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A Cedar Park man facing a felony charge for allegedly using a wooden board to assault multiple people before setting a house on fire was found incompetent to stand trial and is being temporarily …
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By Josh Moniz, Senior Reporter
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1/21/24
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The City of Leander plans to impose Stage 4 water restrictions, which prohibits all nonessential water usage, in mid-February while the Brushy Creek Regional Utility Authority (BCRUA) replaces its …
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By Josh Moniz, Senior Reporter
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1/19/24
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I forgot what it was like to experience a good old common cold. Prior to covid, you see, the cold-getting experience went like this: I’d wake with a stuffy nose and scratchy throat and my …
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By Tom Purcell, Guest Columnist
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1/18/24
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The City of Leander will host its postponed MLK Day March and Celebration on Saturday, Jan. 27.
The event, which will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., was originally going to be held on the …
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By Josh Moniz, Senior Reporter
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1/18/24
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A special education teacher at Leander High School is on administrative leave after being charged with having an inappropriate relationship with a student.
Michael Winters was arrested Saturday …
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By Josh Moniz, Senior Reporter
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1/17/24
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On June 2, a family was shattered and the local LGBTQ+ community lost its sense of safety just as Pride Month was starting.
According to the charging affidavit, 24-year-old Black gay woman Akira …
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By Josh Moniz, Senior Reporter
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1/16/24
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This January marks what would have been Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s 95th birthday. Nearly a century after the late civil rights leader’s birth, it’s a good time to reflect on the …
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By Dedrick Asante-Muhammad and Chuck Collins, Guest Columnists
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1/15/24
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Leander and all other area cities have canceled their MLK Day events planned for Monday after the rush of freezing temperatures turned out to be colder than expected.
The organizers have …
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By Josh Moniz, Senior Reporter
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1/14/24
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Leander is gearing up for its third annual MLK Day event this Monday, Jan. 15.
Organized in collaboration with the Leander Public Art and Culture Commission and the City of Leander, the theme …
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By Josh Moniz, Senior Reporter
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1/11/24
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John Sweatlock Sr, 82, of Leander, Texas entered God’s kingdom on January 9, 2024. He was born April 13, 1941, to Andrew and Anna Sweatlock.
At Captain Jack High School in Mount Union, …
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1/11/24
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Latchkey kids. Slackers. Caffeine lovers. Grunge. That's how a lot of people have referred to Generation X, the 46 million Americans, like myself, who were born between 1965 and 1980.
We were a …
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By Elwood Watson, Guest Columnist
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1/11/24
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Okay, maybe I’m approaching this from a position of privilege.
One of my earliest memories is of tagging along to my mother’s former grammar school when she voted. Social Studies was …
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By Danny Tyree, Guest Columnist
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1/11/24
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Former Williamson County state District Judge Burt Carnes, 74, and his wife Susan, 74, were both shot and killed by their son late Monday night, Jan. 8, according to the arrest affidavit filed in …
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By Josh Moniz, Senior Reporter
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1/10/24
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2023 was a year of disappointment for Cedar Park, Leander and Williamson County's economic development plans.
In Leander, the $1 billion Leander Springs failed to reach even its first …
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By Josh Moniz, Senior Reporter
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1/10/24
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(Our "Year of Success" and "Year of Disappointment" articles share one unified introductory section. The unique content for each story starts at the first subhead.)
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By Josh Moniz, Senior Reporter
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1/9/24
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The Leander Springs development hasn't dried up yet, but even the first phase of the lagoon-centered project won't see water anytime soon.
The $1 billion, 78-acre Leander Springs …
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By Josh Moniz, Senior Reporter
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1/8/24
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