Burnet County News

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Officers responded to the scene of a fatal stabbing at a Briggs residence Sunday night and arrested a man who claimed he was attacked.

Burnet County Sheriff Deputies are investigating the death of a 39-year-old man they found stabbed to death on Sunday night in Briggs, TX.

Burnet County commissioners got tough on violators of "NO THRU TRAFFIC" signs on county roads Tuesday, paving the way for law enforcement officers to write tickets for violators.

UPDATE: Blanco County deputies reportedly have one man in custody and continued their search for two others in connection with an armed robbery this morning of the Cattleman's National Bank just off U.S. 281 in Round Mountain, north of Johnson City.

A Texas jury found a man not guilty of spitting on a police chief's hamburger after only 20 minutes of deliberation.

Update: A jury debated less than 20 minutes today to acquit a man accused of spitting into Burnet Police Chief Paul Nelson's hamburger in July 2008.

U.S. Rep. Mike Conaway urged his constituents to help a oekilla a healthcare reform bill when it reaches the U.S. Senate.

This has been a bad year for whooping cough in Central Texas - worse even than 2005 - and Williamson County is grappling with the state's most daunting outbreak.

By Jade Ortego Killeen Daily Herald AUSTIN - Opponents of the Newton-Killeen transmission line - including members of the group Save the Lampasas River Inc.

Charges continue to mount against a Llano man who allegedly is responsible for many of the burglaries along Lakes Buchanan and LBJ.

Burnet County Commissioners are seeking to revamp the recycling program that closed earlier this year by leasing its facility to a private contractor.

Directors for the Central Texas Groundwater Conservation District received a $10,000 request Monday night from Burnet County officials to assist with funding countywide water-planning efforts and a long-term water-supply study.

More than 80 percent of Horseshoe Bay voters supported the 1/4 of a cent increase in the local sales tax earmarked for street maintenance in unofficial returns Tuesday night.

A bountiful crop of volunteers have got staff members at the Burnet County Sheriffa s department excited about this yeara s a oeSantaa s Helpersa program, which provides Christmas presents for underprivileged children in the county.

Officials representing the water needs of communities throughout Burnet County on Friday presented long- and short-term goals and challenges they face as a result of the drought and the Lower Colorado River Authoritya s potential suspension of new and revised water contracts.

Drivers must now put away their cell phones when driving through a Burnet school zone.

The likely construction of the Newton-Gillespie transmission line linking Fredericksburg and Killeen - " cutting through Llano and Burnet counties - " isn't all bad, Burnet County commissioners said Thursday.

A final question and answer session regarding Proposed Emergency Service District #3 to support fire protection for the unincorporated area of the Burnet County served by the Granite Shoals Volunteer Fire Department will be held at 7 p.m. Nov.

Mike Leggett, one of the best writers on this staff, indoors or outdoors, says the rain gauge in his yard topped out at 7 inches and counting.