Flu season is here; now’s the time to get vaccinated
FROM STAFF REPORTS While people tend to connect influenza with the colder, winter months, the…
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Rafael Cruz, father of Sen. Ted Cruz, to speak at Star Republican Women’s meeting
FROM STAFF REPORTS HORSESHOE BAY — Rafael Cruz, the father of U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, is…
Marble Falls ceremony remembers 9/11 and lives lost while honoring first responders
FROM STAFF REPORTS MARBLE FALLS — It has been 17 years since terrorists flew two…
Become ‘firewise’ to protect your home; program is Sept. 7
FROM STAFF REPORTS KINGSLAND — As housing developments and other homes push farther into rural…
Marble Falls Community Resource Center expansion good news for The Helping Center and other services
EDITOR DANIEL CLIFTON MARBLE FALLS — Sam Pearce, the executive director of The Helping Center…
Parents create pediatric cancer support group; first meeting Sept. 6 in Burnet
EDITOR DANIEL CLIFTON BURNET — When Reagan Johns began her journey as a parent of…
Christian Women’s Job Corps sessions starts Aug. 28 in Burnet
EDITOR DANIEL CLIFTON BURNET — As Brenda Rienstra prepares for the next Christian Women’s Job…
Granite Shoals Police Department hoping for boatload of school supplies
STAFF WRITER JENNIFER FIERRO GRANITE SHOALS — The Granite Shoals Police Department’s boat is used…
Event chance for residents to thank Llano County crews that battled back-to-back blazes
EDITOR DANIEL CLIFTON LLANO — After spending hours fighting and supporting efforts to battle two…
BACK TO SCHOOL: Everything you need to know if your student attends Kingsland School
FROM STAFF REPORTS KINGSLAND — The Kingsland School Lakers are headed back to class on…
BACK TO SCHOOL: Everything you need to know if your student attends BCISD campuses
The Bulldogs are back — well, officially on Monday, Aug. 20, the first of class…
BACK TO SCHOOL: Everything you need to know if your student attends Faith Academy
MARBLE FALLS — Though the Texas summer didn’t need any help, the Faith Academy Flames…
Meet the Jackets and more at Llano High School on Aug. 7
FROM STAFF REPORTS LLANO — As the first day of school quickly approaches for Llano…
$1,200 Meals on Wheels grant will help Burnet County clients feed their pets as well
GEORGETOWN — Opportunities for Williamson & Burnet Counties’ Meals on Wheels has received a $1,200 grant…
Hill Country Community Theatre awards young actress, 2018 graduate $1,000 scholarship
COTTONWOOD SHORES — The Hill Country Community Theatre awarded the Phyl Holbert Scholarship to 2018 Marble…
Never taking a sick day, Dr. Ivan Shepperd was always there for his patients, community
STAFF WRITER JENNIFER FIERRO MARBLE FALLS — When Marble Falls residents were sick, they knew…
Squadron focuses on air show before contemplating future without Bluebonnet Belle
EDITOR DANIEL CLIFTON BURNET — After losing the Bluebonnet Belle, a 1944 C-47 Douglas Skytrain…
Burnet High School’s Casey Burkhart earns regional Principal of the Year honor
FROM STAFF REPORTS BURNET — Burnet High School principal Casey Burkhart doesn’t do his job…
Rose Loe-Dix Scholarship Fund honors woman’s love of education; open to Marble Falls High School students
FROM STAFF REPORTS MARBLE FALLS — Education always mattered to Peggy Rose Washington. Now, almost…
CARTS Country Bus offering free rides July 2-6, except for July 4
MARBLE FALLS — The Capital Area Rural Transportation System is providing free rides on its Country…
Marble Falls school community, restaurant raise money for family of teen killed in wreck
STAFF WRITER JENNIFER FIERRO MARBLE FALLS — Super Taco employees endearingly called Maribel Nikole Enriquez…
PEC awards scholarship to Burnet graduate following in his late father’s footsteps as lineman
FROM STAFF REPORTS BURNET — As Pedernales Electric Cooperative staff were preparing for a move…
Marble Falls, Burnet school districts offer free summer meals
EDITOR DANIEL CLIFTON BURNET — Though summer came for Burnet school kids more a couple…
Burnet, Bertram yearbooks from 1952 up online thanks to Hill Country Community Foundation
STAFF WRITER JENNIFER FIERRO BURNET — When looking back on your high school years, one…