Members of the Georgetown ISD Ballet Folklorico troupe ride in their float during the Red Poppy Festival parade on Saturday, April 25, 2026. Photo by Andy Sharp.

The City of Georgetown's electric utility will spend over $330 million over the next five fiscal years to keep up with demand from new customers.

This map shows which parts of the water territory would be sold to NUI, which parts would be sold to surrounding cities, and which parts the City of Georgetown would keep. (Map Courtesy City of Georgetown)

An initial plan for the NOVA mixed-use project — which spans two tracts of land — shows C3 commercial zoning along Shell Road, as well as high- and low-density multi-family. However, the commercial zoning was changed to C1 and the residential was changed to all low-density multi-family with a maximum of 10 units per acre after a city council vote April 14. This plan shows tract one. (Courtesy City of Georgetown)

S.C. Marshall was the founder and principal of the Georgetown Colored High School in 1913. 

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

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)

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