Bastrop County fire serves as warning to growing fire threat
Bastrop County ESD 2 Fire Chief Josh Gill said investigators determined the wildfire started with the burning of a brush pile that got out of control.
Two Bastrop ISD schools closed due to pipeline break
Bastrop Independent School District says that classes at Cedar Creek High School and Bluebonnet Elementary School have been canceled due to a pipeline break.
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals stays Rodney Reed's execution
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has issued a stay in the execution of Rodney Reed.
Texas parole board recommends delaying execution of Rodney Reed
The parole board on Friday unanimously recommended a 120-day reprieve for Rodney Reed.
A week from execution, Rodney Reed’s supporters gather in Bastrop
On Tuesday, a hearing that Rodney Reed's attorneys would use to try to void his execution was postponed, but it didn't stop a rally outside the Bastrop County District Attorney’s office Wednesday.
Bastrop County Sheriff's Office searching for missing teen
Jennifer Lopez Flores, 17, was last seen in the Red Rock area on October 12. BCSO says her whereabouts are currently unknown but she may be in the Austin area.
FCI Bastrop employees still have to work despite government shutdown
Friday is payday or at least it should be for more than 800,000 federal workers.
Burned body found on side of road in Cedar Creek
A body was found burned on the side of the road in Cedar Creek on Thursday, Jan. 18, according to the Bastrop County Sheriff's Office.
Bastrop ISD
A Bastrop ISD parent reached out for help after she says the district disregarded a bullying attack on her 10-year-old son.
Bastrop County homeowner moving after latest fire
The Royal Pines fire in Bastrop County is now 100 percent contained. For a couple of hours Saturday night, the blaze was dangerously close to about 30 homes.
Brush fire in Bastrop
Firefighters are battling a brush fire in Bastrop. FOX 7's Tania Ortega has the story.
Biloxi bus crash
A charter bus originating from Austin, Texas was hit by a freight train in Biloxi, Mississippi on Tuesday. At least four people are dead.
Drug war on Bastrop and Travis County line
It's a big problem on the Bastrop and Travis County line as a drug war is leading to murders, burglaries and assaults.
Bastrop PD warns of computer scam
The Bastrop Police Department says it has received several reports of people getting calls that there are problems with their computers.
Artwork in Bastrop vandalized
The artwork here in front of me and behind me is part of the first major effort to put up sculpture in the old town district.
Artwork in Old Town district
The artwork here in front of me and behind me is part of the first major effort to put up sculpture in the Old Town district.These here at the library have not been damaged but just across the road...
Governor Abbott weighs in on Rodney Reed stay of execution
Texas' top criminal appeals court put a hold on the execution of death row inmate Rodney Reed Monday. He was found guilty of killing 19-year-old Stacey Stites nearly 20 years ago in Bastrop County....
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals stays execution of Rodney Reed
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has stayed the execution of death row inmate Rodney Reed in response a motion filed by his lawyer earlier this month. Reed was convicted in 1998 of Stacey Stit...
Attorneys introduce new evidence in Rodney Reed case
With only 3 weeks until he is set to die, attorneys for convicted murderer Rodney Reed are trying to spare his life one last time.