07/17/11 Recent rumors of oil exploration in Morehouse Parish have substance: A Houston-based company is getting ready to drill in a remote area northwest of Bastrop.
07/11/11 The Fab 50: Top 50 high school athletes in Central Texas for 2010-11
07/07/11 Central Texas Business Digest: Forestar Group of Austin will sell Southern timberland for $75 million
07/07/11 WHAT IT IS: As many as 500 graduates from Union High School, which closed its doors in Mer Rouge in 1972, will take part in their biennial reunion, which will conclude with a worship service on Sunday.
07/06/11 The Hays County Commissioners Court last gave its approval to send 15 road safety and mobility projects to the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (CAMPO) in hopes of receiving a share of more than $74 million in federal funds.
07/06/11 By J.P. GREESON For The Associated Press Here is the weekly fishing report as compiled for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department for July 6 and also available on the Web at http://www.txfishing.com:
06/30/11 Central Texas will be celebrating Independence Day in a variety of ways this year. Due to severe drought conditions, many cities have decided to cancel or postpone the fireworks portion of their festivities. Be sure to check our listing of events to see how you can celebrate the Fourth of July this year.
06/28/11 Bastrop sophomore Zach Anderson is fouled driving to the basket against Tioga at the ULM team camp on Monday night.
06/28/11 Some Montgomery County residents want to know why dead animals are being dumped behind baseball fields, a playground and near homes.
06/28/11 Grape growers in Gillespie County are benefitting from drought conditions.
06/26/11 Firefighters said a flat tire is to blame for six small fires in Bastrop County Sunday.
06/25/11 Ten years ago, the 3v3 Live Soccer Tour was just a fledgling event trying to seize the growing popularity of soccer in the United States. Now, after a decade of competition, the unique soccer tour has gone national, and today will be making a stop in Denton County.
06/21/11 On Saturday, staff from Town Lake Animal Center and Texas Veterinary Medical Foundation, along with others, will be at Auditorium Shores from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. to educate pet owners on how to keep their pets safe in triple-digit heat.
06/20/11 Most area communities are saying no to fireworks this year, but Kyle and Round Rock are still planning to have them.
06/19/11 Marques Haynes' grandfather was a freed Mississippi slave. He fled to Tennessee when his cotton gin was commandeered by locals experiencing a little trouble adapting to a black man owning control over his life, much less a resource. Not long after, the globally-known Globetrotter's grandfather, Emanuel Haynes, who passed...
06/17/11 WHEN: 1 p.m. on June 18 WHERE: Dotson Park ADMISSION: Free INFO: Bastrop Parks and Recreation Department at 283.3304 or 283.3305
06/14/11 TRAVIS COUNTY, TX - Like the fireworks that traditionally explode on July 4, fiery debate exploded inside Travis County's Commissioner's Court Tuesday morning. The topic -- banning anything that goes "boom," "bang," "pop," or specifically, the sale and use of all fireworks in Travis County. The ban came with a disaster proclamation from the Travis County judge after hearing passionate ...
06/14/11 Schools: Austin ISD plans public hearing on performing art center construction; Round Rock superintendent recognized by Texas Association of School Boards
06/12/11 Significant questions remain in the case against two former South Daytona officials federal investigators have charged with taking bribes in exchange for reducing liens against a condo complex. Perhaps no one would like those questions answered more than Ramara Garrett.
06/10/11 Like the thousands of motorists driving in and out and through Bastrop each day, Dave Parks had seen utility work underway in the right of way along the north-bound lane of U.S. 165 and wondered what it was about. | 
