Store management confirmed that the Stripes Store, 1138 US-281, is part of the sale from parent company Sunoco Oil to 7-Eleven.
Local sources have not yet received a time line for transition or information about any succession planning.
The Stripes Store, including the Laredo Taco Company, employs up to 30 people at any time.
In April, Stripes Stores’ parent company, Sunoco, agreed to divest a majority of convenience stores to 7-Eleven for $3.3 billion in cash plus fuel, merchandise a ...
San Antonians watch the Edwards Aquifer level to know it falls low enough to trigger changes drought status and mandatory changes in water use. Austinites keep an eye on the water levels at Lake Travis and Lake Austin for similar status that affect water use restrictions.
So what should Blanco city and county residents monitor?
Despite the 2 to 6 inches of rain Blanco County received during Hurricane Harvey, Stage 1 drought restrictions are still in effect for all communities drawing wate ...
Blanco’s 4-H club held a kick-off ice cream social Sunday, Sept. 17, 2017, at Trinity Lutheran Church, 703 Main St. The club meets the third Sunday of each month.
“4-H offers a huge variety of projects and opportunity for every kid, whether kids have access to animals, they’re interested in food or fashion or kids have a passion for public speaking, 4-H has something for everyone,” said club manager Jessi Haas-Snow.
The Albert Community Club will hold a fish fry on Saturday, Sept, 23, 2017. at the Williams Creek School in Albert.
The Williams Creek school building dates from 1897, and was in constant use until 1950, when enrollment dropped and students were sent to the Stonewall school. Since that time the building has been used by the Albert Community Club.
Twin Sisters Dance Hall will hold its third annual “Raise the Roof” fundraiser from 9 a.m. to midnight on Sept. 23, 2017. Funds raised from the event will benefit restoration and preservation of the historic hall.
Twin Sisters Dance Hall was built in the mid-1870s by German immigrant Max Krueger, to serve as a community dance hall, as a place where the families could go to dance, share meals and fellowship.
After the major drought in Texas from 1908 to 1912, Krueger sold the hall to H ...
The Sept. 12, 2017 meeting of the governing body of Blanco began on the grounds of the Old Blanco County Courthouse.
Prior to the regular meeting, Blanco’s K-9 Officer Maverick was sworn in, as dignitaries including three former mayors of Blanco, County Judge Brett Bray, County Sheriff Don Jackson, County Attorney Deborah Early, District Attorney Sonny McAfee, and Municipal Attorney Colleen Davis, plus members of the Blanco Police Department, city staff and community members looked on.
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From left: Kyle Crusham, Matt Hubbard, John Bush, Kenny Withrow, Brandon Aly, (Blanco High School Assistant Band Director), Edie Brickell, Brad Houser.
Edie Brickell & New Bohemians will play Friday’s Hurricane Harvey relief benefit at the Erwin Center.
Front row from left: Libby Aly, Chamber of Commerce director, bank representative, Deutsch Apple employees, owner Jason Alexander, Ramona Covery. Back row: Deutsch Apple employee, Mark Tidwell, Ladd Pepper, Kenneth Schramm, Linda Collard and Earl Hunter.
Members of the Chamber of Commerce welcomed the addition to the Deutsch Apple on Thurs., Sept. 14, 2017.
Keep Blanco Beautiful Committee
September has brought unsettling weather and I don’t believe it is finished, but it is settled enough to do our fall gardening. And there is much to do.
Roses should be pruned or groomed in the first half of the month. Tea roses should be pruned some time in February.
When the call came into Blanco County EMS for support for Hurricane Harvey in advance of landfall, Chief Ben Oakley didn’t hesitate for a second.
“When Blanco County had its flood in 2015, the communities needing help now were the same communities that sent resources here to help us,” said Chief Oakley.
