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There’s No Excuse for That

There’s No Excuse for That

Excuses, excuses. You know what they say about them. Sometimes our excuses are legit, caused by illness or emergency. But often we sinners make up excuses to rationalize or cover up our ingratitude or laziness or mistakes. 06/21/2023 12:00 AM

Lady Tigers athletics hosts volleyball and basketball camps

Lady Tigers athletics hosts volleyball and basketball camps

SMITHVILLE – Smithville Independent School District hosted two more athletic camps this past week for first through ninth-grade girls on June 12-15 as Lady Tigers volleyball and basketball had two camps for each sport. 06/21/2023 12:00 AM

METT Summit Series: Workforce development

METT Summit Series: Workforce development

Expert panel talks jobs, strategic planning & partnerships 06/21/2023 12:00 AM

Elgin resident selected as youth advocate

Elgin resident selected as youth advocate

Court Appointed Special Advocates of Bastrop, Fayette and Lee Counties announced its selection of four new CASA volunteers on May 30, including one representative of Elgin. 06/21/2023 12:00 AM

Dodge pulls into Main Street

Dodge pulls into Main Street

A car show commercial that doubled as a car show 06/21/2023 12:00 AM

Sheriff Deputies maneuver top-speed inter-county chase

Sheriff Deputies maneuver top-speed inter-county chase

BASTROP – Bastrop County Sheriff’s Department deputies found themselves in a high-speed chase Monday evening, ending with a wreckage and drawn firearms. 06/21/2023 12:00 AM

Normandy Landing on D-Day

Normandy Landing on D-Day

Two more soldiers from the Elgin area took part in the Normandy landing. They were from Post Oak Island and their names were Virgil Ray Gage and Alfred Streit. Streit will be featured in the article next week. 06/21/2023 12:00 AM

What Does It Mean that God Is Love?

What Does It Mean that God Is Love?

St. John writes, “So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in Him” (1 John 4:16). God is love. But how do we come to know and believe this? Can we gaze at the creation and know it? Can we infer it from the miracle of life? No, the evidence of God’s love for creation is ambiguous, since along with the beauty and wonder of creation come harsh realities like tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, and all manner of manmade disaster. Likewise, the miracle of life is counterbalanced by the reality of death. So from these things alone, we cannot know that God is love. 06/13/2023 11:00 PM

D-Day, H-Hour

D for Day, H for Hour are abbreviations for the undetermined (or secret) day and hour that the Normandy Invasion would begin. It’s U.S. military terminology allowing for precise planning without giving away the date and time. The French used the code date “le jour j” and the British called it “Z-Day” and “Zero-Hour.” 06/13/2023 11:00 PM

Main Street blocked for filming

Main Street blocked for filming

WOLFGANG studios will be filming a commercial in downtown Elgin, which will cause some disruption in traffic patterns. Streets affected will be the 1 to 100 block of Main, 100 block of First, the 100 block of Second, the 1 to 300 block of N. Avenue C and the 100 block of Central Ave. 06/13/2023 11:00 PM

State seeking partnerships with rural towns

State seeking partnerships with rural towns

The state of Texas – which currently is the ninth largest economy in the world with a workforce of 14.8 million – is looking to partner with small communities like Manor, Elgin and Taylor. 06/13/2023 11:00 PM

Elgin refreshes police department staff

Elgin refreshes police department staff

New and veteran officers sworn into the EPD and Animal Control Unit 06/13/2023 11:00 PM

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