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The Kerrville Dog Park located at Lehman-Monroe Park, 200 Park Lane, will be closed beginning Monday, January 3, for maintenance. This scheduled closure is expected to last approximately two weeks. During these two weeks, the Kerrville Parks and Recreation Department will be turning ballfields No. 2 and 3 at Singing Wind Park, 2112 Singing Wind Drive, into a temporary dog park. All visitors are expected to abide by the normal […]

Windstream Communications is currently experiencing outages throughout the area, according to a press release from the Kerrville Police Department. Windstream administrative phone lines will be down for an unknown period of time due to a fiber cut outside the immediate area, and they are working to repair the issue as quickly as possible. All 911 lines are still working but administrative phone lines in and out of KPD are not […]

The City of Kerrville Parks and Recreation Department will be accepting Christmas trees for recycling beginning December 26, 2021 to January 16, 2022. The designated drop-off area will be located in Lehmann-Monroe Park, 200 Park Lane, near the Park Lane/La Casa Street park entrance. Christmas trees should be free of all ornaments, hangers, icicles, strings, glass, metal and plastics and the service is free of charge. Trees that were not […]

Deputies from the Kerr County Sheriff's Office responded to the Hill Country Youth Ranch for a report of a staff member having alleged inappropriate contact with child victims residing on the property, which led to the investigation of one of their employees being arrested. Alexandra Galindo, 30, was arrested in Tom Green County after an investigation allegedly led to the uncovering of digital evidence of Galindo having a romantic and […]

The Medina County Sheriff's Department has issued an Amber Alert for three children who were last seen on Monday, December 20, at approximately 3:45 p.m. with their father near Settlers Pass in Hondo, Texas. Authorities say that the children are believed to be in grave or immediate danger, according to a press release. Jonathon A. Wright, 40, is the father of Jonathon Wright, 11, Lucas Wright, 9, and Ariana Wright, […]

Senate Bill 792 requires that beginning January 1, 2022, anyone parked in a disabled parking space must have a license plate or a disabled parking placard that features the International Symbol of Access (ISA). Currently, disabled veteran license plates do not feature the ISA, and all Texans with these plates are permitted to use disabled parking. Veterans with "DV" plates, but without the ISA symbol, will not be able to […]

The Kerrville Police Department is seeking the public's assistance in helping to identify an individual involved in an alleged attempt to pass counterfeit currency at a local H-E-B on December 2. The suspect in the photograph was said to have possibly been with a male subject who was seen driving a silver SUV, according to police. Anyone with any information regarding the subject in the photograph is asked to call […]

The City of Kerrville's 2022 Solid Waste Calendar brochures have been mailed out to all city residential customers who have solid waste service with the City of Kerrville. The brochures were mailed to customers' utility billing account, and refrigerator magnets are available for pick up at City Hall, 701 Main Street. The color coded calendar also gives instructions regarding schedules for future residential trash collections, recycling information, stipulations for the […]

The City of Kerrville Parks and Recreation Department will be accepting Christmas trees for recycling beginning December 26, until January 16, 2022 at the designated drop-off area in Lehmann-Monroe Park, 200 Park Lane. There is no cost associated with this program. All Christmas trees should be free of ornaments, lights, hangers, icicles, strings and any other glass, metal or plastic. Trees that were not sold from retailers will be accepted […]