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US 290, SH 21 closed in eastern Bastrop County after bridge damaged by heavy equipment
AUSTIN, Texas — A portion of U.S. Highway 290 and State Highway 21 in Bastrop County is closed after a bridge near the intersection of the two highways was damaged by heavy equipment Wednesday afternoon. The Bastrop County Office of Emergency Management reports that the highways are closed in...
Double-digit Bussey Brake double
Jarrett Gomez was thrilled, yes, ecstatic, when his digital scales registered 10.00 when he weighed a bass he caught on Saturday morning, April 13, at Bussey Brake, the 2,600-acre reservoir near Bastrop that has become Big Bass Central since it re-opened in July 2020. “I was really pumped up,” Gomez...
Man arrested in fatal Lee County stabbing
GIDDINGS, Texas (KBTX) - The Giddings Police Department says 31-year-old Jalen Parks of Giddings is in jail, charged with murder Saturday. Police say they responded to a home on Biscayne Street for a stabbing on Friday. Upon arrival, police say they found a person deceased inside the home. Detectives and...
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