Bastrop

Bastrop County Sheriff's Office searching for missing teen

October 17, 2019 5:15pm CDT

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

January 11, 2019 9:36pm CST

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

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Burned body found on side of road in Cedar Creek

January 23, 2018 9:00pm CST

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.?

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Bastrop ISD

December 20, 2017 10:19pm CST

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

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Bastrop County homeowner moving after latest fire

August 21, 2017 9:00pm CDT

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.

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Brush fire in Bastrop

July 18, 2017 5:00am CDT

Firefighters are battling a brush fire in Bastrop. FOX 7's Tania Ortega has the story.

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Biloxi bus crash

March 7, 2017 10:00pm CST

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

February 6, 2017 2:05pm CST

It's a big problem on the Bastrop and Travis County line as a drug war is leading to murders, burglaries and assaults.

Bastrop County residents fire off questions on Jade Helm 15

April 27, 2015 4:35pm CDT

More than 150 people packed into the Bastrop County Commissioner's Court Monday to hear details about Jade Helm 15.

Bastrop PD warns of computer scam

April 8, 2015 10:08am CDT

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

April 2, 2015 4:34pm CDT

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.

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

February 24, 2015 5:17pm CST

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

February 23, 2015 5:21pm CST

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...