Community rallies to help family of accident victim Anyone wishing to donate for funeral expenses for Nicole McNeil, a Somerville High School student killed in an April 15 traffic accident, may do so by contacting Phillips &LuckeyFuneralHome. Several area residents have already reached out to offer assistance as the community rallies around the family.

The Elizabeth Lutheran Church’s July 3rd annual celebration and fireworks display preparation is underway. This year the big event will be held on Wednesday, July 3rd, and all the committee members are already working on the details to deliver a great celebration this year.

Sales tax revenues showed a decrease for April 2024 from April 2023 for Burleson County in Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar’s latest monthly report. However, the cities of Caldwell, Somerville and Snook all showed increases.

The Post Oak Savannah Groundwater Conservation District’s board was to get a legal update on two groundwater drilling and operating permit applications by Sandow Lakes Ranch (SLR) at their Tuesday, April 23, meeting.

Burleson County sheriff’s deputies arrested a Bryan man on a first-degree felony drug charge on Wednesday, April 17, with the assistance of their drug search dog after a traffic stop on State Highway 21.

Someone burglarized a home early Saturday, April 20, in the 600 block of Magnolia Drive at Cade Lake and stole two Blue Tooth speakers, an I-Phone charger and some clothing. The owner discovered the burglary when he returned home early that morning and reported it to Burleson County sheriff’s deputies at 5:46 a.m., according to Chief Deputy Bill Rios.

A motion to suppress evidence was granted on Monday, April 15, prior to the trial of Jeffrey James Nail, 35, of Caldwell on a felony evading charge, leading to dismissal of the charges. District Judge Carson Campbell granted the motion by Nail’s attorney Michael Casaretto of Bryan, who argued that the traffic stop by a DPS trooper was not valid because he did not have probable cause.

A 29-year-old Lyons man remained in Burleson County custody on Tuesday on $15,000 in bonds on a felony forgery charge in connection with six checks cashed in late March totaling $6,200. Ryan Thomas Ramirez was charged with forgery of a financial instrument, $2,500-$30,000 and was arrested on April 3, according to the Burleson County Sheriff’s Office.

A Somerville woman was injured on Friday morning, April 19, in a car rollover accident on F.M. 60 and transported to a Bryan hospital.