{"id":41314,"date":"2018-05-08T23:06:00","date_gmt":"2018-05-09T04:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=41314"},"modified":"2018-05-08T23:06:00","modified_gmt":"2018-05-09T04:06:00","slug":"texas-bicycling-news-digest-may-8th-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2018\/05\/08\/texas-bicycling-news-digest-may-8th-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling News Digest May 8th 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

Things to do, places to eat for Mother\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Day in The Woodlands<\/a><\/h2>\n

Compiled by Patricia Dillon | www.yourconroenews.com<\/h3>\n

Mother’s Day Ride & Tea: Join Bike The Woodlands Coalition on a Mother\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Day bicycle ride for moms and their children. Meet at Grogan’s Mill Shopping Center by Randalls at 9 a.m. on Sunday. Participants must be 14 years or older and all riders must wear a helmet. Contact infitnia@gmail.com for information.<\/p>\n

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Corpus Christi cyclist who died after vehicle hit him in Flour Bluff identified<\/a><\/h2>\n

Meagan Falcon | www.caller.com<\/h3>\n


\nThe cyclist who died after being struck by a vehicle Monday night in Flour Bluff has been identified.<\/p>\n

Heraldo Pe\u00c3\u00b1a, an investigator with the Nueces County Medical Examiner’s Office, said the man was identified as 60-year-old Stephen Clark of Corpus Christi. …<\/p>\n

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Butler Trail detour begins as crews install mini-boardwalk<\/a><\/h2>\n

Pam LeBlanc | fitness.blog.austin360.com<\/h3>\n


\nA section of the Butler Hike and Bike Trail beneath the north end of the Ann Richards Congress Avenue Bridge will close Wednesday for 12 days while crews demolish the old wooden bridge and install a new 14-foot-wide pathway.<\/p>\n

Trail users can follow a detour up to Congress Avenue and around the construction during the closure. The …<\/p>\n

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Abilene police officers to participate in Police Unity Tour, honoring fallen officers<\/a><\/h2>\n

By: Joshua Engard | www.bigcountryhomepage.com<\/h3>\n


\nABILENE, Texas (KTAB\/KRBC) – Two officers from the Abilene Police Department will travel with the Texas Wheels of Justice to the East coast to participate in the 2018 Police Unity Tour honoring fallen police officers from around the nation.<\/p>\n

The event is a 300 mile bike ride from East Hanover New Jersey to Washington, D.C., and will take …<\/p>\n

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Video: Person on bike hit by car in Flour Bluff<\/a><\/h2>\n

By Tammy Botello | www.kristv.com<\/h3>\n

UPDATE: Police have confirmed that a cyclist has died after being hit by a car Monday night in the Flour Bluff area.<\/p>\n

The victim was transported to the hospital in critical condition where police say he succumbed to his injuries.<\/p>\n

According to a witness, a man driving a white truck struck a man in the 2000 block of Flour Bluff Drive.<\/p>\n

The witness said he wad driving behind the bicycle for a while, then began to move around the cyclist. That’s when the …<\/p>\n

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Prison Sentences Ordered In Five Recent Brazos County District Court Criminal Cases<\/a><\/h2>\n

by Bill Oliver | wtaw.com<\/h3>\n

… Stealing a Texas A&M police bait bicycle resulted in a four year prison term for a Bryan man. The sentence given to 34 year old Adrian Lashawn Jackson was based on his criminal history, which included convictions in two felony drug cases and two misdemeanor theft cases.<\/p>\n

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