Posted: Mar 28, 2021 / 07:33 AM CDTUpdated: Mar 28, 2021 / 11:04 PM CDTBASTROP, Texas (KXAN) — When it dipped into the single digits during the winter freeze, David Patterson felt the pain. “When we have bad weather, like what we just had in February, you know the coldness, because I have severe arthritis in both my hips basically, so I can feel the pain or the high humidity,” Patterson explained.  His chronic pain is also due to a disc impingement, spinal cord damage in his lower back and cervical spine damage. He said just in the last two months his...…Posted: Mar 28, 2021 / 07:33 AM CDTUpdated: Mar 28, 2021 / 11:04 PM CDTBASTROP, Texas (KXAN) — When it dipped into the single digits during the winter freeze, David Patterson felt the pain. “When we have bad weather, like what we just had in February, you know the coldness, because I have severe arthritis in both my hips basically, so I can feel the pain or the high humidity,” Patterson explained.  His chronic pain is also due to a disc impingement, spinal cord damage in his lower back and cervical spine damage. He said just in the last two months his...WW…

Posted: Nov 11, 2020 / 11:43 AM CSTUpdated: Mar 15, 2021 / 12:23 PM CDTEditor’s Note: This story has been updated to include a lawsuit filed by the Wattenbarger family in December 2020, as well as the defendants’ response to the lawsuit claims, provided to KXAN by the Wattenbargers’ attorney in March 2021.NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas (KXAN) — It’s Sunday afternoon, and David Bushnell is getting ready for work. He’s packed his bags, said his good-bye to his wife and hits the road.It will be a four-hour drive through the Hill Country as he heads west to Big Lake. “It was part of the start of the...…Posted: Nov 11, 2020 / 11:43 AM CSTUpdated: Mar 15, 2021 / 12:23 PM CDTEditor’s Note: This story has been updated to include a lawsuit filed by the Wattenbarger family in December 2020, as well as the defendants’ response to the lawsuit claims, provided to KXAN by the Wattenbargers’ attorney in March 2021.NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas (KXAN) — It’s Sunday afternoon, and David Bushnell is getting ready for work. He’s packed his bags, said his good-bye to his wife and hits the road.It will be a four-hour drive through the Hill Country as he heads west to Big Lake. “It was part of the start of the...WW…

AUSTIN (KXAN) — It didn’t take long for Michelle Cohen to decide that her kids were going to stick with virtual learning for the rest of the year. “My daughter has some pre-existing conditions that I’m afraid for her. My son has asthma. So, I don’t want to expose them,” Cohen explained. The mom of three has been tracking COVID-19 numbers every day in Kyle and sharing them on social media. “As I was watching the data, I could see the impacts it was having on the Hispanic community,” Cohen explained.Cohen said she’s been working with city leaders and pushing for more...…AUSTIN (KXAN) — It didn’t take long for Michelle Cohen to decide that her kids were going to stick with virtual learning for the rest of the year. “My daughter has some pre-existing conditions that I’m afraid for her. My son has asthma. So, I don’t want to expose them,” Cohen explained. The mom of three has been tracking COVID-19 numbers every day in Kyle and sharing them on social media. “As I was watching the data, I could see the impacts it was having on the Hispanic community,” Cohen explained.Cohen said she’s been working with city leaders and pushing for more...WW…