Authorities gave the all-clear after a bomb threat prompted emergency response at Methodist Hospital Hill Country in Fredericksburg Thursday morning.Hospital st
Authorities gave the all-clear after a bomb threat prompted emergency response at Methodist Hospital Hill Country in Fredericksburg Thursday morning. Hospital staff called 911 around 7:50 a.m., according to Fredericksburg Fire/EMS.
Fredericksburg Fire/EMS and the Fredericksburg Police Department responded to the scene.The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives bomb squad was called to conduct a full sweep of the facility. Law enforcement actively searched the hospital as a precaution. By 11:35 a.m., the ATF bomb squad had fully cleared the building and Methodist Hospital Hill Country declared an all-clear. The hospital resumed normal operations. Authorities had secured a perimeter around the hospital and asked the public to avoid the area during the incident. Fredericksburg Independent School District officials said they were monitoring the situation but that no threat to any district campus had been identified. Schools remained open and operating on a normal schedule."Out of an abundance of caution, we are coordinating with law enforcement and maintaining heightened awareness across district facilities," FISD said.Former Austin Police Chief Joseph Chacon, who stepped down from the Austin Police Department after a 25-year career, is one of four finalists to become the nextThe founder of an Austin-based water brand was sentenced to over four years in prison for defrauding investors of over $6 million.Todd O'Gara, the 46-year-old fPolice have identified the man killed in a shooting outside a north Austin recreation center early Sunday morning and released surveillance video in hopes of idThe ruling formally closed a case that haunted Austin for more than three decades.Gov. Greg Abbott continued to support investigations into school districts accused of helping facilitate anti-ICE walkouts on Tuesday, despite several districts
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