APRIL 15 * NATURE WALK WITH Noah Lawrence, Cibolo Center for Conservation nature education director. The walk along the Cibolo Nature Center trails is 2:30-3 p.m.; meet on the Cibolo Nature Center back porch, 140 City Park Road. Details: 830-249-4616. * EDWARD JONES SEMINAR: Join Jason Grimes, senior regional consultant, and Rick Reyes, financial adviser, … Read more
The Kendall County Fair Association hosts the first of its “Summer Dance Series” beginning at 8 p.m. Saturday, April 18. 2026 in the New Hall. Live music by Rebel Roxie will set the stage and keep the dance floor busy until midnight. Admission is $10 per person with all ages welcome. Doors open at 7 … Read more
Bandera’s creative side has stretched all the way to Hondo, thanks to Ashleigh Thompson, a former Bandera resident and graduate of Bandera High School. Partnered with Susan Baker — an artist who shows her work at Boerne’s Carriage House Art Gallery — the two women moved to Hondo to open The Art Space 830. But … Read more
WACO — Geneva School of Boerne high school art students earned second place overall at the TAPPS 4A State Competition held in Waco recently. Students submitted artwork in several different categories and events and participated in an on-site drawing competition. There were 26 schools competing in the 4A category this year. Geneva art students earning … Read more
CAPITAL HIGHLIGHTS GHLIGHTS GARY BORDERS Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick warned last week the GOP risks losing its majority in the state House this November and urged party unity behind the winner of the May runoff between U.S. Sen. John Cornyn and Attorney General Ken Paxton. Without that unity, Patrick said state Rep. James Talarico, the … Read more
PEACE OF MIND LASCA ARNOLD PENDLEY ESTATE PLANNING LAWYER Receiving news that you need major surgery is never easy. If you have only a short time (weeks or days) to react, focusing on the essentials is key. Reviewing your estate plan is among those crucial to-do items. Make the best use of your time by … Read more
Boerne Champion maintained its grip on first place in the 26-5A baseball standings after a couple of wins late last week. The Chargers rallied past New Braunfels last Thursday and then defeated Veterans Memorial on Saturday at home to stand at 10-2 in 26-5A. Champion (24-3-1 overall) started the week ranked No. 7 in the … Read more
The Boerne Champion softball team recorded 5 hits against New Braunfels last Thursday but couldn’t score a run and fell to the Unicorns, 8-0. It was a game that was moved up a day to avoid the bad weather that was expected Friday night in the Boerne area. With the loss, the Chargers slipped to … Read more
Faltin House featured as part of ‘Old Places Matter’ COMFORT — Mary Jo Martin remembers Christmas in “The Big House,” the August F. Faltin House on Fourth Street. “The parlor … is where the Christmas tree was, behind all these doors,” Martin said. “On Christmas Day they’d tell the kids, ‘Don’t go in there or … Read more
46 18 years for crash that took out a father, mother, daughter A Bandera man has pleaded guilty to three counts of manslaughter in connection with a 2024 crash on Texas 46 that killed a family of three, Kendall County prosecutors said Friday. Carl Sidney Galm, 60, entered the plea April 10 in Judge Kirsten … Read more