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CIVIC ORGANIZATION MEETINGS
CIVIC ORGANIZATION MEETINGS
KIWANIS CLUB • Meets every Wednesday at noon at Sirloin Stockade, 3607 N. Main St. 07/04/2023 10:22 PM
Photo by Olga Finn on Unsplash
Watermelon Festival
MCDADE – The McDade Watermelon Festival Barbecue Cook-Off will be all-day July 7, 143 Bastrop St., McDade. For more about registration or tickets contact Aaron Griffith at 512-934-8227. 07/04/2023 10:22 PM
Photo by Tanaphong Toochinda on Unsplash
Crochet Class
At 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, July 6, Linda St. 07/04/2023 10:22 PM
Commissioners mull billion-dollar bond
Commissioners mull billion-dollar bond
GEORGETOWN – The Williamson County Commissioners Court is not going to rush its decision on how to respond to the Citizen Bond Committee’s recommendation of a bond election for road and park projects. 07/04/2023 10:22 PM
Adam Graves (left) was awarded his prizes by former Taylor Press Publisher Dennis Wade after winning both the three-point and free-throw contest on July 21, 2013, at the first-ever Taylor Press 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament. Photo by Jason Hennington
Graves, Tealer return for another Taylor Press 3-on-3 tourney
Two basketball standouts in the area will return for yet another installment of the Taylor Press 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament which enters its 10th year with creator Jason Hennington. Taylor High School star boys basketball player B.J. 07/04/2023 10:22 PM
WCFB President Bob Avant presents the Williamson County Farm Bureau Agricultural Business Person of the Year award to Walter Lalla and an unidentified friend. Source: Stiles Farm Foundation
Focus on high tech for farming’s future
THRALL – Farm families, agricultural businessmen and interested community members walked the fields to learn the latest farming innovations at the Stiles Farm Foundation’s annual field day June 20. 07/04/2023 10:22 PM
Some of those killed in action in World Wars I and II
Some of those killed in action in World Wars I and II
17th Airborne Division Paratrooper Carl Oscar Edward Carlson was born June 18, 1922, and killed in action March 24, 1945, within weeks of the end of World War II on May 8, 1945. The division, “The Golden Talons,” was an airborne infantry unit of the Army with the motto, “Thunder from Heaven.” Operation Plunder began the evening of March 23. 07/04/2023 10:22 PM
Mark and Sally Lyons in front of a shelf full of socks. Photos by Edie Zuvanich
Socks spell security for local family business
HUTTO – The Lyons want you to rock their socks, and maybe buy some coffee. Mark and Sally Lyons started SammySocks Etc. 07/04/2023 10:22 PM
Dr. Celina Estrada Thomas discusses the Hanover Research results with the board of trustees. Source: Hutto Independent School District
Little bits of big news
TAX ABATEMENT ZONE CONSIDERED FOR DATA CENTER HUTTO – City council will consider the approval of a tax abatement agreement with Hutto Data Center Campus LLC, a joint venture between Skybox Datacenters, LLC and Prologis Inc. at their July 20 meeting. The venture owns about 220 acres in the 1,400 acre Hutto Megasite located along State Highway 79. 07/04/2023 10:22 PM
Zachary
No updates on missing Taylor man
Taylor Police Chief Henry Fluck said there are no new updates on the search for a missing Taylor man. Taylor police are working to locate Adrian Zachary, 45, of Taylor. 07/04/2023 10:22 PM
Rescue team uses a flat-bottomed boat to approach entangled egrets. Photo courtesy of Taylor Police Department
Two distressed egrets saved at Murphy Park
It took a combined, collaborative effort to save distressed egrets at Murphy Park. The Taylor Police Department teamed up with the Taylor Fire Department and Taylor Animal Control Thursday, June 29, in a rescue effort that saved the lives of two egrets in the lake. 07/04/2023 10:22 PM
Samsung Austin Semiconductor interns pose with city officials after completing their volunteer work. Photos courtesy of Samsung Austin Semiconductor
Cleaning up
Murphy Park became a little cleaner last week, courtesy of Samsung. Taylor’s Samsung Austin Semiconductor interns volunteered at Murphy Park Wednesday, June 28. 07/04/2023 10:22 PM
Two dead after fiery two-vehicle collision
Two dead after fiery two-vehicle collision
WILLIAMSON COUNTY – A car crash Saturday left two people dead along with two burning vehicles. The Texas Department of Public Safety confirmed the two deaths happened in Williamson County just south of Coupland Saturday, July 1. 07/04/2023 10:22 PM
The Dickey Museum and Multipurpose Center was burned to the ground last year on July 10. The St. David’s Foundation was awarded a $500,000 grant to help reconstruct a replica of the home of Dr. James Lee Dickey. Photo by Jason Hennington
Dickey Museum set to get grant to rebuild
The Dickey Museum & Multipurpose Center, a 501(c) (3) non-profit organization dedicated to improving community well-being through promotion of the living legacy of Dr. James Lee Dickey, announced today that St. David’s Foundation has awarded a grant of $500,000 toward the reconstruction of a replica of Dr. Dickey’s former home in Taylor, which was destroyed by fire last year on July 10. 07/04/2023 10:22 PM
Taylor police are searching for Adrian Zachary. Anyone with information should contact the police at 512-352-5551.
Search for missing man underway
07/01/2023 03:41 PM
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