DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR
GRANITE SHOALS — The City of Parks learned Jan. 24 that state officials want to help the community live up to its name.
Continue reading “Granite Shoals lands $100K parks grant despite state funding freeze”
CONNIE SWINNEY • PICAYUNE STAFF
MARBLE FALLS — After a year in operation, CorWorth Building Systems has had its share of ups and downs, including fluctuating staff numbers.
Continue reading “CorWorth’s temporary layoffs cut staff in half”
JARED FIELDS • PICAYUNE STAFF
COTTONWOOD SHORES — Despite three city employees recently resigning, Cottonwood Shores residents won’t experience any change in services, officials said.
DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR
BURNET — A Spicewood woman is headed to prison for the 2009 death of 11-year-old Brianna Plehn. A Burnet County Jury sentenced her to eight years for manslaughter more than two years ago.
Continue reading “With appeals expired, Spicewood woman going to prison for fifth-grader’s death”
BURNET — People interested in making a difference in education policy and direction can put their names on the ballot for the May election starting Jan. 30.
Continue reading “Highland Lakes school boards open filing for May election”
DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR
MARBLE FALLS — A celebration of life for 15-year-old Mylie Ferguson is 11 a.m. Jan. 26 at the Marble Falls High School auditorium, 2101 Mustang Drive.
JARED FIELDS • PICAYUNE STAFF
BERTRAM — The Bertram Police Department is on track to restaffing two positions after selecting a new chief Jan. 22 during a regular council meeting.
The city council selected former Abilene Lt. Tracy Weems from 34 applicants after former Chief Ron Hall resigned in December to be a Hays County deputy constable.
Weems served in the Air Force for 10 years and retired from the Abilene Police Department after 19 years in 2010. He has since worked for the state attorney general’s office and for the University of Texas Police Department.
The council brought three finalists to the meeting and asked all of them questions before deliberating in executive session. The council selected Weems with a unanimous vote.
Mayor Dickie Allen said the finalists all were well qualified, and he wanted the council involved in the final decision.
“I could have worked with any of the three of those that were here, and the city council decided (Weems) was probably the best applicant for the job,” Allen said.
Weems, who lives near Burnet, will begin his new job in early February. The city’s interim chief, Dean Stringer, left the city the previous week and accepted a new job with the district attorney’s office. Allen said Weems will help hire an officer to replace Stringer.
Also during the meeting, the council voted to place a few items on the upcoming May election ballot. The council voted to reauthorize the municipal street repair and maintenance sales tax set to expire in March. Also, the city voted to place on the ballot the creation of a Municipal Development District that could utilize the remaining quarter-percent sales tax revenue not currently used by the city. Also on the May ballot will be three council seats and a special election for mayor.
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MARBLE FALLS — Department of Public Safety troopers are investigating a truck rollover involving six teenagers that occurred northeast of the city Jan. 20.
Continue reading “Investigation continues into rollover involving Marble Falls teens”
BURNET — For 85-year-old Otto Gruetzner and his wife, 82-year-old Fay, retirement from the Burnet County Sheriff’s Office has motivated the couple to put themselves back into the job market.
Continue reading “Husband-wife deputy team hang up holsters at Burnet County Sheriff’s Office”