Texas Game Wardens are seeking information to aid in locating the person or persons responsible for illegally shooting the deer in the photo right. The head was removed and the body left to waste. The location of the incident was Cypress Mill Road in northeast Blanco County and is believed to have occurred the second week of January.
Operation Game Thief, the Texas’ wildlife Crime-stoppers program, is offering a reward of up to $1,000 for information regarding the incident.
The County’s South Annex 2,700 sq. ft. project is nearing completion and will open to the public in February. The annex is located at 402 Blanco Ave.
The Annex will house the Justice of the Peace, Precinct 4, Bob Riley and staff. In addition, there will be part-time offices for the County Clerk and Tax Assessor Collector as well as space for state and local law enforcement, the County Attorney and Adult Community Supervision.
The courtroom is designed to double as a meeting or conferenc ...
A Blanco County jury sentenced Timothy Wade Foth to multiple terms of life in prison for kidnapping and sexually assaulting a Blanco County woman in 2016.
The criminal case, tried in the 424th District Court last week, ended in a conviction on five of six counts, based on an investigation into kidnapping, sexual assault and robbery by the Blanco County Sheriff’s department that began 17 months ago.
In August 2016, the Blanco County News reported on the investigation, hunt for and arrest ...
Last Tuesday, Jan. 9, the City Council held their first regular meeting of 2018 where councilmembers approved several new ordinances pertaining golf carts on city streets, utility connections and the cat population in Johnson City.
Water and Wastewater Connections
The Council adopted an ordinance that would require all residential, commercial or industrial buildings to have their own connection to the water and sewer system in areas where the city offers water or sewer.
All individual r ...
Monday, Dec. 11, 2017, was the last day Democratic or Republican party candidates could file an application for a place on the state primary ballot.
Filing applications for a place on a local general election ballot starts Jan. 17, 2018, and ends Feb. 16, 2018.
The Secretary of State’s office is required to publish a list of candidates no later than Dec.
One-hundred-eight pounds of marijuana were found during a traffic stop in Johnson City on Wednesday, Dec. 21 resulting in the second degree felony arrests of three people from California.
Johnson City Police report that just before midnight on Dec. 20 two Johnson City officers stopped a black Chevrolet Cruze for an equipment violation.
For Johnson City, 2017 was a year of change and innovation. Local elections, retirement and investigations brought changes to Johnson City’s leadership. Natural disasters brought our community together to help another. Natural phenomena brought our community together to watch in wonder.
Police Chief on Leave
The biggest story of 2017 was one of the more recent changes to the Johnson City Police Department.
Thursday Dec. 21 was a joyful day for the Johnson City Library. President, Donna Cummings and Treasurer, Alan Dean, of the Board of Trustees presented a check to the Johnson City Bank’s loan officer Barbara Schmidt that paid the building loan in full.
This is the library’s ninth year in the building and much planning and fundraising was done before moving in.
Johnson City Schools briefly went on lockdown Monday morning due to a report shots may have been fired in the area that morning. After investigation, Johnson City Police determined there was no threat and there was no evidence any shots had been fired.
Johnson City Interim Police Chief Marty Corcoran, reported a male and female subject were walking on Nugent Ave.
Late Monday night there was a crash on the 600 block of North Highway 281 between a passenger car and a bus. No injuries were reported.
Interim Police Chief Marty Corcoran reported that according to preliminary investigation, the passenger car driven by suspect, Erin Swanson, crossed over the center line into the path of a Shriner University bus transporting 19 passengers on Monday Dec.