Phone scam involves Burnet County Sheriff’s Office
The Burnet County Sheriff’s Office is warning residents that scammers are posing as representatives of…
Crime & Courtrooms
Suspects in Tow killings held without bail in Llano County
The suspects in the Jan. 14 killings of a father and son in Tow are…
Messiah the dog recovering from shooting; reward offered
A Great Pyrenees dog shot multiple times on Jan. 12 in Kingsland is on his…
Arrests made in Tow double homicide
Kyler Nathaniel Allen and Jordan Ostrander, both 19, were arrested and each charged with capital…
Defendants’ brief says plaintiffs have no standing in library lawsuit
A brief filed Monday, Jan. 9, by the defendants in the Little et. al. vs….
Reverse 911 notices go out in Meadowlakes ‘family violence’ incident
A 32-year-old man in Meadowlakes was accused of brandishing a weapon during what law enforcement…
Police release IDs in possible domestic disturbance turned deadly
Law enforcement released the identities of two people killed following what might have been a…
Two dead in suspected domestic dispute
Law enforcement is investigating the Dec. 26 deaths of a man and a woman in…
Cottonwood Shores mayor arrested on deadly conduct charges
Cottonwood Shores Mayor Donald Orr was arrested Saturday, Dec. 24, on two counts of deadly…
Library lawsuit defendants withholding documents, plaintiffs claim
The plaintiffs in a civil lawsuit involving the Llano County Library System are asking a…
Granite Shoals councilor indicted and sanctioned in two separate incidents
Granite Shoals City Councilor Phil Ort was indicted Dec. 6 by a Burnet County grand…
Suspect arrested in hit-and-run that killed Buchanan Dam man
Buchanan Dam resident Patrick Morin, 61, was killed in a hit-and-run on Dec. 10 on…
First post-hearing briefings in Llano County Library suit due Dec. 9
A U.S. district judge on Dec. 1 extended the deadlines for post-hearing briefings in a…
Man gets 30 years for March chase, shootout with law enforcement
Zachary David Williams, 34, pleaded guilty Monday, Nov. 28, in the 33rd District Court to…
Burnet and Llano counties to merge sexual assault response teams
The Llano County Commissioners Court voted to merge its sexual assault response team with Burnet…
Llano man gets 37 years for home burglary after assault arrest
Daniel Bradford Foster, 44, of Llano was sentenced to 37 years in prison for home…
Llano County man charged with negligent homicide in head-on collision
John Paul Myers, 48, of Llano County was arrested and charged with negligent homicide on…
Ex-Burnet officer faces retrial in 2019 death
Former Burnet Police Officer Russell Butler will be arraigned Thursday, Dec. 15, on a manslaughter…
Burnet man gets 45 years for child sexual abuse
James Beavers, 28, of Burnet was found guilty of continuous sexual abuse of a child…
Granite Shoals councilor might face felony charge in car keying case
A misdemeanor charge against Granite Shoals Place 6 Councilor Phil Ort was recently dismissed by…
Commissioner Wall to turn himself in on animal cruelty charges
Burnet County Precinct 3 Commissioner Billy Wall plans to turn himself in to the Llano…
Charges coming ‘any day’ in commissioner’s animal cruelty case
The Burnet County Sheriff’s Office will soon file misdemeanor criminal charges against Burnet County Precinct…
Dates set for injunction briefs in Llano County library lawsuit
A schedule for both the plaintiffs and the defendants in the Llano County Library System…
Burnet County commissioner again settles animal cruelty case
Another settlement has been reached in the animal cruelty civil case against Burnet County Precinct…