The Blanco County Commissioners met for a specially called meeting on October 27, 2015 with all Commissioners present.
The burn ban was lifted for Blanco County.
The Commissioners had previously given county employees 2 floating holidays and eliminating Good Friday as a holiday. County employee feedback shows that most employees preferred having Good Friday as a holiday.
Election day is approaching and on November 3 citizens will have the opportunity to cast their vote on several state-level constitutional amendments. Those that live outside the Blanco city limits will also be voting on a one-cent tax sales tax proposition for Emergency Services District #2.
The Texas state sales tax rate is 6.25% but local jurisdictions may also impose sales taxes up to 2% for a total maximum combined rate of 8.25%.
Buggy Barn Museum is hosting their 4th annual Hill Country Western Showcase in November. This showcase is a two day event with Friday being dedicated to hosting schools from all over. The schools are welcome at no charge and are able to experience all the activities that are offered, including a tour of Buggy Barn Museum.
The Blanco Panther girls cross country team won the 3A Region 4 Cross Country Championship on Monday, October 26 at Texas A & M Corpus Christi. The Blanco team scored 57 points, followed by 2nd place finisher, Vanderbilt Industrial, with 146 points. Goliad was the 3rd place team with 165 points.
On Friday, October 16, 216th State District Judge Keith Williams, sentenced Blanco graduate Shelby Moore to nine years in prison for tampering with evidence in connection with the 2009 death of his cousin, Trey Noah.
Moore, who originally was charged with the murder of Noah, struck a plea deal in August for tampering with evidence – moving Noah's body – in the case.
Moore and fellow Blanco graduate Brandon Harber were both arrested in 2010 in connection to Noah's death.
On Friday, October 16, 216th State District Judge Keith Williams, sentenced Blanco graduate Shelby Moore to nine years in prison for tampering with evidence in connection with the 2009 death of his cousin, Trey Noah.
Moore, who originally was charged with the murder of Noah, struck a plea deal in August for tampering with evidence – moving Noah's body – in the case.
Moore and fellow Blanco graduate Brandon Harber were both arrested in 2010 in connection to Noah's death.
The Blanco Panthers improved to 7 and 0 on the season and 2 and 0 in district play with a dominant 39-0 win over the Nixon-Smiley Mustangs. The Panthers scored in every quarter, doing the most damage in the second with three touchdowns before the half.
After a slow start, the Panther offense got rolling with 4 minutes left in the first quarter as QB Jordon Wagner fired a perfect strike to Justin Williams for a 47 yard TD.
After a week off to prepare for their district opener versus the Stockdale Brahmas, the Blanco Panthers won a hard fought homecoming game defeating Stockdale 33 – 7. The victory improves Blanco's record to 6 and 0 on the year, but more importantly, 1 and 0 in district play.
The Panthers got off to a slow start as both teams were knotted at 0 following the first quarter.
According to Blanco County Commissioner Precinct 4, Paul Granberg, TxDot has let the contract for the reconstruction of the 165 bridge and the contract has been awarded to Capital Excavation. Contracts are in the process of being signed and the scheduled start time is November 2015. The projected finish time will be at least six months taking into consideration factors such as weather and the holiday schedule.
Hays County Commissioner Will Conley released a letter addressing the Fischer Store B ...
Your Blanco Volunteer Fire Department received very good news from the Texas A&M Forest Service last week. The department was awarded a $200,000 grant, under the rural volunteer fire department assistance program, to purchase a new Brush Truck, which is used primarily fight brush/wildland fires. In fact, the brush trucks are our most used fire fighting apparatus.
