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Hutto schools add weapons tech
Hutto schools add weapons tech
HUTTO – Students at the Ninth Grade Center and Hutto High School will see increased safety measures starting on May 8. Hutto Independent School District has installed walk-through weapons detection systems at those campuses and has been training staff on their use. 05/02/2023 09:40 PM
City issues bonds for Megasite roadway
City issues bonds for Megasite roadway
HUTTO – The city has authorized the sale of $12 million in bonds to build a road running through the Hutto Megasite parallel to U.S. 79. The funds are part of the amount approved in the 2018 bond election. 05/02/2023 09:40 PM
Taylor Rotary Club President Tia Stone (center) presents the Service Award to Jesus Cruz (left) and Abigail Garcia, seniors at Legacy Early College High School in Taylor at the May 1 Rotary Scholars Banquet. Courtesy photos
Time to shine
Student scholars got a chance to shine last Saturday. The Rotary Club of Taylor honored the top 10% of graduates from local high schools and awarded its $6000 Bunnell-Rotary Academic Scholarship to Eva White at the club’s annual scholars’ banquet May 1. 05/02/2023 09:40 PM
Summit unites Manor, Elgin, Taylor communities
Summit unites Manor, Elgin, Taylor communities
Manor, Elgin and Taylor are three small towns experiencing unprecedented growth, and they are uniting their business communities to get educated about what the future holds. The first ever METT Summit, organized by the three chambers of commerce, will be held from 10 a.m. 05/02/2023 09:40 PM
Desirae Hendricks Patterson, M.Ed.
HIPPO BITES
New principals named HUTTO – Misty Davis, M.Ed., has been named as Principal of the Disciplinary Alternative Education Program (DAEP) for the 2023-23 school year. She is currently serving as the 7th Grade Assistant Principal at Hutto Middle School. 05/02/2023 09:40 PM
The Brushy Creek Amphitheater features an open-air stage just yards from neighboring homes. A noise abatement study recommended moving or enclosing the stage. Photo by Edie Zuvanich.
Amphitheater to re-open for concerts
HUTTO – Windows shook and neighbors complained from as far as 15 miles away last time a major concert was held in Brushy Creek Amphitheater, 1001 County Road 137 at Adam Orgain Park. The date was Jan. 05/02/2023 09:40 PM
Coupland VFD discusses possible annexation
Coupland VFD discusses possible annexation
COUPLAND – Maranda Cummings, administrative support, reports, “Board meetings are being held in person at the Coupland Fire Station each second Tuesday of the month. The meetings are also available via telephone conferencing. This information is available each month on the meeting notice posted at the Coupland Fire Station, Coupland Post Office, Citizens National Bank in Coupland, Thrall Fire Station, and Thrall Post Office.” 05/02/2023 09:40 PM
UPCOMING EVENTS
UPCOMING EVENTS
Soap Making Class Thursday, May 4 — At 9:30 a.m., Cha Warner Tucker will lead a Soap Making class at Davilla Community Center, 20803 N. FM 487. 05/02/2023 09:40 PM
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Blackland Prairie Festival, Market Days this weekend
The community is invited to engage and celebrate good times this weekend through the many events lined up for Saturday, May 6. At noon, the Living Hope Church is hosting a Cinco de Mayo Concert with Mexican food at 212 E. 05/02/2023 09:40 PM
Ruth Diaz and Javier Diaz sing at Heritage Square in Taylor during last year’s National Day of Prayer Photo by Fernando Castro
Youth to lead National Day of Prayer
On Thursday, Taylor will join the nation in calling on a higher power to watch over the country. Oasis Church is hosting the city’s celebration of the National Day of Prayer at 7 p.m. May 4 in Heritage Square. 05/02/2023 09:40 PM
Taylor Middle School’s Teacher of the Year, Madison Smith (center), is congratulated on her award by Taylor ISD Superintendent, Dr. Devin Padavil (left), and Principal Steven Vigil. Photo by Tim Crow
Impacting lives through public education
Madison Smith is in her second year as a behavior teacher at Taylor Middle School, third year total. “I felt a calling to work with teenagers while I was working for an adoption agency in North Texas,” Smith said. 04/29/2023 06:50 AM
Colin Harrison, who was recently promoted to director of Development Services for the city, gives a staff report on the proposed 160-foot wireless telecommunication tower, at the April 27 meeting of the Taylor City Council.
City weighs new cell tower
Better cellular coverage and capacity could be coming in the next few months to Taylor. At the regular meeting of the Taylor City Council April 27, a public hearing was held to read a new ordinance to allow a special use permit for a proposed 160-foot wireless telecommunication tower to be built on 1.13 acres of land behind New York Pizza and Pasta, at 1701 W. 04/29/2023 06:50 AM
Lady Duck freshman tennis player Rylee Michna strikes the ball on her way to a state championship. Photo by Krista Randig
Michna serves up state
Rylee Michna has been a bright spot for the Taylor High School Tennis program all season long, and can now say she is a state champion. Michna dominated at the state tournament as a freshman defeating girls from Boerne, Lindale and Canyon Randall. 04/29/2023 06:50 AM
Blessed to be open
Blessed to be open
On Wednesday, April 26, St. Mary’s Catholic School held a ribbon cutting to honor the new high school complex. 04/29/2023 06:50 AM
CEO of Taylor Economic Development Corporation Mark Thomas, Consul General of the Republic of Korea in Houston Young-Ho Jung, CEO of KOTRA Yu Jeoung-Yeol, the Executive Director of Texas Economic Development & Tourism Adriana Cruz, the Honorable Williamson County Judge Bill Gravell and...
Connecting the county to a country
AUSTIN — During his visit to Washington, D.C., last week, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol may have sung “American Pie,” but Texas leaders including those in Taylor and Williamson County are humming a different tune about new business opportunities with the country. After recently visiting South Korea and returning home, Williamson County Judge Bill Gravell and others have inked a first-of-its-kind partnership agreement with a South Korean agency to lure more businesses from Asia to Texas, in part spurred by the construction of a Samsung Austin Semiconductor factory on Taylor’s border. 04/29/2023 06:50 AM
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