Smithville News

A woman has died from a camper fire in Bastrop County. Bastrop County Sheriff's Office says that the Bluebonnet, Bastrop and Smithville Volunteer Fire Departments responded to the fire on the 300 block of Ponderosa Loop around 3 a.m. Thursday morning.

After two sessions of practice and qualifying for the 450 and 250 classes, JGRMX/Toyota/Yamaha's Josh Grant and Monster Energy/Pro Circuit/Kawasaki's Christophe Pourcel posted the fastest times of the afternoon in preparation for tonight's Toyota AMA Pro National at Thunder Valley Raceway.

When 81-year-old Lori Adams spoke about her life for a recent profile, she omitted some details, she said Thursday.

After two sessions of 250 and 450 class practices and a single session for the WMX Class, Rockstar/Makita Suzuki's Chad Reed, Monster Energy/Pro Circuit Kawasaki's Christophe Pourcel and Honda Red Bull Racing's Ashley Fiolek found themselves on the top of the time charts.

As the saying goes, there are no old, bold pilots. And 81-year-old Lori Adams said she certainly isn't bold.

Freestone is the newest track on the Lucas Oil AMA Pro Motocross Championship schedule entering just its third year of hosting a national .

After grabbing his first career victory in the premier 450 Class just one week ago, Rockstar/Makita/Suzuki's Mike Alessi, of Victorville, Calif., cruised to a 1-1 sweep of the day's motos to earn the overall victory at the Flagstar Bank Motocross National from Freestone Raceway, round three of the 2009 Lucas Oil AMA Pro Motocross Championship.

Mike Alessi won both 450 Class motos Saturday in a dominating victory in the Flagstar Bank Motocross National at Freestone Raceway.

After two sessions of 250 and 450 class practices and a single session for the Women's Class of the Lucas Oil Motocross Championship, familiar names sat atop the charts for practice and qualifying at the Hangtown Motocross Classic.

Sonny Rhodes is a veteran blues-man who at 69 continues to roll up and down the roadways of North America and Europe, playing festivals, clubs, and taverns.Couples are still lured to dance floors via the inviting rhythms he and his associates whip up, and blues aficionados can be held spellbound with his alternately sweet and sizzling approach to ...

Dan and Cindy Wilson of College Station are pleased to announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Sarah Ann Wilson to Joshua Jack Rhine of Grandview, Texas.

Rock McNulty, longtime Rio Vista ISD superintendent, is the lone finalist to become superintendent at Class 3A Smithville ISD between Austin and Hearne, McNulty confirmed Friday.

Rock McNulty, longtime Rio Vista ISD superintendent, is expected to become new superintendent at Smithville ISD between Austin and Hearne, according to the Austin American-Statesman. Attempts Friday to reach McNulty or representatives of the Smithville and Rio Vista school boards were unsuccessful.

Do you think your 3-year-old dog is 21 IN OUR YEARS? Guess what? Not so! Dogs reach adulthood within the first few years of life.

Chad Reed took his third victory of the 2009 Monster Energy AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship, season at St.

After two successive race defeats by Chad Reed, James Stewart returned to the top with his eighth victory of the 2009 Monster Energy AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship, season at the Superdome in New ...

BASTROP a ' Firefighters are battling a wildfire in central Texas that has destroyed at least 10 homes and two businesses.

Tom Gostomski hosted what he called a 'burnout party' on his property along Cottletown Road on Tuesday and said he was feeling OK about things: 'I'm alive, my dog's alive, and I had more insurance than I ...

At least 13 homes and three businesses were destroyed and more than 650 acres were scorched as a fire probably caused by a downed power line rolled through a rural stretch of Bastrop County on Saturday, The ...

As state and local fire officials await the arrival of a special firefighting crew from North Carolina, the fire they have been fighting since Saturday between Bastrop and Smithville is now 85 percent ...