For the second straight year, the Blanco High School girls cross country team punched a ticket to the Class 3A state championship meet after the Panthers captured top honors on Saturday at the Corpus Christi Regional.
Blanco accumulated 92 points with its top five runners to top the 24-team field. Runner-up Kingsfield Academy tallied 102 points.
“I am so proud of our girls and the effort they gave us,” coach Stuart Schultz said.
Voters in Blanco County will have slight variations on their ballots when they go to the polls on Tuesday, Nov. 8.
Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. throughout the county’s six precincts.
“Voting turnout has been fairly high (in the past), but I have no idea what turnout will be on Election Day,” Blanco County Clerk Laura Walla said.
The headliner on the ballot will be the presidential election.
A Comfort man was arrested after a Blanco Police Department officer confiscated more than 100 grams of methamphetamine during a recent routine traffic stop.
The name of the 34-year-old man has not been released because the investigation is continuing.
Chief Mike Ritchey told the Blanco County News that one of his officers pulled over a 2000 Ford that was northbound on Highway 281 near Blanco Avenue because of defective equipment.
Mark Kuebel has done something no other Blanco High School student has done. Kuebel, a senior at BHS, has been named a “Commended Student” through the 2017 National Merit Scholarship Program.
A letter of commendation from Blanco High School and the National Merit Scholarship Corp., the organization that conducts the program, was presented to Kuebel during the Blanco Independent School District Board of Education’s October meeting last week.
"Mark is a brilliant young man,” BHS Principal ...
During its October meeting, the Blanco City Council voted unanimously to deny a rezoning request by developer Jim Cook for property on Trainer Street.
Cook’s request for an R-2 designation on the seven-acre tract would have allowed him to build about 26 homes on 7,500-square-foot lots.
A recommendation to rezone the property had been denied by the planning and zoning commission in a divided vote.
The Old Blanco County Courthouse in Blanco is having its 26th annual Lavender and Lace Gala from 6 to 9 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 8.
Organizers said the event and the True Grit Poker Tournament that takes place beforehand is the largest fundraiser of the year for the historic structure and is vital to the restoration and maintenance of the facility.
The courthouse needs substantial repairs to the roof and interior banisters.
The Master Gardeners of Blanco County and the Blanco County Agriculture FFA students will present the third annual Gardenscape “FUNdamentals program” on Saturday, Oct. 8. The free program is from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Blanco High School Ag Building.
In response to interest in vegetable gardening last year, this year’s theme is “Garden to Table.” Attendees will learn about design principles for vegetable gardens, edible plantings in landscapes, plant suggestions for area gardens, bee ...
Blanco County News Editor Keith E. Domke earned five awards on Saturday from the Missouri Press Association for his work as an editor in that state in 2015.
Domke, who began his local duties in June, was recognized at Missouri’s Better Newspaper Contest banquet during its 2016 press convention on Oct.
To some, the lawsuit filed by the city of Blanco against Lee Roper and his corporation, Stallion Estates Inc., may be old news.
During the June 14 city council meeting, board members voted to authorize the city’s law firm, Bojorquez Law Firm P. C., “to pursue litigation against Lee Roper, the developer of Cielo Springs, and to authorize the mayor to engage in settlement discussions with the defendants in the case.”
However, details of the lawsuit, claiming breach of contract, only recentl ...
During the September meeting of Blanco’s Planning and Zoning Commission, members continued to wrestle with zoning and street issues, as well as problems with the official map of Blanco.
With all members present except Mike Green, the meeting began with consideration of a request to subdivide a .918-acre tract at 631 Academy St.
Owner Roger Calhoun and his wife, Rebecca, want to divide the lot in half but were told they must make an official request for rezoning because of the city’s require ...
