2016

If you lamented missing the deadline to file an income tax return Friday, take a breath. You can still make file the return or file for an exemption Monday, April 18.

Due to an overlap of tax deadlines and Federal/State holidays, the IRS has announced some new due dates for the upcoming 2016 tax season.

Friday, April 15, was Emancipation Day, an official public holiday in the District of Columbia. It usually falls on April 16, but when April 16 is a Saturday – which it was in 2016 – then Emancipation Day moves to the previous day (Friday).

That means the Federal tax deadline was pushed to Monday, April 18. Therefore, most individuals have until Monday, April 18, 2016 to file their 2015 income tax return. This also affects the deadline for the first installment payment of estimated income tax. Visit www.IRS.gov for more information.

NOTE: The following results are for how BURNET COUNTY voters cast their ballots. They may or may not line up with state outcomes. For a graphic that shows how county and state results compared, see Friday's edition of The Highlander.

After all the polling locations closed Super Tuesday evening, March 1, and the votes were tallied, it became apparent that Burnet County voters mirrored the rest of Texas in favoring Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz over Donald J. Trump, 4,026 votes to 3,145.

In locally-contested races, there were many clear-cut winners, as well as several expected runoff situations (if the top candidates did not gather at least 50.1% or more of the votes for that position):

* Indicates anticipated runoffs.

Glynis Crawford Smith

Tickets will be available right up to Sunday for the Caring Aces Charity Dinner to be held 6-10 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 21, at On the Rocks Restaurant, 4401 Cottonwood Drive, in Cottonwood Shores. Guest speaker will be Bill Rives, outgoing executive director of the Marble Falls/Lake LBJ Chamber of Commerce and Tyler Smith will perform.