Williamson County News

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.

A home daycare provider is accused of scalding a child in his care. Scott Patrick Hudson, 35, is charged with injury to a child causing serious bodily injury.

In the following press release it was announced that Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott today charged Fern Hernandez Realty, Inc ., with defrauding Hispanic home buyers.

The tranquility of a rural lifestyle is what attracted Dennis and Barbara Penso to the Jackie Thomison subdivision in Round Rock.

A Bertram husband and father is dead after he was hit by a drunk driver Sunday morning in Austin.

Texas Department of Transportation crews have been dispatched to clear lumber and construction materials dumped in an 18-wheeler accident this morning on I-35 just north of Jarrell in northern Williamson County.

The conventional wisdom is that Gattis is a heavy favorite in this Senate race, and I have to agree.

We've all seen the facts, figures and evidence that America's health care system is in crisis, and perhaps nowhere more so than here in Texas.

Walker County businessman Ben Bius is scheduled to announce his candidacy for state Senate District 5 at 5 p.m. Friday at the Sam Houston Memorial Museum on Sam Houston Avenue.

Originally published October 18, 2009 at 11:27 a.m., updated October 18, 2009 at 11:30 a.m. Courts have failed to weed out junk science like scent lineups, so it's time for the Legislature to step in, those pressing for a legislative solution say.

Some Austinites got an unexpected visit from officers early Saturday morning. A Warrant Round- up only gave those residents two choices- pay up or go to jail.

After four months of uncertainty over who would succeed the late Judge Scott Ozmun as Travis County's 353rd District Court judge, Gov.

A mysterious marijuana delivery to a Round Rock apartment complex last Friday at the Monterone Apartments landed a man in jail.