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The Elgin High School boys varsity basketball team split its 5A-District 23 games this past week as the Wildcats hosted Pflugerville High School and went on the road to take on Pflugerville Hendrickson High School.

BASTROP – The Cedar Creek High School boys varsity basketball team continued its push through 5A-District 23 play this past week as the Eagles picked up victories over Bastrop High School and Pflugerville High School.

BASTROP – The Bastrop High School girls varsity soccer team has now won seven straight matches following the Lady Bears’ wins this past week over Lockhart High School and Bryan Rudder High School.

SMITHVILLE – The Smithville High School girls varsity basketball team competed in 4A-District 22 play this past week as the Lady Tigers hosted Caldwell High School and rival La Grange High School.

BASTROP – The Bastrop High School girls varsity basketball team picked up its first 5A-District 23 victory of the season this past week as the Lady Bears hosted rival Cedar Creek High School and traveled to take on Georgetown High School.

The Bastrop Opera House swept the 2023 Broadway World Austin Awards, competing against worldclass lineups across Central Texas.

The events of the story of Naaman and Elisha recorded in 2 Kings 5:1-15 occurred in around 850 or 840 BC, over 2800 years ago. At that time, Israel was in conflict with Syria, located north and east of Israel. Just a few years before this story, the king of Israel had lost his own father to the Syrians, so there was bad blood between these two countries. Syria had raided Israel and even taken some Israelites into captivity.

At the Wedding at Cana (John 2:1-11), they had butchered the fattened calf and purchased the best wine they could for their many guests. But they had miscalculated. Mary says that they were running low on wine. And that’s a surefire way to ruin a party.

After a long history of relocation and upkeep, the city’s own original WWI cannon found its new resting place at the Elgin Depot Museum.

With a dedication to historic preservation and community outreach in its construction, and a place for everyone in the family, Millie’s on Main is open for business.

SMITHVILLE – Bastrop and Lee County will host their annual Hazardous Household Waste Clean Up event, Jan. 20, in Smithville.

After getting through a winter weather advisory and the coldest days of the season so far, according to the national weather service, sunny days are set to relieve the risk of icy roads, but temperatures will remain low.