Snakebite victim opens up about rattlesnake attack PUBLISHED 5:28 AM CT May. 12, 2021 PUBLISHED 5:28 AM CDT May. 12, 2021
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BASTROP COUNTY, Texas As we get deeper into springtime many Texans are tempted to cozy up in a field of bluebonnets for selfies, while others may decide to roll up their sleeves and get some yard work done. However, those spaces can sometimes be home to dangerous, but natural, neighbors.
Dave Gramling knows a thing or two about that. He was bitten by a rattlesnake while working on a neighbor’s yard.
“I grabbed the weed, and it was up by the stock of the plant, and next thing I know, boom. I got bit,” he said.
After unofficial election results showed Jimmy Crouch narrowly defeating Cheryl Lee for the open Place 4 Bastrop City Council seat by just four votes, an official recount in the election will occur Monday.
According to results released by the Bastrop County elections office on May 1, Crouch received 616 votes, or 50.2% of the vote, compared to Lee s 612 votes, or 49.8%.
A statement released by the city on Friday said the city received a petition on Thursday requesting a recount of the votes in the Place 4 election.
The statement said a recount, a process of verifying the number of votes in an election, was requested by Lee.
The Austin metropolitan area continued to see widespread growth during the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, but growth in Travis County might be slowing, according to the latest estimates from the Census Bureau.
The Austin area continues to be one of the fastest-growing in the nation, ranking fourth in total population growth and No. 1 in rate of growth among metropolitan areas with more than 1 million people. We added more people than the San Antonio metro, said city of Austin demographer Lila Valencia. It s a large number and we re growing fast.
The counts for cities and counties from the 2020 census are not expected to be released until September. This week s estimates are the Census Bureau s annual estimates for counties and metropolitan areas.