A round of Santa-plause for St. Nick’s Highland Lakes helper
Sporting a long, silver beard, Chuck Myers of Granite Shoals is honest when answering the…
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Marble Falls couples mixes holiday tradition with masa for successful tamale business
Rachel King and her seven sisters and two brothers grew up in a North Texas…
New Mexico-style tamales deep in the heart of Texas
In August, Reyes Madrid begins preparations for making Christmas tamales with a trip from her…
Play Santa through U.S. Postal Service letter operation
Santa Claus has a few extra helpers this year — actually more than a half-million…
Holiday tradition: ‘Tis the seasonings for homemade deer jerky
For Stacee and Buster Hopkins and family, the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays smell like deer…
The Picayune Magazine-KBEY Toy Drive is December 4
Help every kid in the Highland Lakes receive a toy this Christmas by participating in…
REMEMBER WHEN: As the sheriff’s daughter, Vonnie Riddell Fox spent early years at home in jail
Vonnie Fox lived in the Burnet County Jail from the time she was 13 to…
What’s in a Name? Lake Victor, a town without a lake
Visitors passing through Lake Victor for the first time ask the same question: Where’s the…
REMEMBER WHEN: Jim Luther Jr. shares connection to Burnet’s past
A Burnet Telephone Company customer gave owner James Leslie Luther Sr. his worse chewing out…
REMEMBER WHEN: Sisters recall early Marble Falls
SENIOR WRITER SUZANNE FREEMAN Editor’s note: This issue of The Picayune Magazine takes a look…
Life in These Highland Lakes: Why local anglers are hooked
STAFF WRITER JENNIFER FIERRO Marble Falls residents Greg Mills and Lee Beurshausen stay ready for…
UNINTERRUPTED SERVICE: Marble Falls teacher a 20-year Army National Guard officer
EDITOR DANIEL CLIFTON Melissa Hinojosa was 17 years old when she joined the Texas Army…
The Picayune-KBEY 103.9 FM Food Drive off to great start
The Picayune and KBEY 103.9 Radio Picayune Food Drive, scheduled for Wednesday, November 6, jumped…
Online voting is underway in the 2020 Locals Love Us
One of the most anticipated elections of the year is underway, and you can vote…
ROCKY HISTORIES: Enchanted Rock stands stone still
More than 1.1 billion years ago, two different magma chambers were emplaced at nearly the…
ROCKY HISTORIES: Granite Mountain chipping away
More than 1.1 billion years ago, two different magma chambers were emplaced at nearly…
Burnet High School, The Picayune honor veterans’ stories
BY DANIEL CLIFTON Burnet High School students and The Picayune Magazine have been connecting with…
Spark of life at Inks Lake State Park year after wildfire
SENIOR WRITER SUZANNE FREEMAN A major wildfire in August 2018 that blackened 600 acres of…
The Picayune Magazine-KBEY Food Drive is November 6
STAFF WRITER JENNIFER FIERRO The Picayune Magazine-KBEY 103.9 FM Radio Picayune Food Drive is 6…
THAT’S MY JOB: When we’re playing, Texas Parks and Wildlife game wardens are working
SENIOR WRITER SUZANNE FREEMAN Game wardens are conservation officers for the Texas Parks and Wildlife…
The wild life of animal rehabbers in the Highland Lakes
EDITOR DANIEL CLIFTON Searching for an albino raccoon — all that white against the shadows…
The Picayune Magazine hitting Highland Lakes mailboxes
The first edition of The Picayune Magazine is hitting mailboxes starting today. The full-color February…