KINGSLAND — Rafael Cruz, a pastor and the father of U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), will speak about freedom and the threat of losing it during a program May 15 at the Kingsland Community Center. The presentation is noon at the center, 3451 Rose Hill Drive. A $15 donation is appreciated with proceeds going toward the […]

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DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR MARBLE FALLS — Bernie Sachs never imagined at the age of 74 he would be uprooting his business, Mustang Lube and Brakes, and taking it on the road. And across it. “I didn’t plan on any of this,” said Sachs outside his business at 1604 RR 1431 in Marble Falls. […]

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FROM STAFF REPORTS KINGSLAND — A search of a Kingsland residence March 31 turned up drugs and a large quantify of cash, which, in turn, landed six people behind bars. Llano County Sheriff’S Office deputies arrested and charged Dario Mata Flores, 36; Daniel Reyes Limon, 19; Marcus Galvin Limon Jr., 62; Nicholas Limon, 25; Ismael […]

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FROM STAFF REPORTS KINGSLAND — The Kingsland/Lake LBJ Chamber of Commerce is throwing a “Kaleidoscope of Color” party for the community and businesses, and you’re invited. The annual awards banquet is March 21 at the Kingsland Community Center, 3451 Rose Hill Drive. The event starts at 6 p.m with a social hour followed by dinner […]

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FROM STAFF REPORTS BURNET — This year’s flu season is poised to top the previous two years with the number of cases physicians are treating, but doctors said there are ways people can protect themselves. Get the flu shot, said Dr. Charles Michael Franz, the medical director at Seton Highland Lakes and a family practitioner. […]

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SUZANNE WIDEMAN • SPECIAL TO THE PICAYUNE KINGSLAND — After more than a year since a fire damaged the facility while under construction, Kingsland residents finally celebrated the opening of the new Seton Kingsland Healthcare Center. More than 75 community leaders, residents and Seton Highland Lakes employees attended an open house and a ribbon cutting […]

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CONNIE SWINNEY • PICAYUNE STAFF BURNET — With a list of local projects in the queue, the new Seton Highland Lakes Chief Operating Officer Scott Fuller will serve a dual leadership role at two of the system’s healthcare facilities. Fuller spent the past four years as the chief operating officer at Seton Northwest in Austin, […]

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DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR KINGSLAND — As Charlotte Dilworth made her way around Kingsland to spread the word about the upcoming Small Business Saturday, she remembered what made the lakeside community so wonderful. “You forget how many neat shops are here in this town and community,” she said. “It was really a good reminder […]

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FROM STAFF REPORTS  ROUND ROCK — Scott and White Healthcare has named Ernie Bovio as the new CEO for the Hill Country region, as Kevin Leeper steps down from the position to pursue health-consulting ventures, officials announced. Bovio, the Round Rock region CEO for the past eight years, will combine his current duties with those […]

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JARED FIELDS • PICAYUNE STAFF KINGSLAND — You bring the work gloves, Keep Kingsland Beautiful will provide trash bags and reflective vests Together, two miles of RR 1431 between Kingsland Hills Care Center and the Lake LBJ bridge will be picked clean Sept. 14.

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FROM STAFF REPORTS KINGSLAND — Llano County deputies arrested a 25-year-old man after investigators believe he might have caused injuries to a 19-month-old child who died July 28. Llano County Sheriff’s Office deputies charged Michael Len Grogg with first-degree serious injury to a child. He was arrested Aug. 1 and booked into the Llano County […]

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DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR HOOVER’S VALLEY — Though a brush fire Aug. 3 only burned between four and six acres, officials continue to monitor outdoor conditions. “As wildfires go it was rather mild in the way it behaved,” said Herb Darling, Burnet County environmental services director. “Right now (range) conditions aren’t poor, but we […]

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FROM STAFF REPORTS KINGSLAND — A 35-year-old man faces three felony charges following a Llano County Sheriff’s Office investigation after deputies learned the individual possessed child pornography. Robert Earl Griffith of Kingsland turned himself in to authorities July 25. Deputies charged him with first-degree sexual performance of a child, third-degree indecency with a child by […]

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Spicewood Volunteer Fire Department firefighters check for hot spots after extinguishing a truck fire at the intersection of Texas 71 and High Plains Trail in Spicewood about 3 p.m. June 27. Texas Department of Public Safety officials say the truck was traveling west at a high rate of speed when it left Texas 71 for […]

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