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 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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MARBLE FALLS — The St. Baldrick’s Foundation fundraiser April 13 at the Tree House in Marble Falls raised more than $12,000 for pediatric cancer research.

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MARBLE FALLS — Recent rains have pushed back the date to demolish the remaining piers of the old U.S. 281 bridge to April 5.

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FROM STAFF REPORTS MARBLE FALLS — Marble Falls Independent School District Assistant Superintendent Janice Mauldin announced her resignation the week of March 18 to focus her efforts on a nonprofit school in Kenya.

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MARBLE FALLS — With the theme “Building Our Tomorrow” serving as the backdrop, the Marble Falls/Lake LBJ Chamber of Commerce honored members, directors and residents during its 54th annual awards banquet on March 23.

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MARBLE FALLS — Cell phone and Internet service and radio/TV connections went out as the old U.S. 281 bridge went down early March 17.

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JARED FIELDS • PICAYUNE STAFF MARBLE FALLS — Cell phone, internet and radio/TV connections went out as the U.S. 281 bridge went down early March 17. As the bridge imploded from left to right with flashing lights and one large POP, shrapnel from the bridge cut the Verizon fiber optic cable and nicked the sewer [...]

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FROM STAFF REPORTS MARBLE FALLS — A 50-year-old woman died after a March 13 rollover accident on FM 2147 about a mile southeast of U.S. 281, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.

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JARED FIELDS • PICAYUNE STAFF MARBLE FALLS — Since the old U.S. 281 bridge’s closing Feb. 12, demolition crews have worked to remove everything from it except the steel truss, or frame, and the piers in the lake holding it up. Now the hours, minutes and seconds are winding down for the structure.

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DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR BURNET — A case that drew national attention in August 2012 came to a close in State District Judge Dan Mills courtroom March 6 where a woman charged with dragging a 2-year-old Yorkshire terrier mix behind her vehicle pleaded guilty.

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MARBLE FALLS — One final hurdle for the Texas Department of Transportation to use explosives to demolish the old U.S. 281 bridge in Marble Falls is cleared. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department authorized the use of explosives March 5 for a 60-day period beginning March 4.

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