Singers from the Heritage Oaks Chorus, led by Kathleen Bohn, performed Christmas favorites on Wednesday, December 3, during A Gift of Time’s weekly respite at St. John’s Methodist Church. The choir consists of members who live in the Heritage Oaks neighborhood, near the intersection of Williams Drive and Shell Road. The chorus will host a spring concert in May, open to the public at the Heritage Oaks clubhouse.

Senior Death Inquest Investigator Ruben Leal, front, joins Justice of the Peace Precinct 2 Angela Williams, back, as she explains the new L.O.S.S program during the December 9 Williamson County Commissioners Court meeting. Photo by Nalani Nuylan.

From left, County Judge Steve Snell (in the red sweater), Commissioner Cynthia Long and Valerie Covey, and Liberty Hill Mayor Crystal Mancilla prepare to cut the ribbon before opening Freedom River Parkway, formerly Liberty Hill Bypass, on Tuesday, December 2. Photo courtesy of Williamson County.

Red Horn Coffee House & Tap Room has holiday art painted on its windows.

The county’s historic jail has been at 102 West Third Street since the 1800s. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in the 1970s. (Photo by Kaitlyn Wilkes)

Dressed as Belle from Beauty and the Beast, 3-year-old Zychia Jones watches the Christmas Stroll parade.

Bill Fairbrother, left, files to be Williamson County’s next County Clerk with Wilco GOP Chair Michelle Evans, right, at the Williamson County Republican Party Headquarters in Georgetown. Photo courtesy of Bill Fairbrother.

Habitat breaks ground on the Leander Street Cottages at 1839 Hart Street on November 22. From left are Amy Parham, Habitat Texas CEO; future homeowner Ashley Fordinal; Texas State Senator Charles Schwertner; Matthew and Belinda Schwertner, Senator Schwertner’s wife and son; and Shirley Harmes, Habitat volunteer.