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The Elgin ISD school board adopted the budget and tax rate for the new school year during their August meeting last Monday. Appropriations for the 2019-2020 school year total $57,470,417.
Read moreEarlier this month, the state released its latest annual “report cards” for school districts and school campuses throughout Texas. Many of Bastrop County’s schools and districts saw similar or improved
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Bastrop County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO) is searching for a man who robbed a convenience store earlier this month. On August 11 around 7:30 p.m., a man described as Hispanic in
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Elgin ISD earned a “B” rating this year in the state’s second annual school “report card” system, jumping up a few points from last year’s grade. Earlier this month, the
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Jonathan Lee Hamilton of Houston has been identified from a jawbone discovery in Bob Bryant Park in Bastrop on July 29.
Hamilton has been missing since 2015 and was 26 years old at the time he was reported missing.
Read moreCounty deputy Paula Birran was appointed by the Bastrop County Commissioners Court during last Monday’s meeting as the new Precinct 4 constable. During the May 28 commissioners’ court meeting, County
Read moreSince the beginning of the month, Bastrop has seen two fires along State Highway 71 and a third fire in Bastrop State Park shortly after a burn ban was ordered.
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The Mary Christian Burleson Foundation has been awarded a grant of $158,968 by the Texas Historical Commission to repair and restore the homestead of Mary Christian Burleson. “We are honored
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