The new Baylor Scott & White clinic treats patients ages 18 years and older for a range of illnesses Dacia is a features reporter for northern markets in the Austin metro She joined Community Impact in June 2024 shortly after graduating from The University of Texas with a degree in journalism Dacia previously interned for Austin PBS and Voces Oral History Center practicing yoga and trying new restaurants in the city Texas — Police have identified a man who died in a one-vehicle collision in northwest Austin last week It happened in the 11500 block of Jollyville Road around 9:45 p.m ALSO:Two arrested in North Austin jugging incident Austin Travis County EMS reported that one person later identified as 73-year-old Darrell Moore West was pinned inside their vehicle and was pronounced deceased shortly after Anyone with any information is asked to contact APD's Vehicular Homicide unit at 512-974-8111. Tips may be submitted anonymously through the Capital Area Crime Stoppers Program by visiting austincrimestoppers.org or calling 512-472-8477 Home » Pedestrian Hit Killed by Vehicle on Jollyville Road in Austin The deadly collision took place in the 11500 block of Jollyville Road at about 5:51 a.m TX – A pedestrian was hit and killed by a vehicle early Thursday morning in Austin The deadly collision took place in the 11500 block of Jollyville Road at about 5:51 a.m a male pedestrian was hit by a vehicle in the area in unclear circumstances The driver of the vehicle was at the scene when authorities arrived Further details on the accident were not provided The Austin Police Department is working to determine the cause of the collision Have you lost a loved one in a pedestrian accident Contact our Houston personal injury attorney today please click the “REMOVE ARTICLE” button below and the article will be removed Removal of an article is usually done within several hours after receipt of the removal request The pedestrian sustained serious injuries and was taken to... read more The multi-vehicle accident happened at about 11:56 p.m. Monday,... read more The motorcyclist was taken to a local hospital with... read more One Killed in Leander Motorcycle Crash near Sheila Drive... read more Xavier Brumfield died at the scene following the collision... read more 59-Year-Old Man Killed in North Abilene Pedestrian Accident on... read more One Killed and Two Critically Injured in Houston Pedestrian... read more One Dies in McAllen Car Accident on South Ware... read more Ashley and her husband were riding their bicycles when... read more Woman Killed in NW EL Paso Pedestrian Accident on... read more In addition to helping personal injury clients within the City of Houston we also assist clients who reside in West Houston and Southwest Houston We also serve clients residing in North Houston Joel A Gordon & Associates - Accident Lawyer Customers can order appetizers to pair with their pizzas including House-Made Bruschetta for $14 and Fried Mozzarella for $12 Texas — A pedestrian died early Thursday morning after being struck by a vehicle in northwest Austin Austin-Travis County EMS responded to the 11000 block of Jollyville Road near Thunder Creek Road around 5:55 a.m and attempted life-saving measures on the victim ALSO | Severe weather could put small dent in drought, flooding rain needed in 2025 The adult victim was ultimately pronounced dead at the scene The driver stayed on scene and is cooperating with the investigation The Austin Police Department closed the intersection while investigators examined the crash site The identity of the victim has not been released Homebuyers and families yearn for tight-knit communities with neighbors that will look out for each other and one Austin-area neighborhood is going above and beyond to fulfill that role: the friendly neighborhood of Jollyville Jollyville's time in the spotlight comes via a new report from home improvement services website All Star Home, which named the locale the No. 29 most friendly American neighborhood 13.2 percent of Google reviews for Jollyville-based businesses were described as "friendly." All Star Home also took a deep dive into the friendliest well-known businesses and retailers across the U.S Several of the friendliest chains and big-box stores in the report have a presence around Jollyville "Some trends emerged when [digging] into data for ten business types: Coffee shops and pharmacies ruled the top 10 friendliest list," the report said and post offices got left off the list entirely." Elsewhere in the report is Austin's Bouldin Creek neighborhood Only 10.53 percent of reviews for Bouldin Creek businesses were described of as "friendly." Downtown Austin fell farther down the list 165 with 8.53 percent of reviews for downtown-based businesses earning the "friendly" label Three other Texas neighborhoods made it into the top 10 friendliest American 'hoods: Kingwood in Houston (No South Boulevard-Park Row Historic District in Dallas (No and Fort Worth's South Hills neighborhood (No The top 10 friendliest American neighborhoods are: Some people might be surprised to find out that their taxes are negotiable — at least when it comes to real estate. Specifically, 53 percent of Texas homeowners don't know they can protest their home's property tax evaluation, according to a study by Ownwell a service that makes homeowners' cases for them since homeowners are taxed on the assessed market value of their home an over-appraisal by the local tax office can lead to paying too much in taxes Homeowners in this situation can lower what they owe by telling tax appraisers what they believe the real value of the home is and the two entities will negotiate to find an acceptable number Appraisals reflect the value of the home on January 1 of that tax year the appraisal is made within the Travis County Appraisal District (TCAD) and the case will be heard by the Travis Appraisal Review Board (ARB) the deadline to submit a "protest" — information about the homeowner's proposed market value of their home — is Thursday That means that at the time of this article's publication there are 14 full days left to take action Submitting the information is just a first step; later they'll have to present evidence in an informal meeting What homeowners don't knowThere are a few reasons homeowners may not be aware protesting is an option Hopefully their realtor explained their options but they're technically not required to do so especially if it's months between closing and January 1 it's possible the homeowner heard their options without understanding but the most official path to knowledge requires reading mail from the county in detail homeowners should receive a written Notice of Appraised Value in the mail before the deadline the mailer comes with a mostly blank copy of the Property Owner's Notice of Protest (Form 50-132) It also comes with some instructions on how to submit the form and expected timelines However, sometimes mail delays, administrative accidents, or other mishaps mean a homeowner does not receive their notice in the mail. Homeowners can search for their notice online even if they did not receive it Missing the deadline doesn't mean the mistake can never be fixed Ownwell found that more than half of Texas homeowners were "shocked" at their last property tax bill More than 70 percent had not even sufficiently budgeted for the expense since one in three of them felt their assessment was higher than it should be What hiring a service meansThere's a lot of money on the table and there's little to no risk in protesting If the appraisal review board doesn't agree after hearing your case there is no penalty for an unsuccessful protest is a popular choice because its representatives work on a contingency fee the service doesn't cost anything until they've earned money back the service costs 25 percent of the amount saved It is common for tax protest services to have extremely high success rates. Ownwell claims a success rate of 86 percent. Tax Cutter claims a success rate of 96 percent and offers a 25 percent contingency, or options to keep all the savings for an upfront fee. Gill, Denson & Company also works on a 35 percent contingency and claims a success rate of "more than 80" percent but Ownwell does have a very friendly user experience and strong marketing DIY protestsIf homeowners feel ready to take on the responsibility they can find all this information online — but they will need to be diligent about timelines There are a lot of other variables from house to house but combing through the same general information over and over can be exhausting especially when there is an uncommon detail to work around there are separate forms for properties with particularly egregious over-appraisals with and without homestead exemptions These don't come up in most how-to guides and what little information is available tends to be rephrased or copied ad nauseam rather than presented in new ways that might actually clear up confusion Travis County also has a dedicated taxpayer liaison officer so it's a good idea to give her as much time as possible to respond to questions as the deadline approaches Why first-time homebuyers have a leg upThis can all be overwhelming but first-time homebuyers actually have an advantage if they're well informed and especially if they closed on their house toward the end of the year The first year someone buys a house is often the most straightforward because they have hard evidence of how much their house was really worth on the market: whatever they paid for it It'd be very hard for appraisers to argue that a house was really worth $500,000 if it only sold for $350,000 Wouldn't the seller hold out for more if buyers were willing to pay more the less time any surrounding land had to appreciate in value by that appraisal date the better for all but the most expeditious homeowners there are only two weeks between then and the following year's appraisal Most homeowners won't have implemented tens of thousands of dollars of improvements by then and it's easy to argue the house is worth what you paid just knowing property taxes can be protested is a huge step in saving homeowners money Whether they use a service or learn how to protest on their own homeowners' benefits usually far outweigh the effort of learning how to protest And the best part: learning now makes next year way easier Texas — One person is dead and two others hospitalized after an incident unfolded in a northwest Austin shopping center parking lot early Tuesday morning The Austin Police Department said they received "quite a few callers" reporting a shooting around 2:45 a.m in front of the businesses of North Brooke Plaza This is off of Research Boulevard near Jollyville Road they said they found two people with obvious signs of trauma One person reportedly died at the scene despite life-saving measures Police said the second victim was taken to the hospital they reportedly made contact with a third victim injured during the incident ALSO | One person shot and killed in North Austin Officials believe this was an isolated incident and there is no threat to the public Anyone with any additional information regarding this case should contact the Homicide Unit tip line at 512-974-8477 This is being investigated as Austin’s 49th homicide of 2024 and is the second homicide investigation in Austin in a less than 12-hour period the Service protected the Jollyville Plateau salamander as a “threatened species” under the Endangered Species Act with 4,331 acres of protected habitat in Travis and Williamson counties The Jollyville Fire Department opened their current location near Anderson Mill Road and Pond Springs Road in 2010 Dylan Rodiek passed away from cardiac arrest while on shift but we still have our house," said wife Morgane Rodiek We are the epitome of opposites attract." The Tunnel to Towers Foundation heard about Rodiek's devastating loss and just two days after Rodiek passed the foundation reached out to Morgane and her two girls "I followed the link and went to their site and kind of looked into them and what they are and I clicked the application and printed it out She didn't anticipate the quick response she had gotten "They called me back in September and said we picked your house we're committed to you," said Morgane "They made my mortgage payment in October like I didn’t have to think about it MORE|Drive-up, free COVID-19 testing Monday, Tuesday at the Long Center Paying off the mortgage of the Rodiek's home is all part of the Tunnel to Towers 'Fallen First Responders Home Program.' We build homes for catastrophically injured service members We pay off the mortgages held on homes of surviving spouses of fallen first responders and fallen service members," explained Andrew McClure the national community engagement coordinator for Tunnel to Towers McClure says the Tunnel to Towers Foundation was born when Stephen Siller lost his life on 9/11 He was one of 343 New York City Firefighters who lost their lives that day not wanting to remain in mourning in a dark place they said ‘let’s honor Stephen's life and when the foundation started it the mission was more geared toward fire-related and burn victims," added McClure the foundation has gifted hundreds of homes to gold star families and families of fallen first responders if you were going to put a map or a stamp on it it would be ‘do right by others.’ While we’re here let's do good things for other people," said McClure "This being the 20th anniversary of 9/11 we set some lofty goals and we just completed our 200th home this year ALSO|Two of three monoclonal antibody COVID-19 treatments not effective against omicron "One of the things I had to do was meet with a financial advisor who went through all of my numbers just to make sure like okay we’re going to gift you your home but we want to make sure this is sustainable that you can live this way that you’re able to do these things," shared Morgane the Rodiek family knows one thing for sure "Tunnels to towers has been the one positive in like four months of barrier after barrier," said Morgane "It allows my girls to continue to go to the schools that they go to They are still in the same classrooms with their same teachers their same friends they could continue through that whole pattern The Tunnel to Towers Foundation has either provided a mortgage-free home or paid off the mortgages on the homes of five fallen Texas first responders this year Local Salamanders Featured in National Project The 10-foot by 25-foot mural features two local salamander species: the Austin blind and the Jollyville Plateau It is being painted by artist Roger Peet and students from the school “Most people will never get the chance to see these salamanders in the wild,” said artist Roger Peet the endangered species mural project coordinator “By magnifying these incredibly cool but obscure little three-inch salamanders we hope people will be inspired to take action and help save them.” The celebration will be part of “Fall into the Arts” festival week Peet will be available for interviews onsite from Nov Austin Discovery School students will help him paint What: Endangered Species Mural Project public celebration of Austin blind and Jollyville Plateau salamanders with music activities and local conservation organizations A scientist from the Austin Watershed Protection Department will display live salamanders The Austin blind salamander occurs in and around Barton Springs The Jollyville Plateau salamander lives in the Jollyville Plateau and Brushy Creek areas of the Edwards Plateau in Travis and Williamson counties Other murals already in place include borderland species such as the Mexican wolf and ocelot in El Paso; a blue whale in Los Angeles; a monarch butterfly in Minneapolis; a jaguar in Tucson; and grizzly bears in Oakland The Center for Biological Diversity is a national nonprofit conservation organization with more than 1 million members and online activists dedicated to the protection of endangered species and wild places More press releases The Jollyville Plateau salamander is listed as threatened on the federal endangered species list When the Jollyville Plateau salamander was first added to the endangered species list as a “threatened” species in 2013 the process was met with pushback from Williamson County officials who were concerned the listing would hinder development the “take” of the Jollyville Plateau salamander is prohibited—in other words spring-fed streams and caves in the Jollyville Plateau and Brushy Creek areas of the Edwards Plateau including locations in Cedar Park such as the Buttercup Creek Cave Preserve The USFWS states the species is threatened in part due to loss of habitat principal and owner of Texas Engineering Solutions builders try to plan development around sensitive areas to mitigate the “take” of endangered species on property housing these species may decrease development density “You can’t put as much development and as dense of development in those areas as you would without those features being there so you have less density and tend to have more expensive director of environmental programs for Williamson County said the county's habitat-conservation plan does not specifically address the Jollyville Plateau salamander He said he points developers toward the city of Georgetown’s code of ordinances as an example of a best management practice to follow while constructing in areas where there are endangered salamanders Dermatology Partners welcomes new dermatology Physician Assistant Arpy received her Bachelor of Arts in Cell Biology and Neuroscience from Rutgers University in Piscataway and earned her Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston She has over 16 years of clinical experience in emergency medicine Arpy worked in dermatology groups throughout New Jersey and New York Kothari to join Board-Certified Dermatologist Hans Sander in our Jollyville location,u201d stated U.S Dermatology Partners Chief Executive Officer Paul Singh u201cHer addition to this office furthers our commitment to expanding patient access to high-quality care.u201d Board-certified by the National Commission on Certification and a member of the American Academy of Physician Assistants Arpy brings a wide range of clinical expertise to U.S This includes advance knowledge in general medical dermatology and skin conditions such as acne "We are excited for Ms. Kothary to join Board-Certified Dermatologist Hans Sander, M.D. in our Jollyville location," stated U.S "Her addition to this office furthers our commitment to expanding patient access to critical care." Arpy looks forward to continuing her passion of providing quality patient-centered care and is currently accepting new patients Jeanne Cunningham, U.S. Dermatology Partners, 2144200655, [email protected] Do not sell or share my personal information: Seed Root Salon Spa Mercantile expanded the store and services mid-October and is located at the intersection of Jollyville Road and Taylor Draper Lane A woman is now charged with murder for a shooting last week at a Northwest Austin apartment complex that left a man dead at the Villas at Shadow Oaks complex located at 12148 Jollyville Rd. in a neighborhood near the intersection of Hwy 183 and Spicewood Springs Road The Austin Police Department says officers responded to the address at around 5:10 p.m APD says the caller -- identified as 30-year-old Jacklyn Ensign -- said she had shot someone When officers arrived they found52-year-old Allen Geisel APD saysa preliminary investigation shows the shooting started as a domestic dispute which escalated into a fatal shooting ALSO | Despite guarantees power will stay on, report reveals possibility of rolling blackouts Ensign is in custody at the Travis County Jail charged with first-degree felony murder Anyone with more information is asked to call APD Homicide at 512-974-TIPS or the Crime Stoppers anonymous tip line at 512-472-8477 (TIPS) This case is being investigated as Austin's 37th homicide of 2022 Texas — The Austin Police Department says one person is dead and another is injured following a shooting in Northwest Austin Monday in the 11900 block of Pavilion Blvd One person was pronounced dead at the scene Police say there are possibly two suspects They are investigating this as a suspicious death No further details were immediately available Austin band Black Pumas collaborates on a new beer New Fast-Casual Restaurant OpeningFast-casual Asian fusion mini-chain Chi’lantro is opening its eighth restaurant on 6301 West Parmer Lane in the Jollyville neighborhood starting today most of the restaurant’s locations are open for service minus the downtown food truck on Congress Avenue and restaurant on Colorado Street The restaurants are open for pickups and now deliveries Band Beer CollaborationAustin brewery 4th Tap Brewing Co-op brewed up a new beer with the help of psychedelic soul band Black Pumas. The resulting Stay Gold beer (named after a song) is a hoppy pale ale A portion of the beer’s proceeds will also be donated to the Austin Justice Coalition and the Austin chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the city’s status won’t change “until we’re in a better place in terms of our ICU capacity and in terms of our personnel in the hospitals.” Two local species of salamanders are now listed in the Endangered Species Act under a final ruling released Tuesday by the U.S the service is listing the Austin salamander species as endangered and the Jollyville salamander as threatened the service is allowing an extra six-month comment period on listing the Georgetown and Salado salamander species as endangered aquatic creatures that live in springs throughout Williamson County and northwest Travis County The species grow to be as long as two inches and never leave the water The listings stem from a petition filed in 2004 by the Center for Biological Diversity to list 225 species as endangered The Austin-based Save Our Springs Alliance followed with a petition in 2005 to specifically list the Jollyville salamander as endangered said the listings are critical in saving the two salamander species that live nowhere else in the world “Endangered Species Act protection for the salamanders also protects the springs that give drinking water and recreation to Texas communities,” she said in a media release “These Texas salamanders cannot survive in waterways polluted with pesticides industrial chemicals and other toxins so they are excellent indicators of the health of the environment.” state and federal politicians have fought the listings saying local cities and the county have already implemented strong conservation measures said it remains to be seen how the ruling will be regulated and already it’s having an impact on the economics of the area developers and builders don’t necessarily know what the rules are,” he said the Jollyville salamander is considered by the service to be on the brink of extinction in the near future and can allow for flexibility in regulating the species The service’s ruling lists 32 critical habitats totaling 4,331 acres for the Jollyville salamander 675 acres are within Williamson County while 3,656 acres are in northwestern Travis County One 120-acre critical habitat is set aside for the Austin salamander said the critical habitats are set aside for the salamanders but do not create any additional requirements for private landowners The habitats only apply to any construction that uses federal funding or necessitates a federal permit “It identifies an area on a map of where (the species) could be but it doesn’t require them to do anything additional,” she said a reserve or any kind of conservation area.” the service based the listings on three criteria: • The inadequacy of existing regulatory mechanisms • Other natural or manmade factors affecting its continued existence The Williamson County Conservation Foundation which is funded through county development permits began its own five-year study into the salamander species County commissioners requested the service withhold a ruling saying data from their study did not corroborate studies cited by the service The service commented on the study in its ruling: “Although there may be some disagreement among scientists knowledgeable about the Austin blind and Jollyville Plateau salamanders the disagreement is not substantial enough to extend the final determination for these species,” it reads The service first proposed the listings in August 2012 which followed with a six-month comment period Two public hearings in Round Rock and Austin drew hundreds of comments from residents The 222-page ruling directly responds to 85 of those comments For a comment on how the listings will have negative effects on private development and infrastructure the ruling states the service does not make decisions based on that data But it states that the secretary can make revisions to critical habitats after taking those effects under consideration who attended the public hearing in Round Rock said the Endangered Species Act served a good purpose when it protected bison and bald eagles “I’m not sure the people who wrote the Endangered Species Act [in 1973] ever thought we’d be down to where we are now,” he said An expansion of the 7700 Parmer development in Northwest Austin will include a hotel and commercial sites Greg joined Community Impact as an editor in November 2020 online publications and corporate communications teams Greg earned a journalism degree from the University of Texas at Austin Morgan named new principal of Jollyville Elementary Round Rock school district trustees on Tuesday appointed Scott Morgan as the new principal of Jollyville Elementary Morgan has served as the assistant principal of Anderson Mill Elementary since 2011 He was assistant principal at Great Oaks Elementary from 2008 to 2011 according to a news release district officials issued Tuesday He began his education career as a third-grade teacher in Texas City (near Houston) in 1997 He also has experience teaching math at the middle school level and has worked with special programs including dual language special education and pre-advanced placement Morgan’s first position in school administration was that of assistant principal at the middle school level in the Woodville school district (near Beaumont) in 2004 Air Force National Guard for nine years as a weather forecaster Morgan earned a bachelor of science degree in education from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock He has a master of science degree in educational leadership from the University of Houston – Clear Lake The headline accompanying the Leader’s July 27 front page photo of the S.A Rebels youth baseball team incorrectly stated they won the championship of their age bracket Thank you for completing the form, here is your download: "+jQuery("body").attr("docName")+" Thank you for completing the form, here is the link to your on-demand webinar: On-Demand Webinar Link Texas — A firefighter-EMT died Monday while on duty at a Jollyville Fire Department station near Austin Firefighter-EMT Dylan Rodiek, 34, was found deceased on the floor of his bunk room, from a possible cardiac-related event, according to the U.S. Fire Administration Rodiek joined the fire department in March 2021, according to a statement on the department’s website The statement described Rodiek as “an enthusiastic Firefighter who enjoyed serving the community.” The Austin Fire Department tweeted its sadness about Rodiek’s passing Sadness is heavy in our department and many others across the region today as we learned of the death of Firefighter/EMT Dylan Rodiek from the Jollyville Fire Department (JFD), who passed away last night while on duty at his station. RIP, brother; we’ll see you on the top floor. pic.twitter.com/M1K5kUeibG — Austin Fire Dept (@austinfiredept) August 16, 2021 Copyright © 2025 Lexipol. All rights reserved.Do Not Sell My Personal Information A Texas firefighter died at the station Monday The Jollyville Fire Department received a medical call while firefighter/EMT Dylan Rodiek was on duty, but he did not respond to the emergency, the U.S. Fire Administration stated in an alert Tuesday When Rodiek's fellow firefighters returned to the firehouse they found him dead on the floor of the bunk from a possible cardiac arrest Rodiek had been with the department since March, the department announced in a social media post He was described as "always an enthusiastic employee who enjoyed serving the community." "Sadness is heavy in our department and many others across the region today as we learned of the death of Firefighter/EMT Dylan Rodiek from the Jollyville Fire Department (JFD), who passed away last night while on duty at his station," the Austin Fire Department stated in a Twitter post A fire at a Northwest Austin apartment complex has been extinguished but dozens are displaced after flames tore through the 24-unit building No people or animals were injured in the fire no one will be able to stay in the building Christmas night since power and utilities have been cut as investigators work to determine the cause of the blaze Residents who are displaced have packed the leasing office at The Hendrix Apartments which is located in the 9800 block of Copper Creek Drive near Cedar Park Apartment staff and the Red Cross are assisting the displaced and will find units in the complex where residents can sleep tonight crews were still extinguishing hotspots in the building A previous fire burned in the same complex in December 2012 Earlier: Firefighters are battling a large apartment fire on Christmas Day in northwest Austin according to reports from the Austin Fire Department The blaze has enveloped Building 9 at the International Residence Apartments in the 9800 block of Copper Creek Drive the building is “heavily involved” but firefighters are working to bring the the fire under control The same complex suffered a major fire in December of 2012 a La Feria staffer told Eater that the new location is in the middle of a trial run That staffer also confirmed that the Cedar Park location is closed as well Austin 360 speculates that an office building will take over the old South Lamar space, because of what company currently owns the property: Sackman Enterprises. The development group purchased the site in 2015. It’s the same company behind 70 Rainey, the luxury tower set for the entertainment district a rep for the group told the publication that there is no available comment on the future plans of the site remaining nearby Mexican options include El Meson and Sazon