3-year-old Allison Warren and her grandmother Susan Hecker admire Sam, an Eastern Screech Owl cared for by All Things Wild Rehabilitation during Market Days. Holding Sam is All Things Wild volunteer James Davis.

Animals, shoppers spotted at April Market Days

Andy Sharp
Friday, April 19, 2024
Animals and people gathered on the Square for a morning of shopping and entertainment during Market Days in Georgetown April 13.  Photos by Andy Sharp

GISD will have 500 more students in fall 2024

News Staff
Friday, April 19, 2024
“Development has not slowed down,” demographer Bob Templeton told Georgetown ISD trustees April 15. “Despite high interest rates, the housing market here is doing well.” Because of area growth and development, GISD is expected to add 500 new students next school year. Over the next five years, Mr…

Prepare for Two Step Inn this weekend

Kaitlyn Wilkes
Friday, April 19, 2024
The second annual Two Step Inn country music festival takes place this weekend, April 20-21, in San Gabriel Park. Music at this year’s festival will begin both days at noon and will last until about 10 p.m. If attending the festival, be sure to activate your wristband to get into the park prior to…

Public Notice — April 21, 2024

News Staff
Thursday, April 18, 2024
Application has been made with Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission for a BG- Wine and Malt Beverage Retail Dealer’s On Premise Permit and FB-Food and Beverage Certificate by HUNG PHI YEN LLC dba Hung Ky Asian Kitchen, to be located at 2000 S I-35 Frontage RD Ste G4, Round Rock 78681 Williamson…

Dewana Lou (Berry) Gray

News Staff
Thursday, April 18, 2024
Dewana Lou (Berry) Gray passed away on April 9, 2024, in Austin, Texas, after a long battle with cancer. Dewana was born in Austin on November 12, 1936, to Chester (Check) and Jessie Mae Berry. When she was five, she moved with her parents and her sister, Alma Ann, to Artesia, New Mexico, where her…
The development’s regional center would allow visitors to walk to various restaurants and businesses while still having access to the neighborhood. (Courtesy Lionheart)

Georgetown approves rezoning

Kaitlyn Wilkes
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
Georgetown’s extraterritorial jurisdiction will see a new mixed-density neighborhood and commercial center with an estimated 2,500 to 3,000 residential units. The development, which is called Heirloom, will sit on 361.94 acres along Ronald Reagan Boulevard near the Nolina single-family development…
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Public Notice — April 17, 2024

News Staff
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
Application has been made with Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission for a BG- Wine and Malt Beverage Retail Dealer’s On Premise Permit and FB-Food and Beverage Certificate by HUNG PHI YEN LLC dba Hung Ky Asian Kitchen, to be located at 2000 S I-35 Frontage RD Ste G4, Round Rock 78681 Williamson…

Georgetown approves contract for pedestrian bridges design

Kaitlyn Wilkes
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
Georgetown City Council Tuesday, April 9, approved on first reading a design contract for the Austin Avenue pedestrian bridges with Austin engineering and planning company Freese and Nichols for $2.8 million. The Austin Avenue pedestrian bridges will be built parallel to the Austin Avenue…

Comment on Georgetown’s Downtown Master Plan

Kaitlyn Wilkes
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
Residents can now explore Georgetown’s Downtown Master Plan document and can leave comments online. Public comments are open until April 17. The plan addresses density and future land use, public spaces, historic and cultural assets, parks and connectivity, events and programming, and…

Round Rock PD, animal shelter work to find lost pets

Nalani Nuylan
Monday, April 15, 2024
The Round Rock Police Department Animal Control Division and the Williamson County Regional Animal Shelter will now use Petco Love Lost technology when finding lost pets out in the community.   Petco Love Lost is a free, national lost and found pet database platform that uses image recognition…
A house in Cold Springs in Leander goes up for sale. Photo by Nalani Nuylan.

Williamson County real estate market report

Nalani Nuylan
Monday, April 15, 2024
In the latest report from the Austin Board of Realtors, new home listings across the Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown metropolitan area jumped to 4,714 new listings, 10.2 percent more than in March 2023.   The data indicates that homeowners have confidence in their ability to sell their homes for…
Kaitlyn Wilkes
Friday, April 19, 2024
The second annual Two Step Inn country music festival takes place this weekend, April 20-21, in San…
Kaitlyn Wilkes
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
Georgetown’s extraterritorial jurisdiction will see a new mixed-density neighborhood and commercial…
Kaitlyn Wilkes
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
Georgetown City Council Tuesday, April 9, approved on first reading a design contract for the…

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Dewana Lou (Berry) Gray

Dewana Lou (Berry) Gray

Obituaries
Thursday, April 18, 2024

Dewana Lou (Berry) Gray passed away on April 9, 2024, in Austin, Texas, after a long battle with cancer. Dewana was born in Austin on November 12, 1936, to Chester (Check) and Jessie Mae Berry.

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Raleigh Edmond Denison, Jr.

Obituaries
Thursday, April 11, 2024

Raleigh Edmond Denison, Jr. passed away peacefully at his home in Georgetown on March 22. He was born in Alpine, Texas, to R. E. Denison, Sr.

Leonard Frank Iltis, Jr.

Leonard Frank Iltis, Jr.

Obituaries
Tuesday, April 9, 2024

Leonard Frank Iltis, Jr. of Georgetown, Texas, passed away peacefully in his home on April 3, 2024, surrounded by his loving family.  

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