A second death attributed to COVID-19 in Blanco County has been announced.
A woman in her 70s, who lived in the Johnson City zip code, died of the disease, the Blanco County Office of Emergency Management announced late last week. “She was exposed to COVID-19 and subsequently developed symptoms,” BCOEM reported.
The special meeting of the Blanco County Commissioners Court was called to order at by Judge Brett Bray. Commissioners Tommy Weir, Emil Ray Uecker, Chris Liesmann, and Paul Granberg were all present.
Masks were worn and social distancing took place. The meeting was simulcasted live online at the “Blanco County” YouTube channel.
Four citizens, D’Anne Welch, Kenneth Welch, Brenda Freed, and Terry Casparis took the floor during public comments to discuss the Kinder Morgan (KM) agenda i ...
There are plenty of folks in Blanco and beyond who have a story to tell about an experience they’ve had at the historic Twin Sisters Dance Hall, but the coronavirus pandemic has put a strain on future of the longtime establishment.
Where once there was the hum of the fiddle and the happy tapping of feet, as of March nothing could be heard but the figurative squealing of brakes as the governor declared an emergency and shuttered the state--especially bars and dance halls.
“It’s a str ...
Cicero A. Rust III, a resident of Blanco, has given a gift of $25,000 in support of the Bobcats to Bobcats Scholarship Campaign at Texas State University.
The funds will provide scholarships to students impacted by unforeseen hardships due to the COVID-19 pandemic to help ensure they can return to their studies.
In April of last year, the Tocker Foundation awarded the Johnson City Library a $50,000 grant for new furnishings. Fast forward to now, and the library has had a total facelift. In order to be eligible, the whole library needed to be remodeled at the same time.
We had just completed the Hancher grant that upgraded the adult computer area and created the new Community Education Room.
The building also upgraded to LED lighting with funding from the Johnson City Woman’s Civic Club.
The T ...
On Monday morning, the 4K Ranch saw the sun rise on the ashes of a large fire that spread across the country line of San Saba and McCullough County. Local and neighboring fire departments worked to contain the fire as much as possible, but they had only contained 10% of the fire by noon Monday according to a Facebook update posted by James Stewart of the Brady Standard.
COVID-19 surge in nursing homes worries editor
Thank you for all the well wishes after my first “Capital Highlights” column last week. I also appreciate the emails suggesting topics of high interest.
Agriculture, oil, education and health care top the list so far, but please keep the conversation going about what’s happening in your corner of our big state and what is of highest interest to you.
One editor emailed to say he was highly concerned about the spread of COVID-19 in nurs ...
The line of slow-moving cars, brake lights glowing, was backed up all the way to Grapetown Cemetery. It was a sight I’d come to expect on I-10 between Boerne and San Antonio but not in Bankersmith, Texas, population 0.
Bankersmith sits about halfway between Fredericksburg and Comfort on the Old San Antonio Road.
1. Divide perennial flowers such as hosta, oriental poppies, lilly, daylily, ornamental grasses, and bearded iris.
2. Add fall color.
3. Replace annual flowers.
4. Repot houseplants.
5. Wage war on weeds.
6. Plant perennials and shrubs
7. Water evergreens.
8. Harvest herbs.
9. Consider fertilizer.
10. Harvest any remaining root vegetables.
And if you have cucumbers, tomatoes, or okra that has gotten past their prime, consider saving them for seed.
COLLEGE STATION– Second quarter numbers released today by the Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University show a Texas land market hit hard by plummeting oil prices and the pandemic.
Research Economist Dr. Charles Gilliland issued the state’s land report card:
• Price: + 1.7%
• Sales volume: - 8.7%
• Average acreage sold: - 9.1%
• Total acres sold: - 23.5%
• Total dollar volume: -22.2%
“The average $2,929-per-acre sales price inched up 1.7 percent, well short of t ...
