JARED FIELDS • PICAYUNE STAFF BURNET — Many of Burnet’s water customers soon will be relying on well water as severe drought continues to plague the Highland Lakes.

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DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR HOOVER’S VALLEY — A day at the park turned tragic May 23 when an 18-year-old man drowned while attempting to swim across a portion of Inks Lake, according to officials.

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DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR BURNET — With Burnet students and staff as well as local officials surrounding her, Janet Christiansen shared the goal of Join the Journey during its kickoff May 15 at the Burnet Community Center.

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FROM STAFF REPORTS BURNET — City of Burnet residents gave their support to three council candidates, Herve Derek Fortin, Mitlon Phair and Mary Jane Shanes.

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JARED FIELDS • PICAYUNE STAFF BURNET — City Council members finalized the operating agreement for the next 20 years between the city of Burnet and YMCA of Greater Williamson County for the Galloway-Hammond Recreation Center.

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DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE STAFF BURNET — A 22-year-old man pleaded guilty April 29 for shooting a woman in 2009. Two months ago, a Burnet County Jury convicted his mother for her role in the crime.

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DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR BURNET — Sixteen months ago, Janet Christiansen faced the terror no parent wants to face: the death of a child.

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DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR BURNET — A 46-year-old Burnet man faced up to life in prison on two first-degree felony charges, but a Burnet County Jury didn’t buy the prosecution’s case and found the man guilty of a misdemeanor trespassing charge.

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JENNIFER FIERRO • PICAYUNE STAFF BURNET — After shorting the Career and Technology Education department by more than $300,000, Burnet Consolidated Independent School District officials pledged to re-invest the money over the next two years during a board meeting April 15.

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FROM STAFF REPORTS BURNET — The names and bank-account numbers of utility customers who have bank drafts on their accounts were inadvertently sent out with bills earlier this week.

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JARED FIELDS • PICAYUNE STAFF BURNET — Although the city borrowed more than $2 million to pay for a new fire station during a April 9 regular council meeting, citizens teed up for another agenda item.

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FROM STAFF REPORTS BURNET — City Council members are set to determine what perks, if any, to grant themselves at Delaware Springs Municipal Golf Course during a regular council meeting April 9.

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