Judge Maya Guerra Gamble of the 459th Judicial District issued the ruling after a day-long hearing in the Steward family's wrongful death lawsuit. Her order took effect immediately, she said, even as attorneys work on final written language.
Guy "Bubba" Walters won the Precinct 4 commissioner race with 56.1% over Randy Murphy, a victory that carries particular weight
Jones led 5,904 to 3,262 — 64.4% to 35.6% — with 15 of 20 precincts reporting, a margin so consistent across absentee, early and election-day ballots that it amounted to a countywide mandate.
In Precinct 1, Brenda Hughes led Clay Lambert by seven votes — 616 to 609 — in a four-way race for an unexpired term that has defied prediction all night.
The commissioner races remained the most competitive contests of the night.
Cornyn led Paxton 44.42% to 38.66% in the Republican Senate primary, with former congressman Wesley Hunt a distant third at 13.2%. Neither front-runner cleared the 50% threshold required to avoid a May runoff.
Jones led 4,320 to 2,348 — a margin of nearly 30 percentage points — in unofficial early returns. No election-day precincts had reported as of the first release.
With early votes counted, Cornyn held 44.5% in the Republican primary, followed by Attorney General Ken Paxton at 37.3% and U.S. Rep. Wesley Hunt at 14.2%.
In a statement, county officials remembered Hastings as a key figure in the flood emergency response and its ongoing aftermath.
the foundation has assumed oversight of The Kerrville Urban Trail System, which had previously operated as a fund within the Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country. The trail system was established in 2018.
