When Marcy Dunn of Kerrville got a call from her cousin in Mason, Deann Gregg, that the courthouse was burning, she turned on her television, watched it, and cried. Three days later she called County Judge Jerry Bearden to ask if she could please have some pecan wood from the trees that would be removed from the courthouse square.
Not only is Dunn a “wood turner,” and a member of the Hill Country Wood Turners of Kerrville; her family planted the trees around the courthouse here 111 year ...
Mason County Commissioners dealt with a laundry list of items in their last regular meeting of 2021 and County Judge Jerry Bearden addressed the concerns of a local citizen concerning the implications of the county accepting funds from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) during 2021.
Cindy Jones asked that the commissioners consider the wording of the ARPA fund contract to limit any required compliance of future executive orders that may come from future “unknown presidents.” Jones expr ...