Granite Shoals councilor pleads guilty to vandalism charge
Granite Shoals City Councilor Phil Ort on Sept. 22 pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge…
Crime & Courtrooms
Kingsland man found dead in western Travis County; arrest made
Llano County Sheriff’s Office deputies are investigating the death of Martin Rivera Montezuma, a 28-year-old…
Burnet woman pleads guilty to murder in drunk driving death
A 58-year-old Burnet woman pleaded guilty to murder on Sept. 7 in the 2022 drunk…
Judge Oakley’s suspension lifted
Burnet County Judge James Oakley is back on the job after the State Commission on…
Burnet County Judge Oakley found not guilty of misuse of government property
A six-person jury on Thursday, Aug. 31, took a little over an hour to come…
Testimony begins in Oakley trial
About one hour of testimony on Day 2 of the misdemeanor trial of suspended Burnet…
Jury selection starts in Oakley trial
A jury of six Blanco County residents, and one alternate, should be seated by the…
Civil suit calls Lake Buchanan POA invalid
The property owners’ association for Donall Estates on Burnet County Road 104 on Lake Buchanan…
Man gets 40 years in 2021 Burnet death
An Alpine man received a 40-year prison sentence on July 21 for failing to stop…
Life for Buchanan Dam man in ’22 murder
Daniel Keith Smith Sr., 58, of Buchanan Dam was sentenced to life in prison and…
Homebuilder gets 3 years for $1.5M theft
Burnet County homebuilder Kerry Mark Carroll of K Bar T Custom Homes pleaded guilty to…
Oakley trial moved to Johnson City
The jury trial in a misdemeanor case against suspended Burnet County Judge James Oakley has…
Voting machine lawsuit over for county
A lawsuit against Burnet County seeking to do away with electronic voting in favor of…
Man arrested in Marble Falls after long chase via road, water and sky
A Bexar County man led three Burnet County law enforcement agencies on a lengthy chase,…
DA appeals ruling in Judge Oakley case
District Attorney Sonny McAfee has appealed three orders granting motions to quash charges against suspended…
Library suit appeal could push back trial
An Oct. 16 trial date in the Llano County Library lawsuit could be pushed back…
One charge going to trial in Oakley case; other three quashed
All but one of four charges against suspended Burnet County Judge James Oakley were quashed…
Spicewood Airport injunction in effect until October civil trial
The parties in a civil lawsuit that pits certain members of the Spicewood Airport Pilots…
Suit against EPA could affect LCRA plant
A Sierra Club lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency could affect the Lower Colorado River…
Llano County inmate found dead; man faced 50 years for child sex assault
A Llano County Jail inmate was found dead in his cell on June 8. Jesse…
Waiting begins for appeals ruling in Llano County Library lawsuit
Three judges from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit questioned attorneys from…
Major publishing houses support plaintiffs in Llano library suit appeal
The Association of American Publishers, seven major publishing houses, and three library-related associations added their…
Spicewood Airport civil suit hearing moved to June 21
A temporary injunction hearing in a civil suit to stop the appointment of any new…
Luckenbach pleads guilty, gets life for Horseshoe Bay murders
James Joseph Luckenbach was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole after…