Bastrop News

No, it's not Beerland , Mohawk , or the club formerly known as Headhunters . It's a building with a longer musical history than those three put together: the Frank Erwin Center .

There's a moment in Richard Linklater's 1998 crime drama, The Newton Boys , when the eponymous bank robbers bemoan the existence of an insurance company.

Jennifer Wammack and her husband are the owners of Berdoll Pecan Candy and Gift Company on Highway 71 between Austin and Bastrop.

Rick Bartlett, pastor of the Bastrop Christian Church, is facing animal cruelty charges.

The open house will be held from 3 to 7 p.m. May 22 at the Star Flight hangar at 7800 Old Manor Road.

The trial of the Rev. Rick Bartlett, accused of cruelty in the abuse and death of a cat, is set to begin in a Bastrop, Texas, county court.

His home, built in 1961, is so structurally unsound that is no longer safe for him to go inside.

The Austin City Council will recognize Overton at the May 9 council meeting. Mayor Lee Leffingwell will present Overton with a birthday proclamation at 5:15 p.m. in Council Chambers at City Hall.

Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative customers have recently fallen victim to fraud through false representation of co-op employees or contractors who are claiming to recover delinquent accounts by using third-party companies.

Summer is quickly approaching, and it's not taking any detours. But before the temperatures hit the triple digits, we're in a bit of a sweet spot, weather-wise: the few weeks wherein being outside is still wholly enjoyable, without all the sweat and risk for heat stroke.

The Houston Zoo is giving a big head start to some endangered animals that are being rehabilitated and released into the wild.

The Lake Travis View has started welcoming readers to its new digital home, laketravisview.com , which offers an enhanced, better-organized experience.

The first Lost Pines Wine Fest will be held Saturday May 11 from noon to 6 p.m. with all proceeds going to the Boys & Girls Clubs.

Three Stephen F. Austin State University students were killed and another was hurt in a crash in East Texas involving the SUV in which they were riding and an 18-wheeler. The DPS says the SUV, which Garcia was driving, was hit by the truck Saturday night while making a U-turn on Highway 315.

Concerns over endangered species regulations have snarled an effort in Bastrop State Park to boost the numbers of the endangered Houston Toad.

In a refurbished historic building on Elgin's Main Street, Ed Rivers oversees the local office of Bastrop Abstract Company, which is 130 years old.

The Aqua Water Supply Corporation said the affected area is west of Highway 95 and north of the Colorado River.

When news broke that a deadly explosion at a fertilizer plant had devastated part of the city of West , Texas, many people's first instinct was to wonder how they could help.

A California-based investor purchased the 240-unit Austin Commons apartment community in North Austin.

On Tuesday, she helped release thousands of Houston toad tadpoles into the wild in Bastrop County, in an effort to boost the endangered species' population.