One More Set: A Georgetown woman’s love of fine china

The beauty of life is often found in the details. Virginia Cambron collects fine dinnerware and elegant crystal glassware. Thirty-plus sets of dishes have found a space in her Georgetown home. “My husband, John, finally caved.

Cop Calls: Knife-wielding man threatens officers

The following information was provided to the Sun by the Georgetown Police Department on August 3 as a record of recent arrest and call reports in Georgetown. Anyone charged with a crime is innocent until proven guilty.

Art Guild honors Violet Nicklen as artist of the month

Violet Nicklen is the featured Artist of the Month at the Williamson County Art Guild Gallery, 708 South Rock Street in Georgetown. Her eclectic original art display, which includes pastels, watercolors, acrylics, collage, oil encaustics and a woodcut print, hangs prominently in the front gallery.

The Georgetown Public Library will be closed this week. Here's what to know

Beginning Sunday, August 9, the Georgetown Public Library will be closed to add radio frequency identification (RFID) tags to items in the library’s inventory. This process will last through Sunday, August 16, with the library resuming normal hours on Monday, August 17.

Simple make-ahead lunches for the busy school year

As sure as the sun will rise each morning, the school year rolls around each August, and the task of making healthy school lunches that kids will actually eat is put back on the daily to-do list for parents.

Yesteryears: Convicted murderer stands defiant when sentenced to death

140 Years Ago (August 5, 1886)The Sun shines even brighterThe Sun makes its appearance this week as a nine-column paper, and the addition of one column to each page, with the proportionately increased length of the paper, affords additional space about equivalent to one of the former pages of...

The Cedar Choppers perform at Cedar Park’s Red Horn Coffee

“Good Pickin’ & Alright Singin’ ” best describes The Cedar Choppers, a popular Central Texas bluegrass and acoustic string band known for playing old-time fiddle tunes, classic bluegrass and folk covers.

Melancholy Paradise: Anxiety, resilience and the spirit of our times

I think it was in the novel Theo of Golden – the book everybody seems to be reading these days – where Wife Ellen came across the word “zeitgeist.” It’s one of those words rarely used in normal, everyday conversation and she asked me if I know what it means. Turns out I do.

Twice buried, never forgotten: Daniel & Nancy Harrison

Daniel Harrison, a distant cousin of Presidents William Henry Harrison and Benjamin Harrison, was born in Tennessee in 1816. He played a key role in early Texas history as a soldier, settler and pioneer.

Cook's Corner: Make the Most of Peach Season With These Family Recipes

Last week, I received half a case of fresh peaches that were at peak ripeness and flavor. They were "freestone" peaches, meaning they come right off the pit instead of clinging to it, as “cling” peaches do. These were from Georgia, but of course our Fredericksburg peaches are fabulous too.