Marble Falls pursuit, armed standoff end in arrest
An armed, 59-year-old Spicewood resident wanted on a “failure to appear” warrant led law enforcement…
Crime & Courtrooms
Burnet County Jail bookings for Jan. 9-16, 2025
The following people were arrested and booked into the Burnet County Jail from Jan. 9-16,…
Appeals court denies Oakley’s request for rehearing
The Third Court of Appeals in Texas on Jan. 2 denied former Burnet County Judge…
Burnet man gets life in years-long sexual assault of child
A Williamson County jury on Dec. 5 found Robert Jamerson, 61, of Burnet guilty of…
Two dead in Kingsland shootings
Two people are dead following a shooting Nov. 19 in Kingsland that investigators believe was…
Ruling could send Oakley back to court
Burnet County Judge James Oakley could be back in criminal court for three 2023 charges…
Baby in critical condition after injury; Horseshoe Bay man arrested
Dominique Hernandez, 24, of Horseshoe Bay faces a first-degree felony charge after police say he…
Trial date set in wrongful death suit
An April 2026 trial date has been set in a federal civil rights lawsuit filed…
Drug trafficker gets 38 years in prison after parole violation
Jonathan Tarbet, 45, of Marble Falls was sentenced to 38 years in prison by a…
Mediation underway in librarian lawsuit
Both sides of a civil lawsuit filed by a fired Kingsland librarian have presented settlement…
Child sex assault charges dismissed against ex-Horseshoe Bay Resort CEO
A district judge dismissed two charges of child sexual assault against Morris Douglas Jaffe III,…
Deliberations in Oakley cases start Nov. 12
The Third Court of Appeals, Texas Judicial Branch, will begin deliberations Nov. 12 in three…
Pretrial conference Oct. 2 in lawsuit filed by Kingsland widow
A pretrial conference in an excessive force lawsuit against Llano County is 3 p.m. Wednesday,…
Judge sets settlement, trial dates in librarian’s wrongful termination suit
Parties in a wrongful termination lawsuit brought against Llano County by a former librarian have…
Bertram man gets life for child sexual assault
Jackey Martin, 41, of Bertram was sentenced to life in prison after a Burnet County…
Excessive force suit filed by inmate against Llano County dismissed
An inmate’s 2023 excessive force lawsuit against Llano County was dismissed without prejudice on Sept….
Full appeals court hears library case
The Llano County library lawsuit had another day in court on Tuesday, Sept. 24. The…
Burnet introduces new crime-fighting tools
Burnet city and county law enforcement are keeping pace with a growing community by implementing…
Marble Falls, Burnet police partner on phone-cracking technology
The Marble Falls and Burnet police departments are splitting the cost and use of new…
UPDATE: Juvenile arrested for sharing school threat; investigation continues
Granite Shoals police arrested a juvenile late Sept. 12 in connection to a threatening social…
Kingsland man takes 40-year plea deal, lesser charge for killing wife
Dennis Wayne Price II, 44, of Kingsland was sentenced to 40 years in prison for…
Stephen King, James Patterson show support for plaintiffs in library lawsuit
Bestselling authors Stephen King and James Patterson joined supporters of the plaintiffs in the Llano…
Burnet County district clerk named in suit over e-filed document access
A national news service based in California has filed a civil lawsuit against multiple Texas…
Burnet’s new drug-detection system can keep first responders safe
The city of Burnet has invested in the drug-detection system TruNarc, which allows first responders…