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Latina music composer inspires students, wins 'Women in Music' award

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:46:38 GMT

CHICAGO — A Chicago-area music conductor is breaking boundaries becoming one of few Latinas in Illinois to lead a music program.Daniella Valdez was recently honored by the ‘Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra’ with the ‘Women In Music’ Award. Valdez teaches music at Maine West High School and serves as a conductor for the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra.Her love of music started early on.  She was in elementary school when she caught the tunes of a school orchestra and never looked back. Valdez says, “I remember hearing them in the hallway …and I came home saying that I wanted to play the violin….that’s what I wanted to do.” More from Lourdes: What’s preventing Latino businesses from growing? It’s estimated that less than ten percent of conductors are Latinos but fewer are Latinas. Valdez says, that’s changing…we also now see more Latino composers.  It’s exciting!”Valdez continues her work with different organizations on Diversity Equity and Inclusion progra...

CPD launches search for 12-year-old missing from Austin neighborhood

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:46:38 GMT

CHICAGO — The Chicago Police Department is looking for the public's help in finding a 12-year-old boy who went missing from the Austin neighborhood Thursday.Missing 12-year-old Kaden Fox.Police said Kaden Fox went missing from the 5200 block of West North Avenue and was last seen wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and blue joggers.Kaden is around 5-foot-2-inches tall and weighs 120 pounds with brown eyes and black hair.Police also said Fox is autistic and suffers from Schizophrenia.Those with information that can help CPD find Kaden are encouraged to reach out to Area Five detectives at 312-746-6554.

One dead after car crashes into pole in southeast Austin, ATCEMS says

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:46:38 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- One person is dead after a vehicle crashed into a pole in southeast Austin on Thursday, Austin-Travis County EMS said on social media.Shortly after 7:30 p.m., medics responded to 1504 E. 51st St. for the crash. Medics pronounced one adult person dead on the scene.Austin-Travis County EMS said one person is dead after a car crashed into a pole in east Austin. | Kate Winkle KXAN NewsDrivers should expect extended traffic delays around the scene and use alternate routes, medics said.No other information was available Thursday.

Nearing 100 degrees the last day of summer

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:46:38 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The summertime heat won't go away completely... but it does get more manageable next week. (For those new to Central Texas, fall-like weather isn't expected until... *checks notes*... November.)Our afternoon highs will continue to run well above seasonal average with upper 90s expected Friday through Sunday. Humidity will only add insult to injury with most of us likely to see heat index values reach 100°+ through the weekend. BLOG: October forecast We'll stay generally dry to wrap up the work week with only a slim rain chance Friday and Saturday (10% or less).We have a little more to work with Sunday as a cold front approaches us from the north (30%), but Monday is still trending the wettest with scattered showers/storms late day (60%).Cold front nears the area Sunday/MondayThe latest rainfall forecast brings 0.5"-1.5" of rain for most of us by the middle of next week, with most of the rain coming on Monday.Rainfall projections over the next week (majority coming...

Belton scores twice late to fend off pesky Pflugerville 36-19 in district opener

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:46:38 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Pflugerville gave the No. 10 Belton Tigers all they could handle but the Panthers fell short of their first win of the season 36-19 in 5A-District 11 play Thursday at The Pfield.The Panthers cut Belton's lead to 21-19 with 8:34 left in the game on a Kyren McFrazier 29-yard touchdown catch from Cole Taylor, but the Tigers scored twice in the final 1:18 which included an 85-yard touchdown on an interception return by Alton McCallum. REPORT YOUR SCORE: We'd love to post your team's score on our website, but we need your help to do it. Email the score of your game to [email protected] and we'll get it on our websiteWhile out of context it looks like Belton was rubbing it in a little bit, the Tigers going for two after the interception return makes sense when the district's tiebreaker rules are factored in. There's a point differential system used to break ties for playoff positioning, and it's capped at 17 points per game. Belton wanted to get the full complement of points...

Texas high school football scores for Thursday, Sept. 21

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:46:38 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — It was a light slate of games for area teams and around Texas on the gridiron Thursday.Pflugerville kicked off 5A-District 11 play by giving 10-ranked Belton a difficult time in a 36-19 loss. Granger topped Bruni 57-30 and San Antonio Wagner thumped Lehman 42-14.REPORT YOUR SCORE: We'd love to post your team's score on our website, but we need your help to do it. Email the score of your game to [email protected] and we'll get it on our websiteAll other games involving area schools hit the field tomorrow, including the Battle of the Lakes featuring Class 6A No. 4 Westlake vs. No. 8 Lake Travis. That game will be carried on KXAN.com/Westlake with the broadcast beginning at 7:20 p.m.Scores from around the KXAN viewing areaBelton 36, Pflugerville 19Granger 57, Bruni 30SA Wagner 42, Lehman 14Scores from around Texas compiled by the Associated PressCLASS 6ACypress Fairbanks 42, Houston Stratford 21Cypress Bridgeland 52, Houston Langham Creek 14Cypress Ridge 29, Houston North...

New management at the Parkview Apartments

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:46:38 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) - Back in February when we reported on the burst pipes that displaced tenants at Parkview Apartments, NEWS10 received several complaints into our newsroom of poor living conditions at the complex. Man shot and killed after attack with hammer NEWS10 at the follow up meeting Thursday, Parkview residents, Albany city officials, and the management company responsible for the building had a chance to all talk.Thursday, September 21, CRM, the management company responsible for Parkview Apartments told the committee and residents they have cut ties with the current owner.“We have parted ways with the ownership as of October 1,” said Christine Church, President of CRM. Asylum seekers react to DocGo leadership shakeup The apartment building at 400 Hudson Avenue is the home for many seniors and folks with disabilities who say they have been dealing with a rash of problems for quite some time now. They say they have issues with everything ranging from mold to mice,&nb...

Fiery video involving gubernatorial candidate makes headlines worldwide

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:46:38 GMT

ST. CHARLES, Mo. - The race to see who will be Missouri's next governor is heating up, literally.Just weeks after Sen. Bill Eigel, R-Weldon Spring, officially launched his campaign for the state's top leader, he's accused of burning books at a fundraiser event.The fiery video making headlines across the world involved a flamethrower lighting a stack of cardboard boxes on fire, but word got out on "X," formerly known as Twitter, that it was a stack of books burning.Eigel said that's a lie, and insists he's the first candidate to trigger Democrats worldwide."They got so out in front with their lie that we were burning books that it went around the world," Eigel said Thursday. "There's reporting in Paris, France right now on this story, and it goes to show you how quickly a lie can spread."An alleged book burning spread like wildfire across the internet. The Republican fundraiser, called Freedom Fest, was held Friday night at the Sugar Creek Winery in Defiance. One of the items being r...

Removal of 8,000 pounds of rotten seafood continues in University City

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:46:38 GMT

UNIVERSITY CITY, Mo. – A biohazard and crime scene cleaning crew are continuing to remove thousands of pounds of rotting fish from the Seafood City market in University City. Residents began calling the city more than a week ago with complaints about a rotting stench in their neighborhood."It didn't smell like fish. It smelled like a dead animal or maybe some mulch or manure. Just very offensive. I wasn't quite sure why I was smelling it," said Kameron Marzette.Marzette lives behind the market and wasn't surprised the health department shut down the business."I don't know if they just weren't cleaning their refrigerated cases and maybe that's what I was smelling. But it wasn't a place that I frequented. I went maybe twice, and it was a very offensive smell in the store," she said. Inmate who escaped Mercy South Hospital back in custody County health inspectors ordered Seafood City to shut down in December 2022. They said the refrigerators storing food were set to unsafe temperatur...

Examining the science of falling bullets

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:46:38 GMT

ST. LOUIS – A falling bullet struck a 70-year-old man on Sunday while he was relaxing by his pool in the Central West End. FOX 2 examines the science of gunfire, and discovers the bullet may have come from miles away.