DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR
MARBLE FALLS — The Marble Falls City Council voted April 22 to end its contract with City Manager Ralph Hendricks and officially let him go.
“It was a tough decision,” Mayor George Russell said. “As a council member, you have a compassionate heart, but you also have your fiduciary responsibilities, and, sometimes, those don’t always mesh. But, in the end, you have to do what’s right.” Continue reading “Marble Falls ends Ralph Hendricks’ tenure as city manager”
JARED FIELDS • PICAYUNE STAFF
BERTRAM — Bertram city secretary Evan Milliorn is returning home.
After about 3½ years, Milliorn is resigning from his job in Bertram to become assistant director of administrative services for the city of Burnet.
His final day in Bertram is May 8. Continue reading “Bertram city secretary Evan Milliorn takes Burnet position”
FROM STAFF REPORTS
MARBLE FALLS — The HITS Triathlon series hits the road and Lake Marble Falls on April 25-27, but only two days — Saturday and Sunday — are scheduled for racing.
The HITS Triathlon holds events across the country as participants earn points in the overall standings or just compete in one event. The series culminates with a HITS National Championship in Palm Springs, Calif., in December. Continue reading “HITS Triathlon series returns to Marble Falls on April 25-27”
FROM STAFF REPORTS
TOBEYVILLE — A 19-year-old man died following an Easter evening one-vehicle rollover just north of FM 1980 about four miles northwest of Marble Falls, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. Continue reading “Teen dead after rollover off rural road in Tobeyville”
FROM STAFF REPORTS
BURNET — Burnet school officials found themselves evacuating the Burnet Middle School again April 18 after finding another “non-specific” bomb threat in a bathroom.
The school was evacuated around 10:30 a.m.
Burnet Police Department and Burnet Fire Department units searched the entire campus but found no evidence of a device and allowed students and staff to return at approximately 11:40 a.m. Continue reading “Burnet officials clear middle school for third time”
FROM STAFF REPORTS
MARBLE FALLS — Power was restored to much of Marble Falls and Meadowlakes about 7:40 a.m. April 15 after an outage.
Pedernales Electric Cooperative crews switched to generator power to operate the substation in the 2600 block of RR 1431 West of Marble Falls. Continue reading “Marble Falls power outage April 15 likely caused by fire at substation on 1431”
FROM STAFF REPORTS
BURNET — Burnet Middle School students returned to school about 3 p.m. April 14 after a second bomb threat in less than a week.
Seventh- and eighth-grade students were moved off campus April 14 out of caution for a non-credible report of a bomb, according to school officials. Those students were moved to the sixth-grade gymnasium. Continue reading “Students return to campus after bomb threat at Burnet Middle School”
FROM STAFF REPORTS
MARBLE FALLS — For more than three decades, Larry Berkman helped turn teenage boys into young men as the Marble Falls High School basketball coach. Now, he’s hoping to extend his influence as he recently announced his candidacy for Place 4 on the Marble Falls Independent School District Board of Trustees in the May 10 election. Continue reading “Retired Marble Falls coach jumping into MFISD school board race”
JARED FIELDS • PICAYUNE STAFF
BURNET — An “all-clear” has been issued for Burnet Middle School by the Burnet Police Department.
A bomb threat at the Burnet Middle School about 9:40 a.m. April 10 forced students and staff to evacuate the school and relocate to the Burnet High School gym while emergency responders searched the campus. Continue reading “Burnet Middle School gets an ‘all-clear’ after bomb threat”
