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Texas Athlete Allegedly Kills Three in Drunk Driving Wreck on Christmas Eve

March 26, 2015Posts

Two families in El Paso had to experience Christmas with the stunning loss of loved ones due to the foolish decision of one man to get behind the wheel of a car after drinking. Joel Garcia, who is an amateur boxer in Texas, was arrested on three counts of intoxication manslaughter after driving through a red light going 90mph on Christmas Eve and plowing into a 2004 Pontiac that was carrying brothers Isaiah and Joshua...

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Raising Children After Texas Divorce: Who Makes Choices on Religion?

December 23, 2014Posts

Many children throughout Austin, Round Rock, Cedar Park and San Marcos live in homes with parents who are divorced, separated or who have never been married. It is becoming increasingly common for children to be raised by two parents who live independently rather than for a child to be raised within a nuclear family unit. When kids live in separate homes, it raises many complicated questions. One issue, of course, is how parenting time is...

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Driver Who Killed Kindergarten Teacher and Her Son Gets 18 Years in Jail

December 10, 2014Posts

Last week, residents of Austin finally saw some closure to a horrific accident that took place in December 2013. Nicholas Wyzykowski pleaded guilty to two counts of intoxication manslaughter and five counts of intoxication assault after a night of drinking with friends resulted in him plowing into multiple cars while going around 100mph. When taken into custody, Wyzykowski was determined to be driving with a 0.27 BAC, which is more than three times the legal...

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Traffic Crashes Increase without Red Light Cameras

November 04, 2014Posts

How many of you have experienced going to your mailbox and finding a ticket issued courtesy of a red light camera? These sneaky machines have become popular in high-traffic areas across the country. Still, they are also controversial in both their legality and in the motivations of the elected officials who choose to install them. Houston discontinued their use of these cameras after they were voted down in a 2010 referendum. And now the Houston...

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Doctors and Nurses Face Increased Scrutiny in the Face of New Threats

October 22, 2014Posts

The nation is understandably worried about a health danger that has reached our shores for the first time. And here is Texas, the anxiety is perhaps felt even more acutely as the one person known to have tested positive for Ebola and then eventually die from the horrific diagnosis in our country was here within the borders of our state. We have been reassured by the Centers for Disease Control that the United States is...

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