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Travis County Releases Report on Labor Day Fires

The Travis County Office of Emergency Management released an after-action report on the Labor Day weekend fires.  Travis County’s emergency management coordinator, Pete Baldwin, says given the number of fires and the resources that were allocated, firefighters did an adequate job. “We had six major fires burning that one day, that Sunday, and we had [...]

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Anderson: Morton case "worst nightmare"

GEORGETOWN, Texas (KXAN) – Former Williamson County District Attorney Ken Anderson told lawyers for Michael Morton that sending an innocent man to prison was his “worst nightmare.” Anderson, now a state district judge, made the remark while being questioned under oath by Barry Scheck of the Innocence Project about whether he might have withheld evidence [...]

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WilCo Attorney Jana Duty reprimanded by State Bar of Texas

By Gene Davis Wednesday, 30 November 2011 Williamson County Attorney Jana Duty was reprimanded by the State Bar of Texas for breaking confidentiality rules while acting as counsel to commissioners court. Under the agreement announced last week, the State Bar of Texas dismissed 23 out of 24 complaints filed against Duty by the Williamson County [...]

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Williamson County testing remote location for vehicle registrations

WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Texas — A new pilot program for vehicle registration renewals will take place Wednesday in Williamson County. The county is offering a remote location for renewals at the Sun City activities building. It is located off of One Texas Drive and is in meeting room three. Drivers can stop by Wednesday from 9:30 a.m. to 3 [...]

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AAA basketball blog: Williamson’s back for third try at Haralson

11:30 pm November 29, 2011, by Jay Stone Haralson County girls coach Jane Williamson had been retired for nine years, though she never got completely away from basketball, working with the Georgia AAU programs and sitting on the organization’s executive board. Her knowledge of the game and her ability to teach it weren’t in question, [...]

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First Reading: Perry tries to explain away gaffe – Austin American

<!– Alert head here Alert text here –> Home Postcards Archives 2011 November 30 Entry First Reading: Perry tries to explain away gaffe By Jason Embry | Wednesday, November 30, 2011, 07:41 AM Perry tries to explain away gaffe, Seliger suggests expanding the Senate and $600,000 in incentives for ‘Top Chef’ came with strings attached. [...]

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Williamson County sets up remote location for vehicle registration

WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Texas — A new pilot program for vehicle registration renewals launches Wednesday in Williamson County. The county will now offer a remote location for renewals at the Sun City activities building. It is located off of One Texas Drive and is in meeting room three. Drivers can stop by from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. to [...]

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Register vehicles remotely today

Posted: Wednesday, November 30, 2011 1:00 am Register vehicles remotely today Erin Green Taylor Daily Press | 0 comments Have a car with a vehicle registration due soon? If so, you’re in luck. Today, the Williamson County Tax Assessor/Collector’s Office and the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles (TxDMV) will offer a program in which residents with [...]

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AAA blog: Williamson’s back for third try at Haralson

11:30 pm November 29, 2011, by Jay Stone Haralson County girls coach Jane Williamson had been retired for nine years, though she never got completely away from basketball, working with the Georgia AAU programs and sitting on the organization’s executive board. Her knowledge of the game and her ability to teach it weren’t in question, [...]

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More schoolchildren in Central Texas living in poverty – Austin American

By Juan Castillo AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF E-mail Print Larger Type Small Type About 1 in 4 school-age children in Travis, Bastrop and Caldwell counties lived in poverty in 2010 higher than the national average and the poverty rate for schoolchildren has risen since the recession began in 4 of 5 counties in the Austin metro area, [...]

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