Carissa Lehmkuhl is a journalist based in Austin, Texas. She writes for various news outlets including KTBC-TV, HOUSTON WORKS USA, and Yahoo News, focusing on local news and issues in the Austin area. Carissa covers a wide range of topics including community events, crime, weather, and social issues affecting the residents of Austin and surrounding areas.
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By: Carissa Lehmkuhl
Hays CISD is accelerating plans to outfit all its school buses with seatbelts after a deadly crash in March. 7 On Your Side reporter Carissa Lehmkuhl explains several Central Texas school districts are still working to phase out buses without seatbelts.
By: Carissa Lehmkuhl
Despite rain in the short-term forecast, the long-term forecast is looking hot and dry: bad news for the ongoing drought here in central Texas.
By: Carissa Lehmkuhl
A heads up if you drive on toll roads in central Texas: If you receive a text saying you owe money for using one of those roads, you'll want to think twice.
By: Carissa Lehmkuhl
One suspect is in custody in connection with this week's deadly drug overdoses in Austin. ATCEMS says, since Monday, nearly 80 people have overdosed in the city.
Wildfire preparedness starts now. On Friday, Williamson County leaders and first responders gathered to discuss the plans they have in place, and what plans residents should have in place.
By: Carissa Lehmkuhl
May is Wildfire Awareness Month, and communities around Texas are doing just that before it gets really hit and really dry
By: Carissa Lehmkuhl
Neighbors living in Bastrop County say they have experienced unprecedented flooding ever since development began on a new subdivision just up the road.
By: Carissa Lehmkuhl, Kaitlin Armstrong, Moriah Wilson, Anna Moriah Mo
Austin-Bergstrom International Airport is changing who can go to what security checkpoint, this as the airport continues its ongoing renovation project.
By: Carissa Lehmkuhl, Kaitlin Armstrong, Moriah Wilson, Anna Moriah Mo
Fentanyl remains the leading cause of death among young adults in the U.S. Most recently, a large overdose outbreak in Austin brought more attention to this deadly issue.
Severe storms rolled through Central Texas Thursday evening. In San Marcos, storms ripped off a part of a church's roof.
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