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Texas weather: Williamson County prepares for severe weather
AUSTIN, Texas - Most of FOX 7 Austin’s northern viewing area was under a tornado watch on Wednesday, May 8, including Williamson, Lee, and Burnet Counties. The National Weather Service warned there was a threat of tornadoes, hail, and even winds up to 70 miles per hour. As Central...
Planning and Zoning Commission recommends denial of Bastrop Gateway zoning change
Despite changes to development plans, residents voiced concerns about the Bastrop Gateway project at a Special Planning and Zoning Commission meeting on May 9. (Jane Turchi/Community Impact) Bastrop's Planning and Zoning Commission voted 6-2 to recommend City Council deny a planned development district for the Bastrop Gateway project near Buc-ee's...
3 community discussion groups inform the focus new Bastrop County Health Department
Local discussion groups have been held throughout Bastrop County with the help of Texas A&M regent professor Dr. Jim Burdine. (Jane Turchi/Community Impact) The Bastrop County public health task force held community discussion groups in the cities of Elgin, Smithville and Bastrop over the past month. Leaders of local efforts and nonprofits were in attendance at each meeting.
'It's unfair and I've tried everything' | Central Texas CNA details months-long issues trying to renew licenses with no success
BASTROP COUNTY, Texas — Certified nursing assistants, or CNAs, in Central Texas are having trouble renewing their licenses – and some are worried it will affect their jobs. Bastrop County resident Sarah Wilson said she’s always known that she’s wanted to help people. “I used to...
New appointments, Bastrop Gateway rezoning hearing on the May 14 Bastrop City Council agenda
A public hearing on the Bastrop Gateway project will be held at the City Council meeting on May 14. (Jane Turchi/Community Impact) Bastrop City Council will appoint a new mayor pro tem at its meeting on May 14. The specifics. Following the annual election, council will select one member to...
Elgin neighborhood floods due to new subdivision, residents say
ELGIN, Texas - Neighbors living in Bastrop County say they have experienced unprecedented flooding ever since development began on a new subdivision just up the road. MJ Messinger has been at her property for almost two decades. She shared videos and pictures of flooding on her property that she said only started in January 2023.
Bastrop’s new $32.6M wastewater treatment plant is now online
At capacity, the Bastrop Wastewater Treatment Plant No. 3 can process 10 million gallons of water a day. (Courtesy city of Bastrop) Despite delays, Bastrop Wastewater Treatment Plant No. 3 came online in mid-May. While the completion of the plant increases the city’s wastewater treatment capacity by 2 million gallons a day, expansions to the plant are already expected to accommodate increased need.
Cedar Creek's team Meat the Creek cooks up a storm at High School BBQ state competition
By 6 a.m. Saturday, smoky aromas wafted through the parking lot of the Dell Diamond baseball complex in Round Rock. High school students in cowboy hats strode through the hazy dawn light with ribs and slabs of brisket flung over their shoulders. By that time, senior Connor Smith was already fussing with the traditional wood burning dual exhaust smoker, a giant pit on wheels with Texas shapes on the exhaust vents’ covers. ...
Moulton Election results updated
Voters in the City of Moulton passed a proposition from the city that deals with street tax. There was a total of 49 votes for this proposition with 41 (83%) voting for and eight (16%) voting against. The proposition involves the reauthorization of the local sales and tax in the...
Bastrop City Council approves Valverde North rezoning
When completed, 352 residential lots will be constructed on the 87 acres belonging to the Valverde development. (Jane Turchi/Community Impact) Following a public hearing on the rezoning of a 6-acre section of the Valverde development along FM 969 near Hwy. 71 called Valverde North, Bastrop City Council approved a more urban zoning for the area.
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