ELECTIONS: Llano votes ‘yes’ to liquor-by-the-drink; Brugger wins in Granite Shoals
FROM STAFF REPORTS LLANO — Despite the impact it might have on their city property…
Bertram
No injuries reported in train car derailment west of Bertram
FROM STAFF REPORTS BERTRAM — No injuries were reported after more than 20 empty train…
Top 10 most-viewed Highland Lakes stories of 2016
We’ve seen a wide range of stories in the Highland Lakes in 2016. New businesses…
Investigators seek help in cracking rash of car burglaries
FROM STAFF REPORTS BURNET — The Burnet County Sheriff’s Office and the Heart of Texas…
Cases of counterfeiting turn victims into unwitting suspects
FROM STAFF REPORTS BERTRAM — Authorities have arrested a suspect and turned over a number…
Newest Bertram police officer hitting streets on four feet
DANIEL CLIFTON • EDITOR BERTRAM — The Bertram Police Department is adding a new officer in…
Crews rescue man from Burnet County creek bed after fall from cliff
FROM STAFF REPORTS BURNET COUNTY — A man is recovering from a broken leg and…
Plug from air conditioner blamed for travel trailer fire near Bertram
FROM STAFF REPORTS BERTRAM — Fire officials say a plug connected to an air-conditioning unit…
Bertram man gets 25 years for role in meth distribution network
FROM STAFF REPORTS BURNET — State District Judge J. Allan Garrett sentenced a Bertram man…
Bertram family loses home, pet in blaze; no injuries
FROM STAFF REPORTS BERTRAM — A family lost its home Oct. 14 after a blaze…
Man sentenced to 25 years in meth ring case in Burnet County
FROM STAFF REPORTS BURNET — A Burnet County jury on Oct. 7 convicted another suspect…
Man dies in crash near Briggs
FROM STAFF REPORTS BRIGGS — A Copperas Cove man died after a two-vehicle collision on…
Bertram police chief resigns; city appoints officer as interim
CONNIE SWINNEY • STAFF WRITER BERTRAM — The Bertram police chief has resigned effective immediately,…
Bertram woman sentenced to life for murdering husband
FROM STAFF REPORTS LLANO — After more than two weeks of hearing testimony in the…
Bertram man gets 30 years in connection to major meth operation
FROM STAFF REPORTS AUSTIN — The Bertram man who local and state law enforcement authorities…
Opening statements begin in murder trial of Bertram woman who shot husband
CONNIE SWINNEY • PICAYUNE STAFF LLANO — A jury has been seated and opening statements…
EPA proposes investigation into contaminated water wells
CONNIE SWINNEY • PICAYUNE STAFF BERTRAM — The federal government is expected to launch an…
Federal jury convicts Bertram man in major 2013 drug investigation
FROM STAFF REPORTS AUSTIN — A jury convicted 44-year-old Jimmy Don Hardin on Feb. 12…
Burnet CISD forum to focus on bond, state education news
JENNIFER FIERRO • PICAYUNE STAFF BURNET — Burnet Consolidated Independent School District Superintendent Keith McBurnett is…
Upgraded bond rating saves money for BCISD, taxpayers
JENNIFER FIERRO • PICAYUNE STAFF BURNET — Burnet Consolidated Independent School District officials informed the…
Bertram police charge 19-year-old in child porn case
DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR BERTRAM — Bertram Police Chief Douglas Wall could only describe…
Controlled burn in Joppa sparks hay bale blaze
FROM STAFF REPORTS JOPPA — A blaze sparked by embers from a controlled burn pile…
Burnet CISD holding presentations on $26.75M bond; election is Nov. 4
FROM STAFF REPORTS BURNET — With the November election approaching, Burnet school district officials are…
Bertram hires new police chief from within department
JARED FIELDS • PICAYUNE STAFF BERTRAM — Bertram once again has a full-time police chief after the…