Williamson County News

There will be some shake ups in Austin radio starting this Friday that may cause you to change some of your station presets.

John Davis, 84, missing since Monday, Nov. 9 was found in downtown Italy. The Williamson County Sheriffs Office, located near Austin, sent a teletype to the Ellis County Sheriffs Office informing them of a missing man in the area.

More than 6,000 Texas children are waiting to be adopted. Child Protective Services has removed them from their homes because of abuse or neglect.

Georgetown electronic connector manufacturer, AirBorn Inc., has been named one of Williamson County's top 10 manufacturers by the Texas Workforce Commission.

The first hint that a California designer-clothing representative got that he had been scammed happened when he e-mailed a publicist for actor Tommy Lee Jones in September.

The pending overhaul of a state forensic science panel could delay by two years or more its review of the arson investigation that led to the 2004 execution of Cameron Todd Willingham, the panel's former head said Wednesday.

Officials at Fort Hood announced Thursday Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan has been charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder.

First swine flu death reported Williamson County has reported its first death of a patient from the H1N1 flu virus, according to the Department of State Health Services.

Williamson County has reported the first death as a result of the H1N1 swine flu virus according to the Texas Department of Health Services.

Home developers and oil and gas drillers in Midland have been waiting for the City to make a decision on surface versus mineral rights, and today, they're one step closer.

The Legislature today will conduct its first hearing on a state panel that created a firestorm by calling into question the arson investigation that led to the 2004 execution of a Corsicana man.

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.

Dr. Kathryn J. Kotrla, associate dean and professor of psychiatry of the Texas A & M Health Sciences Center in Round Rock, has asked me to post the link to the Texas Veterans' website, http://www.texvet.com , that is set to assist Texas veterans and their families.

Williamson County has openings on several county Emergency Service Districts boards.

The Williamson County Sheriffa s Office Brown Santa program will kick off its 2009 toy drive Nov.

I speak to the crowd as Comm. Covey looks on. Williamson County Commissioner Valerie Covey and I hosted a County Update Meeting Monday night at the Brushy Creek Community Center.

Nearly a year after pausing on plans for a multipurpose entertainment venue in Gregg County, city and county leaders still are waiting for economic storm clouds to clear up.

The Williamson County Commissioners Court appointed Lisa Zirkle as the Williamson County human resources director in late October.

Commissioner Valerie Covey and I will host a County Update Meeting on Monday, November 2nd at the Brushy Creek Community Center, 16318 Great Oaks Drive, Round Rock.

Monday's wet weather closed roads and snarled traffic on Interstate 35. It was also expected to drop temperatures into the 40s overnight.