DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR MARBLE FALLS — After the state enacted standards two years ago requiring Texas high school students to endure 15 end-of-course exams during their four years, state leaders forced a reversal during the 2013 session and passed legislation slashing that requirement by 10.

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FROM STAFF REPORTS BURNET — A man with ties to the county threw his hat in the ring for the Republican nomination for county judge after Burnet County Judge Donna Klaeger announced June 5 that she would not seek a third term.

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DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR MARBLE FALLS — While she still has more than a year-and-a-half left in office, Burnet County Judge Donna Klaeger announced June 4 she will not seek a third term.

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FROM STAFF REPORTS AUSTIN — With recent droughts looming on the minds of residents and state leaders, the Texas Legislature took a step to help address future water needs May 20.

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FROM STAFF REPORTS BURNET — A man being held in the Burnet County Jail for his alleged role in the death of two Spicewood residents apparently hung himself, officials said.

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BURNET — Burnet Consolidated Independent School District and the city of Burnet residents have several contested races to chose among, but they are only part of the elections that are going on May 11.

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DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR BURNET — Two former Llano County jailers now face time behind bars after pleading no contest to misdemeanor deadly conduct charges in the August 2011 death of an inmate.

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CONNIE SWINNEY • PICAYUNE STAFF BURNET — Two programs will combine forces to take aim at dangerous prescription drugs and car thieves April 27. The Burnet County Sheriff’s Office Special Operations Unit and the Heart of Texas Auto Theft Task Force have invited the public to the Courthouse Square 10 a.m.-2 p.m. April 27 for [...]

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JARED FIELDS • PICAYUNE STAFF MARBLE FALLS — Construction efforts are under way for the second span of the U.S. 281 bridge project after the Lower Colorado River Authority verified the lake bottom is clear of debris.

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FROM STAFF REPORTS BURNET — Voters in Burnet and Llano counties can get a head start on the May 11 elections by casting their ballots during the early voting period from April 29 to May 7.

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JARED FIELDS • PICAYUNE STAFF MARBLE FALLS — The April 5 blast that demolished the remaining two piers of the old U.S. 281 bridge might have gone largely unnoticed above water. But below the surface of Lake Marble Falls, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department reported 798 fish killed as a result of the explosion.

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FROM STAFF REPORTS MARBLE FALLS — The final pieces of the old U.S. 281 bridge in Marble Falls were reduced to rubble April 5.

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