Austin County News

Getting screened on a regular basis is the best way for women to lower their chances of dying from breast and cervical cancer.    Lora McCarthy, breast cancer survivor giving a testimonial When breast cancer is detected early, in the localized...

Commissioners met on Tuesday October 21, 2014 in a special meeting at the Austin County Jail.  The only item on the agenda was, once again, to discuss the lack of jailers at the jail.  “With the current lack of jailers we need to look at sending...

Austin County Judge Carolyn Bilski's office, today, released information concerning Ebola and what the Austin County Community needs to know about the virus: Your Community:  Ebola – What You Need to Know Quick Take-Aways The likelihood of an Ebola...

We put the names in a hat and pulled out this weeks winners!!! Jeannie Mcdonald & Laura Vargas These lucky people have won 2 tickets for the All Hallows Eve Weekend of the Texas Renaissance Festival for Sunday October 26, 2014. We’ve emailed them...

Shopping local has great benefits to a community.  We all know this is true but this year the citizens of Austin County are reaping the benefits of shopping local.  “This year we were able to not have to raise the tax rate in Austin County due to...

We put the names in a hat and pulled out this weeks winners!!! Vicki Hensley & Brenda Holdson These lucky people have won 2 tickets for the 1001 Dreams Weekend of the Texas Renaissance Festival for Sunday October 19, 2014. We’ve emailed them to...

We put the names in a hat and pulled out our first weeks winners!!! James Clark Kim Flint Erica Holliday Becky Funk Kimberly Johnson These lucky people have won 2 tickets to to the opening weekend of the Texas Renaissance Festival for the weekend of...

The Austin County Republican Party held a ribbon cutting ceremony for its new headquarter site in Bellville, TX. The headquarters will be located at 10 West Main St.  “We will be trying to give out information to the citizens of Austin County,”...

There was a 2 car accident on Highway 1456 (just after Sanders Estates before the Piney Creek Bridge) this morning due to wet road conditions.  Four people were injured; one with a leg injury and one with a shoulder injury.  The other 2 individuals...

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Hear ye! Hear ye! All citizens of Austin County have been asked to participate in a big giveaway.  Austin County News Online is holding a drawing for tickets to the Texas Renaissance Festival.  The festival is known for its food, goods and all around...

Watch out Austin County, mosquitoes infected with the West Nile Virus were found in our neighboring county of Fort Bend, Sugar Land to be exact reports the Houston Chronicle.  This does not mean that we need to issue a countywide alert, in fact 70 –...

Standing room only was the sight Thursday night at the Austin County Republican Party meeting to hear Daniel Agranov speak on foreign affairs in Israel.  Agranov serves as Deputy Consul General of Israel to the Southwest United States which is...

Ron Dille, Director of Austin County Emergency Services was on hand at Austin County Commissioner’s Court earlier in August to answer questions about budget concerns.  The budget concerns were not made in a formal setting.  The questions about the...

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Water is a huge issue in our state at the current time, and has been since our state was founded.    Questions have arisen about the future availability of water and will we have enough to continue our growth in the state.  However, there are other...

Commissioner’s Court heard from The Brazos River Authority (BRA).  Kathy Dominguez addressed the group on the future of the Allen’s Creek Reservoir project. Allen’s Creek Reservoir is a planned water storage lake permitted for construction on Allen’s...

BRENHAM, TX—This morning State Representative Lois Kolkhorst (R-Brenham) launched her campaign for Texas Senate District 18. Surrounded by family, Kolkhorst welcomed a large crowd of supporters, some travelling as far as two hours to be part of the...

Well, the long wait is over, the votes have been counted and the voters from each county have been authenticated and the The Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) announced Texas beef producers have voted to establish a state-level Beef Checkoff...

There’s a new insect that has emerged on to the scene this summer that is causing a great deal of concern for folks that have Live Oak Trees, it is the Yellow Necked Caterpillar (Dantana ministra).  These little devils are showing up mainly on Live...

Net Neutrality; a word that many of us don’t really care about and far fewer understand.  The Internet has become so much a part of the lives of most Americans that it is easy to imagine that it will always remain the free and open medium it is now...