Category Archives: Lake Travis

S & S Nails recovering from crash

Danny Nguyen and his mother Jackline have reopened their S & S Nails & Spa after extensive repairs from a car crashing through the front window in late April. A staffer gives Nguyen a manicure last week, his first ever.

By LYNETTE HAALAND, Four Points News

S & S Nails & Spa has now reopened after a car crashed into its front window two months ago.

“It has been tragic,” said Danny Nguyen, who owns the salon with his mother Jackline.

On April 24, a car drove through the front window of S & S Nails, which is located at 7900 RM 620 N. near Home Depot.

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Travis Co. Sheriff’s & DPS recap 5-vehicle 620 accident

Ryan McKittrick, Texas Highway Patrol sergeant, recapped the May 16 accident at the Steiner Ranch Neighborhood Association meeting on June 18. Usually an accident is cleared in a couple of hours but this one lasted 8 hours because it was so complex.

SRNA hosts officials

By LYNETTE HAALAND, Four Points News

Officers from Travis County Sheriff’s Office and Texas Department of Public Safety were at last week’s Steiner Ranch Neighborhood Association meeting to explain how they handled the five-vehicle accident on May 16 that affected thousands of local residents over 8 hours.

Law enforcement officials said that this was one of the biggest accidents that the county has ever had.

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Vandegrift graduation 2018

Some 550 Vandegrift graduates received their high school diploma on June 8 at the H-E-B Center at Cedar Park. Eight members of the VHS class of 2018 graduated early in January:

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Fathers build with kindergartners

Earlier this month, kindergartners at Laura W. Bush Elementary worked with their dads to build and paint airplanes. Home Depot experts came out to help at the event for the third year.

“Our kindergartners had a fun day building with their dads on June 5,” said Mindy Hostick, LWBE kinder teacher.

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