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Elgin Police Department Criminal Investigations Division Sgt. Nichole Brimhall and Detective Ted Hernandez inform about three drive-by shootings that hit the 500 block of E. Alamo Street in July.

Third drive-by shooting hits Elgin block

1 day 18 hours ago

Houses and cars in one Elgin neighborhood have been left peppered with bullet holes following a series of drive-by shootings this month, police said.

The tail end of an 18-wheeler was split open after a June 11 collision with a train on Texas 95, just north of the city. Photo by Niko Demetriou

Semi-truck struck by train

1 month 2 weeks ago

The Bastrop County Sheriff’s Office reported Tuesday afternoon a possible collision between an 18-wheeler semi-trailer truck and a train just north of the city.

$375 million school bond passed

2 months 3 weeks ago

Bastrop County residents took to the polls this past weekend for the May 4 General Election, determining who fills the important seats on city councils and deciding the fate of massive school bonds.

PETE BEGA EISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES, DISTRICT 6

3 months 3 days ago

How old are you and what do you do?

No tax increase for bond

3 months 1 week ago

CLARIFICATION:

Due to an unforseen production error, the word "NO" was deleted from a full page Elgin Independent School District Bond 2024 ad on page 8 of the April 17, 2024, edition of the Elgin Courier.

The March 22 collision involving a Hays Consolidated Independent School District bus carrying adults and preschoolers and a cement truck claimed the lives of a 5-year-old boy and an adult. The driver is being charged with criminally negligent homicide. Photo by Jason Hennington

Cement truck driver claims he fell asleep behind the wheel

3 months 3 weeks ago

BASTROP — The driver of the cement pumper that claimed the lives of a child and a University of Texas student contradicted himself when recounting the March 22 incident, according to a report by the Ca