Designer hallucinogenic drug at center of Ballard murder case
CONNIE SWINNEY • STAFF WRITER BURNET —A designer drug at the center of a capital…
Crime & Courtrooms
Garrett Ballard guilty in 2014 murders, receives life sentence
DANIEL CLIFTON • EDITOR BURNET — A Burnet County jury on Dec. 12 convicted Garrett Ballard,…
BCSO: Phone scam callers request bail money for relatives
FROM STAFF REPORTS BURNET — Burnet County sheriff’s deputies are warning people about a phone…
Capital murder trial reveals drug-fueled night leading to double-homicide
CONNIE SWINNEY • STAFF WRITER BURNET — What started as a birthday celebration turned deadly…
Wife of dead pastor gets life for sexual abuse of daughter
DANIEL CLIFTON • EDITOR BURNET — The Burnet County assistant district attorney who prosecuted Misty…
Investigators seek help in cracking rash of car burglaries
FROM STAFF REPORTS BURNET — The Burnet County Sheriff’s Office and the Heart of Texas…
Marble Falls parks see low crime; Johnson Park gets statewide honor
JENNIFER FIERRO • STAFF WRITER MARBLE FALLS — Crime in the city parks doesn’t appear…
New license plate readers alert Burnet County constables to warrants
DANIEL CLIFTON • EDITOR MARBLE FALLS — Two Burnet County constables now have new technology that…
Former Horseshoe Bay resident with past convictions gets life in child molestation case
FROM STAFF REPORTS LLANO — A former Horseshoe Bay man with two Colorado convictions of…
Bank VP cautions people over ‘lottery’ and other scams
DANIEL CLIFTON • EDITOR MARBLE FALLS — It’s one of the toughest things J. Don…
It only takes a moment for a vehicle to be burglarized, stolen
DANIEL CLIFTON • EDITOR BURNET — The woman pulled into the Stripes parking lot in…
Bertram woman sentenced to life for murdering husband
FROM STAFF REPORTS LLANO — After more than two weeks of hearing testimony in the…
Burnet County Jail escapee receives 50-year sentence
CONNIE SWINNEY • PICAYUNE STAFF GEORGETOWN — A habitual offender with a long rap sheet…
Burnet County deputies investigate cross burning at black church
FROM STAFF REPORTS HOOVER’S VALLEY — Burnet County Sheriff’s Office investigators are asking for the…
Police: Burnet businesses targeted in gas bill scams
FROM STAFF REPORTS BURNET — A couple of scams targeting gas customers have Burnet police…
Restrictions put on Burnet County murder suspect out on bond
CONNIE SWINNEY • PICAYUNE STAFF BURNET — Ronald J. Wilson believes the 33rd/424th Judicial District…
Burnet capital murder suspect released on $500,000 bond
FROM STAFF REPORTS BURNET — County records show 21-year-old Garrett James Ballard, who faces a…
Phone scam targets Pedernales Electric Cooperative members
FROM STAFF REPORTS JOHNSON CITY — Pedernales Electric Cooperative officials are warning the public regarding…
$2 million bond set for Burnet County man in murder case
FROM STAFF REPORTS BURNET — State District Judge Allan Garrett set a $2 million bond…
IRS phone scam hits Highland Lakes; agency warns taxpayers
DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR TOW VILLAGE — As Hilda Edeburn was thinking about her…
Authorities: Suspect admits using firearm of Burnet County constable
FROM STAFF REPORTS BURNET — The suspect in a Burnet County double homicide apparently used…
Burnet County investigators charge 21-year-old man with double murder
FROM STAFF REPORTS BURNET — A 21-year-old man was charged with murder after Burnet County…
Scammers use phone calls to mine ATM card, bank data
FROM STAFF REPORTS HORSESHOE BAY — Authorities are warning residents to avoid a scam targeting…
As the summer temperatures rise, so do car thefts
FROM STAFF REPORTS MARBLE FALLS — Summer brings higher temperatures, but something more nefarious comes…