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Body found in Elgin 44 years prior identified
Body found in Elgin 44 years prior identified
07/27/2023 06:43 PM
Smithville, McDade football highlight important dates
Smithville, McDade football highlight important dates
BASTROP COUNTY – Smithville Independent School District and McDade Independent School District are both staying busy with football as the Smithville Tigers and McDade Bulldogs have upcoming important dates. 07/26/2023 12:00 AM
Bastrop Bears
Bastrop ISD to wrap up youth summer camps
BASTROP – Bastrop Independent School District is concluding a scorching hot month of July as both Bastrop and Cedar Creek will have their final youth athletic camps of the summer. 07/26/2023 12:00 AM
Elgin Youth Cheer
Elgin youth cheer team trains for fall season
TAYLOR – Last week, the EYFC Wildcats hosted a youth cheer camp in preparation for the fall season which begins Aug. 1. 07/26/2023 12:00 AM
Elgin Youth Football
Elgin youth football hosts squads from China
ROUND ROCK – On July 21, Jacklete Fitness and TurnFit Academy hosted a first-of-its-kind football event in Round Rock. 07/26/2023 12:00 AM
Patrick issues gag order ahead of trial
Patrick issues gag order ahead of trial
TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION 07/26/2023 12:00 AM
Take, Eat, and Be Satisfied
Take, Eat, and Be Satisfied
In Mark 8:1-9, The four thousand people had been faithfully listening to Jesus for three days with nothing to eat. Their devotion really puts us to shame, doesn’t it? We give up an hour or two a week and think about Sunday dinner in the meantime, and they had gone three days without food! But their feast was the greatest kind, for they had been feasting on the Bread of Life, the Word of God from the lips of Jesus, so they had already received food that satisfies the soul and brings eternal life. But they still needed to eat regular food too, so Jesus has compassion on the crowd. And this compassion is not just an attitude of pity but actually accomplishes something. Jesus shows mercy to the crowd with a feeding miracle. 07/26/2023 12:00 AM
The community had good music
The community had good music
In its heyday (the 1920s and 30s) the Elgin American Legion Band was very active giving many concerts locally and out-of-town. People flocked to hear live music concerts for entertainment. As the public schools provided so little music training, the all-male band had to seek other training. The Swedish communities provided some, some coming from immigrants trained in Sweden. One Swedish immigrant, Albert Smith, was able to go to a Swedish college in Lindsborg, Kansas. He studied music there and came back to the Kimbro community and started training some of the younger men. One student, Arthur Swenson, became a fine trumpet player. Smith also trained others in brass instrumentation. 07/26/2023 12:00 AM
Sharon Roberts
Sharon Roberts
Sharon Roberts, 86, of Houston, passed away Friday, July 21, 2023. Services are currently pending. Arrangements and care entrusted to 07/26/2023 12:00 AM
Richard “Shae” Prinz
Richard “Shae” Prinz
Richard “Shae” Prinz, 30, went to be with his Lord, Jesus Christ, in Heaven July 18, 2023. Shae was born March 12, 1993, in Austin, and resided in Elgin most of his life. 07/26/2023 12:00 AM
Crystal Roberts
Crystal Roberts
Crystal Roberts was born Oct. 8, 1999. She entered the Kingdom of Heaven Wednesday July 12, 2023. 07/26/2023 12:00 AM
Mike Arnold Sellers
Mike Arnold Sellers
Mike Arnold Sellers was born Sept. 4, 1936, in Austin, to Logan and Ida Belle Hibbs Sellers. 07/26/2023 12:00 AM
Elgin Courier
Elgin Courier
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