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Following the recent death of Ron Houston and the surprise resignation of Mayor Tina Gourley last week, the governing body of Blanco held a special meeting Thursday, November 12, to appoint a new council member and a mayor pro tem.

Blanco Police Department and Crime Stoppers are asking for the public's help in solving the armed bank robbery of Security State Bank and Trust in Blanco that occurred around 7a.m. Wednesday October 21, 2009.

These past weeks have been very busy preparing the soil and gardens for planting.

Thursday, November 19, 2009 Shopping Cart Community News see more>> On Sunday, November 22, Blanco Verde will have its monthly pot luck hosted by Heron's Nest Herb Farm, 1673 River Bend Drive, at 5:00pm. The whole community is invited.

The doors of the Blanco Pioneer Museum will open to the citizens of Blanco on November 20, 2009, for a sneak preview.

Pedernales Electric's Blanco Office located at 401 Main Street will reopen Monday, November 23.

Sitting in the San Antonio police department's evidence storage room are nearly 11,000 rape kits.

Maria Antonia Calzoncit, age 68, passed away Tuesday, November 10, 2009. She was born February 14, 1941 in Nueva Rosita, Coahuila, Mexico to her parents, Jesus Ivarra Cruz and Maria Moreno Sanchez.

Ever wonder what Great Grandma's 100 year-old pitcher is worth? How about some old books, jewelry, collectibles, or art work you think might be valuable? If so, bring what you are curious about to the Antique Appraisal Event Saturday, November 14, at the Old Blanco County Court House beginning at 12:15pm. This is the second annual appraisal event ...

Less than seven months after being sworn in, Mayor Christina Gourley has turned in her resignation, effective immediately, to the Blanco City Council.

The Yucca Garden Club met November 4, 2009, at the Blanco Library to assemble Thanksgiving candy bags for the residents at Live Oak Medical Center.

All three Blanco ISD schools have been named the recipients of Texas Education Agency Gold Performance Acknowledgments, earning a total of eleven awards among the three campuses.

The Keep Texas Beautiful Recycle Day will be November 17 this year. Maggie Goodman, with Blanco Verde will join with KBB to meet with the BISD Elementary School and provide information to the students about the importance of recycling.

Open Letter to the Council and Citizens of Blanco from the Mayor: Much has transpired since May when I was elected and took my oath as your Mayor.

Rhonda Lashley Lopez has a story to tell. This weekend a gallery showing will open in Fredericksburg featuring a 15-year project consisting of Lopez's photos and interviews of eight Hill Country women who own, operate and live on area ranches.

Blanco High School FCCLA members had an opportunity to go "Beyond the Limits" at the local Fall Leadership Meeting held October 21, 2009, in Pflugerville, Texas.

At a special meeting October 20, Blanco City Council appointed Milton Willman as the new police chief from a field of applicants including interim chief Carl Bragg.

The Blanco High School Theatre Department invites you to attend its upcoming fall performance of Rivers and Ravines by Heather McDonald.

It's amazing what rain, cool weather and sunshine can do for the landscape. The lawns and flowers are lovely and the vegetables are putting on blooms and fruit.