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Alumnus high jump phenom wins meet in pro debut

Alumnus high jump phenom wins meet in pro debut

06/20/2025 06:00 AM

Year-round program encourages young anglers

Year-round program encourages young anglers

06/20/2025 06:00 AM

MFHS grad nominated for Community Heroes award

MFHS grad nominated for Community Heroes award

06/20/2025 06:00 AM

Contributed graphic The new transmission line may traverse 12 counties, including Bur - net, Crane, Crockett, Ector, Irion, Lampasas, Pecos, Reagan, Reeves, Schleicher, Tom Green, Upton, Ward and Winkler counties.

Officials cast cool eye on LCRA transmission plan

County officials want a closer look at the Lower Colorado River Authority plan to extend a new electrical transmission line from Bell County to the west Texas Permian Basin area with the route through parts of Burnet County. 06/17/2025 04:39 AM

Fairgoers filled the exhibit hall, taking time to admire the wide variety of displays at the Burnet County Area Fair. Photos by Martelle Luedecke/Luedecke Photography

Fairgoers fill the exhibit hall

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Meadowlakes upgrading streets and drainage swale

Meadowlakes upgrading streets and drainage swale

The Meadowlakes Property Owners Association has announced the street repair schedule for the community. Despite the community being a municipality, the Meadowlakes POA owns the community’s 11 miles of publicly-traveled streets and handles maintenance and repair. 06/17/2025 04:39 AM

Council to eye busy street work bids

Council to eye busy street work bids

Marble Falls City Council plans to review three bids to accomplish a renovation of Bluebonnet Drive during its upcoming meeting. Council members are scheduled to meet 6 p.m. 06/17/2025 04:39 AM

Twenty-two young golfers attended Reed Norman's golf camp this year at Hidden Falls in Meadowlakes. He had

Hidden Falls hosts successful golf camp

In Norman's golf class, the students learn the fundamentals of the swing, putting and chipping as well as iron and driver play, etiquette and rules of the game. 06/17/2025 04:39 AM

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Texas Supreme Court rules on application of state religious services clause

The Supreme Court of Texas (SCOTX) has issued an opinion covering the scope of the Texas Religious Services Clause and the extent to which it applies to governmental actions that directly prohibit or limit religious services. 06/17/2025 04:39 AM

Timed with the official start of summer and the Fourth of July weekend, TxDOT's Drive Sober. No Regrets. campaign overlaps with an increased law enforcement period. File photo

Campaign takes aim at DUI ahead of Independence Day

More than 1,000 people were killed in DUI-alcohol related crashes on Texas roads last year. To help highlight the real cost to families, friends and communities across the state, TxDOT is sharing stories from drunk driving offenders and survivors in an interactive exhibit. 06/17/2025 04:39 AM

LCRA awards $1.1M in grants for communities

LCRA awards $1.1M in grants for communities

The Lower Colorado River Authority recently awarded $1,108,769 in grants to support community projects across LCRA’s wholesale electric, water and transmission service areas. The Community Development Partnership Program grants will help fund 45 projects, including construction of a four-bay addition to the Cat Spring Volunteer Fire Department in Austin County, installing a flood warning system at a low-water crossing in Llano, upgrading a 50-yearold community center in Bronte and repairing the hurricane-damaged Danish Heritage Museum in Wharton County. 06/17/2025 04:39 AM

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First responders arm themselves with spatulas for cookoff

Granite Shoals is hosting a first responders barbecue cookoff on June 20 and 21 across the Highland Lakes compete to see who serves up the best barbecue. 06/17/2025 04:39 AM

The Diamond Days Van Halen Tribute Band rocked Johnson Park June 13, during the Marble Falls Summer Concert Series. The free live music concerts happen every Friday night through Aug. 8 in Johnson Park. Photos by Connie Swinney/The Highlander

Summer Concert features Van Halen tribute band

06/17/2025 04:39 AM

Several members of the Halbert Unit praise team sung 'Great is Thy Faithfulness,' during the dedication of the new Joseph's Hammer Chapel in Burnet June 13. Raymond V. Whelan/The Highlander

Prison chapel celebration evokes praise, hope for inmates

“It is official now – God’s work is done.” Thus spoke Texas Department of Criminal Justice Chaplain Richard Cartwright during the ceremony dedicated to opening the new non-profit Joseph’s Hammer Chapel June 13 at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Ellen Halbert Unit for Women in Burnet at 800 Ellen Halbert Drive. Spontaneous shouts of “Praise God!” erupted from the audience after the remark by Cartwright, which he uttered before more than 250 attendees inside the main room of the new facility, which spreads over 8,000 square feet behind razor-wire. 06/17/2025 04:39 AM

On June 9, business owners at a title company in the 100 block of Main Street reported a sculpture which had been on the front sidewalk for 20 years was knocked over and destroyed. Contributed photos

Vandals, thieves damage and steal downtown sculptures

From a concrete mosaic to a bronze horse and rider piece, Marble Falls police are probing a recent spate of theft and damage to downtown sculptures. The most recent report involved a $7,000 mosaic sculpture in front of a business in the 200 block of Main Street. 06/17/2025 04:39 AM

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