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Somerville man charged with murder

Roy Sanders
Wednesday, June 3, 2026
A Fayette County Grand Jury has indicted a Somerville man on charges of murder and aggravated assault mass shooting in the April 26 shooting death of a Snook man at a Fayette County trail ride.
BARNEY HOMEYER STANDS in this tall corn at his farm off State Highway 21 East in Caldwell. It has been a good year for the corn crop.

BARNEY HOMEYER STANDS in this tall corn at his farm off State Highway 21 East in Caldwell. It has been a good year for the corn crop.

BARNEY HOMEYER STANDS

News Staff
Wednesday, June 3, 2026
BARNEY HOMEYER STANDS in this tall corn at his farm off State Highway 21 East in Caldwell. It has been a good year for the corn crop.
THIS FIRE RAGES Monday night off F.M. 1361 as Snook and Somerville firefighters respond. Pasture land and hay burned. Photo courtesy of Snook Volunteer Fire Department

THIS FIRE RAGES Monday night off F.M. 1361 as Snook and Somerville firefighters respond. Pasture land and hay burned. Photo courtesy of Snook Volunteer Fire Department

Fire burns pasture, hay off F.M. 1361

News Staff
Wednesday, June 3, 2026
A fire burned about 15 acres of a hay pasture, including six rolled bales and some recently cut hay not yet baled, late Monday, June 1, off F.M. 1361 along Davidson Creek.The cause of the fire is unknown, but it is believed to be accidental, according to the Snook Volunteer Fire Department.
THIS WILL BE TIM’S third time to participate in the Hoka Hey and Waylon’s first year to take part in the ride. Tribune photo by Sabine Lazo

THIS WILL BE TIM’S third time to participate in the Hoka Hey and Waylon’s first year to take part in the ride. Tribune photo by Sabine Lazo

The ride of a lifetime

Sabine Lazo
Wednesday, June 3, 2026
The Hoka Hey is legendary in the motorcycle community -- a test of endurance and skill that winds through 10,000 gruelling miles of North America.The ride traverses difficult terrain and weather of all extremes, with no hotels, no GPS and no easy way out.

Paxton wins big in area runoff vote

Denise Squier
Wednesday, June 3, 2026
There were several races featured in last Tuesday’s primary runoff election, but only 12.88% of the county’s 1,812 registered voters submitted ballots to determine who will run in the November general election.
LOCAL BUSINESS OWNER Dannille Knowlton hosted a bake sale benefiting Haven Animal Rescue of Texas (HART) on Saturday, May 23. Photo courtesy of Dannille Knowlton

LOCAL BUSINESS OWNER Dannille Knowlton hosted a bake sale benefiting Haven Animal Rescue of Texas (HART) on Saturday, May 23. Photo courtesy of Dannille Knowlton

A bake sale with HART

Sabine Lazo
Wednesday, May 27, 2026
Local baker Dannille Knowlton hosted a bake sale benefitting Haven Animal Rescue of Texas (HART) at the Caldwell Civic Center parking lot on Saturday, May 23.Knowlton said she heard of the organization’s fundraising need in building its new facility and wanted to do what she could to help out.

Man charged in assault case

News Staff
Wednesday, May 27, 2026
A 40-year-old Bastrop man was arrested on Thursday morning, May 21, on a felony assault charge in connection with an attack on a woman on County Road 342.

Man arrested on boating while intoxicated charge

News Staff
Wednesday, May 27, 2026
ACat Springs man was arrested on Friday, May 22, at Lake Somerville on a charge of boating while intoxicated with a child passenger.John Charles Rabius was charged with the state jail felony and is now free on $3,500 bond, according to the Burleson County Sheriff’s Office.
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