County Commissioner Valerie Covey, center, explains her reason for adding personnel to handle Child Protective Services cases in Williamson County during the September 17 meeting. Photo by Nalani Nuylan.
Commissioner Valerie Covey discusses future purposes of the 28-acre property the county purchased during this year’s budget process. The property costs $18 million. Photos by Nalani Nuylan.
Aaron Martinka navigates his combine through a field of cotton along F.M. 972 east of Walburg on Tuesday, September 10, 2024. Martinka is harvesting 1,100 acres of cotton this year. Photo by Andy Sharp.
Georgetown Fire Department firefighter Russell Paxton can't hide his weariness near the completion of his participation in the Memorial Stair Climb at Birkelbach Field on Wednesday, September 11, 2024, the 23rd anniversary of the attacks on United States soil in New York, Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C. The Memorial Stair Climb began here in 2011. Photo by Andy Sharp.
Members of the Taylor Fire Department take part in the parade along Main Street during the Patriot Day observance on Wednesday evening, September 11, 2024. Patriot Day commemorates the events of September 11, 2001. Photo by Andy Sharp.
Future Ready Complex ribbon-cutting
Adrienne Sharp, left, and Cindy Cohen, right, help create bags out of donated t-shirts during a 9/11 National Day of Service event held at Georgetown's Christ Lutheran Church on Saturday, September 7, 2024. Volunteers from churches, synagogues and mosques, including some who just wanted to contribute, helped repurpose t-shirts to be used as bags at The Caring Place, Helping Hands of Georgetown and the Carver Center for Families. Photo by Andy Sharp.