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APD: Latest average 911 hold time was roughly 3 minutes

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:30:17 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The Austin Police Department said the average hold time from June 25 though July 1 was 2 minutes and 53 seconds. APD also said call-takers answered 69.18% of calls in 15 seconds or less. ‘Felt like I was abandoned’: Family on hold with 911 after crash, calls ISD police instead APD 911 operator vacancies.The 911 call center continues to face staffing struggles. According to APD, there are currently 47 vacancies out of 104 operator positions.911 operators answer incoming 911 calls directly, versus dispatchers who communicate directly with police officers. In October, KXAN reported the call center had 49 vacancies. PREVIOUS: Austin Police Department dispatchers, 911 call-takers to get raises Last year, the city adjusted pay rates for Austin's emergency call center employees, so that they’d be in the top 25% of what those positions pay in other cities.There is also an $1,800 annual stipend for employees with a TCOLE Telecommunicator ...

Grant given to Dickey Museum to rebuild home of civil rights advocate a year after devastating fire

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:30:17 GMT

TAYLOR, Texas (KXAN) -- Nearly a year to the date after a fire destroyed a historic landmark in Taylor, Texas, the organization in charge of it announced that it received a grant to help rebuild. The home of civil rights advocate Dr. James Lee Dickey burned down on July 10 last year. Dickey was a physician and civil rights advocate in Taylor. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2017. Historic home of civil rights advocate burns down in Taylor The Dickey Museum & Multipurpose Center announced Wednesday that the St. David's Foundation awarded a grant of $500,000 to help with the construction of a replica of Dickey's former home. According to a release from the museum, Preservation Texas, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization committed to supporting historic preservation activities statewide, was invited by the foundation to serve as the fiscal sponsor for the grant award. Preservation Texas is working to secure new sources of funding while overseeing d...

Pablo López throws complete game shutout in dominant effort over Royals

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:30:17 GMT

Twins pitchers began the day first in the majors in earned-run average, batting average against, WHIP (walks and hits per innings pitched) and quality starts, among other statistical categories.Starter Pablo López helped bolster those numbers with his best start as a Twin on Wednesday. López tossed a complete-game shutout, and he and Joe Ryan became the first Twins teammates to do so since 2011.López was masterful, collecting a career-high 12 strikeouts in the Twins’ 5-0 win over the Royals in the series finale at Target Field. It’s the first time he’s gone all nine in his six-year career.A seven-pitch eighth inning kept López’s hopes alive of completing the achievement and also marked the closest the Royals came to breaking the shutout. Kyle Isbel doubled with two outs, but Max Kepler’s diving catch robbed Matt Duffy of a hit that would have scored Isbel.All four hits López gave up came with a pair of outs in the inning — one each in the first three innings — and López never allowe...

Meters removed at Troy apartment complex after being damaged by falling bricks

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:30:17 GMT

TROY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- National Grid crews removed 12 meters that were damaged during repair work at the Harbour Point Gardens apartment complex in Troy on Tuesday. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! A brick wall came down on the meters while crews were removing a façade, which caused a small power outage. National Grid said the property owners will need to have an electrician make repairs before utility can safely restore service.Crews have spent the past few weeks removing loose bricks after city officials evacuated more than 100 tenants over concerns about the falling bricks.

A year after leg fracture, Nuggets guard Collin Gillespie is healthy and ready to go

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:30:17 GMT

Every minute Collin Gillespie was on the practice court inside Ball Arena felt like a sigh of relief.The Nuggets guard hasn’t played in a live basketball game in a year due to a leg fracture, so the moments spent sprinting down the floor with Jamal Murray, guarding second-round pick Jalen Pickett and working on his 3-point stroke during summer league practices were a blessing.Nothing was guaranteed for Gillespie when Denver announced last July that he was out indefinitely after breaking his leg in a pickup game at his alma mater, Villanova. He was an undrafted rookie on a two-way contract and previously tore his MCL near the end of the Wildcats’ 2021 season. Yet the Nuggets kept Gillespie around, and now he is ready to finally suit up for Denver at NBA Summer League in Las Vegas.“When I got injured, I was like ‘Man, this is not good,’” Gillespie said. “But it just tells you about the organization (and) what kind of people they are. It’s a special organization. I was extremely ...

Protestors call for deputies' firing after footage of rough arrest released by L.A. County Sheriff’s Department 

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:30:17 GMT

A community was protesting Wednesday after body-worn camera footage of a use of force incident in Lancaster was released earlier this week by officials at the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.  The hard-to-watch incident has triggered anger and condemnation. Demonstrators at the protest claim LASD deputies routinely mishandle minorities and that the deputies involved in this incident need to be fired.  The confrontation happened on June 24 when deputies from the Lancaster Sheriff’s Station responded to the parking lot of a WinCo Foods store, located at 740 W. Ave. K 4, on reports of an “in-progress robbery.”   Footage from the body-worn cameras shows two deputies confronting a man accused of shoplifting from a WinCo Foods store in Lancaster. While deputies detained the man on the ground, his alleged accomplice can be seen filming with her cellphone.  A deputy approaches her and takes her down as the woman yells in protest, saying she did nothing. “Sto...

4 robbery suspects arrested after high-speed pursuit in San Bernardino County

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:30:17 GMT

Four robbery suspects were arrested after a high-speed pursuit in San Bernardino County on Wednesday.The suspects' vehicle, a white Tesla, was spotted on the 210 freeway and was wanted in connection to several robberies throughout Riverside, according to California Highway Patrol.When officers attempted to pull the suspects over, they refused to stop and sped off instead, leading CHP on a high-speed pursuit.During the chase, the suspects crashed into another vehicle, causing severe damage to the suspect vehicle’s front hood while ending the pursuit.Photos from the scene show the driver’s side hood, side mirrors and front tires were destroyed from the collision.Four robbery suspects in a Tesla were arrested after a high-speed pursuit in San Bernardino County on July 5, 2023. (California Highway Patrol)Four robbery suspects in a Tesla were arrested after a high-speed pursuit in San Bernardino County on July 5, 2023. (California Highway Patrol)Four robbery suspects in a Tesla were arre...

Noda helps A’s get off to a quick start in a 12-3 rout of the Tigers

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:30:17 GMT

By Dave HoggThe Associated PressDETROIT — Ryan Noda homered in a three-run first inning and the Oakland Athletics went on to rout the Detroit Tigers 12-3 on Wednesday night.Oakland won for the fourth time in five games. The majors-worst Athletics, who hadn’t shut out an opponent all season before a 1-0 victory Tuesday night, held the Tigers scoreless for the first 17 innings of the series.The Tigers only had two baserunners in the first seven innings and both were erased on double plays. Miguel Cabrera broke the scoreless streak with an RBI double in the eighth.Athletics starter Austin Pruitt retired all nine batters he faced. Ken Waldichuk (2-5) allowed three runs on two hits and three walks in 4 1/3 innings.Detroit’s Eduardo Rodriguez (4-5) returned from a ruptured pulley in his index finger to make his first start since May 28. He gave up five runs on six hits in four innings.“Health-wise, he checked out great, which is very important,” Tigers manager A.J. Hinch said. “It was a w...

With Ukraine’s Cluster Bombs Killing Its Own Citizens, Biden Readies Order to Send More

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:30:17 GMT

On the morning of July 22 last year, a Ukrainian woman living in the town of Izium, then occupied by invading Russian troops, was killed in shelling launched by the Ukrainian military. The bomb that killed her was no ordinary weapon.According to investigators from Human Rights Watch, who visited the scene of the attack, her death was caused by a cluster munition, a weapon much of the world has moved to ban due to the indiscriminate harm that they cause to civilians. The salvo was allegedly fired from the Ukrainian side, according to witnesses, and detonated near the woman’s home, killing her and her dog.“The attack was very scary. Very loud. I was outside and there were a lot of explosions. The wife of my ex-husband came and told me to hurry to get inside,” one witness told Human Rights Watch, according to a report released late Wednesday night. Another witness, who viewed the victim’s body in the aftermath and helped bury her in a local cemetery, said that her “face and body were s...

Cowser a hit in his MLB debut as Kremer pitches the scuffling Orioles past the Yankees 6-3

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:30:17 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Touted prospect Colton Cowser hit an RBI single in his major league debut and scored the go-ahead run when fellow rookie Jordan Westburg followed with a two-run triple, sending Dean Kremer and the Baltimore Orioles past the New York Yankees 6-3 on Wednesday night.Kremer (9-4) struck out a career-high 10 in seven innings of four-hit ball. Ryan O’Hearn lined a two-run homer in the ninth, and All-Star relievers Yennier Cano and Félix Bautista combined to get the final six outs as the second-place Orioles won for only the second time in eight games.Josh Donaldson and Anthony Volpe homered for the Yankees, who had won the first two games of this four-game series between AL East playoff contenders. Kyle Higashioka had an RBI single.Called up from the minors to make a spot start necessitated by last Friday’s rainout in St. Louis, rookie Randy Vásquez gave New York five excellent innings and was removed with a 2-0 lead after throwing 75 pitches.Cedric Mullins dou...