Community Network News Round Rock (www.cun.news) is creating a “Tornado Recovery” page that includes a list of local businesses and service providers on our eNews site. This list will include local trades such as electricians, plumbers, roofers, fencing companies, HVAC companies, cleaning companies, etc. Our primary focus is to create a list of Round Rock…
April 1, 2022 (Williamson County, Texas) – The Williamson County Commissioners Court has extended an Order Declaring a Local State of Disaster for Williamson County. The Order prohibits outdoor burning in all of the unincorporated areas of Williamson County and smoking in and/or on Williamson County parks, preserves and trails due to dry vegetation, wind…
April 1, 2022 (Williamson County, Texas) – Williamson County has concluded preliminary damage assessments of structures affected by the March 21 tornadoes. Approximately 430 structures were affected in Williamson County’s unincorporated areas and cities outside the city limits of Round Rock. This number is continually updated, and property owners are encouraged to report their damage…
DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS FROM THE CENTRAL TEXAS TORNADOES REVEAL A HUGE NEED FOR RESOURCES TO HELP SURVIVORS REBUILD Austin, Texas, March 31, 2022 – The Austin Disaster Relief Network (ADRN) estimates that residents impacted by the Central Texas Tornadoes will need at least $2,000,000 in financial support to rebuild and recover from the devastating storms. ADRN Volunteers…
The City of Round Rock, with the help of solid waste provider Central Texas Refuse (CTR), has removed over 100 loads of storm debris from neighborhoods impacted by the March 21 tornado. The City and CTR are removing roll-off dumpsters from the neighborhoods and will conduct storm debris pickups using rear-load trash trucks in affected…
The tornado that occurred on Monday, March 21 caused more than an estimated $32 million in damage to 680 residential structures in Round Rock, according to preliminary assessments. The assessments were provided by City officials and members of the Building Officials Association of Texas (BOAT), which sent trained and certified personnel to perform damage assessment…
Round Rock Cares has been activated in an effort to raise funds for those impacted by the Monday, March 21 tornado in Round Rock. Round Rock Mayor Craig Morgan and Greater Round Rock Community Foundation Chair Nyle Maxwell announced the initiative Friday, March 25, to assist Round Rock citizens directly affected by the severe weather event. Over $260,000 has already been committed…
This afternoon Round Rock Police Department responded to a fight among teenager at the Clay Madsen Sports Facility shortly after 3:00 P.M. All subjects involved in the fight were detained. The investigation into the cause of the fight is ongoing. There was no threat to the general public. Police left the area by 4:00 P.M.
WASHINGTON, March 4, 2022 – Boyd Specialties, LLC, a Colton, Calif. establishment, is recalling approximately 1,634 pounds of ready-to-eat (RTE) jerky products that may be adulterated with Listeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The multiple jerky products were produced on February 23, 2022. The products subject to the…
Stall Jewelers has completed the repairs to their store after a vehicle drove through their front door and ended up in their showroom in late September. The Jewelers are happy to be back in business and back to their normal business hours. Owned by Norma and Eric Stall, Stall Jewelers has been in business since…
