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It is important to note that an arrest should not be considered as evidence of guilt. The defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

This column represents the thoughts and opinions of Dr. Ron Braley.

The Taylor Ducks boys’ varsity basketball team fell to the Leander Lions 68-39 Tuesday night at the Ducks Pond. Ducks head coach Stephen Gibson spent a considerable amount of time after Tuesday’s loss taking to his team and said he told them they have to play with a purpose.

Senior Running Back Ryan Altman and Senior Defensive End Andrew Flores of the St. Mary’s Rams Football team have been selected to play in the 2022 Texas Private School All-Star Football Game this Saturday, December 17th, at 3:00 PM at San Marcos Academy.

A big second quarter helped the Thrall Tigerettes (12-7) roll over the Luling Eagles (1-14) Tuesday night. The Tigerettes outscored the Lady Eagles 20-1 in the second and blew open a close game for the win.

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December is a quiet time in our Central Texas backyard gardens. Most plants and trees are slowly going dormant for the winter. Due to the reduction in daylight, fall and winter planted crops grow more slowly, but it’s still a great time of year for leafy greens like spinach, lettuce, kale, collards and mustard greens. If you are looking for a little more variety out in your vegetable beds, it’s a super time of the year for planting radishes.

Here is a recap of what was featured in the Wednesday, Dec. 14, e-edition of the Taylor Press.

The Williamson County Livestock Show was held FIND THE DATES at the Williamson County Expo Center in Taylor. Several students from the area received awards for their show animals including 19 students in the top 50. Kaden Dickens (Thrall 4H), Preslie Juranek (Thrall FFA), Whitney Drummond (Thrall 4H), Lyla Morris (Thrall FFA), Hunter Voigt (Taylor 4H), Madeline R.

Samsung Austin Semiconductor’s $17 billion investment in Taylor could be nine-fold higher in the coming decades than what it is today. At a special called Taylor Independent School District board meeting Dec.

It’s a week before Christmas, and all up Main Street, people are awaiting lattes and cake pops to eat. On Monday, the Greater Taylor Chamber of Commerce is hosting an invitation-only ribbon cutting for the grand opening of the coffee retailer Starbucks, which will soon open across the street from the Taylor Independent School District Administrative offices and Main Street Intermediate School.

The death of a 26-year-old man found sprawled in a yard earlier this week has been ruled a homicide, according to investigators. Enrique Lopez Estrada suffered a single wound from a .22-caliber bullet, and while no arrest was reported at press time, a person of interest has been developed, police said.

Last weekend, Immanuel Lutheran Church came alive with the sights and sounds surrounding the birth of Jesus of Nazareth. As they have for more than a dozen years, hundreds of area visitors flocked to the church for “The Pilgrimage to Bethlehem: A Live Nativity” to be immersed in a spectacular, free production of the story of the first Christmas, featuring about 140 actors from 20 area churches wearing authentic first-century period costumes, as well as elaborate indoor and outdoor sets.

City and county officials are working to prevent another catastrophe like Winter Storm Uri. At the Dec.