Lisa Rogers, former Blanco Middle School counselor, entered a guilty plea for an improper relationship between an educator and student in the 33rd and 424th District Court Wednesday, April 18, 2018.
The second-degree felony charge was heard by Judge J. Allan Garrett.
In exchange for Rogers’ guilty plea to the charge, she was sentenced to 10 years’ probation, according to District Attorney Sonny McAfee.
Rogers was arrested for allegedly having an inappropriate relationship with a stu ...
4/16 arrested a 40-year-old San Marcos man for possession of a controlled substance
4/17 arrested a 41-year-old Austin man on Blanco County warrants
4/18 arrested a 39-year-old Del Valle man for possession of a controlled substance
4/21 arrested a 34-year-old Killeen man for driving with a suspended license
4/22 arrested a 47-year-old Haltom City man for driving with a suspended license
The Blanco County Sheriff’s Office received 387 calls for service from 4/16/2018 through 4/22/2018. The Blanco County Communications Center received the following call types during the seven-day period:
13 = Arrest
219 = Traffic Stops
12 = Reckless Drivers
27 = Medical Aid Calls/Medical Alarm
7 = 911 Hang up Calls, Mis-dials, Open line or Abuse calls
13 = Fire Calls/Fire Alarms
5 = Motor Vehicle Accidents
5 = Disturbance Calls
11 = Animal Complaints/Loose Live Stock Calls
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Officials discuss funding
Gov. Abbott on April 20 joined U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, U.S. Rep. John Culberson, R-Houston, and local officials in Houston to discuss the $5 billion recently allocated by Congress to Texas for Hurricane Harvey and disaster recovery.
Provided through the HUD Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery Program, the intended use of the grant funding is for the rebuilding of housing, businesses and ...
A native of the Texas Hill Country, violinist Blake Turner enthralled his Blanco audience this past Saturday with a diverse program that incorporated violin, viola, cello, fiddle and vocals. The exciting afternoon was filled with folk-inspired music, one of Turner’s main passions other than classical music, and incorporated its performers into solo, duet, and quartet performances.
Blake Turner is a distinguished musician who has performed settings such as China, Carnegie Hall, Curacao, an ...
Texas dance halls are headed to the big screen. “Dance Hall Days,” a documentary on classic Texas dance halls made its premiere April 21 at the Thin Line Fest in Denton.
The film will also be screened Thursday, April 26 at the Hill Country Film Festival in Fredericksburg.
More than 40 people are interviewed in this film, which was directed, written and produced by Erik McCowan.
The Blanco-Pedernales Groundwater Conservation District held their monthly meeting Thursday, April 19, 2018 at 10 a.m.
After a discussion of the budget, General Manager Ron Fiesler, general manager discussed current groundwater levels. Due to an unusually busy month not all wells were inspected; however, of those tested, levels are trending down slightly from a few inches to the Blanco River well dropping eight feet.
Shell Gas Station and Convenience Store at 48 Main St. has a new owner.
Danish Khan of San Antonio took over ownership of the business on April 1, 2018, and has been making changes to give the business a new look with more to offer than a fill-up.
“Aside from the usual newspapers, snacks, sodas and other familiar items you find in a gas station,” Khan said, “we will also be offering breakfast tacos, grilled chicken sandwiches, burgers and Hunt Brother’s Pizza.”
Expanded food s ...
I have written recently about Hill Country Trees. Now I want to discuss some of the many native Hill Country shrubs. There are far too many to fit into one column, so I thought I would discuss just the evergreen ones today. Most shrubs are multi-trunked although some can appear to be single-trunked small trees.
Texas Mountain Laurel (Sophora secundiflora), also called Mescal Bean, is an evergreen shrub usually 4 to 8-foot tall with compound, dark-green leaves with shiny leaflets one to two- ...
If you drove by Uptown Blanco Textile Studio last week, you may have noticed the quilt-covered car along Fourth St.
The Studio placed the cover on the shop’s Smart car to draw attention to the nearly 500 quilters who visited the shop Thursday through Saturday, April 12-14. Quilters visited five Hill Country quilt shops as part of the Wildflowers All Around Shop Hop.
