The Lady Eagles hosted the Blanco County Tournament and showed that they can compete with the big schools in the surrounding area. They Lady Eagles went 2-2-1 in the tournament and tied for third.
The Lady Eagles opened up the tournament against Llano and picked up their first victory of the day.
The Johnson City Eagles traveled to Comfort Thursday night and competed against much larger schools and showed that they can run, jump and throw with anyone.
The Varsity Boys finished 5th out of ten teams. The JV Team also finished 5th.
Winning individual medals were Blake Caulkins 3rd in the 100 meter dash.
The 7th and 8th grade girls competed in the Comfort Ribbon Relays last Friday, March 4th. These ladies all compete as an 8th grade team and did very well in their first track meet of the year. Overall results were: SHOT PUT: 1ST-Kalli Dalland (33’8.5"); 3RD-Paige Dalland (32’9"), DISCUS: 1ST-Paige Dalland (92’2.5"); 3RD-Kalli Dalland (85’.25"), LONG JUMP: 2ND-Kenzie Adrian, HIGH JUMP: 6TH-Kenzie Adrian, 2400M: 3RD-McKenna Cowsert, 4 x 100 R: 2nd-Kalli Dalland, Paige Dalland, Mariana Alv ...
The Blanco County elections started routinely and as the day progressed there were a few glitches. Precinct 2 did not order enough ballots to handle the large number of voters and the County Clerk, Laura Walla, had to print and deliver copies of ballots.
Early voting ballots were easily read by the ESS (Election Systems and Software) reader but around 8p.m., just as the Precincts were delivering their ballots, the equipment failed and could not read ballots.
Walla was working with ESS technical ...
The Johnson City Council met on Tuesday March 1, 2016 for their regularly scheduled meeting with Council members Shelton Coleman and Rhonda Stell absent.
The meeting began with the Planning and Zoning Commission public hearing and even though there was a packed house only two residents had questions. The questions were answered by viewing the large map that was on display; the residents needed clarity because they had been viewing the smaller map on the City’s website.
Each year the Woman’s Club gives it guests at the Spaghetti/Bingo fund raiser for the library an opportunity to bid on exciting packages, this year we have some exceptional items.
Entertain your out of town guests who enjoy the Texas Hill Country with this custom Stay and Play package. Enjoy two nights of accommodations for 4 in Johnson City, Texas along with gift certificates to local eateries.
Happy 90th birthday to Irma Nell Simpson! She celebrated on Sunday with 25 members of her family. Clay Simpson cooked great bbq! They sang Happy Birthday & Irma got enough chocolate to last a year or two!
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Happy 90th birthday to Nola Davis! She celebrated with her family this past weekend.
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What are the odds that Irma Nell Simpson & Nola Davis both turned 90 years young on the same weekend!
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Bill Casparis moved into the LBJ Medical Center this past week.
Court dismisses indictment against former governor
AUSTIN — Former Gov. Rick Perry is no longer facing criminal charges.
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Feb. 24 ordered the dismissal of a 2014 felony indictment of Perry by a Travis County grand jury.
The two-count indictment alleged “abuse of official capacity” and “coercion of a public servant” related to Perry’s veto of the budget of the state’s Public Integrity Unit that then operated under the auspices of the Travis Cou ...
Tuesday, March 1 JC Writes, 9:30am
Saturday, March 5 Spaghetti Bingo Dinner, 5:30 pm – Johnson City High School.
Dinner and raffle tickets available at the library
Tusesday, March 8 Fiber Arts, 7:00pm
Wednesday, March 9 JC Reads, 9:30am – The book this month is The Japanese Lover by Isabel Allende. From the internationally acclaimed writer comes an exquisitely crafted love story and multi-generational epic that sweeps from ...
The Blanco County Sheriff’s Office received 376 calls for service from February 21, 2016 through February 28, 2016. The following call types were received by the Blanco County Dispatched during the 7 day period. 152-traffic stops, 32 -medical aid calls, 40-911 hang up calls, open line calls, or 911 abuse calls, 8-reckless driver calls, 14-fire calls, 4 -motor vehicle accident calls and 7 - disturbance calls.
