MARBLE FALLS – A Granite Shoals mother and her son are recovering after a crash Dec. 12 involving an 18-wheeler on Texas 71, just east of U.S. 281, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.
The collision happened just before 7:30 a.m. in the 5700 block of the highway at the entryway of Vulcan Construction Materials Co. in Burnet County.
Racquel Villagas of Granite Shoals and her 6-year-old son were eastbound in a 2006 Chevrolet Monte Carlo, traveling behind a trailer rig, driven by Gerardo Rojas, 52, of Austin.
DPS reported the car collided with the back of the 18-wheeler, which was attempting to turn into the facility.
“She was blinded partially by the sun, failed to control her speed and ended up hitting the back of the 18 wheeler,” DPS Highway Patrolman Frank Randolph said.
Villagas and her son were transported by ambulance with non-life threatening injuries to University Medical Center Brackenridge in Austin. They were both wearing seat belts, according to the report.
Rojas refused treatment at the scene.
Traffic was temporarily delayed and crews cleared the scene by 8:30 a.m.
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MARBLE FALLS — Health and wellness careers as well as light manufacturing companies might be the key to future growth, researchers told city leaders during the Economic Development Corp. meeting Dec. 5.
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HORSESHOE BAY — A man wanted for a probation violation is in custody, following a foot chase that took authorities through two miles of rough terrain and portions of Lake LBJ, according to police.
Authorities arrested 21-year-old Michael Weber just after 11 a.m. on Dec. 17 in the middle of Slick Rock Creek near Broken Bow Street in Horseshoe Bay.
A Horseshoe Bay Police press release stated the man ran away while investigators attempted to serve a warrant on him out of Travis County for a probation violation on the child sex crime charge.
The man also faces evading/escape and resisting arrest charges connected to a Nov. 15 incident in Cottonwood Shores, the report stated.
During the manhunt, authorities from four agencies searched residential neighborhoods “as the calls would come in from citizens who were reporting the route the foot pursuit was taking,” the release stated.
Police said the suspect jumped in and out of Lake LBJ twice causing law enforcement to launch boat searches.
As of Dec. 18 Weber remained in the Llano County Jail on third-degree evading/escape charges, as well as the Travis County probation violation warrant.
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Three North Lake Travis Fire and Rescue firefighters inspect a ranch house destroyed in a Dec. 10 fire in Burnet County. According to Marble Falls Area Volunteer Fire Department Assistant Chief Michael Phillips, the house, located at the end of CR 345, had been vacant for nearly a year. Phillips said a cause is unknown and that two boats along with the house and its contents were destroyed. The fire was reported at 11:18 a.m. Other responding agencies included Marble Falls EMS, Bertram Volunteer Fire Department and the Horseshoe Bay Fire Department. Staff photo by Jared Fields
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BURNET — Learn about the quirky side of Texas history when historian and columnist Clay Coppedge shares “Real People’s History” on Dec. 13 as part of the Herman Brown Free Library’s Coffee Talks series.
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MARBLE FALLS — When organizers for the Rose of Texas Faire fundraiser approached musicians about helping out the cause which supports family and children organizations, they found the response overwhelming.
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MARBLE FALLS — Karl Johnson creates works of art with scissors and a piece of paper.
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MARBLE FALLS — Country singer Suzy Bogguss is performing her “A Swinging Little Christmas” at the Uptown Marble Theater on Dec. 6.
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