Bandera County News

The Cowboy Capital of the World has captured the imagination of another segment of the western population.

"This was the biggest seizure of animals to date in Bandera County," said Jennifer Gaertner, community liaison for animal control issues.

By a 3-1 vote on Thursday, Nov. 12, Bandera County Commissioners released nearly $233,670 of retainage fees previously held back for the new jail and justice center and road and bridge facility still under construction on Highway 173 North.

The Thursday, Nov. 12, trial in the City of Bandera Municipal Court evaporated during a morning of intense negotiations between attorneys for Gay Guilott and the City of Bandera.

The trial of former Lakehills resident, Karl Anthony Hodson, in the alleged 2007 murder of pizza deliveryman, Leon Poe, 27, of San Antonio, slated to begin Tuesday, Nov.

This year's fifth annual Bandera Honors Veterans ceremony, held Saturday, Nov. 7, on the lawn of the Bandera County Courthouse, was made all the more poignant - " and relevant - " by the recent massacre of soldiers and civilians at Fort Hood in Killeen.

Jury selection begins tomorrow in the 216th District Courtroom in the capital murder trial of Karl Hodson.

In a split second, lives change and what was before, will never be again. Nothing proved that more than a collision that occurred during early morning on Saturday, Sept.

In a closed executive session on Thursday, Nov. 5, Bandera County Commissioners interviewed five candidates for the position of Bandera County fire marshal.

In the last three years, the Bandera County Convention and Visitors Bureau has promoted this area as a tourist destination to the tune of $861,382. For the most part, the CVB is funded by the hotel-motel taxes collected by Bandera County.

Apparently the whole town noticed the absence of a familiar figure from the streets of Bandera on Wednesday, Nov.

Due to the generosity of Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, headquartered in San Antonio, the Arthur Nagel Community Clinic is again open to patients three days a week and the clinic staff is singing "With a Little Bit of Help from Our Friends." Methodist Healthcare Ministries actually awarded two grants to the clinic - " $66,500 for ...

Renaissance man left a lasting legacy in Bandera It is often easy to dismiss history because that is what history is - " something that happened long ago that we think has no bearing on us now.

A man of action - except when it comes to "honey-dos" - Ralph Dresser didn't kick back in a recliner with a TV remote upon retiring from the Air Force as a full colonel in 1982.

It was jumpina TM on Highway 16 South a ' 4333, to be exact a ' during the official grand opening of the Bandera Auto Center on Thursday, Oct.

A member of the Leon Springs Boy Scout Troop 2407, Joe Hedges, 12, of Pipe Creek, set about earning his Citizenship in the Community merit badge by attending a recent meeting of Bandera County Commissioners Court.

All Hallow's Eve - " or Halloween as it became known in the New World - " will be celebrated Saturday, Oct.

All 4-H and FFA members in Bandera County are reminded that Lamb and Goat Validation will take place from 8 am through 11 am, Saturday, Oct.

In a move that apparently caused consternation within the 216th Judicial District, Texas Gov.

Eschewing "selection by committee," Bandera County Commissioners quickly winnowed nine applicants for the soon-to-be-vacant fire marshal position down to five during a Thursday, Oct.