Blanco News

I'll be spending my Wednesday afternoon in U.S. Bankruptcy Court to watch a trial involving Save Our Springs Alliance. via Austin American Statesman

Trick or Treat - Celebrity Pumpkins from History As a pumpkin farmer, I'm unqualified to draw a psychiatrist's conclusions from these two stories, but hollowed out gourds have a long and honorable history of ... via Organic To Be

“On some level, I believed this country may fall into some form of collapse.”

Before casting off his black robe and his title of "Abbot Vasili," William Hughes presided over a flagrant corruption of monastic values at Christ of the Hills Monastery. via MySA.com

“ASU Coed found slain in BA building.”

Aubrey Trufant, 26, of San Antonio of Bulletproof Tattoo has a passion for the human canvas. via The Ram Page

“You heard evidence these sexual assaults occurred numerous times over a long period of time to both of these two gentlemen”

A jury here found former monk William Hughes guilty on all four counts of sexual assault of a child after 75 minutes of deliberation today. via MySA.com

“This defendant used everything he could think of to get these children into a position where they could be sexually assaulted”

A month after the death of the convicted spiritual leader of Christ of the Hills Monastery, trial has begun for the first of four monks he implicated in alleged molestations of teenage boys there. via MySA.com

Governor Rick Perry has appointed five people to the Lower Colorado River Authority Board. via KXXV-TV Waco

When fans of Blanco High School in the Hill Country held signs reading "Slaughter the Deer," they apparently weren't just flush with team spirit. via KWTX

When fans of Blanco High School in the Hill Country held signs reading "Slaughter the Deer," they apparently weren't just flush with team spirit. via KWTX

When fans of Blanco High School in the Hill Country held signs reading "Slaughter the Deer," they apparently weren't just flush with team spirit. via KXXV-TV Waco

“The GBRA has been sampling Coleto Creek Reservoir, but never collected samples upstream of that. These springs feed Coleto Creek Reservoir. We want action”

Concern is growing about the quality of surface water near a controversial uranium exploration area in northern Goliad County. via Victoria Advocate

It was a last-minute getaway. We didn't really know where we wanted to go. We just wanted get out of town, just the two of us, under circumstances in which neither of us had any obligations. via The Daily Sentinel

“This space is so interesting, you don't feel confined in it.”

What: A dramatic two-story house surrounded by tree-covered hills, with its own private lake and wet-weather creek. via Austin American Statesman

“It's the first ever online sexual assault hotline”

Victims of rape are getting a new form of help on the web. The online rape crisis hotline offers help nationwide from right here in San Antonio. via WOAI.com

“What we have found in our 12 month comparison from this year to last year is a 6% increase of those folks who have actually reported the crime and have sought services.”

The News 4 Trouble Shooters have uncovered numbers that suggest sexual assaults are down across San Antonio, but an organization here that helps victims says those numbers don't tell the whole story. via WOAI.com

SBA accepting nominations SAN ANTONIO - ' The U.S. Small Business Administration , San Antonio District Office is now accepting nominations for its 2008 Small Business Week Awards in recognition of outstanding ... via The Wilson County News

Venturing beyond Loop 410 is seldom my first choice - traffic is dreadful and construction makes for a navigational nightmare. via MySanAntonio.com

“It's wrong. It's not the school they're doing it to. They're doing it to our community, as well. It's taxpayers' dollars that we're having to use to repair and renovate.”

Blanco High School has been dealt another blow by vandals after facing a string of destructive incidents for the past year, including graffiti and a flooded building. via KXAM-TV Austin

On a scrubby hilltop in the middle of nowhere, amid a squalid trailer park masquerading as a monastery, the life of Samuel Greene - known to his followers as Father Benedict - came this month to an abrupt ... via Cape Cod Times

“UTSA is close, but it's not too close”

Pictured: AHS National Honor Society members Joshua Cavazos, Emilio Guerra and Matthew Zamora signed up for information at the Texas A&M University-College Station table during Wednesday's College Night. via Alice Echo-News