Buchanan Dam News

The Llano County Sheriffa s Department and Hill Country Crime Stoppers are asking for the publica s help in the investigation of the disappearance and murder of Holly Marie Simmons of Buchanan Dam, whose body was found in Inks Lake last July.

Furniture, books, electronics, baby items, too many to list. Saturday the 17th from 7am to 5pm.

Keep flying, keep control is 'the No. 1 priority,' Buchanan Dam pilot says. By Erin Mulvaney The engine rumbled ominously and the plane unexpectedly started to shake.

The body of a man presumed to be the pilot of the small plane that crashed into Inks Lake on Wednesday was found in the water near the shore at Inks Lake State Park about 8 a.m. Saturday, LCRA officials announced.

Search continues Friday for body of missing 61-year-old from Buchanan Dam. AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF As the search continued Friday for the body of a Buchanan Dam man whose experimental aircraft crashed Wednesday into Inks Lake, friends remembered the 61-year-old man as a smart and passionate pilot.

Crews found a man's body near the shore of Inks Lake State Park Saturday morning.

The Department of Public Safety has identified the owner of a plane that crashed in a Central Texas lake Wednesday afternoon.

Rescuers wait with visible wreckage of a small amphibious plane that crashed into Inks Lake Wednesday as divers below the waters search for the pilot, presumed drowned.

Fire officials say the blaze last Thursday, at 1704 Nelms Dr., caused about $400,000 in damage, destroyed three apartments and left 40 people homeless.

Llano County officials have identified a body found in Inks Lake in early July. According to the Llano County Sheriff's Office, the body has been identified as 48-year-old Holly Marie Simmons, whose death has been ruled a homicide.

If the thought of one more road trip before summer ends is irresistible, there are a number of Labor Day weekend events all over Texas to choose from.

As lake levels continue to drop, concern over debris is rising for some -- they say now is the time to get major hazards out of the way, before they disappear again under water.

Doris Harlene Jernigan, 69, of Austin, formerly of Buchanan Dam and Marble Falls, passed away July 20, 2009.

A grass fire burned between 300 and 500 acres of land near CR 218 in Tow on Monday evening and was contained by Tuesday afternoon, authorities said.

The first question confronting investigators examining the skeletal remains that surfaced in Inks Lake last week is, "Who is it?" That's just what the Travis County Medical Examiner's office is trying to determine - but the process didn't begin on their examination table.

Miss Aqua Boom 2009 Jacqui Devaney of Burnet is presented Saturday night with her court Aqua Boom Princess Cheyenne LeJuene of Kingsland, left, and Miss Aqua Boom Duchess Jena Brooks of Kingsland, right.

According to the Department of Public Safety, a string of vehicle crashes has injured several people and kept state troopers and air evacuation crews busy.

The Burnet County jail expansion, flood maps of the Buchanan Dam area, and a federal grant program that could fund some Burnet County Historical Commission projects were discussed Tuesday at the Burnet County Commissioners meeting.

Photo by Glynis Crawford Smith Grace Litterer and Doris Lloyd, both born in 1909, celebrate 100th birthdays in a party held by their friends Friday at Kingsland Community Center.