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3 arrested in Georgetown drug bust; Drugs and guns confiscated at scene
Over the weekend, the Williamson County Sheriff's Office arrested three people and seized what it called a "significant amount" of suspected illegal drugs, weapons, and paraphernalia associated with drug trafficking.
Taxable home values rise 6.7% in Williamson County for 2024. Here's what we know.
Williamson County property values are out for 2024, showing the taxable value of single-family homes rose, on average, by almost 7%. The average market value was $464,702, up 1.25%. The Williamson Central Appraisal District recently mailed 262,107 appraisal notices to property owners of all types — residential, commercial and land,...
Ross Robinson Hoping For Blissful Lucas Oil Series Homecoming To Georgetown
Friday’s upcoming home run at Georgetown (Del.) Speedway on the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series feels a good kind of different for Ross Robinson. “That’s pretty fair (to say),” Robinson told DirtonDirt.com in a phone interview earlier this week. “I feel like things, we’re in a different place program-wise. And I’m in a different place confidence-wise. I feel like it’s just a totally different scenario than where it was last year.”
2024 Two Step Inn Fest Proves The Future is Country
The rise of the independent country megafestival with support from ’90s country stars has been one of the biggest illustrations for how significant, sustainable, and broad-based the resurgence of roots and twang in country music has been. The fact that the calendar can now sustain an entire circuit of these megafests speaks to how mainstream radio is no longer the kingmaker. It’s the fans and their interests that are curating the winners in 2024. And those winners happen to be more country-sounding, and come with better songs than perhaps any other time in the last two decades.
Georgetown ISD working to submit application for additional incentive funding from state
Georgetown ISD submitted an application in April for additional funding to pay incentives to teachers, which could see educators receive merit-based incentives by summer 2026. (Brooke Sjoberg/Community Impact) Georgetown ISD submitted an application in April for additional funding to pay incentives to teachers, which could see educators receive merit-based incentives...
Samaritan Health Ministries Needs Your Support
John M. Clark, Executive Director of Samaritan Health Ministries, joined Studio 512. He shared how the community can play a vital role in SHM’s safety net clinic, and why this support is critical to the services that the organization provides. What is is that Samaritan Health Ministries does?. “We...
Investigation reveals recommendations for Lago Vista ISD after vetting failure
A new report has more than a dozen recommendations for the Lago Vista Independent School District after an investigation into why a community member, who was posing as a "private coach" wasn't properly vetted.
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