Burnet Bulletin

By James Walker Highland Lakes Newspapers Burnet County commissioners Tuesday voted to institute a burn ban for unincorporated areas of the county, effective immediately. Herb Darling, the county’s director of environmental services, recommended the burn ban, telling the commissioners the Keetch-Byram Drought Index for the county was at 603 Tuesday and had reached a high [...]

By James Walker Highland Lakes Newspapers Building a new million gallon concrete water tank proved to be too expensive, so Burnet City Council members Thursday opted instead to go with refurbishing the old metal tank already on site at the city’s Inks Lake facility. Because a concrete tank would have a lifespan that would be [...]

By James Walker Highland Lakes Newspapers Three of four suspects in the burglaries of approximately 30 vehicles in the overnight hours of Saturday, Aug. 21 and Sunday, Aug. 22 in the Delaware Springs area have been arrested, according to a news release the city issued Wednesday. Burnet High School students Colin Ocel and Peyton Lawrie, [...]

  By James Walker Highland Lakes Newspapers A notorious former Burnet PTO president and business owner has finally run out of excuses, legal maneuvers and time. District Judge Gil Jones last week revoked Kelly Fry’s probation for theft of thousands of dollars from the Burnet Elementary School Parent Teacher Organization. Fry, who is in the [...]