Burnet County News

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.

Karen Eichelbergera s Jeep sits in the creek after it was swept off the road early Thursday morning.

The body of a 47-year-old Burnet woman was found tangled in the underbrush on the bank of a swollen, fast moving creek about a half-mile from where her Jeep was stuck about five miles west of Burnet.

One person died Thursday after being washed away by flood waters in Burnet County.

According to the Burnet County Sheriff's Office, rains from Wednesday night and Thursday morning have caused some roads to be either closed or impassable.

Burnet County officials are pushing forward with a fresh effort to explore building a regional water treatment plant that would serve several water-starved communities in the southern portion of the county.

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Bennie Fuelberg, the former general manager of the Pedernales Electric Cooperative, committed acts of "self-dealing" that go beyond the charges against him, state attorneys said during a court hearing Friday.

Anna Marie Armadillo ; Leslie Vaughn Ortiz ; Laurence Scott Gonzales ; and Patty Lou Doss were each arrested and charged with a drug felony in Cottonwood Shores Friday.

The United States Honor Flag made a return trip through Lakeway last week but on a more somber note than at its previous appearance at last yeara s Fourth of July parade.

Carole Goble at the city's History Plaza, which she helped create on the grounds of the Burnet County Courthouse.

Motorcycle officers lead a hearse carrying the body of Burnet County Deputy Francis "David" Blake along Park Road 4 to Lakeland Hills Memorial Park on Tuesday.