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Marble Falls looks at cuts in services, personnel
By James Walker
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Children safe after school bus hit head-on; two injured in other vehicle
Two young men were airlifted to an Austin hospital after their car collided head-on with a Marble Falls school bus carrying seven elementary students Thursday about 4:30 p.m. on RR 1431 near Grani...
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Committee formed to help ‘plan’ Main Street
Marble Falls City Council has unanimously voted to form a committee that will focus on the revitalization and preservation of the downtown Main Street area. According to Caleb Kraenzel, director o...
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Highlander presents 2 candidate nights
The Highlander will present two public forums prior to the May 8 Marble Falls City Council elections to enable voters to meet the candidates and question them on key community issues. The free eve...
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Vaughan exhibit kicks off ‘Paint the Town’
The 5th Annual Paint the Town, Marble Falls’ plein air painting event set for April 16, 17 and 18, already has topped 50 entries and has garnered as its judge a nationally recognized painter, Virg...
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Poetry contest offered
Highland Lakes Writers announce a poetry contest open to all poets in the Marble Falls area. Poems may be submitted in the following categories: Adults (18 and over), high school (ages 14 to 17...
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Rep. Aycock names new chief of staff
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KILLEEN—Dist. 54 state Rep. Jimmie Don Aycock has announced the selection of a new chief of staff. Mitzi Stoute, former legislative aide and office manager, has been promoted to fill the vacancy ...
Accused arsonist arrested
by Michael Freeman
Highland Lakes Newspapers
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Authorities arrested a Llano man Wednesday night who is accused to having set 11 fires along roadways in the central and western portions of Llano County during February and March of last year. Wi...
City Council gives downtown much needed boost
by Jami Rash
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After the Marble Falls Planning & Zoning Commission voted unanimously at their previous meeting to initiate and present a comprehensive planning project that focuses on the revitalization and prese...
Master plan could boost Main Street
by Ashleigh Whaley
Highland Lakes Newspapers
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The time to revive downtown business and boost the appeal of Marble Falls’ Main Street District is now, according to the city’s planning and zoning commission. The Marble Falls Planning & Zoning C...
2 killed in US 281 crash north of Burnet
by James Walker
Highland Lakes Newspapers
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A 39-year-old Burnet County man and a 71-year-old man from Lometa were killed Saturday night when their vehicles collided head-on on U.S. 281 about 14 miles north of Burnet. Stacy Allen Kirk of t...
HSB woman slams Lexus into home
by Geoff West
Highland Lakes Newspapers
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A woman crashed her 2002 Lexus CS 430 into the side of her Horseshoe Bay home Monday after she said her accelerator malfunctioned less than 20 feet from her garage. Marilyn Butler said she was pu...