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Illinois football makes a major coaching hire before 2023 season

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 14:51:39 GMT

CHAMPAIGN — Before the start of his third season at the school, Bret Bielema made a splash with his latest addition to his coaching staff. Here’s @IlliniFootball’s release on the hiring of former Wisconsin defensive coordinator and interim head coach @jimleonhard as a senior football analyst under head coach @BretBielema..@WGNNews pic.twitter.com/LVR08i6rkO— Larry Hawley (@HawleySports) July 25, 2023On Tuesday morning, Illinois announced that they've hired former Wisconsin defensive coordinator Jim Leonhard as a senior football analyst just before Big Ten Media Days in Indianapolis.He had been a candidate for a defensive coordinator job for the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles after his seven-year run of coaching at his alma mater in Madison. It's a major staff hire for Bielema as he continues to improve the Illini football program, which won eight games for the first time in 15 years during the 2022 season. He served as Leonard's defensive coordinator with the Badgers in his final s...

Comedian Jim Gaffigan tells his 'favorite morning show' what really happened to Larry Potash's arm

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 14:51:39 GMT

CHICAGO — He's got a lot going on at the moment from a new show to an upcoming tour with a comedic legend. But before the actor's strike, Chesterton-native Jim Gaffigan had some time to talk with Dean Richards about a few projects that are coming up for him in 2023.On Tuesday, his new comedy special "Dark Pale," will premiere on Amazon Prime and will be his 10th such program in his career. On November 9 &10, he'll team up with Jerry Seinfeld for a pair of performances at the United Center as part of a tour that will also stop in Inglewood, San Francisco, and St. Louis.Dean spoke to Jim about these topics and more in this edition of "Dean's A-List Interview" that aired on the July 25 WGN Morning News. You can watch the full interview in the video above.Get Dean's reviews and A-List interviews delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for Dean's Downloads weekly newsletter. You'll also get his Dean Cooks recipes too!

A slight drop in heat, but not for long

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 14:51:39 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Monday was the 17th straight day with a high in the triple digits. There are at least seven more to come to end this month. July 31st will be the 24th 100º day which will tie for second place with the most consecutive days of triple digit heat. 2023 AUSTIN WEATHER DATA We expect highs today to be slightly cooler than Monday as we drop 1 degree to 104º this afternoon.Only two counties with heat alerts todayToday a Heat Advisory is in effect for Lampasas and San Saba Counties for a maximum heat index up to 107°.Upper-level high pressure is over western New Mexico today. It will continue to stay to the west of Central Texas from now through the weekend.The stubborn high remains to our westAn "inverted trough" does look to develop by late in the week but it may be too far away from our region to serve up any much-needed rain. Perhaps the most we can look for is some clouds but even that is iffy. Finally, and this really hurts, the update from the Climate Prediction Ce...

APD: 55-year-old arrested in east Austin homicide

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 14:51:39 GMT

Editor's Note: The video above shows KXAN Live’s top headlines for July 25, 2023AUSTIN (KXAN) – A man was arrested and charged with first-degree murder last week in connection to an east Austin homicide that happened earlier this month. Donathon Bernard Chandler, 55, was identified by Austin Police Department detectives as the prime suspect in the death of Peter Gonzalez. RELATED: APD: 1 dead after ‘verbal altercation’ near abandoned building in east Austin Gonzalez was found dead near an abandoned building “with obvious trauma to his body,” near the intersection of East 52nd Street and Cameron Road on July 16. On Thursday, July 20, 2023, the APD SWAT team and Lone Star Fugitive Task Force members located and arrested Chandler. Chandler faces a first-degree murder charge.

Austin’s weather extremes: Hottest, coldest and wettest December records

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 14:51:39 GMT

Editor’s Note: The video above shows the latest from the KXAN First Warning Weather team.AUSTIN (KXAN) — At KXAN, we’re keeping track of Austin’s weather extremes.In this story, we'll take a look at the hottest, coldest and wettest December days in recorded history.For more weather extremes, click here to see Austin's heat and cold records, or click here to see Austin's rain and snow records.What is the hottest/coldest December on record in Austin?To determine the hottest or coldest December on record, we use the 'average temperature' for each month, combining the highs and lows recorded each day. A typical December has an average temperature of 53.6°.December 2021 was the hottest December on record, with an average temperature of 65.1°. No other December has had an average temperature above 60°. On the opposite end, December 1983 is the coldest on record, with an average temperature of 41.9°.What is the hottest December temperature on record in Austin?The average high tem...

Austin’s weather extremes: Hottest, coldest and wettest November records

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 14:51:39 GMT

Editor’s Note: The video above shows the latest from the KXAN First Warning Weather team.AUSTIN (KXAN) — At KXAN, we’re keeping track of Austin’s weather extremes.In this story, we'll take a look at the hottest, coldest and wettest November days in recorded history.For more weather extremes, click here to see Austin's heat and cold records, or click here to see Austin's rain and snow records.What is the hottest/coldest November on record in Austin?To determine the hottest or coldest November on record, we use the 'average temperature' for each month, combining the highs and lows recorded each day. A typical November has an average temperature of 61.0°.November 1927 was the hottest November on record, with an average temperature of 68.2°. On the opposite end, November 1976 is the coldest on record, with an average temperature of 51.6°.What is the hottest November temperature on record in Austin?The average high temperature on any given November day is 71.5°, but several day...

Austin’s weather extremes: Hottest, coldest and wettest October records

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 14:51:39 GMT

Editor’s Note: The video above shows the latest from the KXAN First Warning Weather team.AUSTIN (KXAN) — At KXAN, we’re keeping track of Austin’s weather extremes.In this story, we'll take a look at the hottest, coldest and wettest October days in recorded history.For more weather extremes, click here to see Austin's heat and cold records, or click here to see Austin's rain and snow records.What is the hottest/coldest October on record in Austin?To determine the hottest or coldest October on record, we use the 'average temperature' for each month, combining the highs and lows recorded each day. A typical October has an average temperature of 71.6°.October 1931 was the hottest October on record, with an average temperature of 77.0°. On the opposite end, October 1976 is the coldest on record, with an average temperature of 61.3°.What is the hottest October temperature on record in Austin?The average high temperature on any given October day is 82.5°, but several days have be...

Austin’s weather extremes: Hottest, coldest and wettest September records

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 14:51:39 GMT

Editor’s Note: The video above shows the latest from the KXAN First Warning Weather team.AUSTIN (KXAN) — At KXAN, we’re keeping track of Austin’s weather extremes.In this story, we'll take a look at the hottest, coldest and wettest September days in recorded history.For more weather extremes, click here to see Austin's heat and cold records, or click here to see Austin's rain and snow records.What is the hottest/coldest September on record in Austin?To determine the hottest or coldest September on record, we use the 'average temperature' for each month, combining the highs and lows recorded each day. A typical September has an average temperature of 80.8°.September 2019 was the hottest September on record, with an average temperature of 88.0°. On the opposite end, September 1974 is the coldest on record, with an average temperature of 72.3°.What is the hottest September temperature on record in Austin?The average high temperature on any given September day is 91.4°, but se...

How do Austin's monthly weather records compare to average?

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 14:51:39 GMT

Editor’s Note: The video above shows the latest from the KXAN First Warning Weather team.AUSTIN (KXAN) — At KXAN, we’re keeping track of Austin’s weather extremes.The charts in this story show how hot, cold and wet each month typically is and compares that to the hottest, coldest and wettest on record.For more weather extremes, click here to see Austin's heat and cold records or click here to see Austin's rain and snow records. Temperatures, rain, severe storms: Tracking Austin’s 2023 weather by the numbers What is the hottest temperature recorded each month in Austin?August typically has the hottest temperatures of the year, with an average high of 97.8°. The highest temperature ever recorded in Austin was 112°. The city hit that temperature twice: once in August and once in September.Every month of the year has seen temperatures hit 90° at least once since records began, even January which typically has the coolest highs. The average high on any given January day is 62...

Austin’s weather extremes: Hottest, coldest and wettest August records

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 14:51:39 GMT

Editor’s Note: The video above shows the latest from the KXAN First Warning Weather team.AUSTIN (KXAN) — At KXAN, we’re keeping track of Austin’s weather extremes.In this story, we'll take a look at the hottest, coldest and wettest August days in recorded history.For more weather extremes, click here to see Austin's heat and cold records, or click here to see Austin's rain and snow records.What is the hottest/coldest August on record in Austin?To determine the hottest or coldest August on record, we use the 'average temperature' for each month, combining the highs and lows recorded each day. A typical August has an average temperature of 86.5°.August 2011 was the hottest August on record, with an average temperature of 91.7°. No other August has had an average temperature greater than 90°. On the opposite end, August 1900 is the coldest on record, with an average temperature of 77.8°. No other August has had an average temperature lower than 80°.What is the hottest August ...