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Kerr County is currently seeking additional County Emergency Response Team (CERT) members and has scheduled an open house and recruitment day event for Saturday, September 24, at the Kerr County Sheriff's Office Training Room, 400 Clearwater Paseo.  CERT members are trained to stand ready to help their neighbors in crisis, oftentimes before emergency units can reach the area. According to Kerr County Emergency Management Coordinator Dub Thomas, "If you are […]

Gillespie County officials announced Wednesday that the county's burn ban has been lifted.  The county says that the recent moisture will allow landowners to "catch up on burn needs." Gillespie County Judge Mark Stroeher consulted with Gillespie County Fire Marshal Steve Olfers, who said the chiefs of the county's rural fire departments felt there was sufficient recent moisture, along with forecasts for more moisture and higher humidity, to lift the […]

Some residents of Bandera County recently announced that they have organized a search party for Jordan Tomkins, 25, who has been reported missing since late April.  Tomkins was last seen walking alone on PR 37 on April 22 and is 5'3" tall, 130 pounds, with brown eyes, short, dark-blond hair and has tattoos. Bandera County officials report that two of four people reported missing in the county since April have been […]

The Kerrville Police Department and the Kerr County Sheriff's Office, along with the City of Kerrville Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services, Kerr County Constables, members of the Texas Department of Public Safety, Texas Game Wardens and other area law enforcement officers, will be conducting a joint two-day training exercise in crisis response at the site of the former Hal Peterson Middle School, 1607 Sidney Baker Street. This joint training […]

The oldest county fair in Texas kicks off in Gillespie County Thursday at 5 p.m. with free admission to the Gillespie County FairGrounds. There will be free Tejano concerts provided by Erik Y. Massores. The 2022 fair is expected to draw people from around the county and the Texas Hill Country who want to see the scheduled horse racing, parade, queen's contest, livestock exhibitions and enjoy the musical entertainment. The […]

Border authorities seized a record amount of the synthetic opioid fentanyl in July, most of which came through U.S. ports of entry, data released this month shows.  According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection figures, officers with the agency's Office of Field Operations seized approximately 1,800 pounds of fentanyl in July, while U.S. Border Patrol agents who guard the vast border area between ports of entry seized about 340 pounds. Three Central Texas […]

The recent resignation of Gillespie County Elections Administrator Anissa Herrera and her staff has been garnering national headlines due to their reasons for quitting their posts. Herrera's resignation letter stated, "We have accomplished many positive changes during the last three years, most visibly modernizing the method of voting and acquiring a new voting system. However, there are some negative changes that have also happened in the elections landscape." According to […]

AUSTIN, Texas — The Austin Police Department has issued an AMBER Alert for 1-year-old Sailor Elizabeth Tucker. She was last seen at approximately 8 PM on Tuesday evening, August 23rd in the 4700 block of White Elm Court in southwest Austin. Courtesy: Austin Police Departmnet Sailor is a 1-year-old white female with blonde hair and brown eyes, standing 2 feet, 5 inches tall and weighing 25 pounds. She was last […]

Kerr County Crimestoppers has announced it will pay a reward up to $5,000 for information that leads to the arrest of Alejandro Cantu, a wanted murder suspect. Cantu, 31, is 6'0, weighs 165 pounds, and has brown eyes and black hair. He also has a 'Cantu' tattoo on his left forearm among other tattoos. The Kerr County Sheriff''s Office had gained information that the two suspects who were wanted for […]