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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Marble Falls Area EMS, Inc. and Marble Falls Area Volunteer Fire Department crews work on getting the driver of this vehicle out after a collision May 17 around 4 p.m. on U.S. 281 just south of the FM 1855 intersections. The accident happened in front of Rodeo Town and the Pottery Ranch. At least one [...]

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DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR SPICEWOOD — Burnet County investigators arrested three people in connection with two bodies found following a fire at a Spicewood residence. Burnet County Sheriff’s Office deputies charged Gregory Mark Currie, 30, of Cedar Town, Ga. and Juston Aaron Curbow, 34, of Marble Falls with capital murder of multiple persons on [...]

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FROM STAFF REPORTS SPICEWOOD — Burnet County authorities are investigating the death of two people found when firefighters arrived at a May 15 blaze in Spicewood.

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FROM STAFF REPORTS SPICEWOOD — A volunteer fire crew rescued a father and son fishing on a sand bar May 14 after swift water began rising around them on a stretch of the Colorado River between Shaffer Bend Recreation area and the Double Horn subdivision, officials said.

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FROM STAFF REPORTS MARBLE FALLS — Marble Falls voters didn’t shake things up during the May 11 elections but picked incumbent Mayor George Russell over his challenger, John Davis.

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DANIEL CLIFTON-PICAYUNE EDITOR MARBLE FALLS — A grandfather and his granddaughter had a fright May 11 at Mayfest when the Ferris wheel basket in which they were riding became hung up and left them almost dangling upside down until Marble Falls Fire Rescue crews arrived and rescued them.

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FROM STAFF REPORTS MARBLE FALLS — A former bank employee faces time behind bars after she allegedly “diverted” money from a customer’s account into a second one with her and her boyfriend’s names on it.

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JENNIFER FIERRO • PICAYUNE STAFF MARBLE FALLS — The Marble Falls city pool will open May 11, officially kicking off the summer season. During its May 6 meeting, the Marble Falls Parks and Recreation Commission took a look at what the city spends on the pool, 305 Buena Vista Drive. Since 2009, the city has [...]

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JENNIFER FIERRO • PICAYUNE STAFF MARBLE FALLS — A discussion about the city cemetery’s future dominated the monthly Marble Falls Parks and Recreation Commission meeting May 6.

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DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR BURNET — A Burnet County Jury sentenced 54-year-old James Dwyane Hoisager to 10 years in prison for abducting his wife at knifepoint in July 2011.

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A two-vehicle collision April 30 at the intersection of RR 1431 and FM 1980 west of Marble Falls sent two people to a hospital. According to Trooper Morgan Conn with the Texas Department of Department of Public Safety, a westbound van struck an eastbound pickup that was turning north on FM 1980 just after 2:15 [...]

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