New lead assistant DA has experience in capital murder, death penalty cases
CONNIE SWINNEY • PICAYUNE STAFF LLANO — A prosecutor recently hired by the 33rd/424th Judicial…
Burnet County
Burnet and Llano counties swearing in elected officials on Jan. 1
FROM STAFF REPORTS BURNET — The new year brings some new — and returning —…
Outgoing Burnet, Llano county judges reflect on service
CONNIE SWINNEY • PICAYUNE STAFF BURNET — Two county judges who preside on commissioner’s and…
ELECTIONS: Yes to BCISD bond; other Burnet County results
FROM STAFF REPORTS BURNET — Burnet Consolidated Independent School District voters approved a $26.7 million…
Burnet CISD bond, governor’s race on Election Day ballot
BURNET — Highland Lakes residents can head to the polls Nov. 4 to have an…
Early voting runs Oct. 20-31 for election on Nov. 4
FROM STAFF REPORTS BURNET — Despite a federal judge’s ruling overturning the Texas voter identification…
Texas voter ID law to continue after appellate court ruling Oct. 14
SPECIAL TO DAILYTRIB.COM AUSTIN – The U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals on Oct. 14…
Texas voter identification law in limbo after federal judge’s ruling
CONNIE SWINNEY • PICAYUNE STAFF AUSTIN — Despite uncertainty about the fate of maintaining the…
Texas testing poison to battle feral hogs
CONNIE SWINNEY • PICAYUNE STAFF BURNET COUNTY — Trenton McNiel has trapped and hunted feral…
Voter registration deadline is Oct. 6 for Nov. 4 election
FROM STAFF REPORTS BURNET — People who would like to make their voices known in…
Burnet County to pay inmate’s $280,000 cancer treatment bill
CONNIE SWINNEY • PICAYUNE STAFF BURNET — County commissioners expect to deplete an emergency fund…
Rocket company to take off in Briggs
CONNIE SWINNEY • PICAYUNE STAFF BRIGGS — California-based Firefly Space Systems has purchased 200acres in…
Burnet County Extension agent Wade Hibler retiring after three decades
DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR BURNET — After more than three decades of serving communities…
Leading ladies blaze trails in Burnet, Llano counties
CONNIE SWINNEY • PICAYUNE STAFF LLANO — A slow-paced rural setting might evoke images of…
Spicewood VFD, ESD sign emergency services agreement
SPECIAL TO DAILYTRIB.COM SPICEWOOD — Burnet County ESD No. 9 and Spicewood VFD-EMS, Inc. announced…
Cottonwood Shores VFD votes to change charter to resolve issue with city council
FROM STAFF REPORTS COTTONWOOD SHORES — The Cottonwood Shores Volunteer Fire Department membership voted July…
NRA Foundation grant helps BCSO get new sidearms
FROM STAFF REPORTS BURNET — While Burnet County sheriff’s deputies have always carried a sidearm,…
Drought worse than recession for Burnet County taxpayers
FROM STAFF REPORTS BURNET — While the majority of Burnet County residents don’t own lakefront…
Oakley defeats Russell in runoff for Burnet County judge
FROM STAFF REPORTS BURNET — In the Republican runoff May 27 for the Burnet County…
Burnet and Llano counties hold run-off elections May 27
FROM STAFF REPORTS BURNET — Voters have another round in the Democratic and Republican party…
Early voting for Burnet County judge runoff set for May 19-23
FROM STAFF REPORTS BURNET — Early voting gets under way May 19 in the runoff…
Elections results from across Burnet County: old and new faces and one tie
FROM STAFF REPORTS BURNET — Voters across Burnet County chose new faces and picked a…
Donor gives 30 AR-15 rifles to Burnet County deputies
FROM STAFF REPORTS BURNET — Burnet County sheriff’s deputies just landed a little more firepower…
Election Day is May 10 for Highland Lakes contests
FROM STAFF REPORTS BURNET — The Highland Lakes municipal, emergency service district and school districts elections are…