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The Kerrville Parks and Recreation Department invites the community and visitors to its ribbon cutting ceremony celebrating the restoration of Guadalupe Park, 701 Guadalupe St, which has been closed since the July 2025 floods.  The ceremony will take place on Friday, July 17, at 12:00 p.m. Newly restored features at Guadalupe Park include a full-size basketball court with lighting, fencing, handrails, public art, four ADA-accessible tables, sidewalk connections, trash cans, […]

Kerr County Road and Bridge is urging drivers around the area this month to pay attention and watch out for crews busy mowing along county roadways.  "Our workers mow the county's right-of-way areas twice a year - in the summer and again in the fall - and it generally takes us about two months each time to get our coverage area finished.  We expect to be out working around the […]

A man was fatally shot by Kendall County deputies Wednesday after officials say he was firing a gun in a Boerne neighborhood.  The Boerne Police Department Communications Center received a 4:55 a.m. call from an individual in the Brent Tree subdivision.  The caller told authorities that a man wearing only underwear was standing in the roadway firing his weapon.  The caller reported that the man had fired some shots in […]

Two new cases of New World Screwworm have been confirmed in Crockett County by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.  The detections were confirmed on July 3 in domestic sheep, bringing the total number of cases of NW Screwworm to 31, according to the USDA confirmed detections map. The New World Screwworm is a flesh-eating parasite whose larvae feed on the living tissue of warm-blooded animals.  State officials are working to […]

A national motorcycle safety organization has announced its support behind proposed safety improvements to State Highway 46 West, a roadway authorities have said has become increasingly dangerous as traffic continues to grow.  The 12-mile stretch of SH 46 West between State Highway 16 in Bandera County and Interstate 10 in Boerne is traveled by thousands of drivers every day.  According to the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), 244 crashes were […]

As Kerr and its surrounding counties are approaching the one year anniversary of the July 4 flood disaster, the Southern Oaks Church, MHDD, the Emotional & Spiritual Needs working group of Kerr Together, and the Arcadia Live will be hosting "Faith and Fellowship," an evening of community healing and togetherness at Louise Hays Park in Kerrville.  The Friday, July 3 event will be held from 6-9:30 p.m. at Louise Hays […]

Nearly 73,000 Texas Education Freedom Accounts will receive initial funding Wednesday, marking the launch of what state officials are calling the nation's largest year-one school choice program.  Acting Texas Comptroller Kelly Hancock announced Tuesday that the initial funding for the accounts, known as TEFA, will serve families participating in the state's new school choice program. "As we launch the nation's largest year-one school choice program, our office is committed to […]

Kerrville Pets Alive! is hosting a remembrance ceremony to honor the animals lost to the flood, the people who loved them and the community that is still healing.  The event will be held Friday, July 3 at 7:30 p.m. at 2102 Memorial Blvd. and will feature music from Aaron LaCombe.  Leashed pets are welcome. According to a post from KPA!, on July 4, 2025 and the weeks and months that […]

There are numerous July 4th events and activities scheduled for this weekend, which include: ~The City of Fredericksburg's 250th anniversary Independence Day parade will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday, July 4, at the Gillespie County Courthouse, 101 W. Main St. ~The Rheingold Community Club will meet at noon on July 4 at the school, 334 Rheingold School Road. ~The Symphony of the Hills will be hosting a free concert, historic […]