With family, friends and coaches gathered Monday, Blanco senior Presley Young signed a commitment to play basketball for Angelo State University.
Young will play guard for the Belles, who compete in the NCAA Division II Lone Star Conference. The teams in the West Division of the LSC in addition to Angelo State are Lubbock Christian, West Texas A&M, Midwestern State and UT Permian Basin.
Young put together a stellar career at Blanco High School.
Winter came with its challenges this year, but on the first full Friday of spring, it’s officially time to celebrate.
The City of Blanco will be hosting a free event Friday, March 26, to celebrate the “resilience and determination” that many Blancoans showed during February’s infamous winter storm that left residents without power and water, some for days.
“Between COVID and ‘SNOVID’ and the associated loss of utilities, we’d just like to thank everyone for being part of B ...
Halle Puckett performed her recital for Blanco Performing Arts just eight days shy of one year after the original scheduled date, and it was absolutely worth the wait.
The shutdown associated with COVID-19 postponed her concert from March 28, 2020 to March 20, 2021. This was Puckett’s first public performance in a year.
Listening to Puckett perform certainly supports the theory that some talents can be inherited as her parents are concert pianists.
Judge Brett Bray called the Blanco County Commissioners Court to order at 9 a.m. Tuesday with all four commissioners present.
There were no public comments at this time. The minutes of the prior meeting were approved. There was one proposed line item transfer from Commissioner Chris Liesmann and it was approved.
Beginning March 29, Keep Blanco Beautiful (KBB) will have a sign-up list for residents who need assistance during the upcoming Trash-Off event at Blanco City Hall.
The list is for those who need help due to health concerns, disabilities, etc.; this includes anyone needing items picked up curbside at their home during the trash-off.
The Blanco High School and the Blanco Middle School band participated in UIL concert and sight reading contests Friday, March 12, at the Blanco Middle School band hall. The high school band performed Kinderlou by Carter, As Twilight Falls by Sheldon and Blue Ridge Reel by Balmages. The band received straight ones in concert and sight reading and was awarded sweepstakes.
Blanco County had the lowest unemployment rate in the Rural Capital Area of Central Texas for January 2021, the Texas Workforce Commission reported last week.
The RCA overall had an uptick in unemployment, from 4.8 percent in December 2020 to 5.3 percent in January 2021. The unemployment rate represented just over 30,000 residents seeking employment, TWC announced.
Blanco County’s unemployment rate was 3.9 percent in January 2021, up from 3.4 percent in December 2020, to lead the region ...
Kiley Elrod won the Region 2 Division 3 powerlifting championship in her class at the regional meet at Dublin Saturday, March 6 with a total lift of 915 pounds. Elrod squatted 400 pounds, bench pressed 215 pounds and deadlifted 300 pounds. The silver medalist lifted 820 pounds. Elrod advances to the Texas High School Women’s Powerlifting State Championship Meet at Corpus Christi Friday, March 19.
Blanco businesses have been allowed to open at full capacity since Governor Greg Abbott’s executive order went into effect last week, but many business owners are adopting a wait-and-see approach.
“The business owners I’ve talked to are cautious, and will not be making major changes just yet,” said Libbey Aly, executive director of the Blanco Chamber of Commerce.
The Blanco City Council meeting was called to order at 6:01 p.m. on March 9 with all council members, Mayor Pro Tem Martin Sauceda, Keith McClellan, Mike Smith, Matt Lewis, and Deda Divine, present.
The meeting was held at the Gem of the Hills Center located at 2233 US-281; the change of location allowed for more citizens to attend the meeting in person and improved the sound quality of the meeting for those viewing via GoToMeeting or the city’s Facebook page.
Mayor Pro Tem Sauceda than ...
