JENNIFER FIERRO • PICAYUNE STAFF
SAN ANTONIO — Kingsville King might have struck first, but once the Burnet High School football team got going, the Bulldogs didn’t stop.
The Bulldogs (10-2) defeated the Brahmas (7-5) 56-27 on Nov. 21 in the area round of the Class 4A playoffs. Continue reading “Burnet offense too much for King in Bulldogs’ 56-27 win”
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BURNET — The Burnet Police Department is not filing any charges after an investigation into a possible sexual assault that occurred during a Nov. 7 home high school football game. Continue reading “Burnet police: No evidence of sexual assault at high school”
DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR
MARBLE FALLS — When Cassandra Chambliss’ son was a Cub Scout, he and his troop would help lay Christmas wreaths on the graves of veterans at a local cemetery.
“It was such an honor to be a part of something like that,” Chambliss said. But for some reason, the local endeavor ended though it remained a major event each Christmas at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. During the ceremony at the national cemetery, people place a wreath at each of the graves. Continue reading “Marble Falls group, Wreaths Across America remember those who served”
DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR
MARBLE FALLS — Sometimes it takes a story being told from an entirely new perspective to remind us of the meaning.
Take, for instance, the story of the Nativity. You know the one: about a stable in Bethlehem where a young lady named Mary gave birth to a baby she called Jesus. Continue reading “Marble Falls church tells oldest Christmas story with new twist”
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AUSTIN — With parts of Texas in the midst of a persistent, severe drought, the Lower Colorado River Authority will seek permission from the state to curtail releases of interruptible stored water from the Highland Lakes for downstream irrigation for the fourth year in a row.
LCRA also will ask permission to reduce the amount of water required to be released in spring 2015 to support the habitat of the blue sucker, a threatened fish that lives in the river downstream of Austin. Continue reading “Drought prompts LCRA to seek OK to halt lake releases for fourth year”
JARED FIELDS • PICAYUNE STAFF
BURNET — As a fire consumed a vacant house and a nearby storage building Nov. 20, the Burnet Fire Department just let it burn.
Firefighters ensured the blaze didn’t spread beyond the two structures and worked to save one large tree. Continue reading “Burnet firefighters burn down vacant house in training exercise Nov. 19”
Megan Klaeger and her dog, Jo, pose for a photo with Santa Claus during the Paws 4 Claus fundraiser Nov. 19 at RBar & Grill in Marble Falls. Klaeger is trying to raise money for a fenced-in dog park built in Marble Falls. Continue reading “Marble Falls dog park on Christmas list for Santa Claus”
Several churches and organizations in the Highland Lakes are serving free Thanksgiving meals to the community. Here are a few. If your church or group is serving a free meal to the community, please leave a note in the comments section with time, date and place. Continue reading “Churches, groups serving community Thanksgiving meals”
DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR
LLANO — When Adam Garcia noted the number of food pantries in Llano County (five) and the growing need for them, he decided to do something to support the facilities.
But he wanted to organize an event that would bring in a different group of people who might not hit the links on a regular basis or host fancy dinners. Continue reading “Helping Hands Team Roping fundraiser for food pantries aims to pull in new crowd”
