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Yahoo
11-05-2025
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KXAN's Jennifer Sanders is the 2025 Austinite of the Year
AUSTIN (KXAN) — KXAN evening anchor Jennifer Sanders took home the top honor at the 26th annual Austin Under 40 Awards Saturday. She was chosen as the Austinite of the Year from a group of 90 finalists across 18 categories selected not just for their professional achievements but also for their impact on the community. Jennifer's work as an experienced, compassionate journalist includes in-depth coverage of issues affecting East Austin, military veterans and local families. Her reporting is just one of many ways Jennifer generously shares her talents and heart to enrich the lives of those in her community. Jennifer is a long-time mentor and volunteer. She works with young aspiring journalists at the Bertha Sadler Means Young Women's Leadership Academy and delivers weekend snack packs to students at Norman Sims Elementary School to make sure no child spends the weekend hungry. She frequently serves as an emcee and moderator for community events, lending her skills to fundraising events for nonprofits and schools, and she is an annual presenter at the Joya T. Hayes Leadership Institute. She's volunteered for the American Heart Association for almost a decade in Texas and New York and partners with the Breast Cancer Resource Center. A proud daughter of retired military parents, Jennifer volunteers for Operation Shower, serving military moms-to-be whose partners are deployed. Jennifer serves on the Board of Regents at one of her alma maters, Texas Lutheran University, and she's also the chair of the student engagement and experience committee at TLU. She was selected as a fellow for the Solutions Journalism Network, whose mission is to train journalists how to rigorously report on people working to solve problems in their communities. Most recently, Jennifer was chosen as KXAN's next investigative fellow. She will begin a six-month, in-house investigative training program this summer. Congratulations to Jennifer Sanders on this well-deserved honor! Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
15-02-2025
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Family mourns mom killed in Everett RV fire
The Brief A deadly RV fire has devastated an Everett family. While the cause remains under investigation, we talk with family members about conditions leading up to the fire. EVERETT, Wash. - A candle still flickers in the spot where a man and woman died in Everett, after an RV caught fire. FOX 13 talked with the daughter of the 39-year-old woman killed, Jennifer Sanders, on Friday. "I kind of still don't believe it, it's like shock, I'm shocked," Faith Mushrow, Sanders oldest daughter said. "It feels like I can go drive and find her, I don't think about it as I'll never see her again." The backstory The RV was parked on a residential street near Paine Field Way when that fire broke out last Friday, according to investigators. Inside the RV, there were hoarding conditions, Everett Fire said. "It wasn't livable really," Mushrow said. She told FOX 13, with the cold conditions, she believes the fire was tied to her mom using propane tanks to keep warm. A recent encounter with a stranger at a 7-Eleven also reinforced her suspicion. "I walk in and I'm at the cash register and this guy is staring at me, and he was like 'are you Jennifer's daughter?'" She said that man told her he was the last one to see her mom and the second person who died in the RV that day. She added that he also revealed that he smelled gas when he visited the RV, and they weren't using an actual heater. "He told me they were using something you deep-fry a turkey in, and you lower the metal piece to deep-fry the turkey, and it was connected to a propane tank," Mushrow said. FOX 13 reached out to the Everett Fire Department about the cause of the fire. They said the exact cause is still under investigation. For Mushrow, the cause won't bring her mom back. "I miss her cooking, and I miss she would never want to leave us alone, she always wanted to lay with us and sit with us," Mushrow said. "She was always just nice." What you can do The family has a GoFundMe to help with funeral expenses, you can find it here. "Everybody hug their family as much as possible because I wish I could speak with her again," Mushrow said. The Source Information for this article comes from original FOX 13 reporting. Politics: WA Senate passes changes to parental rights in education Local: Japan Airlines plane clips tail of Delta plane at Sea-Tac Travel: Here's when you'll need REAL ID to get through US airport security Food: New restaurants coming to Seattle in 2025 To get the best local news, weather and sports in Seattle for free, sign up for the daily FOX Seattle Newsletter. Download the free FOX LOCAL app for mobile in the Apple App Store or Google Play Store for live Seattle news, top stories, weather updates and more local and national coverage, plus 24/7 streaming coverage from across the nation.
