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Yahoo
17-04-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Holmes County promotes Russ as head football coach
BONIFAY, Fla. (WMBB) – Holmes County High School has promoted co-defensive coordinator Kolton 'Ty' Russ as its head football coach for this upcoming season. Russ spent the past two seasons with Holmes County under Head Coach Kevin Womble, compiling a 15-8 record with two playoff appearances. Russ began coaching at Chipley from 2018-2023 under coaches Blake Wilson and Marcus Buchanan. He was the defensive backs and wide receivers coach. At Chipley, Russ played a part in the Tigers' 2021 Final Four run and their perfect regular season in 2022. He was also an assistant on the Chipley state championship baseball team. Russ takes over for Coach Womble, who stepped down from his position in January. Womble finished his second stint coaching at his high school alma mater. Womble plans to finish out the spring semester at Holmes County and take a coordinator position at Walton High School. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
05-03-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Central Texas crews respond to multiple fires, increased staffing due to high winds
BUDA, Texas (KXAN) — Multiple fires popped up across Central Texas on Tuesday. According to fire officials, strong winds contributed to the flames spreading. KXAN drove to multiple different fire scenes. We first dispatched to one in the Manor area. BLOG: Wildfires spark in Central Texas amid extreme fire danger The Austin Fire Department said it got the call around 2:30 p.m. about a fire next to a roadway near a neighborhood. AFD Division Chief Mark Bridges said the fire grew because of the strong winds. He said it burned 10 acres. 'Crews were showing up. They noticed some power lines going back and forth,' Bridges said. 'Our speculation on this one was some wires that crossed and sparks and embers dropped onto the grass below and the winds just whipped it up and turned it into what it was.' Luckily, Bridges said no structures were impacted and no one was hurt. This was just one of many other fires AFD responded to on Tuesday. 'We had multiple grass fires, that didn't get to this size, but we had units responding to those all across the city,' Bridges said. 'In preparation for today, we have upstaffed extra units. Other departments have upstaffed extra units.' BLOG: Power outages slam Central Texas due to high winds About 40 minutes south, there was another fire in the Buda and Kyle areas. Officials labeled it the Onion Creek Fire. As of Tuesday evening, Kyle Fire Department Spokesperson Andy Womble said it burned more than 170 acres. 'Today was the perfect conditions for a fire to start,' Womble said. 'We were prepared for something like this. We were expecting something like this – something to flare up.' Womble said the cause of this fire is still under investigation. She said Kyle FD and other crews in Hays County planned to work overnight and through the morning to monitor hot spots. No structures were impacted in that fire, but officials didn't have a containment number yet. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
