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Taxes · ElginCLARIFICATION: Due to an unforseen production error, the word "NO" was deleted from a full page Elgin Independent School District Bond 2024 ad on page 8 of the April 17, 2024, edition of the Elgin Courier. The correct wording is "Bond 2024 can be funded with No Tax Rate Increase" NewsSee the Story
No tax increase for bond
Elgin, Texas · ElginNiko Demetriouniko.demetriou@elgincourier.com
BASTROP — The driver of the cement pumper that claimed the lives of a child and a University of Texas student contradicted himself when recounting the March 22 incident, according to a report by the Caldwell County Sheriff’s Office. In an affidavit obtained by the Elgin Courier, several reports accounted by Texas Department of Safety troopers, Sheriff’s Office deputies and Bastrop County Police offic…See the Story
Cement truck driver claims he fell asleep behind the wheel
Elgin, Texas · ElginBASTROP — The cement-truck driver charged in a collision with a Hays Consolidated Independent School District bus in an accident that killed a child and a motorist did not have a background check completed before operating the heavy pumper.Court records obtained by the Courier reveal that Jerry Hernandez, 43, has a history of being accused of violence and illicit drug use.Hernandez, who drove a concrete pump truck for FJM Concrete Pumping LLC of…See the Story
Past warrants and drug use revealed for driver of cement pumper
Elgin, Texas · ElginSTAFF REPORTSDriver had three previous positive drug tests
Jerry Hernandez BASTROP — The driver of the cement truck that collided with a Hays Consolidated Independent School District bus did not have a background check before driving the truck. According to a report by KVUE, Jerry Hernandez, 42, had three previous positive drug tests in 2020, 2022 and 2023. In December of 2022, Hernandez allegedly tested positive for marijuana. He then tested …See the Story
Incomplete background check on cement truck driver
Elgin, Texas · ElginBASTROP — The Bastrop High School varsity baseball team ended play last week on a solid note Thursday, March 28 as the Bears won 5-2 at home over Georgetown East View High School.Following a close 3-1 loss March 26 on the road at East View, the Bears took care of business to split the series with the Patriots.After East View took an early 1-0 lead, Bastrop’s offense struck in the bottom of the first inning as an RBI groundout by John Dawson scor…See the Story
Bears knock off East View
Elgin, Texas · ElginSTAFF REPORTS
BASTROP – Bastrop Police Department Officers were dispatched to the area of Fisherman’s Park March 24, answering reports of an unresponsive adult male in the water. Upon initial investigation, officers on site discovered that the individual’s son was struggling in the water when he jumped in to assist him, according to Chief of Police Vicky Steffanic. “The son was rescued, however, the adult male was later declared deceased,” said …See the Story
Father rescues drowning son, later declared deceased
Elgin, Texas · ElginSTAFF REPORTS
Sheriff’s deputies investigating of former publisher death ELGIN — Investigators are probing the deaths of the former publisher of the Elgin Courier and her husband, according to the Bastrop County Sheriff's Office. The bodies of Beverly, 81, and Kenneth Daughtry, 83, were found last week. The couple lived in Cedar Hills in Elgin. “We’re all sad and a little confused with it being both of them,” said Heather Marie-Ott, the Daughtr…See the Story