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With motorcycle and Comal County sheriff escort, Staff Sergeant Michael Lage and his family were welcomed by cheers of well-wishers as they pulled into the driveway of their new home Friday June 7, 2019. Homes For Our Troops (HFOT) presented him with a new, fully furnished custom home with special adaptations to meet his needs as an injured Soldier.
There’s a new face on Pecan Street. Moonshine Ridge, Inc. incorporates handcrafted corn whiskey that is “A Family Tradition. Kentucky Born, Texas Made.” The small business is family owned, and all products are Texas based and handcrafted in small batches.
Owners Tom and Jason Hicks are doing extensive renovations to the building located just west of Pecan Street Brewery in Johnson City.
Judge Brett Bray called the meeting to order at 8:59 a.m. with all commissioners present. The minutes of the previous meeting were approved and both line item transfers were approved.
Commissioner Liesmann moved to approve the outstanding bills of $196,859.95; Commissioner Uecker seconded and it carried.
Keith Neffendorf with Neffendorf & Knopp, PC.
Beginning, July 8 the Johnson City Library will present “Unsinkable: Voices of the Storm,” an exhibition produced by the Bullock Museum, presented in partnership with Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, and made possible by reporters at Texas Monthly.
Hurricane Harvey first made landfall on August 25, 2017, near Rockport, Texas.
It was a packed van towing a packed trailer that rolled out of Johnson City Thursday and, a few hours later, rolled into Eagle Pass, on the Texas side of the border with Mexico.
Inside were goods donated by generous Johnson City residents — clothes, shoes, tote bags — things the asylum-seekers needed once they were screened, documented, and released by the US Border Patrol.
“As far as the government is concerned, once these people are processed and released, they’re on their own,
Imagine what it feels like to be the person who shows a child that heroes still walk the earth, that all grown-ups are not the same. To be the one that can restore a child’s faith in people and can give them hope for the future. Think about a time in your life when you felt totally alone and in need, and someone stood beside you.
Aubrey Humphrey, a 2013 graduate of LBJ High School was recently honored by the US Coast Guard Reserve (USCG) as Reserve Enlisted Person of the Year for USCG District 8 which encompasses 26 states. Aubrey, a Marine Science Technician base out of USCG Sector Corpus Christi was selected from an enlisted force of over 800 based on his display of pride, professionalism, and dedication to Coast Guard core values.
The Johnson City Volunteer Fire Department has a unique and truly hometown history. For seventy years volunteers have given of their time and talents to keep not only Johnson City, but the surrounding areas safe from fires.
Around 1936 the entire block where the Black Spur sits today burned down. Chief Roy Burdett said, “In 1949 the city figured they better come up with something, so the Fredericksburg Fire Department donated their first fire engine to Johnson City.” The truck was a 192 ...
General Manager of Blanco-Pedernales Groundwater Conservation District, Ron Fiesler, met with the Blanco County Commissioners at a workshop on May 14 to look at some of their proposed revisions to the Blanco County subdivision regulations. The Commissioners adopted the proposal a couple weeks later. “Those new subdivision regulations are in affect right now,” Fiesler said.
Two of the top athletes in the LBJ High School Class of 2019 were recently selected to compete in All-Star contests in their respective sports. Standouts Rylee Weirich (Softball) and Lance Hobbs (Basketball) were nominated by Eagle coaches and selected by committee to represent Johnson City in the showcase events that featured the best in local talent from their graduating class.
Lady Eagle Softball Coach Brent Harris was proud when his nominations of Weirich to two such squads were confirm ...
Two of the top athletes in the LBJ High School Class of 2019 were recently selected to compete in All-Star contests in their respective sports. Standouts Rylee Weirich (Softball) and Lance Hobbs (Basketball) were nominated by Eagle coaches and selected by committee to represent Johnson City in the showcase events that featured the best in local talent from their graduating class.
Lady Eagle Softball Coach Brent Harris was proud when his nominations of Weirich to two such squads were confirm ...
The Administrative Staff at JCISD presented Service Pins at their Annual End-of-Year Appreciation Breakfast to staff who reached benchmark years of service in 2018-2019. The breakfast – prepared by the District Child Nutrition Department and served by members of the Board of Trustees – is an annual tradition to close out the school year.
Imagine what it feels like to be the person who shows a child that heroes still walk the earth, that all grown-ups are not the same. To be the one that can restore a child’s faith in people and can give them hope for the future. Think about a time in your life when you felt totally alone and in need, and someone stood beside you.
The Administrative Staff at JCISD presented Service Pins at their Annual End-of-Year Appreciation Breakfast to staff who reached benchmark years of service in 2018-2019. The breakfast – prepared by the District Child Nutrition Department and served by members of the Board of Trustees – is an annual tradition to close out the school year.
While driving through Silver City, New Mexico, we passed an elementary school where I noticed that the United States flag was flying upside-down. I told my wife that that was a distress signal. We turned around and she parked the car in front of the school and I went inside.
WHO ARE THE MOST TERRIFYING PEOPLE TO SHARE ABOUT JESUS? Atheists? New-agers? Muslims? The guy who owns the vape store in South Congress? None of the above. The scariest, most horrifying people in the world to witness to about our Christian faith are—wait for it—family members! (Cue “Psycho” theme.)
If you talk to your neighbors about eternal things and they get upset, you may not be able to borrow a cup of sugar for a week.
It was a packed van towing a packed trailer that rolled out of Johnson City Thursday and, a few hours later, rolled into Eagle Pass, on the Texas side of the border with Mexico.
Inside were goods donated by generous Johnson City residents — clothes, shoes, tote bags — things the asylum-seekers needed once they were screened, documented, and released by the US Border Patrol.
“As far as the government is concerned, once these people are processed and released, they’re on their own,
Imagine what it feels like to be the person who shows a child that heroes still walk the earth, that all grown-ups are not the same. To be the one that can restore a child’s faith in people and can give them hope for the future. Think about a time in your life when you felt totally alone and in need, and someone stood beside you.
General Manager of Blanco-Pedernales Groundwater Conservation District, Ron Fiesler, met with the Blanco County Commissioners at a workshop on May 14 to look at some of their proposed revisions to the Blanco County subdivision regulations. The Commissioners adopted the proposal a couple weeks later. “Those new subdivision regulations are in affect right now,” Fiesler said.
