Williamson County, Texas

On Friday, January 15 and Sunday, January 17, 2021, the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Virtual Mental Health Task Force of Williamson County is offering a FREE virtual mental health conference for professionals and community members.

Friday, January 15 will be targeted towards mental health professionals such as LMFTs, LPCs, LCSWs, and LMSWs.

Four free CEUs will be offered with sessions including topics such as Moral Injury and Compassion Fatigue, Healthy Stress and Coping Mechanisms/Emotional Eating, Mental Illness, Suicide Prevention, How to Ask the Hard Questions, and Isolation and Substance Abuse.

Sunday, January 17 will be for any and all community members. Participants can pick and choose from topics such as Suicide Prevention and mental Illness for Youth and Adults, Utilizing Aunt Bertha, Isolation and Substance Abuse, with breaks featuring yoga, healthy food demonstrations, and much more!

The swearing-in ceremony for Commissioner Cook and other Wilco elected officials will be held Friday, Jan. 1, 2021, starting at 11 a.m. To view it virtually and live, please go to Facebook on the account @wilcogov  (https://www.facebook.com/wilcogov)

If you wish to watch the ceremony in person, it will be held outside the Williamson County Historic Courthouse, 710 S. Main Street, Georgetown, Texas, on the Main Street side.

In case of inclement weather, private ceremonies with just the elected officials will be conducted inside the courthouse with social distancing protocols in place, so you can watch the ceremony live on Williamson County’s Facebook account.

A brief Commissioners Court meeting pertaining to the elected officials' offices and staff will be held following the ceremony.

Please click on Read More below for the complete list of the elected officials being sworn in and their offices. 

Drivers between Georgetown and Round Rock can take a new road home this evening. The extension of North Mays from Paloma Drive to Oakmont Drive officially opens at 5 p.m. Wednesday, December 16. Officials from Williamson County and the City of Round Rock held a virtual ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the completion of the project that has been under construction for two years.   

“I am so happy to see this major alternative to being trapped on I-35 going to or from Georgetown is now available, and you can zip between Round Rock and Westinghouse Road in great time,” said Williamson County Precinct 1 Commissioner Terry Cook.  

Part of the improvements that were completed include an approximately 1,200-foot long bridge and the addition of two lanes of a four-lane divided roadway. This extension, which is less than one-mile in length, will now provide better connectivity between Old Settlers Boulevard and University Boulevard, as well as an alternative route to the Interstate 35 frontage roads.  

Adopt a Family applications are available now and will be accepted through November 24. 

Please see the FAQs found when you click on https://www.wilco.org/brownsanta to learn more about how Adopt a Family works.

Complete details and options on how to donate are also available at https://www.wilco.org/brownsanta

OR you also can call 512-943-1300 OR email [email protected]

Click below to apply for assistance:

Haga click aquí para aplicar para asistencia:

http://forms.wilco.org/Forms/SantaApp