{"id":433907,"date":"2026-09-12T13:22:22","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T13:22:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/433907\/"},"modified":"2026-09-12T13:22:22","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T13:22:22","slug":"austin-co-sheriffs-deputy-honored-with-star-of-texas-award-kwhi-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/433907\/","title":{"rendered":"AUSTIN CO. SHERIFF\u2019S DEPUTY HONORED WITH STAR OF TEXAS AWARD \u2013 KWHI.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t<a class=\"gofollow\" data-track=\"NDYsMywzMA==\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bnbank.bank\/\" _blank=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789219341_264_Bauer-Rating-2024-002.jpg\"\/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/AlyssaLopezStarofTexas9-11-26.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"886\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/AlyssaLopezStarofTexas9-11-26.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-385604\" style=\"object-fit:contain;width:250px;height:300px\"  \/><\/a>Austin County Sheriff&#8217;s Deputy Alyssa Lopez<br \/>receives the Star of Texas Award at a ceremony<br \/>on Friday in Austin.<br \/>(courtesy Austin Co. Sheriff&#8217;s Office)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An Austin County Sheriff\u2019s Deputy has been recognized by Governor Greg Abbott for her service and sacrifice.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Deputy Alyssa Lopez was presented today (Friday) with the <a href=\"https:\/\/gov.texas.gov\/news\/post\/governor-abbott-honors-first-responders-at-2026-star-of-texas-awards\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Star of Texas Award<\/a>, which honors and commemorates individuals for displaying profound commitment while performing their duties as peace officers, firefighters and emergency medical first responders.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lopez was seriously injured in the line of duty on April 24th.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/austincountyso\/posts\/pfbid0LUxY1bmnBreF4A4iMjt97vXuJ23Hfgy3PuHwHnfdDtKWJHRMhjnNoFe16irK4BrZl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">According to the sheriff\u2019s office<\/a>, Lopez was conducting a traffic stop when the driver fled and struck her with the vehicle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The sheriff\u2019s office calls the Star of Texas Award \u201ca well deserved recognition of Alyssa\u2019s courage, dedication, and commitment to serving others.\u201d\n        <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0\u00a0 Austin County Sheriff&#8217;s Deputy Alyssa Lopezreceives the Star of Texas Award at a ceremonyon Friday in Austin.(courtesy&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":433908,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-433907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=433907"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433907\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/433908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=433907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=433907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=433907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}