Local News

The Hill Country Community Needs Council received a $100,000 matching grant from the Dian Graves Owen Foundation, and its "Something from the Heart" campaign is now in effect.  Through Tuesday, March 31, every donation will be doubled to help support neighbors in need. Donations may be made online at www.needscouncil.org, in person at 1904 N. LLano St. or via mail at P.O. Box 73, Fredericksburg, TX 78624.  (Mailed donations postmarked […]

Fredericksburg Independent School District is offering tours of the Fredericksburg High School, located at 1107 Texas 16 South, on April 10-12. Community members can take part in the tours while listening to FISD staff members give presentations on the proposed $160 million bond, which was approved for a May election earlier this year. For more information, visit www.fisd.org.

A 21-year-old died in a head-on crash on State Highway 46 in Kendall County, according to Kendall County officials.  The crash happened around 4 p.m. Tuesday in the 300 block of State Highway 46 West, near Enchanted Spring Ranch. The Texas Department of Public Safety said a black Chevrolet Cruze was traveling westbound when, "for unknown reasons," it crossed over the center lines and collided head-on with a gray Ram […]

A San Antonio attorney has pleaded guilty in court, more than a year after she was accused of stealing over $540,000 from six children whose parents died in a murder-suicide.  Karen Hogan entered the plea during a Friday hearing inside a Kendall County district court. Hogan, who is scheduled to be sentenced in June, pleaded guilty to misapplication by a fiduciary of more than $300,000 and exploitation of a disabled […]

The League of Women Voters of the Hill Country scheduled a meeting on Saturday, March 28 in the Fest Room at Marktplatz located at 100 West Main Street in Fredericksburg.  League meetings are open to the public: visitors are welcome and there is no charge to attend.  A social time for members and visitors to get acquainted begins at 9:30 am with light refreshments.  The business meeting and the program […]

The Ingram Little League celebrated its new park opening on Saturday after the baseball fields were destroyed during the July 4 floods.  According to Tate DeMasco, athletic director at Ingram High School, the return of Ingram Little League symbolizes the big wins coming to Kerr County.  "Houses are starting to be finished, people are starting to move back in and they're getting back to a sense of normalcy." The project […]

Kerr County has confirmed that it has recorded the first positive case of rabies for 2026.  Kerr County Animal Control Director Reagan Givens said his office was contacted on Sunday, March 15, regarding a raccoon that had come into contact with a family's dog at their residence in the 500 Block of East Lane in Kerrville. The dog that was bitten by the rabid raccoon had been previously vaccinated against […]

A 45-year-old woman was arrested after deputies found four Barrett.50 caliber rifles inside her vehicle during a traffic stop, according to the sheriff's office.  Several agencies, including deputies from Kerr and Kendall counties, conducted the traffic stop on March 14 on Interstate 10 heading west. According to the Kerr County Sheriff's Office, a woman identified as Sunshine Puentes-Rivas, of Mexico, provided deputies with inconsistent information about her travel itinerary during […]