Mark Meuth News Today

Bastrop County grew by more than 23,100 residents in 10 years, to a total of 95,822, representing a 31% hike in population, according to the Census.

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...