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The 27th annual Red Poppy Festival takes place across downtown Georgetown April 24-26, with music, food, vendors, parades and fun.

The 27th annual Red Poppy Festival takes place across downtown Georgetown April 24-26, with music, food, vendors, parades and fun.

Plan ahead for Georgetown’s Red Poppy Festival

Kaitlyn Wilkes
Wednesday, April 22, 2026
The 27th annual Red Poppy Festival takes place across downtown Georgetown April 24-26, with music, food, vendors, parades and fun.
Artist Jan Frazier works on a painting of Grace Heritage Center along Main Street during the City of Georgetown’s Arts and Culture Program's Art Stroll on Friday, April 17, 2026. Photo by Andy Sharp.

Artist Jan Frazier works on a painting of Grace Heritage Center along Main Street during the City of Georgetown’s Arts and Culture Program's Art Stroll on Friday, April 17, 2026. Photo by Andy Sharp.

Artists stroll the Square

Andy Sharp
Wednesday, April 22, 2026
The Spring Art Stroll, hosted by the City of Georgetown’s Arts and Culture Program, was help last Friday, April 17, around the Square.
County Road 100 at Mankin’s Crossing was impassable as the San Gabriel River covered the bridge at approximately 6:30pm on Tuesday, April 21, 2026. Rain was present throughout the day in Williamson County, closing some of the area’s roads. Photo by Andy Sharp.

County Road 100 at Mankin’s Crossing was impassable as the San Gabriel River covered the bridge at approximately 6:30pm on Tuesday, April 21, 2026. Rain was present throughout the day in Williamson County, closing some of the area’s roads. Photo by Andy Sharp.

River water rises with recent rain in Williamson County

Andy Sharp
Wednesday, April 22, 2026
A rainy week led to localized flooding across Williamson County April 21. A Flash Flood Warning was in effect until the evening.
Williamson County Emergency Management Director Bruce Clements (left) provides an update during a press conference on April 21 about a Flash Flood Warning, triggered by continuous rain over the past few days. County Judge Steve Snell (right) listens in. Photo by Nalani Nuylan.

Williamson County Emergency Management Director Bruce Clements (left) provides an update during a press conference on April 21 about a Flash Flood Warning, triggered by continuous rain over the past few days. County Judge Steve Snell (right) listens in. Photo by Nalani Nuylan.

20 residents evacuated, but only minor damage reported in Georgetown due to flash flooding threat Tuesday

Nalani Nuylan
Tuesday, April 21, 2026
Update:As of 2:15 p.m. on April 22, ATXFloods, an online database that reports water levels at low water crossings in Central Texas, reported that County Road 100 in Georgetown is still closed due to flood waters. ***Wilco’s Office of Emergency Management has not reported an update as of writing.
Festival goers bear the rain in ponchos as shows were temporarily delayed in the afternoon of Saturday, April 18, due to lightning in the area. The major acts on Saturday, Kaitlin Butts’ Yee-Hoedown, Shenandoah, Goo Goo Dolls, Wyatt Flores and Tracy Lawrence and Brooks & Dunn were cancelled due to the forecast. (Photos by Kaitlyn Wilkes)

Festival goers bear the rain in ponchos as shows were temporarily delayed in the afternoon of Saturday, April 18, due to lightning in the area. The major acts on Saturday, Kaitlin Butts’ Yee-Hoedown, Shenandoah, Goo Goo Dolls, Wyatt Flores and Tracy Lawrence and Brooks & Dunn were cancelled due to the forecast. (Photos by Kaitlyn Wilkes)

Two Step Inn sees delays, refunds for rainout

Kaitlyn Wilkes
Monday, April 20, 2026
Rainclouds threatened the Two Step Inn festival all day Saturday, April 18, and when the steadily darkening clouds finally released water around 5:30 p.m., it was a deluge. Lightning and heavy rain sparked a weather delay, cancellation of several acts and eventually a weather evacuation.
The new lanes on the Austin Avenue bridges remain closed April 16, as work has stalled on the project. (Photo by Nicholas Cicale

The new lanes on the Austin Avenue bridges remain closed April 16, as work has stalled on the project. (Photo by Nicholas Cicale

Georgetown amends engineering contract for Austin Avenue, bridge work

Kaitlyn Wilkes
Monday, April 20, 2026
Rehabilitation work has yet to resume on the Austin Avenue bridges, but Georgetown City Council amended a task order with engineering firm Aguirre & Fields LP in the amount of $485,593 during the April 14 council meeting.

May 2 Williamson County Sample Ballot

Nicholas Cicale
Friday, April 17, 2026
The following sample ballot lists all items that will appear on ballots in Williamson County for the May 2, 2026 election. Individual resident ballots are based on which precinct they live in.
Deborah Roth-Howe shares her family’s story of life in Roth, Germany, under Nazism in the 1930s. Her exhibit at the Georgetown Public Library can be viewed through May 21.

Deborah Roth-Howe shares her family’s story of life in Roth, Germany, under Nazism in the 1930s. Her exhibit at the Georgetown Public Library can be viewed through May 21.

Georgetown Library exhibit shares truths of the Holocaust

Katherine Hamilton
Friday, April 17, 2026
When the Nazis came to the small village of Roth, Germany, in 1933, Deborah Roth-Howe’s father was a child. His Jewish family was only one of five in Roth, and its members were the only Holocaust survivors among the village’s small Jewish community.
Rick Ortiz, people operations team head at Compal USA Technology Inc., thanks the Commissioners Court for approving the tax abatement on April 14. Photo by Nalani Nuylan.

Rick Ortiz, people operations team head at Compal USA Technology Inc., thanks the Commissioners Court for approving the tax abatement on April 14. Photo by Nalani Nuylan.

Williamson County gives tax incentives to Taiwanese AI company

Nalani Nuylan
Friday, April 17, 2026
The Williamson County Commissioners Court approved a Chapter 312 tax abatement incentive agreement for Compal USA Technology Inc. on Tuesday, April 14.
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