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Compiled from 2019 issues of The Blanco County News
Jan. 2, 2019: Southern Blanco County received two to four inches of rain from strong thunderstorms Wednesday night and early Thursday morning causing waters in creeks and rivers to swell quickly. The Blanco Police Department responded to a call at the Monterrey Dr. bridge over the Little Blanco River at the Narrows at 3:45 a.m.
By Emily Hilley-Sierzchula
For the Johnson family, animals are on their minds from sunup to sundown as they spend hours each day taking care of their steers and hogs to show at events like the upcoming Blanco County Youth Stock Show. The show runs Thursday through Saturday at the county show barn in Johnson City.
“It’s our thing to do as a family,” said Keitha Johnson, executive secretary for the Blanco County Youth Council, which co-sponsors the annual event with the Blanco County ...
The Kinder Morgan Permian Highway Pipeline is coming through Blanco, but how is it monitored?
One way is the Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system, which is monitored 24 hours a day at the control center located in Houston, said Allen Fore, KM vice president public affairs.
“We have an ability to monitor our system remotely 24 hours a day, seven days a week, which will include the ability to determine if there are any issues with the pipeline from a pressure perspectiv ...
As 2019 draws to a close, it’s time to remember and give thanks to some of the people who keep the public safe during the holiday celebrations.
“I would like to thank the citizens of Blanco, how overwhelmingly generous and easy to get along with,” said Michael Ritchey, Blanco police chief.
The Blanco Lions Club was founded in 1937 by Roy Byars and is an affiliate of the Lions Club International formed in 1917. The club’s mission statement is “Lions serve. Our clubs are places where individuals join together to give their valuable time and effort to improving their communities, and the world.”
The nonprofit groups works on many projects throughout the year, including selling raffle tickets at the football games for scholarships for high school seniors, the Stuff the Bus ...
As the year comes to a close and 2020 begins, it’s time to look at highlights from the Panthers and Lady Panthers in 2019.
The Lady Panther basketball team finished third in District 25-3A and advanced to the Bi-District playoff game against the Randolph Ro-Hawks at New Braunfels High School Tuesday, Feb.
Louis Wayne Neill, 78, passed away suddenly on Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2019.
Louis’ family and friends will gather for a memorial visitation from 10 a.m. to noon, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2020, at Grace Funeral Chapel, 1604 W. Austin Street in Port Lavaca. Following the visitation, the family invites you to a reception in the Austin Room to continue celebrating his life.
Louis was born Nov.
Harold Beverly Lord, age 99, passed away on Dec. 26,2019. Harold Lord was born on Nov. 7, 1920 in DeWitt County. He was the younger of two children of Beverly and Claudia Card Lord.
Growing up on a ranch purchased as a land grant by ancestor George Lord, a soldier in the Republic of Texas and survivor of the Mier Expedition, Harold grew to love the outdoors and ranching.
