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County investigators arrested a convicted felon in Elgin in possession of a stolen firearm earlier this month. On March 15, investigators from the Bastrop County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO) narcotics unit
Read moreTwo windows at the Elgin Depot Museum were broken in an apparent act of vandalism early last week. A window was found with a hole broken all the way through.
Read moreA central Texas forestry organization is looking for more land-owning participants in eastern Travis County for a new program to replant trees along streams and floodplains. TreeFolks, the organization behind
Read moreThe Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) is reminding the public that the reward for Jorge Luis Santamaria, 37, a Texas 10 Most Wanted Sex Offender and this month’s featured
Read moreSmithville suffered a devastating loss when a fire destroyed the city’s museum early Sunday morning. The building, which housed the railroad museum, chamber of commerce office and the visitors center
Read moreThe Ascension Seton Bastrop Hospital has celebrated a major milestone in the construction of its new 40,000 sq. ft. medical center. On March 18, construction manager The Beck Group held
Read moreOn March 24, at approximately 8:50 p.m., City of Bastrop police officers were dispatched to the 500 block of State Highway 71 East in reference to an automobile-pedestrian crash. Several
Read moreDuring last week’s regular meeting, the Elgin City Council discussed a draft of a proposed parade ordinance and approved reaching out to residents about a compromise regarding dis-annexation of land.
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