Police identify collision victim

Austin police have identified a woman who was killed Friday evening when the motorcycle she was riding hit the back of a GMC pickup on U.S. 290 East near Springdale Road.

Melinda W. Hackett, 41, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to a police statement Saturday. The male driver of the motorcycle she was on was transported to the University Medical Center Brackenridge with non-life threatening injuries. They were not wearing helmets.

TRAVIS COUNTY

House mover admits to theft

Paul Miller, 41, accused several times of dumping houses that he had been paid to move, pleaded guilty this month to theft and received five years in prison, said Blake Williams, a Travis County assistant district attorney.

Williams said there were 19 victims, including some who were not included in the indictment.

Two die in motorcycle wreck

Two people were killed Saturday morning when their motorcycle swerved out of control near Lake Travis, the Texas Department of Public Safety said.

Eric Kaufman, 23, and Rosse Torres, 23, both of Cypress, died about 8:10 a.m. when Kaufman, who was driving, failed to slow down on a curve in the 11700 block of Lime Creek Road, south of Leander.

The motorcycle went into a side skid and then rolled.

TRAVIS COUNTY HEALTHCARE DISTRICT

Lawyer is named to board

Austin lawyer Anthony Haley has been named to the board of the Travis County Healthcare District.

Haley is the only board member to be jointly appointed by the City of Austin and Travis County and is the last of nine members to be chosen for an open seat this year.

Haley, founder of the lobbying firm HRWK Inc., is taking the seat that was vacated by Carl Richie Jr., who had been chairman before stepping down.

Haley, a 1993 graduate of the University of Texas Law School, has taught law as an adjunct professor at Texas Tech University. He was chief of staff for state Sen. Rodney Ellis, D-Houston, from 1997 to 1998 as well as for state Rep. Garnet Coleman, D-Houston, from 1991 to 1993.

Haley was vice president for university relations at Texas Southern University and general counsel to the Texas Supreme Court's Commission on Judicial Efficiency.

Haley's appointment to the four-year term on the health district's board is retroactive to January.

GEORGETOWN

Company could get bond help

Airborn Inc., an electronic connector manufacturer, may soon expand its Georgetown facility, adding 190 employees in the next five years and 60,000 square feet to its 24,000-square-foot building.

Under a federal law, the company can get up to $8 million for the expansion from tax-free bonds through Williamson County's San Gabriel Industrial Corp., which was established in the spring and whose members are the county commissioners. The company is required to repay the money.

The corporation and the county must approve the issuance of the bonds, and that is expected to happen this month.

It would be the first time for the corporation to issue bonds under the law.