Kailey E. Hunt
Williamson County Reporter at KUT-FM (Austin, TX)
Reporter @KUT, Austin’s @NPR station. @UTAustin @UT_IRG alum. Eighth generation Texan. She/Her. اللغة العربية. Tips? Email [email protected]
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Williamson County DA sues Texas attorney general, joining others in challenge to new oversight rules
1 week ago |
kut.org | Kailey E. Hunt
Williamson County has filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of new oversight rules imposed by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. Travis County filed a similar lawsuit earlier this month. The new rules require certain district and county attorneys to submit "performance reports" and grant the Attorney General's Office access to certain case files.
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1 week ago |
kut.org | Kailey E. Hunt
Seventeen-year-old Kafia Jackson-Woods jumped in place with nerves and excitement on Friday night as she waited join her team on the football field. The track star turned running back from McCallum High School had helped her team secure a spot in Austin ISD's first-ever girls' flag football championship. Now, Jackson-Woods and her fellow Knights were about the face off against an undefeated team from Bowie High School.
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1 month ago |
kut.org | Kailey E. Hunt
Heavy rain, large hail, damaging wind gusts, as well as an isolated tornado are possible for the Austin area on Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service. A severe thunderstorm warning is in effect for northwestern Williamson County until 10 a.m.A severe thunderstorm watch is also in effect for parts on Central Texas, including Travis and Hays counties until 10 a.m. Scattered hail up to the size of tennis balls is likely.
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1 month ago |
kut.org | Kailey E. Hunt
Former Liberty Hill Independent School District Superintendent Steven Snell was sworn in as Williamson County judge Monday. "We we are very honored to have Steve join us in an extremely fast growing county with a lot of big decisions ahead of us," Precinct Three Commissioner Valerie Covey said. He will serve in the role until the county's next general election in November 2026, at which point, Snell said, he intends to seek a full-term as county judge.
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2 months ago |
kut.org | Kailey E. Hunt
Firefly Aerospace successfully concluded its first moon mission earlier this week, but not before its Blue Ghost lander captured first-of-its-kind images of the lunar sunset. The images were taken at the Blue Ghost's landing site on the moon’s near-side (the side you can see from Earth), in a more than 300-mile-wide basin called the Mare Crisium.
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