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BASTROP – An inmate carrying out his sentence in Bastrop County died last week while under the watch of facility staff, just one day after his arrival, Department of Justice reports said. Pelesasa Feiloaiga, 29, was found unresponsive at Federal Correctional Institution Bastrop July 18, at about 6:30 a.m., according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
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A $1 million bond has been set for a motorist charged with felony first-degree murder following a deadly highway shooting last week stemming from a roadside dispute, according to court documents.
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Council moves ahead with abatement plan
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Opioid-related deaths in Texas have risen almost 200% since 2006, according to state data, which is why some Bastrop County organizations are making the overdose-reversing drug Narcan available for free.
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A local fugitive was moved last week onto Texas’ 10 most wanted criminal illegal
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Elgin’s young agricultural minds receive the prestigious Gold Emblem rating at the 96th Annual Texas Future Farmers of America State Convention last week, bestowed upon the top 10% of FFA chapters. The honors come for actively implementing the FFA’s mission and strategies, improving operations with a program that emphasizes student, chapter and community development. Selected chapters advance to be judged at the National FFA Chapter Contest. At the event, member Paden Maass is also awarded a $10,000 Richard Wallrath Educational Foundation scholarship, a $1,000 San Antonio Livestock Exposition Tour Guide scholarship and a $500 Texas FFA Alumni scholarship.
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ELGIN — A roadside dispute has left one man dead and another behind bars, police said.
Read moreThe third party team in Elgin’s recent lawsuit with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is eyeing an appeal, trying to get back in the fight for the city’s voter approved marijuana-focused ordinance.
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