The Lady Eagle 7th and 8th grade girls took on the Lady Warriors from Ingram in basketball action Monday evening.
7th Grade
Our Lady Eagle 7th graders battled from the start with a tough Ingram team that easily defeated them earlier in the season. The game started off a bit rough with our Lady Eagles quickly falling behind.
The newest retailer in Johnson City is “Starrs on Main.” Aptly named, the Starrs store is located on Main Street. The Starr sisters, Melissa Starr Oehler and Sarah Starr Sahs, have owned and operated “Starrs on Mercer” in Dripping Springs since May of 2015. In October they opened the Johnson City Starrs location.
“We love the direction Johnson City is taking as a tourist destination...not just a place you drive through on your way to Fredericksburg.” Said Melissa and Sarah about the ...
Another year is coming to a close. At the end of the year it’s common to reflect on the important things; The events, struggles and victories that defined the year and the traditions that tie us to our community.
The master gardeners kept our foliage fresh, Fourth Fest organizers dazzled the skies with fireworks, Pedernales Electric Cooperative kept our 2 million holiday lights twinkling.
This was the year we celebrated not only a century of national parks like the one in the heart of our own ...
Please Join Us in Celebrating the Retirement of Hollis Boatright
Please join us in celebrating the long running service of Hollis Boatright as Chief Appraiser for Blanco County Appraisal District. Hollis Boatright went to work for Blanco County in 1978, became Chief Appraiser in 1983 and was elected Tax Assessor Collector in 1992.
Johnson City, Texas – Representatives from 10 local nonprofit organizations were awarded more than $40,000 in PEC Community Grant funding at a Dec. 15 reception at PEC’s headquarters in Johnson City. Among those 10 organizations were the Friends of LBJ National Historical Park, which received a $5,000 grant.
The grant will be used to replace area overhead lighting with more energy-efficient fixtures.
“We take great pride in our cooperative’s values — like our members’ participation ...
Nineteen beautiful ladies helped the awesome Janie Moreland, Joycelyn Carter and Colleen Adair celebrate their respective December birthdays. They enjoyed food & fellowship at Pecan Street Brewery on December 13th!
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Congratulations to Joe & Kristi Walker on the birth of their brand new daughter. Brooklyn Gail Walker was born December 15th weighing 7 pounds, 2 ounces and is 20 inches long!
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Remember Undie Sunday?
Fads come and go, but square dancing just keeps getting better and better. In fact, it is the official dance of Texas!
Square dancers in Marble Falls, part of the Country Cuzzins Square Dancing club, are keeping this long-standing tradition alive and well - and they are getting some valuable exercise, meeting lots of like-minded neighbors, and having a lot of fun, too.
The typical Thursday night at the First United Methodist Church finds 40 to 50 square dancers moving to one of the finest calle ...
AUSTIN, Texas – The Lower Colorado River Authority will lower lakes Austin and LBJ for six weeks beginning Monday, Jan. 2, 2017.
The drawdowns will give lakeside property owners an opportunity to repair and maintain docks, retaining walls and other shoreline property. The lake lowerings also aid in curbing the growth of nuisance aquatic vegetation such as hydrilla and Eurasian watermilfoil.
LAKE LBJ: Lake LBJ will be lowered four feet.
A few years ago I heard about a very unique way to deal with telemarketing calls, and it came from an unknown comedian who was making a point of how to get these people off our backs. He said that when a sales person calls, he tells them about Jesus so they won’t call back again.
In 1957 Mexico was in the midst of an unprecedented drought. People were being forced to flee their unproductive farms to seek almost non-existent jobs in the towns and cities. At the same time, membership in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) was increasing dramatically. Meetinghouses were in short supply and, in most places in Mexico, members met in rented halls—most of which were woefully inadequate with bare light bulbs hanging from ceilings, peeling paint, uncomfortabl ...
