KXAN wins Overall Excellence at statewide broadcast awards

AUSTIN (KXAN) — KXAN News earned the Texas Broadcast News Awards’ top honor Saturday night, winning the Overall Excellence award in the statewide competition put on by the Texas Association of Broadcasters.KXAN beat out stations in Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston and San Antonio, winning six total awards.KXAN Investigates won for its investigative report, Mental Competency Consequences: The Hidden and Unreliable Data Texas Tracks... or Doesn't.KXAN’s Eric Henrikson comp