -KGNB/SA-EN

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2008-09-03: Airport Director Resigns/Interim Named
     Some news out of City Hall: City Manager Michael Morrison announced yesterday that the New Braunfels Airport is changing directions. Longtime Airport Director Andy Spinks was asked to hand in his re...
     -KGNB News

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2008-09-03: Voting in Nov? Register Now!
     If you plan on voting in this November's election and you're not registered yet, then time is running out. The deadline to register to vote in the November election is October 6th. If you've never v...
     -KGNB News

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2008-09-03: NB Budget Process Nearing End
     New Braunfels City Council is just a couple of steps away from completing the budget and tax rate process for the next fiscal year, after they held a public hearing on the tax rate, and approved the f...
     -KGNB News

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2008-09-03: SM Begins Largest Ever Road Project
     Now to San Marcos, where the largest transportation project in the city's history is now underway. Officials broke ground yesterday on the 26.2-million dollar Wonder World Drive Extension project, wh...
     -KGNB News

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2008-09-03: Another CISD Bond Likely by 2010
     During yesterday's edition of the Schools in Session Show, we featured Comal ISD School Board President Bill Swint, who talked with us about a number of issues, including growth and the need for anoth...
     -KGNB News

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2008-09-03: Burn Ban Back on Comm's Court Agenda
     The county burn ban is back on the Commissioner's Court agenda this week. That meeting is set for tomorrow morning at 8:15, and County Fire Marshall Wayne Ellington says that although the fire danger...
     -KGNB News

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2008-09-03: Only 3 Public Boat Ramps Open at CL
     As we reported yesterday, the level of Canyon Lake continues to drop, and now only 3 county-operated boat ramps are open. The County Engineer's Office announced yesterday that once the lake hit 902.1...
     -KGNB News

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2008-09-03: NBPD/CCSO Report Light Labor Day Weekend
     Both the County Sheriff's Office and the New Braunfels Police Departments report a pretty light Labor Day Weekend. The holiday weekend statistics show that the Comal County Sheriff's Office issued ju...
     -KGNB News

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2008-09-03: Allergy Levels Spike in Recent Days
     If your allergies have been kicking in lately, there's good reason for it. We've seen a dramatic spike in allergens in the air here in South Texas over the last week or so, with molds at the top of t...
     -KGNB News

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2008-09-03: Hundreds of Evacuees Going Home
     Hundreds of evacuees are going home after Hurricane Gustav spared much of the Gulf Coast from heavy damage. The number of evacuees in San Antonio went from 12-hundred down to about 4-hundred yesterda...
     -KGNB News

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2008-09-03: Hays County Tax Rate Public Hearing
     Now to Hays County, where County Commissioners are set to hold a public hearing on their tax rate this morning. The American Statesmen reports that Hays County has a proposed tax rate of 45½-cents p...
     -KGNB/AAS

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2008-09-03: Comal County Fair Just Weeks Away
     It's almost Comal County Fair time! The 115th Comal County Fair is just 3 weeks away, with the parade on the 26th, and the usual Fairground activities that whole weekend. And this year's Fair will f...
     -KGNB News

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2008-09-03: Two Austin Companies Cutting Jobs
     Two Austin-area businesses have announced major job cuts. Over the next several months, the Cypress Semiconductor Corporation will cut over 2-hundred jobs, essentially closing down their Round Rock p...
     -KGNB News

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2008-09-03: UTSA/OLLU News Notes
     Some higher education news: UTSA is offering a new degree program. Their School of Business and College of Architecture say they will partner up to offer a master's of science degree in Construction...
     -KGNB News

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2008-09-03: Calling on TX Artists
     The State of Texas is looking for a few good…artists! The Texas Commission on the Arts is looking for nominations for their annual awards program, where they name the State Poet Laureate, the State...
     -KGNB News

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2008-09-03: Schieffer Comes to Austin
     One of the nation's most respected journalists will be appearing in Austin this month. Emmy award-winning news anchor and Broadcasting Hall of Fame member Bob Schieffer will be speaking at St. Edward...
     -KGNB News

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2008-09-03: Chicken Fried Bacon?
     Out of Dallas: The thoroughly Texan Chicken Fried Bacon won the Best Taste Award at this year's State Fair in Dallas. Monday was the 4th Annual Big Tex Choice Awards, and the Most Creative ribbon we...
     -KGNB News

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2008-09-02: Gustav: NB Evacuees and How You Can Help
     Evacuees scattered across the lower United States are being urged to stay put for now, while storm damage from Hurricane Gustav is being surveyed today. San Antonio became a major hub for evacuees on...
     -KGNB News

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2008-09-02: VOAD Runs Emergency Ops in NB/CC
     The umbrella organization overseeing all disaster assistance fforts in New Braunfels in Comal County is a group called VOAD. And Sunday afternoon, VOAD held an emergency meeting begin organizing for ...
     -KGNB News

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2008-09-02: NB City Meetings This Week
     Now that the Labor Day holiday is over, there are a couple of city meetings happening this week we want to remind you about.

This Wednesday the city will hold another public workshop as they co...
     -KGNB News

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2008-09-02: Accident on BUS123 Shuts Down Power
     The Seguin Gazette reports that some residents lost power over the weekend after a traffic accident took out a utility pole along Business 123. The wreck happened just before 9 Saturday night at the ...
     -KGNB/S-G

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2008-09-02: Motorcycle Accident on RR12 in SM
     Now to San Marcos, where the Daily Record reports that a motorcycle accident over the Labor Day weekend sent 2 people to the hospital. The unidentified couple were reportedly riding their BMW motorcy...
     -KGNB/SM-DR

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2008-09-02: ST Weather Post-Gustav
     It looks like South Central Texas won't see much of a change in weather pattern because of Gustav. Our extended forecast shows nothing but sunshine and warm temperatures for the next 10 days. But re...
     -KGNB News

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2008-09-02: Jury: TLU Partly Responsible in Death
     Out of Seguin: The Gazette reports that a Guadalupe County jury last Friday decided that the 2004 death of a Texas Lutheran University cross country runner was almost entirely the fault of the man wh...
     -KGNB/S-G

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2008-09-02: Judge: San Marcos Art Car IS Junk
     A Federal judge has ruled that the Planet K art car must go. The Austin American Statesman reports that U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks has told the owners of the junked out car to remove it from publ...
     -KGNB/AAS

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2008-09-02: CISD Parent Summit Scheduled
     On to school related news: It's back to school today for students in both local school districts, after having the day off yesterday. And as they're preparing for the rest of the year, parents and o...
     -KGNB News

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2008-09-02: Shriner Circus Continues in Seguin Today
     The Alzafar Shrine Circus took over the Comal County Fairgrounds yesterday for their fall tour, which runs into the last weekend in November. Hundreds of kids and their parents packed to the two show...
     -KGNB News

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2008-09-02: Fraud Sends Man to Prison for 27 years
     Out of Austin: The man who led a multimillion dollar mortgage fraud scheme and was found in a house outside of Lockhart last month, was sentenced to 27 years in prison. 48-year old Cornelius Robinso...
     -KGNB News

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2008-09-02: Hays County Crime Leads to More Crime
     Out of Hays County: The American Statesmen says police there are looking for information on one theft, which has led to even more thievery. Hays County Crime Stoppers are investigating a truck break...
     -KGNB/AAS

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2008-09-02: Large Fire on East Side of SA
     Out of San Antonio: The Express News reports that the plume of smoke seen over East San Antonio yesterday came from a large fire at a pallet company at the intersection of Essex and Cherry streets. ...
     -KGNB/SA-EN

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2008-08-29: One Week Later: Landa Plaza Fire
     We are now one week out from the largest fire seen in New Braunfels in decades. Last week Friday, just before 3pm, the Landa Plaza Shopping Center was having work done on its roof. But stray sparks ...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-29: 11 Vandals Implicated in Recent Spree
     The Express-News reports that 11 students at Boerne's Samuel Champion High School have admitted to a rash of vandalism incidents in Kendall, Bexar, and Comal Counties. Over 15-thousand dollars in dam...
     -KGNB/SA-EN

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2008-08-29: TX and LA Prepare for Gustav
     Tropical Storm Gustav is expected to regain Hurricane status today as it continues to line up with the US Gulf Coast. Specifically, it appears to be on a path that would take it either to Louisiana o...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-29: No Refusal Labor Day Weekend
     This weekend marks the official end of the summer tourism season for New Braunfels. School is back in session, but this weekend, kids will get one last taste of summer with a day off on Monday for La...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-29: NB Outer Loop Issue Community Forum
     Well, the New Braunfels Outer Loop issue continues, now that TXDOT has extended the study into next year, instead of wrapping it up here at the end of august as expected. Last night, a community foru...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-29: NB Chamber News Notes
     The chamber's Government Affairs Committee has decided on the legislative priorities for the Chamber Board to consider for 2009. The committee has organized their list of 14 issues into categories, a...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-29: Motorcyclist Killed in SM I-35 Crash
     Now to San Marcos: A 21-year old motorcyclist was killed this week in a wreck along I-35. San Marcos officials say Zachary Glenn Wilcox was traveling with a group of motorcycle riders on Northbound ...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-29: SM to Begin Wonderworld Dr Project
     Out of San Marcos: The city's largest transportation project ever will get underway next week when San Marcos officials break ground on the Wonder World Drive extension project. The 26.2-million dol...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-29: NBU Capital Project Details Coming at 5
     The NBU board of directors met yesterday afternoon to discuss the utilities upcoming capital improvement projects. We'll have the specifics on those projects today at 5 on the KGNB 5 o'clock Breakdow...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-29: NB Children's Museum Offers Music Prgm
     The McKenna Children's Museum is now offering a new program for kids. The Children's Museum has teamed up with a local music teacher to give New Braunfels children a chance to perform at several comm...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-29: Living Legends on Comment
     Don't miss this weekend's Comment Show. We'll be sitting down with the newest living legends of New Braunfels. Yesterday you heard from Arno Becker, and today we're focusing on Roxolin Krueger, who w...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-29: Gas Main Explosion Near Luling
     Now to Stairtown Texas, near Luling, where a natural gas pipeline explosion just before 8 yesterday morning rocked Caldwell County with what many described as the force of an earthquake. Numerous hom...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-29: Texas AG on New GPA Method
     The Texas Attorney General has delayed the start-up of a new statewide method of calculating student GPA's, or grade-point averages. A law put in place in 2007 requires that all Texas schools use a s...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-29: Mervyn's Closing Sales Begin
     Now to San Antonio, where store closing sales have begun at the two Mervyn's stores that are shutting down as part of a nationwide reorganization of the company, after it filed for bankruptcy in July....
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-29: Major Wastewater Leak in Austin
     Now to Austin, where crews spent hours cleaning up a 100-thousand gallon wastewater spill in the Onion Creek Basin. A spokesman for the Austin Water Utility said a damaged manhole cover fell into the...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-28: Judy's Kitchen Set to Re-open on Friday
     Continuing our look at the businesses affected by last Friday's fire at the Landa Plaza Shopping Center: Less than a week after the devastating blaze, businesses in that complex are already y re-open...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-28: 4B Special Mtg Next Week
     The New Braunfels 4B Board has called a special meeting next week. First, they'll discuss matching the funds contributed from the city, chamber, and local Economic Development Foundation for a downto...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-28: CISD Approves 08/09 Budget
     The Comal ISD School Board finalized and adopted the08/09 School year Budget last night. Deborah Smith, the CISD's Assistant Superintendent for Business Services says the CISD's budget tops out at 13...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-28: NB/Seg Wager on HS Football Game
     This Friday, the longest continuing High School Football Rivalry in Texas will continue as the Guadalupe River Bowl kicks off in Seguin between the New Braunfels Unicorns and the Seguin Matadors. Las...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-28: Gustav Concerns for the Gulf Coast
     State and federal emergency management officials are asking Texas residents to take a few minutes to prepare for the possibility that Tropical Storm Gustav may hit the Texas Gulf Coast. Gustav is mov...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-28: Tri-County Gas Prices Still Dropping
     Gas prices continue to drop. Here in the Tri-County area, gas prices have been on a steady decline for the last few weeks, topping out at near 4-dollars a gallon just over a month ago. Now, San Marc...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-28: Walnut Roadwork Rescheduled
     As you may have heard yesterday here on KGNB, NBU officials have canceled the roadwork expected this week on Walnut Avenue towards County Line Road. That work will now be rescheduled for next week so...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-28: Legends Featured on Comment Show
     This weekend on the Comment Show, KGNB will have the chance to sit down with the newest set of Living Legends in New Braunfels. To hear from those 3 Living Legends, Arno Becker, Roxolin Krueger and J...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-28: ConocoPhillips to Sell Gas Stations
     Houston-based ConocoPhillips wants out of the retail gas business. Company officials announced this week that they are negotiating a deal to sell about 600 of their remaining company-owned or company...
     -KGNB/H-C

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2008-08-28: Bastrop Man Kills Home Intruder
     Out to Bastrop, where their county sheriff's office is now investigating the shooting death of an alleged home-intruder. Officials say they received a 911 call early Tuesday morning from a Dillon Wil...
     -KGNB/KXAN

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2008-08-28: Perry Appoints Austin man to WCD
     Texas Governor Rick Perry has named Rod Bordelon of Austin as the new commissioner of the Workers' Compensation Division at the Texas Department of Insurance. He replaces Albert Betts of Austin, serv...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-28: Free Shredding in Austin in September
     The Better Business Bureau of Central Texas is trying to help prevent identity theft, so they're offering free document shredding next month. Businesses and individuals can bring up to three boxes of...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-28: Horror Film Fest in SA
     Out of San Antonio: Students and film makers from around the world are in San Antonio for the Horrific Film Fest. The event begins with a costumed zombie walk at 7 this evening in Hemisfair Park, an...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-28: 18-wheeler Fire on I-10 in SA
     Down to San Antonio where an 18-wheeler fire tied up traffic for hours in the downtown area yesterday. Just before 11am, the big rig hauling cardboard boxes caught fire on the eastbound lanes of I-10...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-28: Wanted Officer Turns Himself In
     The Bexar County sheriff's deputy, wanted for an assault in Austin, has turned himself in. Lawrence James Diamond allegedly assaulted his girlfriend at the Doubletree Hotel this week, and then fled t...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-28: BLood Needed Badly in Austin
     The Central Texas Blood Bank, different than the South Texas Blood and Tissue Center, is in desperate need of blood donations. The call for donors went out this week from the Blood and Tissue Center ...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-27: Salvation Army Offices Re-open Today
     Even as the demolition process continues at the Landa Plaza Shopping Center after last Friday's fire that destroyed the majority of the once-iconic New Braunfels shopping complex, some stores are re-o...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-27: City To Hold CIP Public Wkshp Tonight
     New Braunfels City Council meets tonight for a public workshop on their 5-year Capital Improvement Plan. Council wants the public's input on which issues should be the top priority for the city over ...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-27: CISD To Approve Budget Tonight
     In school related news: The Comal ISD School Board meets tonight to finalize their budget for next school year. The 08/09 Budget will be discussed by the board one last time, and then the public wil...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-27: Walnut Ave Closures Begin Today
     Just a quick reminder about the roadwork expected today and the next couple of days on Walnut Avenue as you make your way towards County Line Road. NBU crews are replacing some electric equipment alo...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-27: Reports of Rabies to Increase this Fall
     The Texas Department of State Health Services is warning Texas residents about an increased chance for rabies as we head into the Fall season. September and October often have the highest number of l...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-27: SM/Hays Co. Political News Notes
     Some political news out of San Marcos and Hays County:

First, it looks like a 3-way race for the Mayor's spot on San Marcos City Council. 50-year old Incumbent Mayor Susan Narviaz has drawn 2...
     -KGNB/SA-EN

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2008-08-27: New SAT Stats for TX School Kids
     Some new stats out of the state education office: More minority students are taking the SAT's in Texas, with nearly 13% more Hispanics and 10% more African Americans taking the test this year. Now, ...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-27: Hays County Lifts Burn Ban
     Now to Hays County, where the Burn Ban has been lifted. Hays County Commissioners voted yesterday to lift their ban, after they finally got some good rain from the last couple of fronts we've had rol...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-27: Southwest Cutting Flights Next Year
     The Austin American Statesmen reports that Southwest Airlines has decided to cut nearly 200 flights starting early next year. The changes will take effect January 11th, and includes the carrier dropp...
     -KGNB/AAS

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2008-08-27: Another Hint: Hutchison for Gov.
     A quick political note: Another hint has been dropped that Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison will be running for Texas Governor in 2010. US Representative Michael McCaul let it slip that Hutchison has to...
     -KGNB/AAS

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2008-08-27: Austin Illegal Immigrant Bust
     Now to Austin where 7 immigrants involved in a human smuggling ring are in custody following a police chase through south Austin. An officer running radar along northbound I-35 near Onion Creek spott...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-27: Big Scholarships Available Through TWF
     The Texas Wildlife Foundation and the San Antonio Livestock Exposition are offering scholarships for kids interested in natural resource related fields. The 10-thousand dollar scholarships are availa...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-27: 9 TV Thieves Caught in SA
     Now to San Antonio, where police have busted a major ring of TV thieves, catching them red-handed. FOX News out of San Antonio reports that 9 men were arrested early yesterday morning after they were...
     -KGNB/KABB

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2008-08-27: GVTC Gets National Kudos
     It Looks like GVTC, or the Guadalupe Valley Telephone Co-op, has become the only area provider of fiber optics technology to make it to the Broadband Properties Magazine Top 100 list. The national re...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-26: Update: Landa Plaza Shopping Center Fire
     The demolition of the Landa Plaza Shopping Center got underway yesterday afternoon and it continues this morning. Crews initially began taking off the roof of the structure, and that allowed firefigh...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-26: NBU News: Power Outage / Walnut Closures
     A fairly major power outage was reported over the weekend here in New Braunfels. About 16-hundred residents along West San Antonio street, Krueger Street, Mill Street and several others had their pow...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-26: Air Quality Health Alert Day Today
     Today is another Air Quality Health Alert Day across South-Central Texas, our 2nd such ozone action day of this summer season. Today is expected to be hot and dry with very little breeze, which are p...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-26: Boerne Teens Plotted School Attack
     Now to Boerne, where the Express-News reports an 18-year old and a juvenile have been arrested for planning what police describe as a Columbine-like attack on Boerne's Samuel Champion High School. 18...
     -KGNB/SA-EN

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2008-08-26: Illegal Poker Games Busted in Guad. Co.
     The Seguin Gazette reports that two underground gambling operations have been broken up, following raids on illegal poker games over this past weekend. One illegal poker game was found in the 31-hund...
     -KGNB/S-G

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2008-08-26: Hays Deputy Hit by Car While on Bike
     Now to Kyle, where the Austin American Statesmen reports that a bicyclist was hit by a car yesterday morning on his way to work. 44-year old Hays County Sheriff's Officer Fernando Amaya was on his wa...
     -KGNB/AAS

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2008-08-26: Safe Shooting Prgm Starting in Hays Co
     Out of Hays County Commissioners Court: A new safe shooting program has started up in the wake of last year's tragic death of 7-year old Daniel Galicia, who was playing in his backyard when he was ap...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-26: Tips Still Sought in Gas Station Robbery
     New Braunfels Police are renewing their efforts for tips from the public on the robbery of the Fastway Food Mart at the Valero Station on Common Street at Gruene Road. On July 29th, a black male, abo...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-26: County Approves 2009 Budget
     Comal County Commissioners have approved the 2009 budget, with one amendment: the addition of a new dare officer for the Comal ISD. The budget is now set at about 48-million dollars, and does includ...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-26: Comal County GOP to Open HQ's Today
     Local Republicans are settling into their new offices today. The Comal County GOP has set-up shop in the 6-hundred block of North Walnut, in the former ReMax Real Estate building, and they plan to of...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-26: TXDOT Roadwork This Week
     Just a reminder that some TXDOT roadwork may get in your way this week. Highway 46, from Herbelin Road to FM 311, will have alternating lane closures in both directions from 8:30am to 3:30pm almost ev...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-26: AG Takes over PEC Investigation
     A state district judge has turned the investigation into the Pedernales Electric Cooperative over to the Texas Attorney General's Office. The American Statesmen reports that Blanco County District At...
     -KGNB/AAS

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2008-08-26: Man Guilty for DWI Death of Austin FF
     Now to Kyle, where the Austin American Statesmen reports that a bicyclist was hit by a car yesterday morning on his way to work. 44-year old Hays County Sheriff's Officer Fernando Amaya was on his wa...
     -KGNB/AAS

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2008-08-26: Bexar Co. Officer Wanted in Austin
     The search is on for a Bexar County Sheriff's Deputy in Austin. 26-year old Laurence James Diamond is accused of assaulting a woman at an Austin hotel yesterday morning. Police were called to the Do...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-26: Armed Man Caught at SA Private School
     In San Antonio: Police are questioning a man who was caught with a gun, knives, and a baseball bat near a Northwest-side private school yesterday morning. Parents originally confronted the man, and ...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-25: Landa Plaza Fire Update
     The owners of 9 stores gutted by a 4-alarm fire Friday at the Landa Plaza Shopping center will have their first chance to remove personal items and any valuables that may be left, before the structure...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-25: 3 Rollover Accidents Fri. into Sat.
     Local Emergency crews also had to deal with a rash of traffic accidents Friday into Saturday. Friday evening, just before 6, a rollover accident was reported on Highway 46, just west of Loop 337, nea...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-25: Chamber Likely to Oppose Sr. Tax Exempt.
     The New Braunfels Chamber's Government Affairs Committee will recommend to the Chamber Board of Directors that they take a stance against the Senior Citizen Tax Exemption issue that's on this November...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-25: Back to School Today!
     This week, most Texas schools are back in action. Some schools will wait until tomorrow, others may even wait until next week, but here in South Central Texas, today is the first day of classes for t...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-25: Seguin Trials Delayed Until Fall
     The Seguin Gazette reports that the trials for two Seguin men accused of killing infants won't happen until later this year, probably this Fall. 32-year old Michael League and 38-year old Edward Zamo...
     -KGNB/S-G

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2008-08-25: Weekend Rain Provides Relief for ST
     Stage 1 Water Restrictions in San Marcos have been lifted, ending over 3-months of tighter water restrictions for residents there. In fact, the whole South-Central Texas region is breathing a sigh of...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-25: Comal County GOP to Open HQ's Tomorrow
     Local Republicans are settling in to some new offices ahead of a very heated election season. The Comal County GOP has set-up shop in the 6-hundred block of North Walnut, in the former ReMax Real Est...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-25: 46 and Bus. 35 Roadwork this Week
     TXDOT roadwork this week may get in your way. Highway 46, from Herbelin Road to FM 311 will have alternating lane closures in both directions from 8:30am to 3:30pm almost all of this week as crews la...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-25: Two Council Meetings This Week
     Coming up tonight, New Braunfels City Council is giving the public another chance to weigh-in on next year's 131-million dollar budget. It's another public hearing, giving you the chance to give Coun...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-25: Ramsey Named to Water Planning Board
     Our local public works director has been named to the South Central Texas Regional Water Planning Group. Steve Ramsey was nominated by NBU, and has now been selected to serve on that planning committ...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-25: Golf Cart Theft at Canyon Lake Golf Club
     Comal County Crimestoppers are turning their attention to a bold thief that took off with a golf cart at the Canyon Lake Golf Club in the middle of the day last week. Just before 3 this past Tuesday,...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-25: Hays ISD Looking for New Superintendent
     The Hays Consolidated Independent School District has begun its search for their next superintendent. Kirk London retired from that position at the end of this last school year after 5-years with the...
     -KGNB/AAS

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2008-08-25: Big $ for Crime Victim Organizations
     Texas Governor Rick Perry is putting some big money behind organizations that support victims of crime. Last week, the Governor announced he would be handing out nearly 21-million dollars to 179 prog...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-25: Texas State Univ. News Notes
     First, Texas State University has approved a Criminal Justice doctoral program. Now they just need approval by the Texas Higher Education Board. Currently, the Texas State Criminal Justice Departmen...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-25: 5 Sats Open on Navarro ISD School Board
     Over in the Navarro ISD, in Guadalupe County, tomorrow is the last day to file for a seat on the school board. And they have plenty of seats up for grabs. In fact, 5 seats are up for election this N...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-25: 11 of 13 State Schools Investigated
     Some state-run schools are in hot water after the U.S. Department of Justice launched a formal investigation into possible civil rights violations at 11 of Texas' 13 state schools for the mentally dis...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-23: Landa Plaza Fire Update
     An iconic New Braunfels landmark was gutted by a 4-alarm fire yesterday afternoon. 75% of the Landa Plaza Shopping Center, built around 1970, went up in flames just before 3 yesterday afternoon, and ...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-22: 2008 Living Legends Named
     The next three Living Legends of New Braunfels have been chosen. The Braunfels Foundation Trust only names Living Legends of New Braunfels once every 2 years, and this is only their 5th set of Living...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-22: CIP Community Meeting Next Week
     the city of New Braunfels wants some public input on the upcoming revisions to the 5-year Capital Improvement plan, or CIP. This plan looks at how the city will change and grow over the next 5 years ...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-22: New Braunfels ISD News Notes
     In the New Braunfels ISD: School board member Greg Schlather has been accepted as a member of the 2009 Texas Association of School Board's Leadership Class, which is designed to take experienced boar...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-22: Comal ISD News Notes
     In the Comal ISD: Don't forget that the school bell rings on Monday for the thousands of students across the CISD. Parents: Be sure your kids get a good night's sleep Sunday night and eat a good br...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-22: SM Mayor Addresses Officer Controversy
     To San Marcos, where mayor Susan Narvaiz spoke to members of the media during a press conference yesterday, defending the actions of a San Marcos Police Officer who has received national attention and...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-22: SM to Lift Stage 1 Water Restrictions
     To San Marcos, where Stage 1 water restrictions will officially be lifted this Sunday. San Marcos residents have been under Stage 1 restrictions since the middle of June, and they just haven't had th...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-22: DPS Reminds Drivers About Bus Laws
     With the start of the new school year coming up on Monday, you're going to hear from KGNB a lot about watching out for school buses. And the state of Texas agrees. DPS officials released this week s...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-22: New College Rankings Released
     The latest US News and World Report rankings of colleges and universities dropped the rankings of both UT and Texas A/M this year. The Express News reports that UT went from 44th on the list last yea...
     -KGNB/SA-EN

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2008-08-22: Execution Delayed for Kerrville Killer
     Now to Huntsville, where the execution of death row inmate Jeffery Lee Wood was delayed yesterday after judge ruled that an extra competency hearing was needed to make sure Wood knew that he was about...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-22: Hous. Dentist Charged for Bathroom Video
      A Houston dentist is facing charges after investigators say he put cameras in the restroom at his dental offices in Southeast Houston. Byron Weinle is charged with four counts of improper photograph...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-22: Anti-Tobacco Movement at Missions Game
     The San Antonio Tobacco Prevention and Control Coalition will begin a major anti-smoking/anti-tobacco campaign at tonight's San Antonio Missions game. The group will be offering anti-smoking messages...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-22: PonyTail Bandit Admits Robberies
     The Austin woman dubbed the "Ponytail Bandit" has pled guilty to robbing banks in 3 states. 21-year old Morgan Michelle Hoke admitted in a Sacramento federal court yesterday that she robbed banks in ...
     -KGNB/AAS

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2008-08-22: Texas State Gets Certification
     Back to San Marcos: The Center for Archaeological Studies at Texas State University has been given its certification through the Texas Historical Commission. That certification allows the department...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-22: Humble to Add Ads on School Buses
     Out of Humble Texas: School District officials there say they're looking at adding up to a million dollars in revenue a year for a new advertising campaign that would place company billboards on thei...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-21: CISD Back to School Events Today
     The Summer graduation ceremony for the CISD takes place next Wednesday for students that needed a little extra time to pass the exit level TAKS test. The ceremony will be held in the Support Services...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-21: NBISD Back to School Events Today
     The NBISD has scheduled some back to school events that you will want to mark on your calendar. Today and Tomorrow, NBMS faculty will be on hand from 8am till 6 in the evening to hand out student sche...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-21: Rain Helps Local Waterways
     All the rain the last week has had an overall positive effect on local water levels. Canyon Lake hasn't gone up much, but it also hasn't gone down, hovering at the 902.7-foot mark for several days no...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-21: Canyon Lake Water Tapped Out
     Back to Canyon Lake: After reporting this week on the Tapatio Springs resort, and their likely efforts to tap into their option for Canyon Lake water through GBRA's Western Pipeline project, KGNB wan...
     -KGNB/SA-EN

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2008-08-21: Comal County Budget Mtgs Today
     Today you'll have your chance to tell County Commissioner's how you want your County tax dollars spent. Two meetings will be held today for the public to put in their opinions on next year's budget. ...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-21: Last Concert Tonight in Landa Park
     Tonight, a New Braunfels summertime tradition comes to a close for this year. For the 25 years, the place to be on Thursday nights during the summer is the Dance Slab in Landa Park for the free Conce...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-21: Train Derailment in DT Austin
     Starting in Austin, where the investigation continues into yesterday's train derailment in Downtown Austin. Around 9:30 yesterday morning, a Union Pacific train left the tracks near Lamar Boulevard a...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-21: Officer Controversy Continues in SM
     Now to San Marcos, where the controversy apparently continues over the traffic stop that led to the death of a pet. Earlier this month, Officer Paul Stevens clocked Michael Gonzalez speeding down I-3...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-21: Texas State to Open Nursing School
     Out of Round Rock: Texas State university will break ground tomorrow on their new nursing building, which will be located across from the south entrance to the Avery Building at the Round Rock Higher...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-21: Texas Exes Tailgate Party Tomorrow
     KGNB may be carrying the A...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-21: LCRA Passes on More Costs
     Well, it looks like New Braunfels may be spared from the latest rate hike being passed down from LCRA. A report in the Austin American Statesmen says the LCRA Board approved a rate increase for whole...
     -KGNB/AAS

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2008-08-21: Lawmakers Look at Sanctuary Laws
     Two Texas lawmakers are taking a closer look at the so-called "sanctuary city" laws. Republican state Representative Frank Corte Jr. of San Antonio and Republican state Senator Dan Patrick of Houston...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-21: Fred. Univ. Breaks Ground Today
     Now to Fredericksburg, where the Hill Country University Center will break ground this morning at 11 o'clock. The 24-thousand square foot facility is a joint venture between five Texas schools, inclu...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-21: San Marcos PD Academy Class
     The San Marcos police department is ready for their next Citizen Police Academy class. The 12-week course is free, but you must register in advance, and the next class starts on September 4th. The c...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-20: Hanly Cited for Failure to Appear
     Yesterday was supposed to be the deadline for a plea agreement in the Richard Raymond Hanly manslaughter case. Hanly is accused of 2-counts of manslaughter and 1-count of aggravated assault following...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-20: 3 Injured in Downtown NB Wreck
     Three people were taken to the hospital following an accident on South Seguin Street yesterday afternoon. The wreck happened right after 12 noon in the 4-hundred block of South Seguin Street, where i...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-20: More Water Concerns for San Marcos
     San Marcos has recently seen air-filled, cloudy water in the wake of their major water main break last week that left a quarter of the city without water service, and most of the rest of the city unde...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-20: Floresville College Gets $1-mil Grant
     A new community college for Central Texas is coming closer and closer to reality, especially after this week's announcement by US Representative Henry Cuellar that the proposed Floresville school woul...
     -KGNB/SA-EN

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2008-08-20: Central Texas Forgery Spree
     The Travis County Sheriff's Office has released the names and photos of two people they say have gone on a forgery spree at HEB's from Corpus Christi to Waco. Sheriff's officials say 37-year-old Jame...
     -KGNB/AAS

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2008-08-20: Lotto Waiting for Seguin Winner
     Whoever it was that won the April 12th Texas Lotto drawing is running out of time to collect their money. The Seguin Gazette reports that Frankie's Food Mart sold the winning ticket for the 7-million...
     -KGNB/S-G

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2008-08-20: Trial Begins in DWI Death of Austin FF
     Now to Hays County, where the American Statesmen reports the trial begins for a man accused of killing an off-duty Austin Firefighter in a drunk driving accident back in March. Rolando Ramirez of Kyl...
     -KGNB/AAS

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2008-08-20: Seguin Woman Arrested for Hidden Heroin
     Out of Seguin: The Gazette reports that a woman was pulled over along eastbound I-10 for not having her 6-year old daughter restrained properly in the car. But the woman got in even more trouble aft...
     -KGNB/S-G

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2008-08-20: Fallen SM Officer To Be Honored
     Back to Hays County, where a 12-year veteran of the San Marcos Police department, who was killed in the line of duty while serving overseas in Iraq, will be honored this weekend by the US State Depart...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-20: Council Cancels 3rd Budget Meeting
     Yesterday, New Braunfels City Council continued their series of workshop meetings, going over the budget for next fiscal year. After an hour-long meeting, Council decided they didn't need the third w...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-20: Back to School Next Week
     Yesterday we told you how the CISD was getting ready for classes to begin next week, now we'll turn our attention to the New Braunfels ISD, which is dealing with some major changes with the reconfigur...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-20: Crimestoppers TIps Sought on Bike Thefts
     Comal County Crimestoppers is asking for your help again. This time they need tips on a crime that happened just last week, at the Tractor Supply store in the 33-thousand block of Hwy 281 inside the ...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-20: Typhus Outbreak in Austin Not Unheard Of
     Now to Austin, where health officials are saying the recent outbreak of typhus in Travis County isn't unprecedented, it's just been a while. The Austin American Statesmen reports that health official...
     -KGNB/AAS

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2008-08-20: Public Safety Groups Look at Comm. Tools
     Up at the State Capital: A coalition of law enforcement and other public safety groups are working on improving the state's wireless communications system. The Texas Radio Coalition hosted about 200...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-20: Continental Offers Paperless Tickets
     Out of Austin: Continental Airlines has started distributing digital boarding passes to its customers at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. Continental now offers the option of paperless boardi...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-19: Burn Ban Lifted in Comal County
     The Burn Ban in Comal County has been lifted! Thanks to the rain we had over the weekend and here at the beginning of this week, Comal County Judge Danny Scheel, at the advice of the Texas Forest Ser...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-19: Down to the Wire for Library Finalists
     Yesterday afternoon, City Staff held a meet and greet event at the New Braunfels Public Library for the 5 finalists for the Library Director position. All five applicants bring a lot of experience an...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-19: NB Continues Budget Mtgs Today/Tomorrow
     New Braunfels City Council held the first of 3 budget workshops yesterday afternoon at City Hall, with the next workshop scheduled for today at 3pm. And the third is tomorrow at 3. These meetings ar...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-19: County Budget Process Continues Thursday
     Comal County's budget process continues this week with two meetings set for this Thursday, one in the morning at 8:15, and another at 5:15 that same afternoon. In the meantime, the County Judge, Coun...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-19: NBISD Approves Lower Tax Rate
     The New Braunfels ISD is done with their budget, but they still had to finish the approval of the tax rate for next year. After a public hearing last night, the school board approved the new tax rate...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-19: 3 Seguin School Officials Arrested
     Now to Seguin: The Gazette reports that over the last few weeks, 3 people have been arrested and charged in connection with an alleged injury to a child incident at Weinert Elementary School. Former...
     -KGNB/S-G

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2008-08-19: SM Mayor Pro Tem Won't Run Again
     Now to San Marcos: Mayor Pro Tem Daniel Guerrero has decided NOT to try to keep his seat on San Marcos' City Council. The 31-year old Guerrero was first elected in 2004 to a 1-year unexpired term on...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-19: ST Rain Totals
     Rain totals across South Texas have been varied, depending on if the spotty storms came across your area or not. For instance, the west side of Seguin and Guadalupe County had just a trace of rain ye...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-19: Guad. Co. May Lift Burn Ban on Weekends
     Now to Seguin: The Gazette reports that Guadalupe County Commissioners may make some changes to their burn ban when they meet today. Emergency Management Coordinator Dan Kinsey tells the Gazette tha...
     -KGNB/S-G

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2008-08-19: Mare Travel Ch. Coverage for Schlitt.
     The beginning of school, which is next week, also means the end to the summer tourism season, and New Braunfels' number 1 attraction, Schlitterbahn, is now in its last week of daily operations. Start...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-19: Local Events for Today (8/19)
     The McKenna Events Center will host a national author and her book signing today, from noon to 1. Melody Chatelle will be hosting a presentation about her book, titled "Journeys of Heartache and Grac...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-19: TXDOT Updates Website for 2030 Comm.
     Now to Austin, where TXDOT is making more information on future road planning available online. TXDOT recently updated its website by adding a section dedicated to their 2030 Committee. That 12-memb...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-19: LCRA Looks at Buying Land for Park
     Now to Blanco County, where the LCRA is looking at buying 222-acres of land that they want to turn into a green-space park. The Austin American Statesmen reports that the land sits along US Highway 2...
     -KGNB/AAS

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2008-08-19: Medical Board Forum in SA Next Week
     Out of San Antonio: The Texas Medical Board is inviting medical professionals and the public to a town hall meeting next week to provide input and feedback about the regulation of the medical profess...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-19: Judson Stadium Not Ready for FB Season
     Reports out of San Antonio say that Judson ISD's multi-million dollar renovation efforts to Rutledge Stadium will not be ready in time for the upcoming school year, or the upcoming football season. A...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-19: Blue Alerts Created for TX
     The state of Texas is launching a new program to help catch criminals that harm law enforcement officers. Governor Rick Perry announced yesterday the creation of the "Blue Alert" system that will use...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-19: Boerne Resort Gets Temp. Water Permit
     Now to Boerne, where the Express News reports that the Tapatio Springs Golf Resort now has approval to water its golf course with well water. The Cow Creek Groundwater Conservation District voted yes...
     -KGNB/SA-EN

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2008-08-19: Perry Supports Guns in Schools
     Governor Rick Perry has indicated that he supports a small, rural school district's decision to let teachers and staff carry guns for protection. Trustees at the Harrold Independent School District a...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-18: More Rain!
     Our rain chances this morning are looking good for the Tri-County area, and will continue to improve throughout the day. Look for the heavier rain this afternoon and this evening, with some localized...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-18: Courthouse Evacuated Due to Bomb Scare
     We'll start at the Comal County Courthouse, which was evacuated Friday morning and a New Braunfels man was arrested, after a suspicious package was found near a rear door by maintenance personnel. Th...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-18: 3 NB Budget Mtgs This Week
     New Braunfels City Council kicks off 3 straight days of budget meetings today. KGNB News Reporter Noah Westerfield has more. Those meetings are today, tomorrow, and Wednesday, at 3pm in Council Cham...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-18: NBISD To Look at TEA Ratings/Tax Rate
     The New Braunfels ISD school board has a couple of meetings tonight, the first to hold a public hearing about the district's tax rate. That's at 6:30, immediately followed by the School Board's regul...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-18: Expanded Early Voting for Nov. Election
     In election news: Local officials are preparing for a very large turnout this November, after the record-setting primary we had in March. As part of their preparation, County officials have expanded...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-18: NB Park Ranger of the Year Named
     The City of New Braunfels Parks and Recreation announced on Friday that Rick "Coach" Robbins has been selected as the Park Ranger of the Year. Robbins has been a ranger for 2 seasons and he is being ...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-18: San Marcos Launches Motorcycle Patrols
     In San Marcos: The Police Department there in unveiling a new unit of motorcycle patrols today. Three new motorcycle officers begin patrolling the streets today, with a special meet and greet ceremo...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-18: State and Local Unemployment Numbers
     A report released Friday indicates more people in Texas are unemployed. The state's unemployment rate increased in July to 4.7%, up from 4.4% in June. The Texas Workforce Commission says the rate is...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-18: Crimestoppers Focus on Copper Theft
     Crimestoppers is highlighting copper theft again, in their Crimes of The Week. They're hoping you can help with two copper thefts back in July, one in the Mountain Springs subdivision, the other near...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-18: Transportation Topics in August
     Transportation will take center stage at a couple of meetings here as we approach the end of August. Tomorrow, the New Braunfels Chamber of Commerce Transportation Committee is meeting to talk about ...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-18: Roadwork this Week in NB
     Don't forget about this week's roadwork on Business 35. TXDOT contractors will be milling and resurfacing Business 35 from Seguin Street to the Guadalupe river turnaround, including the Bus. 35 bridg...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-18: DPS Names Interim Director
     The Texas Public Safety Commission has named an interim DPS Director. Texas Highway Patrol Major Stan Clark of Garland will serve as the interim director of the Department, following the sudden retir...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-18: BexarMet Head Indicted/Suspended
     Now to San Antonio: Where Gilbert Olivares has been suspended as head of the Bexar Met Water District, following a 5-count indictment by a Bexar County Grand Jury last week. The Express News reports...
     -KGNB/SA-EN

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2008-08-18: TX School Dist. Allows Guns for Teachers
     In the tiny hamlet of Harrold, which is northwest of Wichita Falls, on the Texas side of the Texas Oklahoma Border: The Express News reports that the small school district there may be the first in t...
     -KGNB/SA-EN

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2008-08-18: Converse Accident Kills Two
     An accident in Converse killed two men, and injured several others after a T-bone accident along Loop 1604. The Express News reports that the wreck happened about 5:30 yesterday morning on 1604 at Lo...
     -KGNB/SA-EN

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2008-08-18: Large Cockfighting Ring Busted in N. TX
     Now to Corsicana, southeast of Dallas, where the Navarro County Sheriff's Office has broken up a large cockfighting ring. Officials raided the site Saturday afternoon and found a cockfight in progres...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-18: Missing Rice Student to Face Charges
     The Rice University student who went missing last December, and was found alive and well in Berkeley California, will now face criminal charges after a psychological evaluation. Authorities say 21-ye...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-15: Senior Tax Exemption Press Conf. Details
     Even though it was Comal County Judge Danny Scheel who called the press conference yesterday morning at the County Courthouse, the County Judge let some other county officials do all the talking. Bot...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-15: Comal County Jury Info Now Online
     There's now a new option for Comal County residents that are summoned for Jury Duty. You can review the jury summons information online through the County's website. The County's District Clerk, Kat...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-15: CISD Triples Robin Hood Funding
     The Comal ISD's budget for next year is set at 119-million dollars. Why so big? Well, the CISD will be handing over 15-million dollars to other districts that arenʼt as property rich. That triples ...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-15: McKenna Village is Ahead of Schedule
     If you've driven out Common Street towards FM 306 lately, you can't help but notice that a lot of progress has been made the on construction of the McKenna Village project. McKenna officials tell us ...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-15: TXDOT to Repave Part of Bus. 35
     Get ready for some delays on Business 35. TXDOT says their contractors will be milling and resurfacing the portion of Business 35 from Seguin Street to the Guadalupe river turnaround, including the B...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-15: San Marcos Still Under Boil Water Notice
     Iin San Marcos, where the water pressure for the city has been fully restored, after a major water main break Wednesday afternoon led to outages for a large part of the city, and low water pressure fo...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-15: Guad. Co. Fire Highlights Burning Rules
     Out near Kingsbury: The Seguin Gazette reports that Kingsbury Volunteer Firefighters and Seguin fire crews spent Wednesday night battling a brush fire that started as an illegal trash burn. The fire...
     -KGNB/S-G

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2008-08-15: Tax Free Weekend is Underway
     Well, today is the beginning of the 10th Annual Texas Sales Tax Holiday. Today, tomorrow, and Sunday, you will not have to pay state or local sales tax on many retail items, like clothes and shoes. ...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-15: Complaint Filed Against San Macos PD
     Now to San Marcos, where a man has filed a complaint against the San Marcos Police Department, after the death of his girlfriend's dog. The Express-News reports that Texas State student Michael Gonza...
     -KGNB/SA-EN

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2008-08-15: Back to School Kickoff Luncheon
     The State Commissioner for Education, Robert Scott, was in town yesterday for the Chamber of Commerce's annual Back to School Kickoff Luncheon. Yesterday's luncheon also took time to recognize those o...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-15: Green Transp. Event in NB on Sat.
     The Ravenstar Program is back in action this weekend with their Saturday in the Park programs. Tomorrow, their focus will be Green Transportation. The event is set for 10am to 12 noon at Torrey Park...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-15: Pay Phone Approved for Texas Inmates
     The Texas Board of Criminal Justice has approved a contract to install up to 4-thousand pay phones throughout the Texas prison system, giving inmates a break from always having to make collect phone c...
     -KGNB/SA-EN

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2008-08-15: Mervyn's to Close in SA
     It looks like San Antonio is losing some department stores. Mervyn's announced yesterday that they will be closing 26 stores around the country, including the 3 in the Alamo City. The California com...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-15: AG Warns of Texas Debit Card Scam
     Parents who use the Texas Debit Card to access their child support payments should be aware of a new identity theft scam. The Texas Attorney General's office uses the cards to disburse child support ...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-15: Another State-led Execution
     An escaped Texas prisoner who killed a police officer while on the run has been executed. Michael Rodriguez, of San Antonio, was executed for the murder of an Irving Police Officer on Christmas Eve i...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-15: 2 Houston Children Die in Hot Cars
     In Houston: Two children have died this week after being left in hot cars. On Wednesday, a 3-year old boy died after being left inside a car for about 10 hours. And then yesterday, Harris County Sh...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-15: American Statesmen For Sale
     Out of Austin: The parent company of the "Austin American-Statesman" is putting the publication, and 28 other newspapers it owns, up for sale. Cox Enterprises, Inc of Atlanta is selling its daily and...
     -KGNB/AAS

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2008-08-15: Osteen Cleared in Airline Lawsuit
     Harris County jurors sided with TV pastor Joel Osteen's wife in a civil trial that alleged she attacked a flight attendant. Houston's Lakewood Church co-pastor Victoria Osteen was accused of shoving ...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-11: Comal Grand Jury indicts 50 residents
     The Comal County Grand Jury met last week and handed down indictments for about 50 people, for crimes ranging from theft by check, to drug possession, to aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. A to...
     -KGNB

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2008-08-11: Road Projects will likely add to NB debt
     New Braunfels City Council will likely take on a large amount of debt tonight, as they gear up for some major road projects, including Walnut Avenue Widening. One big item on the agenda for tonight i...
     -KGNB

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2008-08-11: Crews battle 50 acre blaze in CL
     Comal County fire crews were busy late last week putting out a potentially dangerous brush fire. The fire broke out around 1 Friday afternoon on the northwest side of Canyon Lake, in the Mystic Shore...
     -KGNB

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2008-08-11: Possible upcoming traffic delays on 46
     TXDOT is continuing work on the Highway 46 Super 2 project this week. Crews will be applying seal coat and the final matt on the project all this week, from Range Road to Sun Valley Drive, right at t...
     -KGNB

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2008-08-11: Annual Pack the Bus campaign a success
      This year's Communities In Schools Pack the Bus campaign appears to have been another big success. Last Friday, CIS staffers placed themselves at several area stores looking for school supply donati...
     -KGNB

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2008-08-11: NBISD still needs more funding
     Of course, the city isn't the only one adding new debt. The New Braunfels ISD is also in the middle of some major projects that will require more funding. But both the city and the NBISD will be abl...
     -KGNB

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2008-08-11: Living Legends of NB to be announced
     Coming up later this month, the next 3 Living Legends of New Braunfels will be announced. The Living Legends award was started at the start of this decade by the Braunfels Foundation Trust in order to...
     -KGNB

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2008-08-11: KGNB checks health status of Comal area
     We are now more than halfway through 2008, and KGNB News wanted to check on the current status of health in Comal County. So we looked at the reportable illness reports available on the County Health...
     -KGNB

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2008-08-11: Seguin cracking down on drunk drivers
      The Seguin Gazette reports that police officers there say they won't be taking "no" for an answer during the upcoming Labor Day weekend. Guadalupe County, including the cities of Cibolo and Seguin, ...
     -KGNB/SG

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2008-08-11: New conservation learning opportunity
     Now to Hays County, where the Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District is holding a meeting in the hopes of educating residents about ways to conserve water, after decreasing aquifer level...
     -KGNB/AAS

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2008-08-11: Vote to decide fate of Poteet mayor
     In Poteet some city council members there now say they will vote to have the city's mayor removed from office. This just after the Atascosa County District Attorney filed a petition with a judge to h...
     -KGNB

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2008-08-11: Texas collects 1.8 bil in sales revenue
     The State Comptroller's Office says Texas collected 1.8-billion dollars in sales tax revenue during the month of July. That's up 10.4% compared to a year ago. Comptroller Susan Combs says the state ...
     -KGNB

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2008-08-11: Memorial design near end of first phase
      This Thursday is the last public meeting to discuss the design of the Medal of Honor memorial. The designer will be on hand to discuss the options for the memorial which will be drawn up, and then p...
     -KGNB

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2008-08-11: Plenty of city job opportunities in NB
     There are plenty of job openings at New Braunfels City Hall these days. Some of the full-time jobs available include the Assistant City Engineer position, which requires a bachelor's degree in Civil ...
     -KGNB

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2008-08-11: Annual Battle of the Blizzards a success
     The Battle of the Blizzards, held last week at the Dairy Queen on Landa Street, was first and foremost a fundraiser for the Children's Miracle Network, which tries to give kids with terminal illnesses...
     -KGNB

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2008-08-11: Judge rules against environmentalists
     In Austin a judge has tossed out a lawsuit filed by a coalition of environmentalist groups that would have stopped construction of two coastal wind farms. According to the San Antonio Express-News, t...
     -KGNB/SA-EN

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2008-08-11: NorthTexas bus crash takes another life
     Last Friday's bus crash in North Texas has claimed another life. That brings the death toll up to 17, 5 of which have died at area hospitals following the crash. The chartered bus crashed near the T...
     -KGNB

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2008-08-11: Rackspace goes public at 12.50/share
     San Antonio-based Rackspace announced on Friday the initial public offering of 15-million shares of its common stock at $12.50 a share. The web-site hosting company now trades on the New York Stock E...
     -KGNB

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2008-08-11: Historic new award for Texas towns
     The Texas Historical Commission and First Lady Anita Perry are announcing a new award for Texas towns that use the tools the Historical Commission gives them to preserve their history. It's the Texas...
     -KGNB

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2008-08-11: Carbon Monoxide scare near Austin
     In Bee Cave, west of Austinn emergency crews had to evacuate more than a hundred residents from an apartment complex over the weekend after a car was left running in a garage early Saturday morning. ...
     -KGNB

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2008-08-11: Former inmate just wants some BBQ
      The former sheriff of Bastrop County, who used inmate labor at one time to build barbecue pits, now hopes to open a BBQ restaurant in Elgin. Richard Hernandez served jail time for various charges in...
     -KGNB

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2008-08-11: Free farm management workshop
     In Floresville The U.S. Department of Agriculture is hosting a free Farm and Ranch Management Workshop this Friday. The seminar will look at the new Farm Bill, changes to conservation programs, and h...
     -KGNB

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2008-08-11: Man receives life in prison for 10th DUI
     A Wichita Falls man with 9 previous drunken driving convictions has been sentenced to life in prison, after his 10th DWI. 58-year old Kenneth Chris O'Neal received the maximum sentence last week afte...
     -KGNB

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2008-08-08: NBPD Offers Reward for Robbery Info
     New Braunfels Police and Comal County CrimeStoppers are now offering a reward for information in connection to last week's robbery of the Valero Gas Station and Fast Way Food Mart at the corner of Com...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-08: More Action on Walnut Widening on Monday
     More action on the Walnut Avenue Widening project is set to happen this coming Monday, when New Braunfels City Council meets for their first regular meeting of August. Council will look at approving ...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-08: County Judge Officially Presents Budget
     Comal County's Budget for 2009 clocks in at just under 50-million dollars, including a 6% raise for all county employees, and a 1-cent tax decrease for taxpayers. County Judge Danny Scheel officially...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-08: Grassroots Groups Teaming Up on Planning
     It looks like one local grassroots organization is partnering with another as they focus in on regional growth and planning. The Hill Country Alliance is partnering with CASE, or Citizens Alliance fo...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-08: Pack the Bus Today in NB!
     It's time to Pack the Bus for Communities in Schools. That campaign is today from 8am to 5pm at several different locations, across the county, including the New Braunfels Walmart and HEB, plus the W...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-08: Wurstfest Selects Grosse Opa for 2008
     We're not far from this year's Wurstfest celebration, and the Wurstfest Association says they've picked this year's Grosse Opa, or the Big Granddaddy of this year's festival. Hal Herbelin has been ta...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-08: Massive Brush Fire Burns 21-hund. Acres
     A massive brush fire in Williamson County, between Florence and Jarrell yesterday burned about 21-hundred acres and threatened dozens of homes. The Austin American Statesmen reports that the fire sta...
     -KGNB/AAS

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2008-08-08: Wimberley Brothers Arrested in Burglary
     The Express News reports that two brothers are being accused of robbing and attacking a Wimberley resident at his home back in July. Christopher Oneill and Codus Oneill, both Wimberley, were arrested...
     -KGNB/SA-EN

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2008-08-08: Man Hit/Killed by Train in Schertz
     Fox News out of San Antonio reports that Schertz officials are looking into the death of a man hit by a train. Around 5 yesterday afternoon, the man was hit by the train near the intersection of FM 7...
     -KGNB/KABB

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2008-08-08: Rangers Looking Into PEC Secret Account
     The Austin American Statesmen reports that the Texas Rangers have now opened a preliminary inquiry into the secret bank account once kept by top officials inside the Pedernales Electric Cooperative. ...
     -KGNB/AAS

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2008-08-08: Gas Prices Continue to Drop Statewide
     Well, gas prices continue to drop here in Texas. The statewide gas average is at $3.74 a gallon. Here in the Tri-County area, we've seen an even bigger dip in prices recently, with San Marcos gas dr...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-08: The Heat is On in South Texas
     August of 2008 is shaping up to be an extremely hot month for South Central Texas. The heat may not be breaking any records, but that doesn't make it any less unbearable. And now the National Weathe...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-08: Another Habitat ReSale Store on Saturday
     Comal County Habitat for Humanity is gearing up for another large ReStore Sale this Saturday at their warehouse on East Zink Street. That's from 8am to noon tomorrow, with lots of new and gently used...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-08: North TX Bus Crash Kills 13
     In North Texas, in Sherman, about 64-miles north of Dallas: CNN News reports that a charter bus, with an estimated 50 passengers on board, crashed early this morning, killing 13 and injuring numerous...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-08: SA Man Caught Stealing Gas in Seguin
     But the overall higher price of gas evidently led one San Antonio truck driver to steal diesel from other trucks, using an elaborate system that was finally caught in Seguin this week. The Gazette re...
     -KGNB/S-G

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2008-08-08: Galv. Man Sues Over Missing Skull Piece
     Now to Galveston, where a man is suing the University of Texas Medical Branch, claiming the hospital lost a piece of his skull, which had been removed to relieve swelling during a stroke. The lawsuit...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-08: Televangelist Wife on Trial in Houston
     The trial has begun for the wife of popular televangelist Joel Osteen. Sharon Brown, a flight attendant, is accusing the Lakewood Church co-pastor, Victoria Osteen, of assaulting her during a Contine...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-08: EPA Says No to Gov. Perry
     The US Environmental Protection Agency has denied Governor Rick Perry's request for a 50% waiver of the federal ethanol mandate. Perry claims the new ethanol requirement will eventually hurt the nati...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-08: Fed Dollars Going to TX Transportation
     Nearly 30-million dollars from the Federal Transit Administration is headed for Texas. Those funds will help about 51 transit agencies in the state, including VIA in San Antonio, which will get aroun...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-08: Alleged Murderer Caught in Nueva Laredo
     Now to Laredo, where Mexican authorities have tracked down the man wanted for the San Antonio murder of an EB Games store manager. U.S. Marshals say 23-year old Geovany Rivera was hiding out in Nuevo...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-08: ST Newspaper Publisher Dies
     The San Marcos Daily Record reports that long-time South Texas newspaper publisher Dennis Edward Thomas, better known as Denny, has died at the age of 56. In his 29 years in the newspaper industry, T...
     -KGNB/SM-DR

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2008-08-07: Judge to Present Budget/Tax Rate Drop
     Comal County taxes might be coming down! County Judge Danny Scheel is set to present his recommended budget to County Commissioners this morning, during their regular weekly meeting, and when KGNB Ne...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-07: 90 Days from Nov Election/Local Races
     We're now less than 90 days from the big November general election, and also during their meeting this morning, Comal County Commissioners will be setting up the early voting process, setting the maxi...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-07: CASE Meeting Tonight
     CASE, or Citizens' Alliance for Smart Expansion, has their next monthly meeting tonight, ahead of their smart planning symposium planned for next month. CASE will be holding their regular meeting ton...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-07: Chamber Puts $10-grand Towards DT Study
     The New Braunfels Chamber is just one of several local organizations that are teaming up to fund a study that will look at several key downtown issues, including the possibility of more hotel space in...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-07: NB Humane Society Sees Spike in Animals
     The New Braunfels Humane Society has seen a pretty dramatic spike in the number of animals being brought to their shelter recently. Bobbie Zercher, Executive Director of the New Braunfels Humane Socie...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-07: Typhus Infections Up in Central Texas
     The Austin American Statesmen reports today that the Travis County Health and Human Services office is investigating about a dozen cases of possible typhus infection, mostly reported out of the Centra...
     -KGNB/AAS

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2008-08-07: SM Smuggling Ring Indicted
     Six defendants are now set to go to trial in connection with the alleged San Marcos-based illegal alien smuggling ring. An Austin grand jury returned an 8-count indictment against the defendants yest...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-07: Marion Woman Gets Probation for Theft
     Now to Seguin, where the Gazette reports that a former Marion Police Department clerk has been sentenced to probation, after she pled guilty to theft by a public servant, after she admitted to stealin...
     -KGNB/S-G

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2008-08-07: Poteet Mayor May Be Removed from Office
     Now to Poteet: The Express News reports that the district attorney for Atascosa County has filed to have the Mayor of Poteet removed from office. Mayor Lino Donato accepted a plea agreement last Oct...
     -KGNB/SA-EN

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2008-08-07: NNO Block Party Capt. Mtg Tonight
     Don't forget about tonight's meeting for potential block party captains for this year's National Night Out. If you want more information on how to throw a National Night Out Block Party for your neig...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-07: NBU to Work on Seguin St. Today
     Be ready for some roadwork on Seguin Street today. NBU crews will be working in the 2-hundred block of S. Seguin Street today from about 7:30am to noon. Crews will be paving over a previous repair s...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-07: PEC Board Finds Secret Bank Account
     The Pedernales Electric Cooperative has seen its fair share of trouble over the last few months, including the sudden retirement of board president Bud Burnett and general manager Bennie Fuelberg afte...
     -KGNB/AAS

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2008-08-07: BAMC Renovations Get $556-million
     In San Antonio: The U.S. Army Corp of Engineers has awarded a 556-million dollar contract to renovate and expand Brooke Army Medical Center. It's the single largest contract of the BRAC process at F...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-07: TX Auditor Asks for DPS Pay Raises
     State Auditor John Keel is recommending salary increases for DPS Troopers statewide. The Express News reports that Keel is recommending the state spend 50.2-million dollars to make state trooper pay ...
     -KGNB/SA-EN

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2008-08-07: TXDOT Asks Judge for Trial Delay
     The Texas Department of Transportation is asking a federal judge to issue a stay of the litigation in regards to their proposed expansion of Highway 281 in San Antonio. TXDOT says they recently locat...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-07: TX to Execute 2nd Inmate This Week
     Now to Huntsville, where the state of Texas is scheduled to execute another death row inmate tonight. Heliberto Chi is set to die tonight by lethal injection for the March 2001 robbery and murder of ...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-07: Televangelist to Testify for Wife
     A jury has been selected in Harris County for a lawsuit against the wife of a famous televangelist. Flight attendant Sharon Brown is suing Victoria Osteen over a dispute on a Continental Airlines fli...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-07: Austin PD Busts Gambling Ring
     Police have arrested 3 people allegedly involved in an illegal gambling operation in Southeast Austin. Police raided a business on Thompson Lane, near Bastrop Highway, and found gambling machines and...
     -KGNB News

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2008-08-06: NBU Defrays $2.2-mil/Bills Still Rising
     Now that August is here, you can expect your monthly utility bill to go up. NBU says that although they are absorbing about 2.2-million dollars in purchased power costs, NBU rate payers will still ne...
     -KGNB

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2008-08-06: GBRA opens in Canyon Lake
     GBRA is getting ready to officially open up shop in Canyon Lake. They've actually been in operation for a few weeks now, but today, they'll be holding an open house and tour for their new offices in ...
     -KGNB

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2008-08-06: Ceremony tomorrow for new hospital VP
     Christus Santa Rosa-New Braunfels has a ceremony planned for tomorrow to welcome their new Hospital Administrator and Vice President, Jim Wesson. A welcome ceremony and reception is planned for tomor...
     -KGNB

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2008-08-06: Annual Pack the Bus campaign on Friday
     Communities in Schools will hold its annual Pack the Bus Campaign this Friday. Pack the Bus will take place at various locations around the city, and Communities in schools is asking for your donation...
     -KGNB

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2008-08-06: Upcoming Fundraisers to take place in NB
      Tonight, at the Brauntex Theatre, a special screening of the 1969 film classic Easy Rider is raising money for the New Braunfels/Canyon Lake Association of Realtors Scholarship Fund. Tickets are 20 ...
     -KGNB

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2008-08-06: Texan soldier killed in Afghanistan
     A Texas National Guardsman, killed in action while serving in Afghanistan, is from here in South-Central Texas. 40-year old Sgt Jaime Gonzalez died during an explosion while part of a convoy security...
     -KGNB

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2008-08-06: Income linked to teacher experience
     According to a study released this week, low-income students in Texas tend to have less-experienced teachers than students at wealthier schools. The study, conducted by the Association of Texas Profe...
     -KGNB

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2008-08-06: New blood donation center to open in SA
     The South Texas Blood and Tissue Center is opening a 46-thousand square foot Donor Pavilion today. At 10 this morning, officials there will officially open the pavilion, which will serve as the new c...
     -KGNB

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2008-08-06: Filing period begins for Edward's BOD
     If you are interested in running for a seat on the Edward's Aquifer Authority Board of Directors, the filing period begins this week, and runs through September 5th. The election itself is in Novembe...
     -KGNB

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2008-08-06: Austin woman wins "American Gladiator"
     An Austin woman, on her honeymoon with her new husband, has won the female championship on the NBC series "American Gladiator". Ally Davidson had some trouble early on, but made up ground during the ...
     -KGNB/AAS

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2008-08-06: Edouard brings scattered rains to Texas
     The remnants of Tropical Storm Edouard are now scattered across the state, bringing rainfall to some areas, and not much to other areas. Edouard came onshore between High Island and Sabine Pass yeste...
     -KGNB

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2008-08-06: Taxes in Seguin likely to rise
     In Seguin, the Gazette reports that taxes there are likely to go up about 4-cents in the next fiscal year. And although increased utility costs and gasoline costs have played a part, the increase is ...
     -KGNB/SG

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2008-08-06: Alleged Olympic ticket scam exposed
     An online ticket broker, with an office in San Antonio, has been charged by the Texas Attorney General's Office for unlawfully deceivi