Blanco County News

The Texas Hill Country, with its limestone bluffs and undulating landscape of live oaks and cedars, bears some resemblance to the Mediterranean countryside.

Blanco County Sheriff's Deputies are searching for robbers who held up a bank Friday morning.

Several hundred people gathered at the historic Pleasant Hill - Rocky School last Saturday evening to enjoy the Smorgasbord, the annual benefit dinner hosted by members of the Pleasant Hill - Rocky Community Club.

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 ...

Tommy Oakes of Kingsland, who was accused of shooting and killing suspected burglar Casey Rowe, 25, at a neighbora s house in July 2008, accepted a plea deal for deadly conduct on Friday at the Blanco County Courthouse.

The District 10 4-H Gold Star Banquet was held Saturday, October 17, at the Southwest Texas Junior College in Uvalde.

On Thursday, November 12, the Blanco County Historical Committee will meet for a Potluck Dinner and Meeting.

This has been a bad year for whooping cough in Central Texas - worse even than 2005 - and Williamson County is grappling with the state's most daunting outbreak.

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Ever thought of going in to business growing grapes, peaches, tomatoes, watermelons, pecans or other horticultural crops? The Texas AgriLife Extension Service Blanco County invites you to participate in a two-part webinar series, focusing on Small Acreage Horticultural Crops.

The Blanco Chamber of Commerce is teaming up with the Old Blanco County Courthouse Society, Keep Blanco Beautiful, local merchants, and lavender growers to encourage residents and visitors to "celebrate a hometown Christmas," starting on Friday, November 27, and continuing throughout the holiday season at the Blanco Courthouse Square.

On Saturday November 7 at 9:15am, the Blanco Verde Farm Tour takes off from the Old Blanco County Courthouse in Blanco.

I first met J. David Bamberger a number of years ago at our family place over in Edwards County.

Officers from Blanco Police Department, the Blanco County Sheriffa s Department, FBI and the Texas Rangers investigate the scene on Wednesday morning.

Rocky Community Club is holding its annual Smorgasbord on Saturday, November 7, the first day of deer season.

The Blanco County Association of Retired Educators will meet at 2:30pm on Thursday, October 29 at the First United Methodist Church in Johnson City.

Blanco County Sheriff's deputies responded to a bank robbery Wednesday morning at the Security State Bank on Highway 281 in Blanco.

Talk about a big first day on the job. Less than 12 hours after Milton Willmann was hired Tuesday night as Blanco police chief, the normally peaceful city was shaken by its first bank heist in decades.

Master Gardeners of Blanco County are sponsoring a public program by the organic farmer himself, Malcolm Beck.

The Blanco County Sheriff's Department said three men forced their way into a bank wearing ski masks Wednesday morning, escaping with cash.