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A motorcyclist killed in a collision involving a sportutility vehicle became Taylor’s fourth traffic fatality of the year. The Williamson County District Attorney’s Office is working to determine if charges will be filed after officers reported the SUV driver left the scene of the accident.

Get your motor running for a day of Model A Fords, Ferraris, hot rods, muscle cars and so much more. The ninth annual Taylor Main Street Car Show, the largest of its kind in Central Texas, will take place from 10 a.m.

There is a saying, “behind every little sister there’s a big sister standing behind her holding a bat saying, ‘you want to say that again?’” and it perfectly describes Mackenzie and Makenna Watson’s relationship.

Reynaldo Valverde and Mattie Wilkie celebrate after being crowned king and queen at Granger Independent School District’s homecoming game Oct. 14. The homecoming duke is Jose Valverde, and homecoming duchess is Sofia Bernal. The Granger Lions went on to win the homecoming game over the Bremond Tigers, 31-28. See page 9 for more on the football game.

By all accounts, the Taylor Cemetery has needed some tender loving care for years. A high percentage of the headstones, some of which are more than 100 years old, need leveling at the municipally owned facility.

October 12, 1853, John Morrissey wins boxing title, when Yankee Sullivan leaves ring after 36th round to slug Morrissey’s fans..

Volleyball Taylor Oct. 18 @ Giddings Oct.

Houston Oct. 11-17 Seattle (Divisional Series) AL West Standings x-Houston 106-56 y-Seattle 90-72 e-LA Angels 73-89 e-Texas 68-94 e-Oakland 60-102.

Houston Texans Oct. 23 @ Las Vegas Oct.

All smiles until the bell rings resulted in a “too sweet” victory for Taylor-bred boxer Destiny Jones. On Saturday, Oct.

The cross-country teams for Thrall and Granger combined for a total of eight top-10 finishers, six top five finishers and two first place finishers at the District Championship meet Monday. Thrall sophomore Sarah Beth Laurence and Granger senior Cobe Whitney both claimed first place in the varsity girls twomile run and varsity boys 5,000 meter run respectively. Laurence finished her race in 12 minutes and 43 seconds, a good 12 seconds in front of the second- place finisher.

The St. Mary’s Rams traveled to Buckholts to play a public school and the Buckholts Badgers picking up a dominating 68 - 20 win.

Week seven of the high school football season and there were a lot of great games that involved local teams. The St. Mary’s Rams and Granger Lions found themselves picking up wins on Friday while the Tayor Ducks, Hutto Hippos and Thrall Tigers were not so lucky. The Rams went on the road and defeated the Buckholts Badgers 68-20. The Rams received a major contribution from senior Andrew Flores scoring his first touchdown of the season.

We are just past the halfway point of football season which makes me very sad, we waited all summer long to watch football and now it is almost over. There are still plenty of games to enjoy before the end of the season, especially locally.

After spotting the Thorndale Lady Dogs (21-12 overall, 3-1 District 26-2A) a one set lead, the Thrall Tigerettes (22-13, 4-0) seized control of Saturday’s match to take sole possession of first place in District 26-2A with a 22-25, 25-19, 25-16, 25-15 win. Thrall got off to a quick start in the opening set, leading 3-0, but Thorndale took advantage of solid net play and multiple Tigerettes miscues to take a 9-3 lead. The Lady Dogs were able to maintain control until the late going when Thrall made a run to cut the lead to 24-22, but Kyndal Robinson’s kill closed out the first set for Thorndale.