Local News

On Saturday afternoon a brushfire burned across 46 acres in Gillespie County near U.S. 290 East across from Chaparral Village.  All Gillespie County fire departments responded, multiple structures were saved and no injuries were reported, according to a Fredericksburg/Gillespie County Emergency Management release. The fire was reported at 3:45 p.m. along U.S. 290 East and McCarty Lane.  At 4:40 p.m., Gillespie County Sheriff's Office deputies closed U.S. 290 to east […]

On Friday, Kerrville Pets Alive! delivered new pet oxygen masks to the Kerrville Fire Department.  The donation comes after several recent residential fires in Kerrville involved family pets.  "We have had several residential fires recently which involved family pets," said Karen Guerriero, executive director of Kerrville Pets Alive!  "Chief Maloney reached out to us to see if the old masks that we donated over five years ago could be replaced." […]

The Kerr County Veterans Service Office (VSO) is excited to announce a new partnership with Schreiner University's PopCon to co-host a Call of Duty tournament on Saturday, February 28, for veterans, their family members and friends. This special event will be held in the Schreiner University Cailloux Campus Activity Center (CCAC) during PopCon, a two-day, free convention celebrating the culture and fandom surrounding anime, comics, movies and gaming.  This year's […]

The Texas Department of Transportation is calling on teens to make one simple choice that could save their lives: buckle up.  TxDOT has launched the "Saved by the Belt" challenge as part of its annual Click It or Ticket effort.  More than 1,500 high schools across the state are invited to participate, with students asked to pledge to wear a seat belt every seat, every ride. Through Feb. 27, students […]

Several school districts across Central Texas were placed on high alert Wednesday after receiving bomb threats that prompted lockdowns, evacuations and cancelled classes in some areas.  Officials with Uvalde CISD, Boerne ISD, Comfort ISD, Georgetown ISD and Shertz-Cibolo-Universal City ISD All reported receiving similar threatening messages claiming multiple bombs had been placed on school campuses. Boerne Police said they received calls regarding the threat around 7:45 a.m.  Officers evacuated the […]

The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) said there is not a measles outbreak after multiple cases were reported in Kendall County and Bandera County.  The Kendall County case was confirmed in a Boerne household last week.  According to DSHS, that case is linked to five other measles cases that came out of another household in Bandera County. In a statement Wednesday, DSHS said the Bandera cases are "related […]

Kerr County voters have no need to worry if they have not received their voter registration cards in the mail - they can still participate in early, in-person voting, which started Tuesday, Feb. 17.  The delay in the mailing of the cards this year was due to legal challenges of the redistricted Congressional maps and the processing of the approvals by Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson's office. "You do […]

The City of Boerne confirmed a positive measles case was identified this month and believes it is linked to an exposure in nearby Bandera County, according to a city news release.  Boerne officials were notified of the case Feb. 12, and believe it is "isolated in nature."  The City said it is likely tied to a positive exposure in Bandera County, "which is linked to out-of-state travel." Measles is a […]