O nce a quaint spot in the Lost Pines region of Central Texas, Bastrop has transformed in recent years from a sleepy stop off ...

Investigators have identified Emory Earl McVay as the suspect in several Bastrop County rape cases between 1997 and 2005.

Texas DPS says DNA and genealogy testing identified Emory Earl McVay as the suspect in three Bastrop County sexual assaults ...

Texas investigators identified a Bastrop County serial rapist through DNA testing, solving assaults from 1997 to 2005 after ...

Recent development news in Bastrop County includes an expansion of the SpaceX facility and a new solar farm being built across 900 acres. Read about these projects and more below.

Texas DPS identifies deceased Emory Earl McVay as suspect in historical Bastrop County sexual assaults using DNA testing.

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AUSTIN, Texas — A 400-acre wildfire in Bastrop County that started on Sunday has now been fully contained. Many people were forced to leave their homes after the Hudson Fire started around noon on ...

BASTROP COUNTY, Texas - A boy and a man were killed after a major crash involving a Hays CISD school bus, a concrete truck and another vehicle in Bastrop County on Friday, March 22. According to ...

The city of Austin is starting a three-year study to see whether it is safe to store water it in the Carrizo-Wilcox Aquifer in Bastrop County.

The Mayor Pro Tem of Bastrop, John Kirkland, is opposed to Austin Water’s Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) project, which would pump treated surface water into the Carrizo-Wilcox Aquifer ...