Leander News

The struggle to keep cool during the hottest summer in Central Texas weather history seems to be a distant memory by now.

Councilmember Chris Riley and Mayor Lee Leffingwell are crapping all over a plan by the Cities of Leander and Granite Shoals to discharge treated sewage, or effluent , into the Highland Lakes, including Lake Travis and Lake Austin.

Police say a Texas fugitive pulled out a handgun and fatally shot himself as officers approached him in a motel parking lot in Knoxville.

Travis Baczewski has been indicted on a capital murder charge in the death of his own mother, killed in her South Austin home in July.

Leander and Granite Shoals have issued a petition to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to lift current wastewater dumping ban.

Travis Co., TX - Travis County opposes a plan to discharge treated wastewater into local lakes.

One person was killed this morning in a collision between truck and a motorcycle at Round Mountain Road and Big Sandy Drive in Northwest Travis County west of Leander, officials say.

Residents in Leander will have one more place to celebrate upcoming holidays, including Dia de los Muertos, Halloween and Christmas.

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Winners in five categories of the 2009 Leander Fall Festival All Bake, Chili and Cajun Cookoff were announced Oct.

Travis County Commissioner Margaret Gmez, who also serves as Capital Metro's board chairwoman, said Wednesday that she will not seek the Travis County appointment to the newly constituted transit board.

Herald/Steven Doll Motorists travel along State Highway 195 Wednesday afternoon south of Killeen.

Attendees to Saturday's Randolph AFB "Civilian Fly-In" get a good look inside one of the base's static displays.

Former Cedar Park City Councilmember Stephen Thomas officially announced that he will seek the Republican nomination for State Representative, District 20, which is currently held by State Rep.

Residents of the 10-county Capital Area Council of Governments, which includes Williamson County, can register online to receive text message updates on mobile phones about emergencies that may affect their homes, businesses and loved ones.

No one was singing "Ding-Dong, the Witch Is Dead" , but there was likely a collective sigh of relief among both supporters and critics of Capital Metro last week when CEO and President Fred Gilliam finally announced his retirement, effective Oct.

By throwing a soft ball at the digital whiteboard, students choose questions on past- and present-tense verbs in Nancy Oliver's English-as-a-second-language class at Canyon Vista Middle School in the Round Rock district.

Capital Metro has a budget, but still doesn't have a train. On Monday, the Capital Metro board of directors voted 4-1 to pass the $164.7 million operating budget but with clearly expressed displeasure over aspects of the document.

Leander investigators Friday afternoon continued their investigation into a collision Thursday that killed one woman and seriously injured a man.

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