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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
Blue Blocks built for creators
Blue Blocks built for creators
Elgin Recreation Center is hosting their new Big Blue Blocks playroom every Tuesday and Thursday from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. for the remainder of June and July. Parents and children ages three through 12 are invited to come and create works of imagination with the soft, life-sized interlocking building blocks. Deliah Turnipseed, age 2, enjoyed climbing the blocks during the Juneteenth celebration. 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
Wildcats football competes at Lineman Challenge Qualifier
Wildcats football competes at Lineman Challenge Qualifier
SAN MARCOS – The Elgin High School varsity football program had its big guys in action this past weekend as the Wildcats took part in the Lineman Challenge State Qualifying Tournament on June 10 put together by Hardin- Simmons University and held at San Marcos High School. 06/13/2023 11:00 PM
Young Cats kick it at camp
Young Cats kick it at camp
Young Cats kick it at camp 06/13/2023 11:00 PM
Bastrop County area sports camps continue
Bastrop County area sports camps continue
Elgin, Bastrop, Cedar Creek, and Smithville will all have sports camps continuing this week as youth athletics heat up during the summer session. 06/13/2023 11:00 PM
Central figure in Paxton case charged
Central figure in Paxton case charged
The Austin real estate developer who is at the heart of Attorney General Ken Paxton’s impeachment was arraigned on eight federal charges Friday, the Austin American- Statesman reported. Nate Paul was arrested by the FBI on Thursday. 06/13/2023 11:00 PM
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-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
Shirley Virginia Hammond
Shirley Virginia Hammond
Shirley Virginia Hammond, 75, of Elgin, passed away early Friday morning surrounded by her family, June 9, 2023. She was born Sept. 4, 1947, in Houston to Wilbur and Willie Maude Cottle. 06/13/2023 11:00 PM
Frederick Jay Weixel
Frederick Jay Weixel
Frederick Jay Weixel (Fritz), 65, passed away Wednesday, May 24, 2023, at his home at Saersha Farm, Elgin. 06/13/2023 11:00 PM
Dorothy Thomas
Dorothy Thomas
Dorothy Thomas, 57, of Austin, passed away surrounded by her family Thursday morning, June 1, 2023. She will lie In state from 1 to 5 p.m. Wednesday, June 14 at Elgin Funeral Home. A home going Cclebration will be held Thursday, June 15, at 11 a.m. at Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church with Reverend L.R. Wilson presiding. Interment will follow at Littig Cemetery. 06/13/2023 11:00 PM
Elgin Courier
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