Burton High School has named the leading graduates of the Class of 2025. Valedictorian honors are going to Vivian Leigh Layman, who accrued a grade point average of 4.2542. Vivian is the daughter of ...

The Burton Bridge Ministry’s new bus service is running free routes for Election Day this Saturday. The ministry is running two routes and is signing up riders for either the morning or afternoon ...

St. Paul Lutheran Church of Phillipsburg is getting ready for its annual fish fry this Saturday. Plates of fried fish, coleslaw, potato salad and hushpuppies will be served from 5 to 7 p.m. at the ...

The Brenham Fire Department responded to two calls on Monday.

Washington County Commissioners decided to hold off today (Tuesday) on hiring a firm to recruit for a new head of the county’s emergency dispatch department. Commissioners moved to table a proposal ...

While on scene, officers were notified that an involved party, identified as 67-year-old Bobbie Simmons of Brenham, showed to have an active, out-of-county warrant. Jail records indicate Simmons’ ...

The free concert will be held at 7 p.m. at First Baptist Church, 2715 South Market St. in Brenham. Choirs will perform psalms from the Renaissance, Baroque, Classic, and spiritual/Gospel traditions, ...

Early voting heads into its final day today (Tuesday) before the elections this Saturday. According to Washington County Elections Administrator Carol Jackson, Monday brought in 459 people, surpassing ...

The routine consent agenda includes the second vote on revisions to city code for new restrictions on smoke and vape shops, as well as a yearly item with TxDOT relating to street closures along state ...

A merger agreement was announced on Friday between Cadence Bank and Industry Bancshares, which is also the holding company for Industry State Bank, First National Bank of Bellville, Fayetteville Bank, ...

Three people were arrested by the Washington County Sheriff’s Office between Friday and Sunday. Just before 9:30 a.m. Friday, Corporal Vasquez attempted to conduct a traffic stop in the 5500 block of ...

Burton drew thousands of visitors on Saturday for the 36 th Annual Cotton Gin Festival. Burton Cotton Gin Museum Director Steph Jarvis says their clicker count estimates that over 4,000 people came ...