Salado News Archives

Updated: May 28, 2008 10:36pm Aid for Bell County residents whose homes were damaged in a storm earlier this month could be on the way.

Herald/Sarah Moore Kuschell A downed pecan tree lies in the yard of a Salado home after a recent storm ravaged parts of Bell County.

Updated: May 22, 2008 5:40pm The FBI is offering a $20,000 reward for information on a serial bank robber who has been linked to at least 12 bank robberies along the Interstate-35 corridor in the past four ...

'Businesses in the village of Salado went into the weekend hoping for a steady stream of commerce following the violent series of severe storms that blew through the area last week.

Meredith Carpenter , Central Texas Miss Flame, crowns Kylee Young, at the Central Texas Miss Flame Competition on Sunday, May 4th during the Fireman's Annual District Convention held in Bryan, TX.

The Texas governor's office tells KXAN Austin News there have been no local request for disaster declarations following last week's deadly and tornado weather.

For many the storms are over, but for Oncor linemen, the work is still underway and will be for some time.

The Salado High School had bricks strewn in front of the building's entrance. A strong line of thunderstorms brought rain and high winds through the Central Texas area on Wednesday morning.

Storms damaged parts of Salado just days after the town drew attention leading to the wedding of first daughter Jenna Bush. via KRISTV.COM Corpus Christi

High winds and severe storms, which residents fear were from a tornado, hit the Central Texas town of Salado Wednesday morning.

Posted on: Wednesday, May 14, 2008, 3:17 PM Updated on: Wednesday, May 14, 2008, 3:17 PM About 6,625 of 140,000 customers are without power in Bell County following early morning storms, according to an Oncor ...

The White House is releasing pictures of the private, low key wedding between First daughter Jenna Bush, 26, and Henry Hager, 30. via KWTX

“We did have a little -- one setback on Friday night. While we were off in another town at the rehearsal dinner there was a tornado. ... All the catering ovens were turned over and the sides were ripped off the tent”

Storms that spawned violent tornadoes over the weekend slammed into President George W. Bush 's Texas ranch and threatened to disrupt wedding plans for Jenna Bush and Henry Hager , first lady Laura Bush said ... via WRC Washington DC Channel 4

“It's obviously the highest-profile rehearsal dinner we've ever done!”

Months ago, a woman paid a visit to Dave Hermann, who with his wife, Katie, owns The Range Restaurant at the Barton House in Salado. via Dallas Morning News

Associated Press - May 10, 2008 6:13 AM ET CRAWFORD, Texas - The president's 1,600-acre ranch in Crawford, Texas, is all gussied up for this evening's wedding of Jenna Bush to long-time boyfriend Henry Hager. via KVOA-TV Tucson

“We hope that they just learn more and they're more prepared when something bad happens or when they're just prepared that something doesn't happen to be more safe and their homes, their schools, their communities and out on their farms.”

Updated: May 6, 2008 6:47pm Some Bell County 6th graders got a lesson Tuesday in safety. via KCEN

Tribune-Herald youth sports editor Brice Cherry reports: The UIL state tennis tournament is under way at the Penick-Allison Tennis Center at the University of Texas at Austin. via Waco Tribune-Herald

Protests are planned for Monday morning outside a hearing that could decide whether Oncor energy will be placing high voltage power lines through parts of Salado and Hutto. via KWTX