FROM STAFF REPORTS
BURNET — City Council members are set to determine what perks, if any, to grant themselves at Delaware Springs Municipal Golf Course during a regular council meeting April 9. Continue reading “Burnet City Council members to decide on free green fees”
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MARBLE FALLS — The final pieces of the old U.S. 281 bridge in Marble Falls were reduced to rubble April 5. Continue reading “Old U.S. 281 bridge piers demolished”
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LLANO — When Llano Independent School District Superintendent Dennis Hill first joined the district in 1977 as a coach and teacher at the junior high, nobody had ever heard of the Internet or high-stakes testing.
Continue reading “Longtime Llano ISD superintendent stepping down”
JARED FIELDS • PICAYUNE STAFF
BURNET — Possible changes to a Burnet ordinance that waives green fees for council members have caused an uproar from citizens.
Continue reading “No green fees for Burnet council members has some residents seeing red”
JARED FIELDS • PICAYUNE STAFF
MARBLE FALLS — Recent rains have pushed the date to demolish the remaining piers of the old U.S. 281 bridge to April 5.
The Texas Department of Transportation and contractor Archer Western said the blast is scheduled “most likely” about 1:30 p.m. or 2 p.m.
Continue reading “Demolition of old U.S. 281 bridge piers set for afternoon of April 5”
DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR
MARBLE FALLS — Patti Burkhardt could only watch as hail from the April 2 thunderstorm ravaged her home’s skylights and tumbled through her house. Continue reading “Severe storms pound Marble Falls, Kingsland with hail, but rain does little for lake levels”
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MARBLE FALLS — Officials gave crews the go-ahead to use explosives to destroy the remaining piers of the old U.S. 281 bridge April 4.
Continue reading “TxDOT, contractors plan April 4 demolition of old U.S. 281 bridge piers”
DANIEL CLIFTON-PICAYUNE EDITOR
MARBLE FALLS — With the last decade in Texas education focused on preparing every child for college, whether he or she desired that goal or not, educators have begun to see the pendulum swing back toward the middle.
Continue reading “Marble Falls ISD gets ahead of the curve in career and technology education”
DANIEL CLIFTON-PICAYUNE EDITOR
MARBLE FALLS — When a group of Marble Falls Elementary School parents, including Robin Dahl, realized their children only enjoyed 15 minutes of daily recess, they didn’t think it was enough considering the amount of pressure students endure from high-stack testing.
