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Austin American-Statesman
statesman.com > news > local > round-rock > article > vista-ridge-dance-classic-21952776.php

Plenty of stars at Vista Ridge Dance Classic in Cedar Park, see photos

3+ hour, 54+ min ago  (426+ words) Ginger Snow from the Round Rock Dragonettes performs a solo to "Trouble." Area dance teams performed at the Vista Ridge Dance Classic on Saturday. Area dance teams performed at the annual Vista Ridge Dance Classic in Cedar Park on Saturday....

Austin American-Statesman
statesman.com > opinion > columns > your-voice > article > want-students-learn-civic-leadership-don-t-21345304.php

Want students to learn civic leadership? Don't stifle school walkouts | Opinion

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (518+ words) Jackie Edwards, a senior, leads a chant Feb. 6 during a Round Rock Early College High School walkout protesting federal immigration enforcement'efforts across the country. Gov. Greg Abbott has ordered state investigations and threatened to strip school funding over such student…...

Austin American-Statesman
statesman.com > news > healthcare > article > dell-childrens-bone-marrow-transplant-21330073.php

This 4-year-old didn’t have to leave Austin for life-saving cancer care

1+ mon, 2+ day ago  (739+ words) Bone marrow transplant coordinator Anne Raines shows nurse Emily Maxwell the steps needed to take out the prepared stem cells for transplant. Last March, it'quickly became clear something was wrong with 3-year-old Avry Jo Schapansky. After a week-long cruise with…...

Austin American-Statesman
statesman.com > opinion > columns > your-voice > article > opinion-texas-values-children-reject-family-21320114.php

It shouldn't take an uprising of children to show us this is inhumane | Opinion

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (548+ words) Recent reporting on children rising up inside a Dilley, Texas immigration detention center should stop us cold in our tracks. Children do not organize protests lightly. When children collectively resist their conditions, it is because their environment has become intolerable....

Austin American-Statesman
statesman.com > news > local > pflugerville > article > pflugerville-looking-for-blind-spots-21320780.php

Daddy Days: Looking for blind spots

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (496+ words) We all have blind spots with our kids. And I don't just mean when they're standing behind us. I was walking with some of the boys recently and one of them kept gliding into my blind spot. I'd turn to…...

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statesman.com > sports > college > longhorns > softball > article > texas-softball-mike-white-mia-scott-21281125.php

Texas Longhorns: 5 preseason practice questions facing softball team

1+ mon, 4+ week ago  (559+ words) Texas softball begins defense of its national championship in less than a month at the'UTSA Invitational Feb. 6-8 in San Antonio. But between now and then, head coach Mike White has some questions to answer before his team takes the field…...

Austin American-Statesman
statesman.com > business > technology > article > screentime-americans-phone-checks-5-min-21266440.php

Americans check phones every 5 minutes, study finds

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (496+ words) Eric Becker displays a folder on his phone titled doomscrolling, with apps that are on timers to limit possible doomscrolling, on Nov. 19, 2025 in San Francsico. On average this year, Americans checked their phones nearly 200 times per day in 2025, according to…...

Austin American-Statesman
statesman.com > opinion > columns > your-voice > article > opinion-ut-opening-new-doors-students-energy-s-21245952.php

UT is opening new doors for students in energy’s tech future | Opinion

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (199+ words) Students from the Kay Bailey'Hutchison Energy Center visit Plains All American Pipeline's Control Center in Midland in November, where they got a first-hand look at a controller's role in remotely monitoring crude oil and natural gas'pipelines.' Technology is changing the…...

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statesman.com > news > local > pflugerville > article > pflugerville-daddy-days-kids-injuries-bingo-21235088.php

Daddy Days: Bingo for kids' injuries

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (429+ words) It seems like my kids get injured a lot. Then again, with a lot of kids it may be that it just seems that way because at any given time someone is likely to have some sort of injury. Certainly,…...

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statesman.com > news > local > pflugerville > article > pflugerville-daddy-days-teach-kids-things-21221146.php

Daddy Days: How to teach kids things you don’t know

3+ mon, 3+ day ago  (611+ words) Kids" brains are like sponges. I"m sure you"ve heard this said before and for good reason. I don"t know if it"s extra synapses or brain plasticity or what, but there"s no doubt about it, kids…...