CALENDAR OF EVENTS

APRIL 15 * NATURE WALK WITH Noah Lawrence, Cibolo Center for Conservation nature education director. The walk along the Cibolo Nature Center trails is 2:30-3 p.m.; meet on the Cibolo Nature Center back porch, 140 City Park Road. Details: 830-249-4616. * EDWARD JONES SEMINAR: Join Jason Grimes, senior regional consultant, and Rick Reyes, financial adviser, … Read more

Summer Dance Series on for Saturday

The Kendall County Fair Association hosts the first of its “Summer Dance Series” beginning at 8 p.m. Saturday, April 18. 2026 in the New Hall. Live music by Rebel Roxie will set the stage and keep the dance floor busy until midnight. Admission is $10 per person with all ages welcome. Doors open at 7 … Read more

The Space, perfect place for plant art

Bandera’s creative side has stretched all the way to Hondo, thanks to Ashleigh Thompson, a former Bandera resident and graduate of Bandera High School. Partnered with Susan Baker — an artist who shows her work at Boerne’s Carriage House Art Gallery — the two women moved to Hondo to open The Art Space 830. But … Read more

Geneva art second overall at state meet

WACO — Geneva School of Boerne high school art students earned second place overall at the TAPPS 4A State Competition held in Waco recently. Students submitted artwork in several different categories and events and participated in an on-site drawing competition. There were 26 schools competing in the 4A category this year. Geneva art students earning … Read more

GOP could lose state House majority

CAPITAL HIGHLIGHTS GHLIGHTS GARY BORDERS Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick warned last week the GOP risks losing its majority in the state House this November and urged party unity behind the winner of the May runoff between U.S. Sen. John Cornyn and Attorney General Ken Paxton. Without that unity, Patrick said state Rep. James Talarico, the … Read more

It’s prison for driver who killed

46 18 years for crash that took out a father, mother, daughter A Bandera man has pleaded guilty to three counts of manslaughter in connection with a 2024 crash on Texas 46 that killed a family of three, Kendall County prosecutors said Friday. Carl Sidney Galm, 60, entered the plea April 10 in Judge Kirsten … Read more

State help urged as wrecks, deaths rise on

46 Officials: Stretch from Boerne to Bandera can’t handle traffic load BANDERA — A decade of mounting traffic accidents and fatalities on Texas 46 between Bandera and Boerne has authorities urging the state to speed up safety improvements. Bandera County commissioners Tuesday unanimously approved a resolution calling on the Texas Department of Transportation to make … Read more

Robert William Davis

Robert Wiliam Davis Dec. 5, 1993 April 6, 2026 Robert William Davis, 32, passed away on Monday, April 6, 2026. Born in San Antonio, Texas, on Dec. 5, 1993, Rob enjoyed a life overflowing with happiness, just as the gentle boom of his voice and laughter filled every room he entered. The epitome of a … Read more

Mary Griffith Jackson

Dec. 5, 1939 April 2, 2026 Mary Celine Griffith was born on Dec. 5, 1939, in Fort Worth, Texas, to Albert Joseph Griffith, Sr. and Dorothy Byron Griffith. She passed away on April 2, 2026, in San Antonio, Texas. Mary attended St. Ignatius Elementary School in Fort Worth, Texas, and then Our Lady of Victory … Read more