Georgetown
Hundreds attend the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce’s Annual Awards Banquet to support local businesses and the people who put work into the chamber to make it successful. (Photos by Kaitlyn Wilkes)
Georgetown Chamber of Commerce highlights citizen efforts with awards banquet
Kaitlyn Wilkes
Georgetown’s Chamber of Commerce began the month of February by celebrating its members through the organization’s Annual Awards Banquet.
Wednesday, February 7, 2024
GISD committee recommends $649.5 million bond
Katherine Hamilton
The citizens group studying Georgetown ISD’s current and future facility needs has recommended trustees place a $649,501,678 bond on the May 4 ballot.
Representatives of the 80-member Citizens Advisory Council made their recommendation to district trustees at the district’s February 5 workshop.
Tuesday, February 6, 2024
GPD releases 2023 racial profiling data, discusses diversity efforts
Kaitlyn Wilkes
Some of the efforts Georgetown Police Chief Cory Tchida is working toward to make GPD an inclusive and reputable department includes trying to diversify the force’s staff and regularly releasing its Racial Profiling Analysis for the year prior.
Tuesday, February 6, 2024
Williamson County Judge Bill Gravell tells the County Commissioners about his recent trip to Soule, South Korea during the February 6 Commissioners Court meeting. Photo by Nalani Nuylan.
Williamson County officials offer Samsung updates, tease future international investments
Nalani Nuylan
Big things are on the horizon for Williamson County as the Samsung plant in Taylor approaches its opening date.
Tuesday, February 6, 2024
Warm evening light falls on the surface of freight train cars parallel to United States Highway 79 on Wednesday, January 31.
Shining through Williamson County
Andy Sharp
Warm evening light falls on the surface of freight train cars parallel to United States Highway 79 on Wednesday, January 31.
Photo by Andy Sharp
Tuesday, February 6, 2024
Celebrate Black History Month with these Georgetown events
Kaitlyn Wilkes
Georgetown and Williamson County are celebrating and honoring the efforts that Black members of the community this February.
This year, there are multiple events honoring the impact the Black community has had on the arts.
Monday, February 5, 2024
Paul Matula, a Plein Air painter from Austin, creates a painting at the corner of 8th and Main Streets on Saturday morning, January 27,2024. He was joined by other Plein Air painters from Round Rock and Austin on a cloud-filled morning with temperatures near 50 degrees. Photo by Andy Sharp.
Painting the Town
Andy Sharp
Paul Matula, a Plein Air painter from Austin, creates a painting at the corner of 8th and Main Streets on Saturday morning, January 27,2024. He was joined by other Plein Air painters from Round Rock and Austin on a cloud-filled morning with temperatures near 50 degrees.
Photo by Andy Sharp.
Sunday, February 4, 2024
Cast members perform a dance number Thursday, February 1, 2024 photo from the Palace's Springer Stage production of "She Loves Me," playing through March 3. Photos by Andy Sharp
"She Loves Me" plays through March 3 in Georgetown
Andy Sharp
The Palace Theatre Springer Stage production of "She Loves Me" plays through March 3 in Georgetown.
Photos by Andy Sharp
Saturday, February 3, 2024
Members from Rock Springs, Williamson County, Bluebonnet Trails and others from the mental health task force cut a ribbon, opening the new adolescent wing called the Maple Unit. Photo courtesy of Williamson County.
Mental health hospital opens youth wing
Nalani Nuylan
Rock Springs — a mental health clinic on SE Inner Loop — held a ribbon-cutting on Wednesday, January 31, to celebrate the completion of the new adolescent wing to the facility, known as the Maple Unit.
Friday, February 2, 2024
Veterans Services expands financial assistance, receives accreditation
Nalani Nuylan
Last year, the Williamson County Commissioners Court approved a $210,000 grant from the Texas Veterans Commission.
The grant offered emergency financial services for veterans who live in Wilco.
Friday, February 2, 2024