Several local attorneys and staff members enjoy ‘Girls Night Out,’ a pajama party March 2 benefitting the Highland Lakes Family Crisis Center and Open Door Recovery House. Some of the women who participated included Aurora Argo (front, left), Cheryll Mabray, Kayla Argo (back, left), Anne Little, Ann Argo, Angela Dowdle, Jennifer Dickison and Mandy McCary. [...]

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The Burnet County Republican Club is holding its fourth annual chili cook-off 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Feb. 23 at the Burnet County Fairgrounds, 1301 Houston Clinton Drive in Burnet. Burnet County Precinct 2 Justice of the Peace Lisa Whitehead (left), club president Kerry Spradley and Burnet County Precinct 3 Justice of the Peace Peggy Simon are [...]

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CONNIE SWINNEY • PICAYUNE STAFF AUSTIN — After a week in the intensive care unit, 34-year-old J.R. Box said he misses being able to spend time with his 6-year-old daughter.

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DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR BURNET — Ladies, if you’re looking for a chance to hang out with some friends, make new ones, do a little shopping, enjoy a manicure and share lots of laughs all for a good cause, you need to mark your calendar for the second annual Girls Night Out.

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CONNIE SWINNEY • PICAYUNE STAFF BURNET — After a decade and more than 7,000 miles, officials with Seton Highland Lakes have replaced the aging Seton Kids Care-A-Van with a new mobile healthcare unit that serves low-income and uninsured children.

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Highland Lakes Master Gardeners Fredi Franki (left), Kitty Rawlings, Sharon Jenson, Sammye Childers, Sue Kersey, Jeannine Brown and Bonnie Mikels recently completed a quilt for the 15th annual Hill Country Lawn & Garden Show. The quilt will be one of many prizes donated by area merchants and Master Gardeners at the event. Winners do not [...]

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BURNET — Author and Llano resident Laurie Wagner Buyer Jameson will present a program on being a modern wilderness pioneer and ranch wife for the Herman Brown Free Library’s Coffee Talks on Feb. 14.

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DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR MARBLE FALLS — Burnet County Library patrons don’t have to visit their local library to check out a book thanks to the addition of an eBook collection.

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DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR BURNET — The Burnet Chamber of Commerce is throwing a party Feb. 9, and the guests of honor are the residents, businesses and community itself.

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BURNET — Veterans’ advocates say one of the biggest issues facing military personnel is their transition from armed services life to civilian life. It’s a circumstance that hit former Army Ranger Cory Smith last year when he left the military after two combat deployments.

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DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR BURNET — Raymond V. Whelan is no stranger to the written word after a long career as a journalist. But his dream took him beyond the front page and newsprint and landed him in front of live theater enthusiasts in a two-decade old Austin festival.

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JENNIFER FIERRO • PICAYUNE STAFF KERRVILLE — The American dream can be found in the Texas Hill Country.

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