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Cheriss May/NurPhoto via Getty Images Stacey Abrams, the woman credited with helping Joe Biden win the Presidential election by boosting the voting turnout in Georgia, will have her latest novel turned into a TV series. According to Deadline, NBCU's Working Title Television has acquired the rights to Abrams' legal thriller While Justice Sleeps. The book follows Avery Keene, a brilliant young law clerk who is given legal guardianship and power […]

Two Concho County Sheriff's deputies were killed in a shooting Monday night after a short car chase. According to Conchovalleyhomepage.com, the deputies were shot and killed after the shooter led officers on a short chase and then barricaded himself in a building. That led to a standoff resulting in the deadly gunshots that killed the two deputies and injuring a third person. Jeffrey Nicholas, 28, has been arrested and booked […]

Kerr County is seeking volunteers for its Community Emergency Response Team (CERT), which is designed to prepare volunteer citizens to respond to their community's immediate needs in the aftermath of a disaster when emergency services are not yet at hand. According to Kerr County Emergency Management Coordinator Dub Thomas, "Our CERT folks are invaluable to all of us, because they are the 'first boot's on the ground helping our fellow […]

As Kerr County saw its number of active COVID-19 cases in the county increase slightly from the week before, a mass vaccine clinic will be offered this Thursday, May 13, in an effort to curb the future spread of the novel coronavirus. Peterson Health will administer the one-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine, according to Kerr County Emergency Management Coordinator Dub Thomas. Anyone wanting the shot can schedule an appointment on […]

For the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Kerrville ISD Board of Trustees will return to in-person meetings, beginning this month. The meeting will now be held on Tuesday, May 18 at 6 p.m. instead of the usual third Monday. The meeting will be open to the public to attend in person at B.T. Wilson Sixth Grade School cafeteria, located at 605 Tivy Street. Agendas for […]

The Kerrville Police Department arrested three suspects on Saturday, May 8, for an attempted theft of an ATM machine located at Guadalupe Bank, 1309 Bandera Highway, in Kerrville. The suspects were unsuccessful, fled from law enforcement, before finally being apprehended over the course of seven hours. A witness saw the alleged suspects run away from the bank before getting into a waiting vehicle and driving away from the scene. The […]

The Kerr County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) Narcotics Investigators, assisted by DPS Criminal Investigations Division, Kerrville Police Department Patrol and KCSO Deputies served a search warrant in the 300 block of Cave Springs Drive, in Hunt, regarding the sales and use of narcotics. Four individuals were arrested at this location, and reports say that this was the third search warrant the KCSO has served on this location in the past 12 […]

The Texas House passed House Bill 1900 on Friday with a vote of 90-49. If approved by the Senate, and signed into law by the governor, HB 1900 would cap property tax rates in cities that cut funding for police and deduct from sales tax revenue the cost of state-provided law enforcement services. The bill only affects cities with populations greater than 250,000 people - that's 11 in Texas, including […]

Texas launched a state call center Friday intended to help businesses, homebound individuals and other organizations schedule visits with mobile teams who will come directly to them, all in an effort to make it easier for people to get vaccinated. Gov. Abbott and the Texas Division of Emergency Management first launched the program as a pilot in January to reach underserved areas in the state. Since then, the responsibilities of […]