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Georgetown, Jarrell ISDs remain closed through Thursday, February 2

Katherine Hamilton

Wednesday, February 1, 2023

Georgetown and Jarrell ISDs have canceled classes and all school activities for Thursday, February 2, the districts said this afternoon.

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Police I.D. Jarrell student who died in Austin hookah lounge shooting over the weekend

Katherine Hamilton

Monday, January 30, 2023

Jarrell High School student Brayden Bolyard, 17, was killed in a shooting at the Moon Palace Hookah Lounge in Northwest Austin on Saturday night, January 28, the Austin Police Department confirmed Monday. Another Jarrell student was injured in the incident.

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Raises make Wilco corrections officer starting salaries the highest in Central Texas

Kate St. Clair

Thursday, January 26, 2023

County Commissioners voted to award a pay scale increase to Williamson County Deputies and Corrections Officers, a venture Williamson County Sheriff Mike Gleason has frequently advocated for in his time at the position.

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Jarrell ISD names principal for new elementary school

Katherine Hamilton

Thursday, January 26, 2023

The Jarrell ISD Board of Trustees approved Craig Wilson as the principal of Double Creek Elementary, the district’s new elementary school opening in August. Mr. Wilson will join JISD on February 1.

Jarrell ISD’s third elementary school, Double Creek, is under construction and will open in August. New elementaries will be needed by 2025 and 2027, demographers say.. (Courtesy Jarrell ISD)

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Jarrell ISD could set stage for May bond election

Katherine Hamilton

Friday, January 20, 2023

Jarrell ISD trustees are considering placing a $324.6 million bond package on the May 6 ballot, and they’ve set a meeting to hear community input. The meeting will be held at 6 p.m., February 8, at the JISD Admin Annex, 508 North Fifth Street.

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Wilco Homeless Coalition to account for those experiencing homelessness through point-in-time count

Brigid Cooley

Friday, January 6, 2023

The Wilco Homeless Coalition is looking for volunteers and some in-kind donations leading up to its point-in-time count planned for later this month.

Scott Matthew was selected by Gov. Greg Abbott

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Wilco director to serve on Texas Juvenile Justice Board

Kate St. Clair

Friday, January 6, 2023

Williamson County’s Scott Matthew was tapped by Governor Greg Abbott to chair the Texas Juvenile Justice Board. A Georgetown resident, Mr. Matthew serves as the executive director and chief juvenile probation officer of Williamson County Juvenile Services.

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Jarrell ISD studying four-day school week

Katherine Hamilton

Thursday, January 5, 2023

As a strategy to improve teacher retention, Jarrell ISD is studying reducing the school week from five days to four. JISD Communications Director Nick Spinetto said the four-day week concept in JISD is “exploratory” at this time and is being looked at as a way to keep teachers.

The last rays of the day’s sunlight fall on Prince of Peace Lutheran Church during the last week of 2022. The church is located on County Road 417 northwest of Taylor. (Andy Sharp)

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2022 in review

News Staff

Sunday, January 1, 2023

Happy new year! As we excitedly prepare for what’s to come in 2023, we also look back at the biggest news, events and developments of 2022.

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Labor Department cites construction firm for deadly Jarrell trench collapse

Katherine Hamilton

Wednesday, December 28, 2022

The U.S. Department of Labor determined last week that a Georgetown firm, WBW Construction LLC, was responsible for the deaths of two workers in a trench collapse at a Jarrell construction site in June.

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