More than 6,000 Austin County voters cast votes Tuesday, March 5 in the Primary Election with numbers being released by the Austin County tax office Tuesday evening. For the unexpired term for Austin County Clerk, Diane Day has won the Republican primary as she received 3,221 votes to Andrea Cardenas 1,701 votes.

An Austin County jury deliberated for less than two hours before sentencing a habitual felon to life in prison March 7. The jury found Darryl Glenn Phillips, 62, guilty of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in District Judge Jeff Steinhauser’s courtroom.