MARBLE FALLS — Quick thinking by some neighbors helped extinguish an apparent electrical blaze at a business on Commerce Street April 21, officials said.
Marble Falls Fire and Rescue and Police gathered at the scene of an apparent electrical fire April 21 at the Shirts and Stuff business on Commerce Street. Staff Photo by Raymond V. Whelan
MARBLE FALLS — Three students have qualified for the Texas Junior High Rodeo Association State Finals May 29-June 4 in Gonzales.
Marble Falls rodeo youth Ryan Becker (left), Tyler Horn and Peyton Emory qualified for the Texas Junior High Rodeo Association state finals May 29-June 4 in Gonzales after finishing among the top eight in their events in the Region VI standings. Becker and Horn have confirmed they are moving on to state, but a family member says Emory has decided not to. The region competition, which included 12 rodeos, began in September and wrapped up in March. The top four from each event in the state finals will head to the National Junior High Rodeo National Finals in Gallup, N.M., June 26-July 2. Courtesy photo
GRANITE SHOALS —When a petition put the skids on the City Council’s decision to accept a $14.7 million loan last November for a proposed wastewater treatment facility, it may have ended up adding to the project’s overall costs.
HOUSTON — A coach once known in Burnet County for the victories of his select girls’ basketball team agreed to an eight-year prison sentence April 12 after being charged with sexually assaulting a teenager in July 2008.
COTTONWOOD SHORES — Changing a personnel policy to give city jobs to felons 10 years after their conviction is getting a thumbs up from the City Council.
The council still has to formally adopt the policy. The issue became contentious after former interim police chief and Place 4 council candidate Frank Smith raised issues about two residents with felony convictions from more than a decade ago serving as city volunteers.
This ewe — owned by Marble Falls Police Chief Mark Whitacre and his wife Bonnie — gave birth to a set of quadruplets two weeks ago — quite a rarity for a sheep, according to the experts. Mark Whitacre says the four are actually sets of twins that developed from two separate embryos. All four of the lambs are healthy, as is the mother … though she’s a bit tired, Whitacre said. Staff photo by Daniel Clifton
MARBLE FALLS — If Marble Falls is to become a true tourism mecca, City Hall and the Marble Falls/Lake LBJ Chamber of Commerce must work together more to put the city on the map, the mayor said this week. Otherwise, projects could just fall to the wayside, warned Mayor George Russell during a workshop with the Chamber April 5. READ
BERTRAM — Some residents are making noises about an emergency alarm system that goes off at noon.
COTTONWOOD SHORES — A review of personnel policies by the city is just a smokescreen to allow those with criminal records to serve on boards and commissions, a cop turned political candidate is charging.
“This all appears to be unethical and dishonest,” said Frank Smith, the former interim police chief and now a candidate for Place 4 in the May 14 election.
