Round Rock ISD trustees approved an academic calendar last week for the district’s 2017-18 school year, which includes several changes from calendars in years past. Classes will begin Tuesday, Aug. 22, following the third Monday of…continue reading
After unsuccessfully proposing more than 3o amendments to Senate Bill 4, an anti-sanctuary city bill, state Senate Democrats are making another attempt at adjusting the proposed legislation. Following the long but rather easy passage of…continue reading
Round Rock’s youth get an exciting week of real police work during the 2017 Junior Police Academy (JPA). The camp strengthens connections between law enforcement and local youth giving them a chance to see what…continue reading
A community forum will take place for Pflugerville ISD today. The PfISD board of trustees is seeking feedback as to the qualities and characteristics community members would like to see in their new superintendent. The…continue reading
Officials from the city of Hutto are hoping residents and business owners will take a few minutes to fill out a survey. The survey addresses the future land-use map, which is being updated during the…continue reading
Austin Community College will break ground Tuesday on a Round Rock Campus expansion that will feature new and advanced education and training facilities. The 10 a.m. groundbreaking event is free and open to the public.…continue reading
The preliminary results for the Texas Education Agency’s new A-F accountability rating system that were published Jan. 6 have some school districts across the state up in arms, especially the portion of the ratings that…continue reading
When lighting struck a house in the Savanna Ranch subdivision in Leander last summer, the city’s fire department was not the only emergency division to arrive at the scene of a house engulfed in flames.…continue reading
When cold winters drove the Fox family from Nebraska, they headed to Central Texas in 2011. But there was one thing the Foxes missed most about Nebraska: Eileen’s Colossal Cookies. By 2013, Sunnie Fox was…continue reading
The first of several public meetings took place Tuesday to inform Hutto residents about proposed changes to the city’s future land use map. The map is a tool to guide developers, city officials and staff…continue reading