🌱 Burnet County’s weekly jail log includes one listed Elgin resident.
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- Burnet County’s weekly jail log includes one listed Elgin resident.
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📰 News we're reading
• Burnet County Jail logs April 24-30 (dailytrib.com) — Burnet County’s latest jail log includes a brief note that one person listed a residence in Elgin, alongside many others from surrounding Central Texas towns. The report outlines recent arrests, charges, and some release details, while emphasizing that all individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty. 
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What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- ***Update*** Bella is home.
Tired from her adventures and promises not to run off again! My husband and I are extremely grateful to all who helped reunite us with our old little… (Nextdoor Old McDade) - Has anyone lost their black dog?
(Large-medium lab?) It must have gotten scared from the storm and have ended up at our front porch crying. No collar (Nextdoor Elm Creek)
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