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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FROM STAFF REPORTS GALVESTON — Two Kingsland girls reported missing May 2 in an Amber Alert were found safe in a Galveston motel later the same day, according to officials.

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JARED FIELDS • PICAYUNE STAFF KINGSLAND — What started online during the Kingsland incorporation initiative of 2011 is now taking to the streets.

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FROM STAFF REPORTS KINGSLAND — A 33-year-old Granite Shoals man was referred to mental health officials after a bystander wrestled a .22 caliber rifle from him in a restaurant parking lot, according to a Burnet County Sheriff’s Office report.

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DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR MARBLE FALLS — Patti Burkhardt could only watch as hail from the April 2 thunderstorm ravaged her home’s skylights and tumbled through her house.

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FROM STAFF REPORTS KINGSLAND — A structure fire March 11 destroyed a home in Kingsland. No injuries were reported at the fire in the 2400 block of River Oaks Drive.

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Kingsland residents and drivers can look forward to a new Buddies convenience store opening at the corner of RR 1431 and RR 2900 this summer as owners and operators Alva Timmons (left), Derek Timmons, Brian Maples and Nancy Maples break ground on the facility. The 6,600-square-foot store will feature 10 fuel pumps plus a high-speed [...]

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FROM STAFF REPORTS KINGSLAND — Two people, including a 13-year-old boy, were taken to Austin-area hospitals by helicopter after an ambulance collided with a car at the intersection of RR 1431 and CR 3404, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. The collision happened about 1:15 p.m. Feb. 23 as a Llano County Area [...]

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ARLINGTON — Federal and state law enforcement authorities on Jan. 18 arrested a Marble Falls man who is suspected to have been involved in a Kingsland bank robbery.

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LLANO — The Llano County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help in locating a 29-year-old man wanted for his possible involvement in a Kingsland bank robbery Jan. 4.

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KINGSLAND — When Barbara Selby talks about quilting, it’s a matter of cloth and thread. She’ll mention those things, but, for Selby, it goes well beyond the materials. “Quilting is like the threads of life,” she said. “There’s always a story behind the quilt.” And during the sixth annual Kingsland Quilt Show, Jan. 18-19 at [...]

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KINGSLAND — Law enforcement authorities are looking for a man who allegedly walked into the American Bank of Texas about 5 p.m Jan. 4 and handed a teller a note demanding money before fleeing the building. “No weapon was shown,” said Llano County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy John Neff. “He made away with an undetermined [...]

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