Austin County News

Austin County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested a local man Tuesday afternoon after a two day manhunt in Austin and Colorado Counties...

There are three candidates running for the position of Constable for precinct 3 here in Austin County:  Tobey Baggerly, Ronnie Griffin, and Robert Campbell.  You can view their interviews in our candidate forum in this article...

Judge Lapham announced in todays Commissioners Court meeting that Austin County’s COVID-19 numbers have fallen to a level that the governor’s mask mandate will no longer apply.  The exemption happens when the county COVID-19 numbers fall below 20 or...

2020 Primary Runoff elections were held yesterday.  Here are the results:...

Texas Governor Greg Abbott's Office released a sweeping edict to Texas Citizens requiring : Every person in Texas shall wear a face covering...". ...

An update on Austin County's number of COVID-19 cases, confirmed and recovered. As well as guidelines from Governor Abbott's Office...

There are now 14 cases, 9 recovered, 5 active, 0 deaths.  The 13th case resides in the Kenney area and is a health care worker.   The 14th case, a male in his 50s, resides in the Sealy area and is travel related...

This is a cooperative effort between the Texas Military Department, Texas Division of Emergency Management, Texas Emergency Medical Task Force, Texas Health and Human Services and Austin County EOC...

THE AUSTIN COUNTY DISTRICT CLERK’S OFFICE WILL BEGIN ACCEPTING PASSPORT APPLICATIONS BY APPOINTMENT ONLY...

Austin County Sheriff’s Office and the Austin County Special Response Team received a donation of 4 Tactical Vests from the Texas Department of Public Safety...

Tri-County ER will be a full Emergency Room, and an extension of BMC, with round-the-clock emergency care physicians and nurses prepared to treat emergencies complete with ancillary services such as lab and imaging on-site...

Austin County Judge Tim Lapham gives an update on the COVID 19 situation in Austin County...

Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Troopers investigated Saturday a fatal vehicle collision in Austin County that occurred south of Bellville...

Judge Lapham updates the community about COVID-19...

The Bellville Medical Center’s CEO Juanita Romans and the Medical Director Dr. Don Bosse joined us in studio and via remote interview to explain the services that the Bellville Medical Center has put in place to handle the needs of Austin County in...

Tim Lapham joined us in the Austin County News Online Studio to let the area know that there are now 4 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Austin County. We were also joined via remote interview by Amy Jett, the first person in Austin County to be...

County Judge Tim Lapham took questions from the public in this Q&A session in the Austin County News Online Studio. Questions were submitted to our email address and on the notification on our Facebook Page. Judge Lapham gave information on how many...

Texas Senator Lois Kolkhorst did a remote interview with us to give an update on COVID-19 and the economic impact it is having on Senate District 18 and Texas. She gave great information for local businesses and families who are struggling with the...

Imagine this situation:  An officer knocks on your door, you answer it and he hands you a letter.  When you open it, the first thing that catches your attention is the statement:  You have been sued!  Would you know what to do in this situation? ...

Although the vast majority of Austin’s First Colonists were families (parent and child), at least 68 of the 300 names were single men arriving in partnerships that would allow them more land according to the Empresario’s contract. Originally the...

Austin County is about to lose one of its finest public servants.  Philip Shackelford will be leaving to pursue his career as an assistant professor and extension specialist for Texas A&M University.  Philip recently received his PhD from Texas...