Burnet’s My Town project to build more homes as family moves in
CONNIE SWINNEY • PICAYUNE STAFF BURNET — A family has moved into the first home…
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Police: Burnet businesses targeted in gas bill scams
FROM STAFF REPORTS BURNET — A couple of scams targeting gas customers have Burnet police…
Upgraded bond rating saves money for BCISD, taxpayers
JENNIFER FIERRO • PICAYUNE STAFF BURNET — Burnet Consolidated Independent School District officials informed the…
Burnet schools, residents on boil water notice after second break
FROM STAFF REPORTS BURNET — A second waterline break in a week prompted city officials…
Water quality ‘all clear’ in Burnet after broken line repaired
FROM STAFF REPORTS BURNET — Burnet city officials have lifted a boil water notice after…
Burnet police get body cameras with help from donation
DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR BURNET — Burnet police officers are getting body cameras, thanks in…
HIGHLAND LAKES NEWS BYTES: Rain, downtown upkeep, falling fuel prices
COMPILED BY CONNIE SWINNEY In Highland Lakes headlines, recent rains spark interest on a drought…
Restrictions put on Burnet County murder suspect out on bond
CONNIE SWINNEY • PICAYUNE STAFF BURNET — Ronald J. Wilson believes the 33rd/424th Judicial District…
Economic forecast rosy, housing market lags for Highland Lakes
CONNIE SWINNEY• PICAYUNE STAFF MARBLE FALLS — Development plans and incentives as well as fuel…
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…
Burnet considers no-smoking rules for private businesses
CONNIE SWINNEY • PICAYUNE STAFF BURNET — City officials are considering expanding Burnet’s non-smoking regulations…
Two fatal accidents over weekend on same stretch of Texas 29
FROM STAFF REPORTS LLANO — Wet weather could be to blame in a one-vehicle rollover…
Burnet police: No evidence of sexual assault at high school
FROM STAFF REPORTS BURNET — The Burnet Police Department is not filing any charges after…
Burnet firefighters burn down vacant house in training exercise Nov. 19
JARED FIELDS • PICAYUNE STAFF BURNET — As a fire consumed a vacant house and a…
Survey seeks input on possible Burnet County convention center
DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR BURNET — As the Burnet County judge, Donna Klaeger heard…
Burnet CISD athletic facilities get boost from $26.7 million bond
JENNIFER FIERRO • PICAYUNE STAFF BURNET — A day after Burnet Consolidated Independent School District…
Donation to Burnet High School to help purchase laptops
JENNIFER FIERRO • PICAYUNE STAFF BURNET — D.I.J. Construction has donated more than $12,000 to…
Two dead in two separate wrecks in Burnet, Travis counties
FROM STAFF REPORTS SPICEWOOD — Weekend accidents have resulted in the death of two people,…
Ebola brings ‘heightened awareness’ for emergency crews
DANIEL CLIFTON and CONNIE SWINNEY • PICAYUNE STAFF MARBLE FALLS — When Marble Falls Area…
$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…
Two dead in separate accidents on Kingsland, Burnet roadways
FROM STAFF REPORTS KINGSLAND — Two people have died within three hours of one another…
Bat found on Burnet square tests positive for rabies
FROM STAFF REPORTS BURNET — While a bat found on the Burnet courthouse square Oct….
Winery venture to revive historic Badger building on Burnet square
CONNIE SWINNEY • PICAYUNE STAFF BURNET — Since the 1880s, the Badger building has played an…
Lee Hoffpauir dealerships celebrate 50 years of sales, community
DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR LAMPASAS — Lee Hoffpauir can’t really nail down from where…