Bastrop News

There isn't much left of Sammy Webb's Elgin dry cleaning business. "It is difficult," Webb said as smoke seeped out of the Modern Dry Cleaning building just off Main Street in Elgin.

Elgin firefighters spent Wednesday afternoon on the scene of a possible explosion and fire at the Modern Cleaners dry cleaning store on Main and Depot streets in Elgin.

Three men are in Hays County Jail charged with burglary after homeowners south of Kyle apparently surprised them.

Celina Estrada-Thomas, the former head of Johnston High and the new principal at Bastrop High, uses lunch periods as a time to establish relationships with students such as Ilianna Reyna.

August 25th is the first day of school for Austin area students. The Austin, Del Valle, Eanes, San Marcos, Leander, Bastrop, Georgetown and Manor school districts began classes August 25th.

Sheriff's deputies in Bastrop are investigating a fatal shooting that happened Tuesday when a man fatally shot another man he says was trying to break into his residence on John Croft Road near the city of ...

Bastrop investigators are searching for a 38-year-old suspected of participating in an aggravated assault in Cedar Creek which led to a man's death, according to the Bastrop County Sheriff's Office.

The Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey production pulls into Austin Monday. The Frank Erwin Center will host the production that is set to run Aug.

The KXAN First Warning Weather team is continuing to track a powerful storm system over Colorado that is already generating heavy rainfall in parts of Central Texas, and periods of heavy rainfall could continue ...

Life has been full of joints lately for former Bastrop County Sheriff Richard Hernandez.

High school teacher honored by Region XIII Bastrop High School English teacher Monica Roffol has been named the 2008 Region XIII Secondary Teacher of the Year.

Heavy rains in Bastrop this weekend caused part of a city street to sink. The city manager of Bastrop says two blocks of Pecan Street sank between six and 18 inches.

' Heavy summer rains in the town of Bastrop have caused portions of a downtown street to collapse, in some areas two feet deep.

The City Manager of Bastrop has confirmed that Pecan Street has collapsed after heavy rainfall yesterday with no injuries resulting.

After a third day of deliberations in court, a settlement has been reached. Former Woodside Trails Camp director Betty Lou Gaines was awarded $300,000 and complete restoration of her child care administrator's ...

The state has agreed to pay $300,000 to the former director of a now-closed outdoor camp for troubled kids in Bastrop County to settle her lawsuit against several state officials with the Texas Department of ...

And during Spa Week in October, some treatments are only $50 each. Sunday, August 10, 2008 Can't get away? There are plenty of options just minutes away.

HONORED: Don Metcalf and Sargeant Bob Shields of DPS unveil the monument in honor of troopers Kobler C. Winn and Larry Hobson who died in the line of duty in 1973.

Marble Falls female drag boat racer A 57-year-old hair salon owner from California is hoping to take first place this weekend at the drag boat races in Marble Falls.

The Elgin ISD received an Academically Acceptable rating from the Texas Education Agency , however, Elgin High School was rated Academically Unacceptable.