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Community members that wish to run for public office have less than a week to file for candidacy in local elections. Candidate filing ends Friday, Feb.

Thrall citizens will have a couple of boxes on May ballots affecting their school district. On Feb.

A bond election in Granger could mean a new high school campus, buses, upgrades and more — including a new place for Friday night lights. On Feb.

The rate of new weekly COVID-19 cases in Williamson County was sliced by about half this past week. Confirmed cases, which include past and current cases reported to the Williamson County and Cities Health District (WCCHD), increased by 1,299 in Williamson County Feb.

HUTTO – A Hutto teen has succumbed to a gunshot wound to the head that happened in December. According to a report from KXAN, the family of Faith Monreal, 15, said she passed away Saturday morning, Feb.

Sometimes we’re so busy chasing all the things we haven’t got that we forget to notice the things we already have, the people in our lives and the fortunate circumstances in which we live. One day, a professor entered his classroom and told the class to prepare for an exam.

On Feb. 2, a member of a group of Granger High School boys athletics players and outdoor adventures course students visits a Granger resident before Winter Storm Landon came through the area. The students partnered together to help the community by visiting many Granger door steps. The young men offered assistance by aiding people with various winterizing tasks to prepare for the winter storm closed much of the area down Feb. 3-4. Students wrapped faucets, covered plants and more. Facebook / Granger ISD

the whole community has an essential role to play in the growth “I takes a village to raise a child” is a popular proverb with a clear message: and development of its young people. Now, thanks to the new initiative Taylor-Aides, volunteering in the Taylor public schools has never been easier.

Legacy Early College High School is accepting applications for the 2022-23 school year. Legacy ECHS accepts 50 students per year into the school.

Heritage Square Farmers Market The Farmers Market is typically every Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

KIWANIS CLUB • Meets every Wednesday at noon at Sirloin Stockade, 3607 N. Main St.

The last weekend of Black History Month will include a celebration at Fannie Robinson Park. On Saturday, Feb.

The Travis-Williamson Counties Czech Heritage Society will meet Wednesday Feb. 16, from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.

Children, staff and parents enjoy Story Time at the Taylor Public Library Feb. 9 and celebrate Valentine’s Day early. The library hosts Story Time typically on Wednesdays. For more information, visit http://www.taylortx.gov/25/library, call 512-352-3434 or visit the library at 801 Vance St. in Taylor. Facebook / Taylor Public Library

Spring is just around the corner and weeds will be emerging in your rangeland shortly, so it is time to take your Private Pesticide Applicator Training. For the first time in many years, there are new herbicide active ingredients registered for weed control in pasture and rangelands. Some of the most effective weed control products must be applied very early in spring to small weeds, and in some instances even before weed seeds germinate. Note that a Private Applicator License will be required to purchase and/or apply RESTRICTED USE (RU) herbicides, insecticides, and fungicides.