JOHNSON CITY, TEXAS – Gather the family and come out to Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park to celebrate the holiday season at “Christmas Through the Years in LBJ Country” on Saturday, December 3, in Johnson City, Texas. This National Park Service centennial celebration will run from 6:00 to 9:00 pm.
Up and coming country music sensation Cameran Nelson lives in Blanco and is No. 1 in Texas.
The 33-year-old has a string of five consecutive songs reaching the top spot on the Texas Music Chart, including all four singles released from his second album, “Good Thing Going.”
“I love Blanco,” Nelson told the Blanco County News.
The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, Llano County, will sponsor a CEU Conference on Tuesday, December 6, 2016 at Lyssy & Eckel Feeds, Inc. in Llano. This program will be for individuals who possess a valid private applicators license, a commercial applicators license, or a non-commercial applicators license, and need continuing education units (CEUs) to help with fulfilling their re-certification requirements.
This week it happens again; a couple of hundred Johnson City residents and visitors come to the First United Methodist Church for a free community feast with neighbors, friends and folks they don’t know yet.
It’s all provided by the church and manned by volunteers, from the turkey cooks to the clean-up crew.
Turkeys are provided, along with the essentials: dressing, mashed potatoes and gravy.
During the holiday season, Johnson City becomes a much brighter spot on the map. Lights Spectacular powers up this Friday, November 25.
From the Pedernales Electric campus to the Blanco County Courthouse in the Johnson City square, over two million lights will illuminate the town. Memorial Park is overflowing with Christmas decorations and the streets are lined with snowflakes and Santas.
The season-long celebration kicks off this Friday at the annual “Let there be Light” event.
Computers are changing every industry on the planet, and coding (another word for programming) has become relevant to a wide range of high-paying jobs—even those outside the technology and engineering fields. For millions of students, the Hour of Code will be an inspiring introduction to this crucial 21st century skill.
For more than 50 years, Christmas in the Hill Country has meant Johnson City First United Methodist Church’s Living Nativity Pageant.
In that time, the pageant has grown from a cluster of costumed characters trying to keep warm while waiting for a car to pass their static display, to today’s light-and-sound show with the covered basketball pavilion turned into a theater for a cast and crew of dozens...including live animals.
“Pulling together that many performers for five shows over four ...
On November 15 at 6:00 pm the Library’s Third Tuesday program will explore Westcave Preserve, one of Texas’ most exquisite and unknown places – and it is right here in our own backyard! The knowledgeable program leaders will be S. Christopher Caran and Elaine Davenport. Elaine and Chris have written a book, Discovering Westcave which takes readers on a walk through the beautiful preserve, unveiling the evolutionary past of its stunning natural features and acknowledging the many people wh ...
Investigation of Vintage Airstream Restoration and Charles Omalley continues as Omalley faces charges in Arizona.
On October 20, 2016 Johnson City Police Chief, Randy Holland delivered Charles Omalley to Arizona Law Enforcement Officials. Omalley will face charges in Arizona for Kidnapping of a Child and Sexual Assault of a Child.
Johnson City Police have also filed a felony warrant for Theft by Deception to hold Omalley if he is released from the Arizona Criminal Justice System.
David Adickes is an internationally known artist and sculptor who was born in Huntsville,Texas. He created the Sam Houston sculpture on Highway 45 between Houston and Dallas. His bronze of George H.W. Bush sits in the Houston Intercontinental Airport.
In 1991 Adickes created the 67-foot-tall statue of Sam Houston at Huntsville made up of steel and concrete and situated in a copse of pines just south of town to celebrate the bicentennial of Houston’s birth.
