Bastrop News

TRAVIS COUNTY, Texas Many local fire departments in rural areas -- like Buda and Bastrop -- put a heavy reliance on volunteers to staff their stations and trucks Tougher economic times, however, mean fewer ...

A pile of debris and ash is all that is left of Cleo Moore's storage shed after fireworks started a blaze in Moore's yard just after New Year's Eve of this year.

The Bastrop County Sheriff's Office is asking for help locating a missing teen. Fourteen-year-old Jessica Perry was reported missing by her father last Saturday.

In the largest fugitive apprehension initiative undertaken by the U.S. Marshals Service's Lone Star Fugitive Task Force across the Western District of Texas, teams of law enforcement agencies throughout the ...

More than 1,000 accused criminals in Texas are off the streets after a massive law enforcement effort.

A quiet life under the big, open sky called Ben Voight to make his home in Bastrop 30 years ago.

An autopsy report revealed a Bastrop man, who caused a deadly wreck in April, had many drugs in his system.

Petroleum exploration firm South Texas Oil Co. is relocating its corporate headquarters from Bastrop to San Antonio.

Although closed after desegregation in the 1960s, Bastrop's once all-black school lives on in the memories of those who gather over Juneteenth weekend every few years.

Kevin King and Kenny Deison lived very different lives - King a real estate specialist for Valero Energy Corp., and Deison a former professional guitar player who spent much of his life on the road.

Hailing from the Ozarks, Addie Broyles expanded her cooking skills on the West Coast and Spain before settling in Austin, mainly for the aguas frescas at the taco stand down the street from her house where she, ...

Several grass fires kept the Texas Forest Service and volunteers busy Wednesday afternoon in Bastrop and Caldwell Counties, just southeast of Austin.

There's a little bit of good news mixed in with the bad in the monthly report from Foreclosure Listing Service Inc.

The Duplass Brothers found fame last year with their popular independent film called "The Puffy Chair." Friday night, they are opening their latest film called "Baghead" in Austin, since it was shot in this ...

By Mike Ward Monday, June 09, 2008 Abner Hugh Cook, the master builder who designed and constructed the Governor's Mansion when Texas was only a decade old, loved tall, stately columns, sophisticated detail and ...

City Council members on Tuesday approved on first reading an ordinance that would prohibit dog owners from anchoring their pets on chains or lines to a fixed spot unless the owners are present.

The Texas Super Racing Series for late models will be at Red River Speedway on Saturday night.

Firefighters are trying to regain ground they lost on a fire burning east of Austin near Bastrop Monday afternoon The fire started Sunday off Highway 71 east of the airport, and was again burning in a few ...

The Viva Catie Tennessee to Texas campaign finished Day 4 of the journey and entered Day 5. Team members are looking forward to Day 6. The teams will bicycle to Texas to raise money for the Lance Armstrong ...

A 100-acre brush fire that happened in Bastrop County near the Lost Pines Resort Sunday is out.