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Initial attempts to dig beside the cistern were abandoned because of wall instability after three visitors from Florida and a dog fell into the hole, investigators said. Photo by Hunter Dworaczyk
Plunge into cistern during hog hunt leaves three people, dog dead
08/10/2023 03:06 PM
Deputies retrieving 3 bodies in Bastrop County
Deputies retrieving 3 bodies in Bastrop County
08/09/2023 04:58 PM
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Volleyball regular season underway this week
Bastrop County has regular-season volleyball games back in action this week as the Elgin High School, Bastrop High School, Cedar Creek High School, Smithville High School and McDade High School varsity programs are ready to compete. 08/08/2023 11:00 PM
Meet The Wildcats set for Thursday night
Meet The Wildcats set for Thursday night
Elgin High School, Bastrop High School and Cedar Creek High School all start football practice this week while Smithville High School and McDade High School enter their second week. 08/08/2023 11:00 PM
Child care centers closing across state
Child care centers closing across state
An unprecedented number of child care centers are expected to close across the state as pandemic relief funding ends, the Texas Standard reported. A survey conducted by the Texas Association for the Education of Young Children of about 1,600 child care programs indicated 44% were likely to close their doors without additional funding. Federal pandemic relief funds ended for most centers in June. 08/08/2023 11:00 PM
God Wants Us to Hallow His Name
God Wants Us to Hallow His Name
The First Petition of the Lord’s Prayer, “Hallowed be Thy name,” sounds obscure to our modern ears, but it simply means, “Dear Father in heaven, let Your name be hallowed – let Your name be kept holy.” We can’t make God’s name holy by our prayer; it’s already holy in itself, as we pray in Psalm 103, “Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me bless His holy name!” So in the Lord’s Prayer we are asking that God would cause us here on earth to keep His holy name holy. On the other hand, it is possible for us to treat His name as unholy, so we are praying that He would prevent His name from being profaned or defiled among us. God’s name is holy in itself, but when it is misused by people, it’s like taking a beautiful diamond ring and covering it with mud; the diamond is still precious, but its beauty and value cannot be seen by others because it is covered by the profane mud. 08/08/2023 11:00 PM
City Cafe
City Cafe
My grandmother was Gladys Smith, who was a waitress at The City Cafe in the early 1940s. Between the lunch and dinner runs, she would sit in one of the big windows facing Main Street and smoke a cigarette. 08/08/2023 11:00 PM
Lucy Sandifer Woodall
Lucy Sandifer Woodall
Lucy Sandifer Woodall, 76, of Cedar Creek, passed away July 30, 2023. 08/08/2023 11:00 PM
Jim Junior Smith
Jim Junior Smith
Jim Junior Smith, 98, of Round Rock, went to be with our Heavenly Father Sunday, Aug. 6, 2023. Jim was born Feb. 22, 1925, to Meek and Laura (Poston) Smith in Superior, West Virginia. 08/08/2023 11:00 PM
Local ranchers to fight proposed wells
Local ranchers to fight proposed wells
A dispute between business neighbors leaves the land damaged 08/08/2023 11:00 PM
Garden Club names Yard of the Month
Garden Club names Yard of the Month
08/08/2023 11:00 PM
New blackland of Bastrop
New blackland of Bastrop
Powder Keg Pine and Mesquite wildfires burn over 150 acres 08/08/2023 11:00 PM
Elgin Courier
Elgin Courier
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