s arrested Monday, April 30, for multiple warrants for Possession of Child Pornography.
Blanco County Sheriff’s office reported that they, in conjunction with Austin Police and Hays County SWAT, executed a search and arrest warrant north of Johnson City on Weddle Road. The subject of the warrant, Erik Spalteholz, was taken into custody for Possession of Child Pornography.
There is currently no indication Spalteholz was involved in the recent social media investigation involving Johnson ...
Johnson City was well represented at the District 25 AAA/District 26 AAA Area track meet on Wednesday, April 18 at Converse-Judson High School. Six individuals advanced to the Regional Championships, as well as two relay teams.
The Region 4 AAA Track and Field Championships was held on Friday, April 27 and Saturday, April 28 at Converse-Judson high school.
Last month TxDOT conducted a speed study on Main St. to determine whether the speed limit was appropriate for the stretch of HWY 290 that passes through downtown Johnson City.
On the morning of March 9, a TxDOT engineer observed traffic in two different locations on Main St. at Live Oak Dr.
m traveled to Blanco to take on their county rivals on Tuesday, April 17. Johnson City fell 4-7 after seven innings, losing the second and final regular season meeting between the teams. JC hosted the Ingram Lady Warriors on Friday, April 20 for the final game of the district season, and won 16-0 in three innings.
Five empty innings passed by before either team got a run on the board, starting with the Blanco Lady Panthers.
What would a kid do with a half-day off from school? When they got an early-release day last week, dozens of children and youth at the Good Shepherd Catholic and First United Methodist Churches spent their free time in service to others.
“We’re pretty mission-minded,” said Education Director Ronnie Birck, “and we want to make sure our next generation grows into that culture of service to others, so we start them early learning the rewards that come from helping other people."
The ...
The Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) Hall of Fame recently announced the induction of Blanco native Leon Coffee. Coffee is one of 10 Class of 2018 inductees.
As a PRCA gold card member and National Finals Rodeo (NFR) barrelman, Coffee has enjoyed a long career in ProRodeo as one of only three cowboys to be both a barrelman and a bullfighter, according to the PRCA.
Since 1973, this Texas cowboy has fought bulls at the NFR twice (1979, 1984) and was a barrelman at the NFR in 19 ...
At each Blanco County Commissioner Court meeting, held twice monthly, there is a standing agenda item to consider a burn ban.
According to Commissioner Paul Granberg, there are three main considerations for enacting a county-wide burn ban.
“The most obvious is common sense,” Granberg said. “We look at existing weather conditions, the forecast, moisture and humidity levels.”
“We also take into account the advice of all our local fire chiefs,” he said.
Johnson City School Board has held several meetings during the month of April to finalize staffing changes for the ISD with another meeting scheduled for noon Thursday to consider teacher contract renewals and separation agreements.
Most notably the school board accepted the retirement of High School Principal, Julie Storer. Newly hired during the month of April, Derek Daniel will begin his role as high school principal on May 29, 2018.
The board also accepted the retirement of long-time ...
Continuing the streak which began in 2003, the Johnson City FFA wildlife team recently qualified for the State contest which will be held at the Texas Tech Campus in Junction on April 24, 2018.
The team of Grey Grote, Brinley Portie, Brett Sultemeier, and Colby Turner placed fourth in the Area contest at the Angelo State University Campus in San Angelo on April 3.
The Lady Eagle softball team did not let the fact that they were playing on Friday 13 scare them. Instead, the Lady Eagles ended the game two innings early, defeating the visiting Comfort Deer 14-4 in five frames.
Comfort scored a lone run in the first inning, hoping to gain a win.
