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Early voting begins next week, with Election Day on November 3. The deadline to register to vote in this election was earlier this week on October 5. Due to COVID-19, Texas Governor Greg Abbott released a proclamation in March allowing local May elections to be postponed; as a result, elections for city councils, school boards and other local entities in Bastrop County will take place on November 3 alongside county, state and federal elections. These local elections include the cities of Elgin and Smithville, the school boards of Bastrop, Smithville and McDade ISDs, the Bastrop/Travis Counties Emergency Services District No. 1 and a number of municipal utility districts and water control and improvement districts throughout the county.
Read moreThis fall, voters can cast their ballots for candidates from the President of the United States to members of their local school board and city council.
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Objects, people and buildings look different from different points of view or perspective. This week, Kid Scoop helps you understand how maps are created from a view above the scene.
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On Wednesday afternoon, radio station Que Buena 104.3 FM hosted a booth at Mi Celine Mercado in Elgin to encourage people to fill out the census.
Read moreAfter months of public information requests and social media posts, a group of citizens brought complaints and allegations against city officials regarding the police department during last week’s Elgin City Council meeting.
Read moreMembers of Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative will benefit from a second rate reduction in the past 10 months and a record-setting amount of money returned in capital credits in 2020.
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Clint Nagy, Bastrop’s Interim Police Chief since January 2020, will have the interim designation removed from his title effective Wednesday, September 23 as he is appointed Chief of the City of Bastrop Police Department.
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