Congressman Pete Sessions, R-17 (center), announces that Williamson County will receive $7 million in federal funds for a new Corridor in East Wilco. Photo by Nalani Nuylan
Southwestern University President Laura Skandera Trombley cuts wood to build a canvas as part of following senior Lainie Siegel’s schedule. (Courtesy Southwestern University)
Chase Helm, a member of the Georgetown High School soccer team, helps unload 3,000 pumpkins at Georgetown’s First United Methodist Church on Wednesday, October 7. The truckload of pumpkins arrived at the church just before 7 p.m., a 13-hour drive from Farmington, New Mexico. Another 1,500 pumpkins will arrive on October 18. Pumpkins will be available through October 31. (Photos by Andy Sharp)
Wednesday, October 14, 2026
Joe Oscar Rodriguez
Staff from Yesterday’s Gone, Hope Alliance and law enforcement pose with the Williamson County Commissioners to spread awareness of domestic violence and abuse. Purple is the official awareness color. Photo courtesy of Williamson County
The new 840-home development, which is located near University Boulevard, County Road 110 and State Highway 130.
Morgan Taylor Myers, Director of Production at the Georgetown Palace, is surrounded by the new seating area at the historic theater on Tuesday, September 29. A late-January ice storm and flood decimated the seating area. After a few months the Springer Stage reopened, but with the old seats. The new seats await attendees for the Palace’s production of Oklahoma, which opens Friday, October 2, continuing through November 1.
A Texas Longhorn rests on a hill in the Beyersville community east of Coupland on Tuesday evening, September 8, 2026.
An American flag that flew on the Georgetown Fire Department’s Engine 2 on 9/11/2001 was again flying during this year’s Memorial Stair Climb at Birkelbach Field on Friday, September 11, 2026, the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Photo by Andy Sharp.
Strings and Things by Ellen Greeney
Travis Stroud reaches for a downfield catch before a big gain. Photos by Lawson Richter
Out and About by Linda Dwyer
Wallace Wirth
Sue Pinsky
Robert Klingler