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The Bastrop County Commissioners Court on Monday approved a new location to house a pair of Confederate monuments that sit on the courthouses grounds after a months-long process to find the obelisk and headstone a new home. The Commissioners Court approved the relocation by a 3-2 vote, with commissioners Donna Snowden and Mark Meuth dissenting. The monuments — an obelisk erected in 1910 by a local chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy and a granite headstone erected in 1964 b...

The latest fundraising endeavor from the Bastrop County Monument Relocation Committee to generate the money needed to remove and relocate a pair of Confederate monuments on the grounds of the Bastrop County Courthouse will feature one of country music’s biggest acts. The 13-time Grammy-winning Texas band The Chicks will be one of several local and national music acts performing during a live-streamed, virtual concert to raise funds to support the committee’s efforts. The online concert, kno...

The months-long process to remove and relocate two Confederate monuments from the Bastrop County Courthouse lawn reached a milestone Monday when representatives from the group tasked with finding a new home for the statues recommended several options to commissioners.   Sharah Johnson and Cheryl Lee, co-chairs of the county’s Monument Relocation Committee, also updated the Commissioners Court on the groups fundraising efforts and bids it received from contractors to remove and relocate th...