State and local officials were battling a wildfire Monday afternoon in Bastrop County as the region experiences elevated fire ...

A Central Texas fire department is mourning after a former member was identified as one of the bodies found in the wreckage ...

BASTROP COUNTY, Texas — As historic wildfires torch California, people in Bastrop are still recovering from a fire that made history there. It was the most destructive fire in Texas, killing two ...

Fire departments will be sent to the scene to contain and extinguish the fire. A peace officer will be sent to the scene to investigate the nature of the fire. A fine of up to $500 is punishable if an ...

Dana Diamond, a longtime Central Texas resident, was identified as one of the crew members who died in the UPS Flight 2976 ...

The Elgin Courier - serves Elgin, Texas, and wider Bastrop County. Founded by Miles Hill, the paper has been published weekly ...

Linda Jean Martin, one of the volunteers with Mennonite Disaster Service working on Lisa Nolan’s new home, the construction of which was coordinated by the Bastrop County Long Term Recovery Team. She ...

A Texas man from Burleson County has been identified as one of the deceased flight crew members aboard the UPS plane that crashed earlier this week in Kentucky, according to the parcel service company ...