BASTROP, Texas — Bastrop is letting the good times roll this weekend with their second annual Mardi Gras festival. The festival is inspired by how the Evangeline Parish does it in Louisiana by ...

BASTROP, Texas — Marijuana decriminalization remains a topic of discussion among Bastrop voters and city council members. This week, the council declined to amend its current policies punishing ...

You have worked hard to meet every expectation, be everything for everyone, and do things “right.” Yet, despite all your efforts, you feel stuck and empty, wondering why it seems like ...

COLDSPRING, Texas — A man accused of killing five people ... sentence without the possibility of parole, a prosecutor said. Francisco Oropeza, a Mexican national, pleaded guilty to capital ...

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A man charged with killing five of his neighbors in rural San Jacinto County will serve a life sentence without parole with a plea deal secured by authorities Wednesday to avoid a costly death ...

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has actively sought to challenge them in court, but his lawsuits have already been thrown out in two cities. While Bastrop’s City Council has blocked the local ...

(Courtesy Beth Pickens) Over 100 people from across the country gathered on Jan. 31 to honor Texas’s first female engineer with a historical marker at her childhood home in Bastrop. Leah Moncure ...

The 89th Legislature’s regular session runs from Jan. 14 to June 2, 2025. Republicans control both the Texas House and Senate. We focus on what Texans need to know about the 140-day lawmaking ...