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The City of Kerrville has confirmed that the Kerrville Parks and Recreation Department's "Movies in the Park" series for 2023 will continue this Saturday, May 13, at dark at Kerrville-Schreiner Park, 2385 Bandera Highway. In the case of rainy weather, the movie will be moved inside the Recreation Hall in the park. Attendees are reminded to bring something to sit on while watching "Minions: Rise of Gru" (PG) on the […]

Forecasters are predicting heavy rainfall over the weekend for the Texas Hill Country, dumping enough precipitation that flash flooding of the Guadalupe River is possible. According to Greg Waller, a service coordination hydrologist with the West Gulf River Forecast Center, "Dominoes are falling as expected...parameters for a widespread, heavy rainfall threat ramping up Friday evening and into the weekend." Waller added, "Soils are dry, but it won't matter. Rainfall amounts […]

The City of Kerrville and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) have joined together to help provide educational programming and resources to the community. This partnership has also helped secure $10,000 worth of eclipse glasses for all Kerrville Independent School District students for the October 14, 2023 and April 8, 2024 events. According to Kerrville Director of Parks and Recreation Ashlea Boyle, "We are incredibly grateful for NASA's generosity […]

The City of Kerrville wants to remind citizens that the intersection of Lehmann Road and Rim Rock Drive is currently closed for approximately three weeks for road construction. Traffic is being detoured to other connecting roads. Residents living beyond the intersection of Rim Rock Road will have to detour to Southway Drive to get access to Sidney Baker. Through traffic will be closed to the public with the exception of […]

The Kerrville Police Department will be hosting a Peace Officer Memorial Day service on Monday, May 15 at 10 a.m. at Peterson Plaza, Kerrville City Hall, 701 Main Street in Kerrville. KPD invites all law enforcement agencies, other first responders, and the entire community to come together to honor and remember those law enforcement officers who have made the ultimate sacrifice, as well as the family members, friends and fellow […]

Only nineteen votes separated Roman Garcia and Layng Guerriero in the Kerrville City Council Place 1 race. Garcia, the incumbent, received 1,390 votes, compared to Guerriero's 1,371 votes. Jeff Harris garnered 1,434 ballots, compared to his challenger, Barbara Dewell Ferguson's 1,318 ballots received. Harris will resume the council seat vacated by Kim Clarkson. In Kendall County, Frank Ritchie has been elected the new City of Boerne Mayor after receiving 1,575 […]

The Knapp Road sewer project commenced Monday, May 1, starting with the gravity sewer main behind the Peterson Urgent Care located near the intersection of West Main Street and Junction Highway. The project consists of the installation of 6,800 linear feet of gravity sewer main and 1,500 linear feet of sewer force main. It will provide additional wastewater services to the western limits of Kerrville and is expected to take […]

The City of Kerrville's Streets Division has been recognized with an award from the Texas Asphalt Pavement Association (TXAPA) for paving Rawson Street. TXAPA recognizes quality-built asphalt pavements and honors excellence in production, placement, and quality assurance through its awards program. This is the second consecutive year the city's streets division has been recognized with this particular honor for the City Street category. In 2022, the division received this award […]

Schreiner University has issued a public notice to inform residents that Schreiner University has been granted a permit to deploy fireworks on Friday, May 5, in a public display to celebrate its 2023 Spring Commencement. The fireworks are expected to begin following guest speaker Michaela Lehman's commencement address and are expected to conclude no later than 10 p.m. Citizens are reminded to make care arrangements for pets accordingly.