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By Glynis Crawford Smith

The Highlander

National Night Out (NNO) will be celebrated in Marble Falls and Granite Shoals on Tuesday, Oct. 3.

The annual community-building campaign promotes police-community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie to make neighborhoods safer, more caring places to live.

Locally that national goal is taken up a notch with other first responders taking part in the night of family fun.

The Marble Falls Police Department (MFPD) will conduct their event from 5-7 p.m. on the 200 block of Main Street where the police station is located.

Vendors and sidewalk sales will be found on the street, but also free food, music, bounce houses for kids and more. It is a chance families and neighbors to visit with first responders in a casual setting.

By Glynis Crawford Smith

The Highlander

Before the city council meeting Tuesday, Sept. 5, one of the new patrol vehicles that had arrived at the Marble Falls Police Department (MFPD) was capturing the attention of those arriving.

The City of Marble Falls Police Department has taken delivery of four new Ford Explorer Police Interceptors.

The Interceptors, the law enforcement model of an Explorer, replaced older Ford Crown Victoria Interceptor sedans that had logged more than 100,000 miles each. They were purchased through the Houston-Galveston Area Council of Governments (HGAC) buy board at a substantial discount.

The receptionist at Texas Oncology was not seriously injured but surely must have been surprised this morning, May 4, when a red Lincoln MKZ arrived at the office through the front window.

A motorist parking in front of the office at 1100 Mission Hills Drive apparently applied the gas instead of the brakes, according to Marble Falls Police Officer Justin Boucher at the scene. The driver was not injured and his passenger had only minor cuts.

The receptionist was treated for "non-life-threatening" injuries on the scene by the Marble Falls Area Emergency Medical Service. The Marble Falls Fire Department was on the scene and a city building inspector was called to assess the structural damage.