FROM STAFF REPORTS KINGSLAND— Authorities made back-to-back drug arrests Dec. 3 on methamphetamine possession charges in an area of Llano County experiencing an uptick in cases involving the dangerous drug, officials say.

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KINGSLAND — Llano County deputies have arrested two men after seizing methamphetamines, marijuana, cash and a firearm in a residence off Skyline Drive, according to the Llano County Sheriff’s Office.

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FROM STAFF REPORTS KINGSLAND — Kingsland area families could have another choice when it comes to educating their children if a charter school organization decides to open a campus in the community. According to several Kingsland residents, Gateway College Preparatory School is considering opening a new public charter school in the lakeside community. Gateway College […]

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FROM STAFF REPORTS GALVESTON — Authorities have caught the fourth fugitive in the past two weeks with the latest suspect accused of injuring a police officer with a vehicle, according to reports. Authorities say they captured 36-year-old Rocky Drew McIntosh after a 12:20 a.m. warrant dispatch Oct. 11 in Galveston.

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FROM STAFF REPORTS KINGSLAND — Two people have died within three hours of one another in two separate vehicle accidents, one of them a pedestrian on RR 1431 in Llano County and the other on U.S. 281 in Burnet County on Oct. 8, according to reports from the Texas Department of Public Safety.

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FROM STAFF REPORTS LLANO — Authorities have launched an investigation into the suspected methadone overdoses of four people who investigators believe obtained the drug from a Kingsland man with a prescription for it.

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FROM STAFF REPORTS KINGSLAND — Llano County sheriff’s deputies executed a search warrant at a residence in Kingsland on Sept. 25 and netted three suspects as well as drugs, money and guns.

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FROM STAFF REPORTS KINGSLAND — Llano County deputies are looking for a 36-year-old man they believe stole a pick-up in Kingsland on Sept. 21 and then used the vehicle later the same day to ram a police cruiser and injure the officer when the officer pulled the man over.

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FROM STAFF REPORTS KINGSLAND — A 46-year-old woman charged with the murder of a man Aug. 26 told investigators the man hit his head on a rock, but law enforcement officers found the body wrapped in a blanket and “set on fire.”

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FROM STAFF REPORTS KINGSLAND — Authorities have charged 46-year-old Kathryn Louise Preston with murder in connection with the death of 23-year-old Jose Mario Hernandez following a homicide investigation at a private residence in the River Oaks neighborhood, according to a statement by the Llano County Sheriff’s Office.

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FROM STAFF REPORTS KINGSLAND — A teenager is recovering after being injured by a boat propeller while swimming in Lake LBJ, officials say. The incident happened about 7 p.m. June 30 in 3-5 feet of water just off Kingsland Community Park.

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FROM STAFF REPORTS KINGSLAND — Authorities are seeking the public’s help in finding a man accused of failing to show up in court for a proposed 30-year prison sentence for allegedly molesting and videotaping a child under 14 years old, according to investigators and court documents.

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FROM STAFF REPORTS KINGSLAND — Each year on July 4, people from across the Highland Lakes and beyond descend upon the Lake LBJ lakeside community of Kingsland. And for good reasons. Kingsland knows how to throw a great birthday party for the United States of America. And everybody’s invited to Aqua Boom.

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DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR MARBLE FALLS — Storms across the Highland Lakes late June 12 brought welcome rain, but residents might have a different opinion of the high winds. “I heard both of the trees go down at the same time,” resident Martin McLean said. “The wind just came through there and blew them over.”

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