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The City of Kerrville's 14th Annual Daddy & Daughter Dance, originally scheduled for Saturday, January 29, has been postponed due to concerns about the rising number of COVID-19 cases in Kerr County. The event will now take place on Saturday, April 2, from 5-8 p.m. in the Happy State Bank Expo Hall at the Hill Country Youth Event Center, located at 3785 Hwy. 27. Citizens who have already purchased tickets […]

The Kerr County Sheriff's Office wants to alert the public that there is another new scam happening in the community in which scammers are "spoofing", or impersonating real local numbers. According to a KCSO press release, scammers are claiming to be a former Chief Deputy while calling local phone numbers in attempt to gain a person's financial information. No area law enforcement agency will ever try to collect money over […]

New active cases of COVID-19 in Kerr County, as well as hospitalizations of pandemic patients, have taken a sharp upturn over the course of last week, according to Kerr County Emergency Management Coordinator Dub Thomas. As of Monday, January 10, the Texas Department of State Health Services is confirming 281 new active cases, a jump of 139 people from exactly one week ago. Thomas says that state public health officials […]

Texas Senate Bill 5, known as the Safe Outdoor Dogs Act, was passed by the 87th Legislature, 3rd Special Session, and will take effect January 18. Under the new law, pet owners can not restrain their dog with chains or weighed down restraints. All ties must be a minimum of ten feet long or five times the length of the dog from nose to tail. All allowable tethers must be […]

The City of Kerrville has announced that candidate application packets are now available for persons interested in running on the May 7, 2022 ballot for a place on the Kerrville City Council. Packets can be picked up in the city secretary's office at City Hall, 701 Main Street, Monday through Friday, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The first day for filing an application is January 19, and the last […]

Peterson Health has announced that beginning Thursday, January 6, they will begin offering a new COVID-19 testing center at the Kerrville Medical Plaza. The testing center will further operate Mondays through Fridays, from 7:30 a.m. - 4 p.m., by appointment, for community members over the age of 2 years. PRMC will have an employee available on site to give instructions, and tests will be administered via self-swab testing. This service […]

Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced on December 31 that Texas has formally requested resources for federally supported testing locations, medical personnel and additional federal allocations of the monoclonal antibody treatments. The Texas DSHS has also requested three teams of medical personnel to provide additional support to hospitals in urban areas of the state that do not have DSHS-contracted staff. Abbott's request for more doses of infusion treatments is because they […]