A federal jury found a private company running a Louisiana jail liable for the 2015 death of a man who died of head injuries ...

Carter Buck, the senior defensive lineman from Lake Travis, has been named the American-Statesman's player of the week for ...

Local restaurants serve up delicious Southern cuisine at prices that won’t drain your savings. The annual Minden Mardi Gras Parade provides free entertainment for the whole community. Bastrop offers ...

Local restaurants serve up delicious Southern cuisine at prices that won’t drain your bank account. The annual Minden Mardi Gras Parade provides free entertainment for the whole community. Bastrop ...

Besides being the filming location of a '90s film, this Texas town is bursting with character. Visit for a charming Main ...

The Bastrop City Council denied a request to rezone a lot for proposed multi-family housing near the corner of Chestnut and Pecan streets.

Bastrop City Council will consider a $949,216 construction contract with Bull-G Construction for a sanitary sewer pipe bursting project along Hwy. 71 during a special meeting on Nov. 4.

Development coming to Bastrop fueled by Elon Musk and the film industry has the Central Texas town’s political leaders ...

Bastrop voters could decide the fate of the Bastrop Economic Development Corp. in November 2026. During a joint Oct. 21 meeting between Bastrop City Council and the Bastrop EDC, officials discussed ...

Editor’s Note: A previous version of this story stated that additional testing of groundwater would occur in Lee County. We apologize for the error. BASTROP COUNTY ...

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library has arrived in Northeast Louisiana, with a kick-off event scheduled for Tuesday, November 4, at noon at the Morehouse ...