🌱 Jugging Suspect Remains Unidentified + Texas State Nursing Award

Good morning, Round Rock! I'm here in your inbox to get you up to speed on everything you need to know that's going on in town. Today's briefing includes news on:

• Nov. 2022 jugging suspect still not identified.
• Progress update on new warehouse industrial development
• Texas State's nursing school receives big award!

But first, today's weather:

Mostly cloudy and cooler. High: 58 Low: 44.

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Here are the top stories in Round Rock today:

1. Round Rock police are trying to identify a jugging suspect from Nov. 2022. From the victim's story, she withdrew money from a Wells Fargo, drove to and then entered the Goodwill on Smyers Lane, and came back out of the store to see that her vehicle window had been broken and her belongings stolen. Surveillance cameras recorded a decently clear snapshot of the suspect's face. (KVUE)
2. Industrial warehouse development First Settlers Grove broke ground last year on the first four buildings, and that project is expected to be completed in June 2023. The last set of four buildings is expected to finish construction in August 2023, completing this 631,000-square-foot development. (Community Impact Newspaper)
3. Texas State University's St. David’s School of Nursing in Round Rock received a "$100,000 award to participate in a groundbreaking initiative to enhance the quality & methods of nursing education." The concept is to encourage schools to redesign curriculum to focus on "competency-based learning and assessment." Texas State was one of only 10 other schools to receive the award in the entire U.S. Working together with statewide colleagues, Texas State hopes to be part of the change in educating future nurses to be more "practice-ready" after completing their studies. (Texas State University Round Rock Campus)

Today in Round Rock:

• Show Me The Money - Compensation Planning ($135) at Cooke'd Broadcast (8:30 a.m.)
• IKKiCON (Buy tickets) at Kalahari Resorts (9 a.m.)
• It's a Scavenger Hunt! *Virtual* (10 a.m.)
• Round Rock High School Lady's Soccer vs. Westwood at Dragon Stadium (5:30 PM)
• Storytime at Barnes and Noble (7 p.m.)
• Full Moon Love Trees ($39) at Painting With a Twist (7:30 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Update from Sam Bass Fire Department: An elderly woman was safely found after having gone missing from an assisted living facility near the Woods of Brushy Creek and Highland Horizon neighborhoods. (Sam Bass Fire Department via Facebook)
• New Round Rock ISD CEO: "Longtime educator and advocate for equity Dr. Luz Martinez has been named Round Rock ISD’s new Chief Equity Officer. Dr. Martinez comes to Round Rock ISD from Midland ISD, where she has served as Associate Superintendent since 2021." (Round Rock ISD via Facebook)
• Austin District Public Information Officer Brad Wheelis wants the public's "opinion on the look of the I-35 Capital Express Central project. The next VOICE meeting will be on Tuesday, Jan. 24 from 6 - 8 p.m. at the Conley Guerrero Senior Activity Center." (Nextdoor)

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Alrighty, you're all caught up for today! See you all tomorrow for another update.

— Elaine Thompson

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