Published April 20, 2016

By SARAH DOOLITTLE, Four Points News

Austin loves football. A player since age five when he started in Pop Warner, Austin has developed a passion for the game and even falls asleep at night imagining his own made-up plays.

Now in middle school, Austin will tell you what he loves best about football. “Playing with your friends and being on a team. That feeling that you have when you’re just out there in the field with the spotlights on you. It’s just the greatest thing ever.” Continue reading →

By SCOTT W. COLEMAN, Four Points News

Adeline Carter of Vandegrift High School runs a leg of the Class 5A girls 1600-meter relay at the 2016 UIL State Track and Field Meet on Friday, May 13, 2016 at Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin. Vandegrift’s team finished seventh with a time of 3:56.85.

Vandegrift’s contingent of track and field athletes represented the school at the UIL State Track and Field meet last weekend, and though thunderstorms caused a nearly six-hour delay on Saturday, Vandegrift’s athletes were able to finish their events on Friday without being impacted at Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin. Continue reading →

By LYNETTE HAALAND, Four Points News

Leander ISD Superintendent Bret Champion accepted a $100,000 district-wide award at the H-E-B Excellence in Education Awards on Friday in San Antonio.

The money goes into the district general fund and there are some ideas that will benefit the system as a whole that cannot be announced yet but that the district has been researching for years, said Veronica Sopher, spokesperson for LISD.

L-R Veronica Sopher, Leander ISD assistant superintendent of community and governmental relations, Trish Bode, LISD board member, Mark Koller, Pleasant Hill Elementary principal, Gloria Gonzales-Dholakia, LISD Educational Excellence Foundation executive director, Paul Johnson, Vista Ridge High School principal, Bret Champion, LISD superintendent, Pamela Waggoner, LISD board vice president, Aaron Johnson, board member, Dr. Tiffany Terrell-Spicer, Leander High School principal and Sue Williams, LISD parent volunteer.

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By CASSIE MCKEE, Four Points News

While the number of fatalities on Austin roadways has decreased compared to this time last year, the number of driving while intoxicated arrests in Austin seems to be holding steady, according to Austin Police Department data from the first quarter of 2016.

Between Jan. 1 and Mar. 31, 2016, APD made 1,517 DWI arrests. During that same time period in 2015, APD made 1,540 DWI arrests.

“On average, every year we do about 6,000 DWI (arrests) department-wide,” said APD Lieutenant Blake Johnson. “We’re on pace to be around that same number this year.”

Fortunately, there has been a decrease in the number of fatalities this year compared to the same time period last year. 2015 was the deadliest year on Austin roadways with a total of 102 fatalities. Of those, 65 percent involved impaired drivers. Continue reading →

This crash at the intersection of RM 620 and RM 2222 occurred around 7:30 p.m. on Apr. 5 and it involved a driver who was arrested for driving while intoxicated.

By CASSIE MCKEE, Four Points News

While the number of fatalities on Austin roadways has decreased compared to this time last year, the number of driving while intoxicated arrests in Austin seems to be holding steady, according to Austin Police Department data from the first quarter of 2016. Continue reading →