The 2018 Eagle Tennis season ended with a flurry of extremely competitive and hard-fought victories and defeats.
Congratulations to Braulio Icaza and Juan Guerrero on winning the 2018 Llano Spring Smash Boys Varsity Doubles Championship on Friday, March 2. Determination, effort, and smart play earned these two Eagle leaders first place in varsity competition soundly defeating quality opposition from Llano, Brady, and San Saba.
Our Eagles produced another champion on Saturday, March 31 in ...
“Blanco County 911, what is your emergency?” Words many of us hear at some point during our most dire situations. The voice behind the words is a nameless and faceless dispatcher acting as the lifeline for caller and for emergency responder as they navigate an unexpected situation.
Surrounded by eight screens that manage active calls for the eight county emergency agencies, locate callers and control jail security, dispatchers are the ultimate multi-taskers during their shifts where the ...
After opening the April 10, 2018 meeting of the Blanco County Commissioners Court, Judge Brett Bray established that all Commissioners were present. Following the Pledge of Allegiance, Commissioner Tommy Weir motioned that the minutes of the prior Commissioners Court meeting be approved, which was agreed by unanimous consent.
The first action item for the Court was a request to approve April 2018 payroll, which was motioned by Commissioner Chris Liesmann and approved by all the Commissioner ...
Two different four run frames and a walk-off RBI in the eighth inning sealed the victory for the Lady Eagles over the Florence Lady Buffs on Friday, April 6th, and JC put the Lady Gators away with a 10-6 win on Monday, April 9th. Johnson City’s district record is now 7-2 as they sit in second place in the district.
Florence got things started on the scoreboard in the third inning, scoring four runs in one frame.
Johnson City’s Market Days kick off for another year this weekend.
The 55 vendor spots sold out weeks ago with a growing waiting list and many already planning for April, May and the rest of the season.
“They do so well at Lights Spectacular – it’s a slam dunk – they come back,” said Frances Ann Giron from the Johnson City Chamber of Commerce.
With many repeat vendors including Texas Hill Country Olive Company in Dripping Springs and local artisans selling jewelry, home good ...
Each year the Blanco County Pioneers Chapter of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas sponsors a Texas History Essay contest for fourth grade students. This year’s topic was “Stephen F. Austin”.
The essay written by Lauryn Boyer of LBJ Elementary School in Johnson City took first place honors in Blanco County and also won District honors.
The Johnson City Eagle baseball team began the district season with two games last week, losing 1-2 to Florence in the opener and defeating Gateway 14-12. The Eagles travel to Comfort on Tuesday, March 20 to take on the Bobcats and host the Blanco Panthers on Friday, March 23.
Eagles vs.
The contract between Blanco County and Zuercher Technologies for the Sheriff’s Office computer aided dispatch system has been finalized and approved by county officials.
The Blanco County Sheriff’s Office was excited to finally get a new dispatch system approved after years of discussion, and months of reviewing proposals and negotiating a final contract.
The final amount of the proposal from Zuercher Technologies was approved at $251 thousand which includes servers, Zuercher’s oper ...
Parents in the Johnson City ISD were notified March 2, 2018, that the district was contacted by Blanco County Sheriff’s Department regarding an active investigation of individuals soliciting inappropriate photos from students through the social networking app Snapchat.
The Sheriff’s Department, Child Protective Services and the Federal Bureau of Investigation are currently investigating the matter, according to the letter to parents from Richard Kolek, JCISD Superintendent.
“It is i ...
Blanco County Commissioners held court on Tuesday and approved several items that have been an ongoing discussion through several meetings. Along with the purchase of dispatch technology for the Sheriff’s Office, Commissioners also voted to join several other Texas counties in a law suit against Pharmaceutical Companies regarding “The Opioid Epidemic”.
The Opioid Epidemic
Judge Bray did not want to divide the court on a matter discussed in previous meetings which received mixed opin ...
