For those ghouls hoping to do some good before a night of naughtiness, Austin Pride Build is in need of some extra hands for their Open Build Day. No previous construction experience is necessary but feel free to slip into that construction worker costume anyway. Just RSVP on Facebook and then hop in your monster mobile and head on over to 2407 Towbridge Circle this Saturday morning at 8AM. more ›

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• Paramedic who came to the scene of Erica Smith's accident last month in San Antonio didn't check her pulse; she died after being left for dead for an hour at the site of the accident.
• Wooten Elementary was placed on lockdown this afternoon because police thought someone in a residence nearby was holed up with a weapon; the home was found to be clear.
• At an Academy store in Round Rock, a suspected shoplifter backed over a store clerk who was trying to mark down her license plate number.