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County officials and members of a committee appointed to relocate the Confederate monuments at the Bastrop County courthouse met for a ceremony on Saturday morning ahead of the monuments’ move to a planned heritage park.
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After discussion of the state’s most recent mask laws, the Elgin City Council decided to not extend the city’s face covering ordinance and allowed it to expire last week.
Read moreLast week, the Elgin ISD board of trustees voted to create the district’s own armed security department to provide commissioned officers to work in Elgin schools.
Read moreThe Elgin Volunteer Fire Department (EFD) is warning of a scam where a caller asks for donations on their behalf. If a caller says they are with EFD and are asking for donations, EFD advises to not give them your information.
Read moreThe Capital Area Rural Transportation System (CARTS) will offer free rides on all CARTS Country Bus services to passengers who need transportation to vaccination sites.
Read moreCommander Chris Noble will serve as acting chief of police for Elgin Police Department after the retirement of Patrick South, whose last day on the job was March 22.
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Supporters of Rodney Reed, a Bastrop man who has been imprisoned on death row for over two decades, gathered at the Bastrop County Courthouse on Saturday afternoon to raise awareness of his case before the next hearing scheduled for May.
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