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Tuesday, April 9, 2024 edition

On the Front Page

News Staff
Wednesday, April 10, 2024

Did merchants do big business during the eclipse?… Marble Falls held a block party and a sizeable crowd showed up… Venue operators halted a huge eclipse festival in northern Burnet County. 

Ex-librarian sues Llano County

Phil Reynolds Staff Writer
Tuesday, April 9, 2024
A Kingsland ex-li- brarian who was fired for “insubordination” in 2022 has sued Llano County and the county library sys- tem in federal court. Suzette Baker claims her First Amendment rights were violated when she was fired for refusing to remove some books from the library shelves, and for other actions.
An aerial view from a quad-copter shows traffic leaving Reveille Peak Ranch the morning of April 8, after venue operators cut short the event due to bad weather predictions.

Texas Eclipse Festival off to colorful start; wraps up early

Raymond V. Whelan Staff Writer
Tuesday, April 9, 2024
Burnet County officials confirmed the Reveille Peak total solar eclipse festival got can - celled abruptly Monday morning, just a few hours before the rare instance of the moon blocking the sun was expected to cast a huge shadow over the Earth and convert normal county daylight into sheer darkness. The totality of the eclipse was predicted to happen around 1 p.m.
Below, hundreds of people visited downtown Marble Falls for the Eclipse Block Party in Harmony Park at Third and Main. Attendees witnessed darkness, during the total solar eclipse around 1:36 p.m. that lasted about four minutes. Jeff Shabram/The Highlander

Big block party thrills

Connie Swinney Associate Editor
Tuesday, April 9, 2024
Marble Falls Mayor Dave Rhodes made his way to Harmony Park April 8 to greet first-time visitors and shake hands with a few familiar fac - es as well. He came for the Eclipse Block Party which coincided with the celestial event.
Friday, April 5, 2024 edition

On the Front Page

News Staff
Friday, April 5, 2024

Downtown Marble Falls hosts an outdoor live music party for the April 8 eclipse event… Authorities are on high alert for the influx of visitors… and a water regulating entity enlists lakeside resid

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