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Marble Falls senior Jordan Guzman protects himself as Belton senior Josue Reyes Trejo uses his head to get the ball to the other side of the field. Photos by Jennifer Fierro/TexasChalkTalk.com

Boys soccer team strong first half propels them to victory

The Marble Falls High School defeated Belton 2-0 Jan. 28 and scored all the goals they needed in Senior Marco Almazan scored thanks to an assist from senior Drake Taylor with 26 minutes and 39 seconds left in the half. 01/31/2025 02:14 AM

Junior Ava McNamara had an assist during the win against Gatesville. Contributed photos/Ernesto Rivera

Girls soccer team demonstrates offensive explosion

The Marble Falls High School girls soccer team stomped Gatesville 5-0 Jan. 28 for the second- most goals scored in a single match this season. 01/31/2025 02:14 AM

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Contending with the great smartphone dumb down

Has your intuition told you that something is very dissonant and disconnecting in our culture with respect to the proliferation of smartphones? If it has not, then you must either be a teenager with no framework of normalcy, or an adult smartphone addict with cultural amnesia. It smacked me in the face recently when I was out at the Llano River slab near Kingsland, looking for pretty rocks and enjoying the great outdoors. 01/31/2025 02:14 AM

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State agencies unpack weather, leaky wells impact

Capital Highlights Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is urging Texans affected by recent winter weather to report any property and agricultural damages to the Texas Division of Emergency Management’s portal: damage.tdem.texas.gov. 01/31/2025 02:14 AM

Reject public money for private schools

Reject public money for private schools

Dear Editor; The Texas Senate held a hearing on SB 2 on Tuesday, Jan. 28, regarding school vouchers. 01/31/2025 02:14 AM

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State lawmakers could hike neighborhood density

City of Meadowlakes As mentioned in last week’s column, the state legislature is in full session. As with the 2023 session and the previous three sessions before that, bills have been filed that would – to put it mildly – place a damper on single- family neighborhoods like Meadowlakes. 01/31/2025 02:14 AM

Jennifer Hess enjoys working in pencil, ink, charcoal and oils and strives to capture the twinkle in the eye of her subjects. Contributed photo

Architect turns her creative skills into art

The Highland Arts Guild & Gallery artist of the month for February is Jennifer Hess. Originally from the Kansas City area, she now resides in Kingsland and has had a love for art and drawing since childhood. 01/31/2025 02:14 AM

Contributed photo The quilt titled Tranquility (88”x88”) was masterfully sewn by 30 experienced guild members who invested approxi mately 1,200 hours of their time, and guild member Leslie Sparks lovingly quilted Tranquility on her longarm quilting machine.

Tranquility will star at quilt guild anniversary

Highland Lakes Quilt Guild (HLQG) will celebrate the group’s 25th anniversary as part of the biennial Quilt Festival. The HLQG 2025 Quilt Festival, April 2526, stars a donation quilt titled Tranquility, made by 30 master quilters and lovingly quilted by January’s speaker Leslie Sparks. 01/31/2025 02:14 AM

Local theater to present Christie’s Orient Express

Local theater to present Christie’s Orient Express

Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express, adapted for the stage by Ken Ludwig, will be presented Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m., Feb. 7 to Feb. 23, at the Hill Country Community Theatre, 4003 W FM 2147 in Cottonwood Shores. For tickets and info, call 830798-8044 or visit www. thehcct.org Just after midnight, a snowdrift stops the Orient Express in its tracks. The luxurious train is surprisingly full for the time of the year, but by the morning it is one passenger fewer. 01/31/2025 02:14 AM

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Dec. 11, 2024 Terry Tuttle passed away on December 11, 2024 at the age of 70. 01/31/2025 02:14 AM

A 4-year-old girl, identified as 'Isabella Rayne' in an online fundraising campaign, died in an RV fire in Spicewood on Jan. 22. Contributed photo

Child dies in Spicewood RV fire

01/24/2025 01:56 PM

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40,000 visitors strolled through Christmas venue

Marble Falls Walkway of Lights saw tens of thousands of visitors in 2024. Organizers for a public Christmas lights display reported no lack of enthusiasm by visitors, despite the first year to charge for entry. 01/24/2025 02:09 AM

Big Chow Down tomorrow night

Big Chow Down tomorrow night

Are you ready to eat some great food and bid in an auction and win a cruise in the raffle and also enjoy some tunes? The much-anticipated Highland Lakes Service League’s annual fundraiser – Chuck Wagon Chow Down – is this Saturday night, Jan. 25, at the YMCA of the Highland (1601 S Water St.) in Burnet. 01/24/2025 02:09 AM

Details unfolding in judge selection process

Details unfolding in judge selection process

Additional details will soon come into focus related to the selection of a new Burnet County Commissioners Court judge. Next month, Burnet County Pct. 01/24/2025 02:09 AM

At the end of the last fiscal year the city had total revenues of $30,215,796 and expenditures of $24,552,398, a surplus of $5,663,398. Contributed rendering

Horseshoe Bay reports $5.6M surplus

Horseshoe Bay city council members got a chance to brag Tuesday – at least for what their predecessors and the city staff did. Jon Watson of the Houston auditing firm of Brooks Watson & Co. 01/24/2025 02:09 AM

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