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Recently, County Judge Paul Pape announced to the Commissioners Court that he has hired Christine Files as his new Deputy Director of Emergency Management. Ms. Files started in the position
Read moreAfter an hour of discussion ranging from the effect of Confederate monuments on black Elginites to the city’s authority in the state’s jurisdiction, the Elgin City Council passed a motion
Read moreProtesters filled the streets marching around the governor's mansion in Austin on Saturday afternoon, shouting “Free Rodney Reed,” on behalf of a Bastrop man currently on death row. Rodney Reed
Read moreTexas may execute an innocent person on November 20, 2019. Rodney Reed is innocent in the murder of Stacey Stites – a crime for which he has been on death row since 1998.
Read moreThe search for an Elgin man missing since August has ended after finding his remains in Austin. On August 15, the family of Alex Aviles reported him missing to the
Read moreWith less than a month to go before his scheduled execution date, Rodney Reed’s family, and some celebrity supporters, have been fighting ever harder for a stay of execution and
Read moreFor the first time in its history, the Texas Downtown Association gave both of its individual recognition awards to people from the same city: Elgin. The Texas Downtown Association (TDA)
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