The Johnson City Eagles opened the 2016 baseball season with a last inning come from behind victory over San Saba.
Coach Stephan Wisdom was very pleased with the effort and never give up attitude of his Eagle team.
Johnson City fell behind 6-1 after 3 innings. San Saba added 2 more runs in the 4th inning, but the Johnson City bats came alive and the Eagles scored 5 runs in the bottom of the inning.
The Armadillos came up empty the next three innings and had a 8-6 lead going into the bottom of t ...
The Blanco County elections started routinely and as the day progressed there were a few glitches. Precinct 2 did not order enough ballots to handle the large number of voters and the County Clerk, Laura Walla, had to print and deliver copies of ballots.
Early voting ballots were easily read by the ESS (Election Systems and Software) reader but around 8p.m., just as the Precincts were delivering their ballots, the equipment failed and could not read ballots.
Walla was working with ESS technical ...
The Johnson City Council met on Tuesday March 1, 2016 for their regularly scheduled meeting with Council members Shelton Coleman and Rhonda Stell absent.
The meeting began with the Planning and Zoning Commission public hearing and even though there was a packed house only two residents had questions. The questions were answered by viewing the large map that was on display; the residents needed clarity because they had been viewing the smaller map on the City’s website.
U.S. Senator Ted Cruz won his home state on the first night of March, but Donald Trump’s march to a Republican nomination was Super on Tuesday, as he triumphed in seven primaries—Cruz also gained decisions in Oklahoma and Alaska.
On the Democratic side, Hillary Clinton continued to wear down Senator Bernie Sanders, as she easily captured Texas (65%), and six other states.
The LBJ Museum of San Marcos has announced the creation of the “Claudia Taylor Johnson Endowment” in honor of Lady Bird Johnson, the former First Lady of the United States.
“This endowment will be a permanent fund, separate from the operating budget, that will help the museum preserve the history of the formative years of President Lyndon B.
Each year the Woman’s Club gives it guests at the Spaghetti/Bingo fund raiser for the library an opportunity to bid on exciting packages, this year we have some exceptional items.
Entertain your out of town guests who enjoy the Texas Hill Country with this custom Stay and Play package. Enjoy two nights of accommodations for 4 in Johnson City, Texas along with gift certificates to local eateries.
Happy 90th birthday to Irma Nell Simpson! She celebrated on Sunday with 25 members of her family. Clay Simpson cooked great bbq! They sang Happy Birthday & Irma got enough chocolate to last a year or two!
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Happy 90th birthday to Nola Davis! She celebrated with her family this past weekend.
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What are the odds that Irma Nell Simpson & Nola Davis both turned 90 years young on the same weekend!
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Bill Casparis moved into the LBJ Medical Center this past week.
Dear Editor,
This March, the Johnson City Lions Club will be distributing several thousands of dollars to community non-profit organizations. The is an annual event for the JC Lions Club. If your organization has a special need and wishes to apply, you will need to submit a request indicating your need and a rationale for the need.
Court dismisses indictment against former governor
AUSTIN — Former Gov. Rick Perry is no longer facing criminal charges.
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Feb. 24 ordered the dismissal of a 2014 felony indictment of Perry by a Travis County grand jury.
The two-count indictment alleged “abuse of official capacity” and “coercion of a public servant” related to Perry’s veto of the budget of the state’s Public Integrity Unit that then operated under the auspices of the Travis Cou ...
